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PHILI

PPI
NE
SOCI
ALREALITI
ES
ANDSOCIAL
ENVI
RONMENT

Rev
iewer
:
Ms.Mar
iaGemmaP.Dal
ena,
RSW

1
Rev
iewCour
seOut
li
ne

Par
tI: Basi
cConcepts:Soci
alWel
far
e,Soci
alReal
it
iesand
Soci
alPr
oblems

Par
tII
: Per
spect
ivesi
nAnal
yzi
ngSoci
alReal
it
ies

Par
tII
I: I
nternati
onalCommitmentsandConvent
ionsI
n
f
luencingPhil
ippi
neSoci
alReal
it
ies

Par
tIV: Fact
orsAf
fect
ingPhi
li
ppi
neReal
it
ies

Par
tV: ThePhil
ippi
neReal
it
iesandCur
rentEv
ent
sandI
ssues
Aff
ect
ingtheCount
ryandtheWorld

PARTI
Basi
cConcept
s:Soci
alWel
far
e,Soci
alReal
it
iesandSoci
alPr
obl
ems

2
Soci
alWor
k

SocialWorkistheprofessi
onwhichisprimaril
yconcer nedwi thorgani
zedsocial
ser
viceactivi
tyai
medatf aci
li
tati
ngandstr
engtheningbasi csocialrelat
ionshi
psandthe
mutualadjustmentbet
weeni ndivi
dual
sandtheirsocialenvir
onmentf orthegoodofthe
i
ndivi
dualandofsoci etybyt heuseofsoci alwor kmet hods.( R.A.No.4373,anAct
Regulat
ingthePract
iceofSocialWorkandtheOper ati
onofSoci al WorkAgencies,
1965)

Soci
alWor kisthe pr
ofessi
on which is concerned wi
th man’
s adjustmentt o hi
s
envi
ronment
;aper
son(orgroups)inr
elat
iont oaperson’
s(ort
hei
rsocialsituat
ion)
.Thi
s
i
sreferr
edtoasaper
son’ssocialf
unct
ioning.(Thel
maLee-Mendoza,
Soci alWelfar
eand
Soci
alWork)

Soci
alWel
far
e

Soci
alwel
fareasanor gani
zedfunct
ionisregar
dedasabodyofactiv
iti
es
designedtoenabl
eindi
vi
dual
s,f
ami l
i
es,
groupsandcommunit
iest
ocopewi
tht
hesocial
problemsofchangi
ngcondi
ti
ons.

Socialwel
farehasaf ur
therfunctionwithinthebroadareaofacount r
y’ssocial
devel
opment .Int
hislargersense,socialwelfar
eshoul dpl
ayamaj orrol
eincontri
but
ing
totheeffectiv
emobi l
izati
onanddepl oy mentofhumanandmat eri
alresour
cesoft he
countr
ytodealsuccessf ul
lyandef fecti
v el
ywi t
ht hesocialr
equirementsofchange,
ther
ebypartici
pat
ingandcont ri
buti
nginnat i
on-
buil
ding.

Soci
alwel
far
eencompassest
hewell
-beingofallt
hemembersofhumansoci
ety
,
i
ncl
udi
ngthei
rphysi
cal
,ment
al,
emoti
onal
,social,
economicandspi
ri
tual
wel
l-
bei
ng.

Socialwel f
are are pr
ev entive and developmentali nterv
entions thatseek t o
supportt hemi nimum basi crequi r
ement soft hepoor,par ti
cularlythepoor estoft he
poor,andr educer i
sksassoci atedwi thunempl oyment,r esettl
ement ,mar ginali
zation,
i
llness,disabili
ty,old age and l oss off amilycare.Soci alwel far
e and assi stance
programsusual l
ycompr isedi
rectassi stanceintheform ofcashori n-kindt ransfersto
thepoor estandmar ginali
zedgr oups,aswel lassocialser vi
cesi ncludingf amilyand
communi ty support
,al t
ernat
ive car e and refer
ralservices.( The Phi l
ippines Soci al
Protecti
onFr amewor kandSt r
at egy:AnOv ervi
ewbyUnder secr etaryFl
or i
taR.Vi ll
arof
DSWD)

Soci
alSer
vices

Socialservi
cesref
ertotheprogr
ams,ser
vicesandotheract
ivi
ti
esprov
ided
undervar
iousauspi
ces,t
oconcr
etel
yanswert
heneedsandprobl
emsoft hemembers
ofsoci
ety
.

Soci
alwelfar
e woul d be a meani
ngl
ess t
erm unl
ess ther
ei s concr
ete
demonstrat
ionofi
ts“concer
nforthewel
l
-bei
ngofhumansoci
etyt
hroughact
ualsoci
al
ser
vices.

SocialServi
cesrefert
ot hev ari
etyofpr ograms,pr ojectsandactivit
iesmade
avai
l
ablebypubl i
corpri
vateagenciestoindiv
idualsandfami l
iesneedingassistance.
Soci
alwelfareservi
cesareacti
onsorpr ocedurest hatcoverthebasicwel l
-beingofthe
i
ndivi
dualsandthesociety
.Theymaybepr ovi
dedasaci t
izenshipri
ght,ornegotiat
edin
themarket,andmanagedbygov ernmentsandi nsti
tuti
onsorpr ivat
eactors.

Soci
alReal
it
y

3
Soci
alreal
it
yisaf actofl i
fepecul iart o apart
icul
arsociet
y;specif
ical
l
ya
phenomenon,suchassocialclass,reli
gion,etc.,asexper
iencedbyapar ti
cul
arsocial
group.Real
i
tyasconceiv
edbyapar t
icularsocietyorsoci
algroup,dependentontheir
customsandbeli
efs.(
Oxf
ordDictionary)

Thesearet
heat
ti
tudes,bel
i
efsandopi
nionst
hatar
ehel
dbyt
hemember
sofa
soci
etyoragroup.
(
Psychol
ogyDi
cti
onar
y)

SocialReali
tyisdist
inctfr
om biologicalreali
tyorindivi
dualcognit
ivereal
i
ty,
r
epr
esenti
ngasi tdoesaphenomenol ogi
callevelcreat
edthroughsociali
nter
acti
onand
t
her
ebytranscendi
ngindi
vi
dual mot
ivesandact ons.(
i Wiki
pedia)

Real
i
tyi
sasoci
alconst
ruct
.Iti
stheconcept
,ideaorbel
i
efaboutwhat
’sr
eal
.

HowREALI
TYi
ssoci
all
yconst
ruct
ed?
I
nt heprocess,meani
ngisembeddedinsociety.Knowl
edgeandpeople'
sconcept
ions
(andbel
iefs)ofwhatreal
i
tyi
sbecomeembeddedi ntheinst
it
uti
onalf
abri
cofsociety
.
Reali
tyi
stherefor
esai
dtobesoci
all
yconst
ructed.

Soci
alPr
obl
ems

Whati
saSOCI
ALPROBLEM?Al
thoughsoci
alpr
obl
emst
akemanyf
orms,t
heyshar
ed
t
wo import
antel
ements: (a)an Object
iveSoci
alCondi
ti
on and (
b)t
heSubj
ect
ive
I
nter
pret
ati
onoft
hatsoci
alcondi
ti
on.

TheObj
ect
iveEl
ement
sofSoci
alPr
obl
ems
Theexi
stenceofasocialcondi
ti
on.Iti
sourawarenessoft
hatsoci
alcondi
ti
on
t
hroughl
if
eexperi
encesandt
hroughreport
sinthemedi
a.

Forexampl e,
•Weseet hehomel ess
•Wewi tnessbatteredwomeni nhospi
tal
emergencyr
ooms
•Weencount eredchi l
dreninthestr
eet
sscav
engingforf
ood
•Wer eadaboutempl oyeeslosi
ngjobs
•Wehear daboutt hewari nMar awi

TheSubj
ect
iveEl
ement
sofSoci
alPr
obl
ems
Thebeli
efthataparti
cul
arsoci
alcondi
ti
oni
shar
mfult
osoci
etyort
oasegment
ofsoci
etyandt
hatitshoul
dandcanbechanged.

Weknowcr ime,drugaddict
ion,
pov er
ty,
disast
ers,
pol
l
uti
onexi
st.Howev
er,t
hesear
enot
consideredsocialproblemsunl essasegmentofsoci et
ybeliev
esthesecondi
ti
ons
di
mi nishthequali
tyofhumanl i
fe.

Var
iabi
l
ityi
nDef
ini
ti
onsofSoci
alPr
obl
em
Forexampl e:Somev iew t
heav ail
abil
it
yofabortionasasocialprobl
em,whi l
e
othersv i
ew r est
ri
ctionsonabor ti
onasasoci alpr
oblem. Anotherexample:Some
i
ndividualsv i
ewhomosexual sasasoci alprobl
em whil
eot her
svi
ewshomophobi aasa
socialproblem.Var i
ati
onsinwhatisconsideredasocialprobl
em ar
eduetodiffer
ences
i
nv alues,beli
efsandl i
fe’
sexper
iences.

Whati
saSOCI
ALPROBLEM?Bycombi
ningt
heobj
ect
iveandsubj
ect
iveel
ement
s,we
arr
iveatthi
sdefi
nit
ion:SOCIALPROBLEM i sasocialcondi
ti
onthatasegmentof
soci
etyvi
ewsasharmfultomember
sofsocietyandi
nneedofremedy.Thedef
init
ionof
SocialPr
obl
em wil
lv ar
ywithi
nsociet
y,acrosssoci
eti
esandacrosshistor
icalti
me
peri
od.

4
Cat
egor
iesofSoci
alWel
far
e

1.Soci alsecuri
tyreferstothewholesetofcompulsorymeasuresinst
itutedtoprotect
theindivi
dualandhi sf amil
yagainsttheconsequencesofunav oi
dabl
ei nter
rupt
ionor
seri
ous di minuti
on oft he earned i
ncome disposablefort he maintenance ofa
reasonable standard ofl i
vi
ng (e.
g.compulsory employ
erliabil
it
y with orwi thout
i
nsurance, pr
ov i
dentfundsandsociali
nsur
ance).

2.Per sonalsocialservicesrefertoser vicefuncti


onswhi chhavemaj orbeari
ngupon
personalpr obl
ems,i ndivi
dualsituat
ionsofst ress,helpi
ng peoplei n need and t he
provi
sionofdi r
ectservi
cesi ncoll
aborationwithwor ker
sfrom governmentandv oluntary
agencies ( e.g.programs f orcounsel ing,therapy and rehabi
li
tati
on,pr ogr
ams f or
provi
dingaccess, informationandadv ice,inst
it
uti
onalservi
ces,chil
dprotecti
veser v
ices,
andpr ogramsf orthet r
eatmentofdev iants).

3.Publi
cassist
ancer ef
erstomateri
al/
concreteai
ds/supportprovi
ded,usual
l
ybyt
he
gover
nmentagencies,to people who have no i
ncome ormeans ofsuppor tfor
themsel
vesandthei
rfamil
ies(
e.g.l
ossofempl oy
ment,natur
aldisast
ers)
.

5
PartI
I
Per
spect
ivesi
nAnal
yzi
ngSoci
alReal
it
ies

1.Funct
ional
ist
/St
ruct
ural
Funct
ional
ist(
orSt
ruct
uralFunct
ional
ism)

St
ructuralf
unctional
i
stper specti
vev i
ewssoci etyascomposedofi nt
erconnected
partsthattogetherseekstohar monizesocietyi
nor dertomaint
ainequi
li
bri
um (stat
eof
balance).
Struct
ural f
uncti
onalism,orsi
mpl yfunct
ionali
sm,is"aframeworkforbui
l
dingtheorythat
seessociet yasacompl exsystem whosepar tswor ktoget
hertopromotesoli
dari
tyand
stabil
i
ty".

Struct
uralFuncti
onalAppr oach f
ocuses on any st
ruct
ure'
s soci
alf
uncti
on.These
functi
ons ar
et he consequences f
ort he oper
ati
on ofsoci
etyas a whol
e. Social
functi
onshave3component s:

1.Mani festf unctions-Ther ecogni zedandi nt


endedconsequencesofanysoci al
patternar eitsmani festf unct ions.[ Consci ousmot i
vati
on/ mot ives]e.g.Mani fest
funct i
onofEducat i
oni ncl udepr epar i
ngf oracar eerbyget ti
nggoodgr ades,
graduat i
onandf i
ndinggoodj ob, etc.
2.Latentf unct i
ons -Lat entf unct i
ons ar et he unrecogni zed and uni ntended
consequencesofanysoci alpat tern.[ Objecti
veconsequences/ f
unct i
ons]e. g.
l
atentf unct i
ons ofEducat ion i nclude meet i
ng new peopl e,par ticipat
ing i n
extracurricularact i
vi
t i
est aki ngschool tr
ipsormay bef i
ndingaspouse.
 Theconceptofl at entf unctionext endst heobser ver'sat tentionBEYOND
thequest ionofwhet herornott hebehav i
orattainsi tsav owedpur pose.
 Soci ologicalobser versar el essl ikelyto exami net hecol lat eral
/latent
funct ionsoft hebehav i
or.
3.Dysf unction–Soci alpat tern' sundesi r
ableconsequencesf ortheoper at i
onoft he
societyar econsi dereddy sfunct ion.[ Fail
uret oachiev emani festf unct i
on]e. g.
Dysf unctionofeducat ioni ncl udesnotget t
inggoodgr ade, notget ti
ngaj obet c.
 Funct ionalanal yst st endt of ocusont hest at
icsofsoci alstruct ureandt o
negl ectthest udyofst r
uct uralchange
 Conceptofdy sfunct ioni mpl iest heconceptofst rain,st r
essandt ensi on
ont hest ructurall ev elofasoci alsystem.Soi tpr ov i
dest heanal yti
cal
appr oacht othest udyofdy nami csandchange.

Instr
uct
uralfunct
ionali
sm,cul
turalconsensusexi
stsandl
eadst
osoci
alor
der
;nat
ural
stat
eofsociet
y,balanceandharmony.

I
nv iewingsocietyasasetofi nter
rel
atedpart
s,struct
uralfunct
ionali
stsar guet
hat
pr
oposedsol uti
onstosocialproblemsmayl eadtoothersocialpr
oblems.Forexampl e,
ur
banr enewalproj
ect
sdisplacer esi
dentsandbr eakupcommuni tycohesion.Racial
i
mbal anceinschoolsleadtof orcedintegr
ati
on,whichinturngeneratedv i
olenceand
i
ncreasedhostil
it
ybetweenraces.

Str
uctural
-Functional isttheoriesofsoci alpr
oblems:
 Soci alpat hology–soci alproblemsresultfrom “ sickness”i
nsoci ety.
 Soci aldisor gani zati
on–r apidsocialchangedi sr uptsnormsi nsoci et
y(i.
e.when
normsbecomeweak,uncl ear,orarei nconf l
ictwi t
heachot her ,soci
etyisina
stateofanomi eornor mlessness.
 Apar tofsoci etyisf uncti
onal i
fitcontr
ibutestost abil
it
y.
 Apar tisdy sfunct ional i
fitcausesdisrupti
onori nstabil
it
y.
Inthe st ructural-
funct ionalistper specti
ve,individual s are social
ized by soci et
y’s
i
nsti
tuti
ons;soci ali
zat ioni sthepr ocessbywhi chsoci alcont r
olisexerted;peopleneed
soci
etyandi tsinstitut i
ons.

Causesofsoci
alproblemsaccordingtostr
uct
ural
-f
uncti
onal
i
stper
specti
ve:r
api
dsocial
change;soci
aldisorgani
zati
on thatdisr
uptsthe har
monyand balance;i
nadequat
e
soci
ali
zat
ionand/
orweaki nsti
tut
ions.

6
Pr
obl
em:e.
g.dysf
uncti
onal(
unemployed/
under
employed)peopl
eduet
oinabi
l
ityt
ocope
wi
thi
ndust
ri
ali
zat
ion,
moderni
zat
ionandglobal
i
zat
ion.

Soci
alpolicy
/solut
ionsaccordi
ng to st
ruct
ural
-f
unct
ional
istperspect
ive:r
epai
rweak
i
nsti
tut
ions;assurepropersoci
ali
zat
ion;cul
ti
vat
east rongcoll
ecti
vesenseofrightor
wrong.

Sol
uti
on:e.g.Trainmorepeopl
etoarri
veata“ f
it”tothedemandsofgl
obal
i
zat
ionand
i
ndust
rial
i
zation;Trai
npeopl
eonli
feski
ll
s;soci
alprotect
ion.

Cri
ti
cisms t o a str
uctur
al-
functi
onal
istper
specti
ve:i
tis cal
led as the “sunshi
ne
soci
ology”;support
st hemaintenanceofthestat
usquo;needstoask“ funct
ionalf
or
whom? ”does notdealwi thissues ofpowerand confl
i
ct;incor
rect
lyassumes a
consensus.

Someoft heknownstruct
ural-
funct
ional
i
sm theor
ist
sincl
udeTal
cot
tPar
sons,Her
ber
t
Spencer
,
Emil
eDurkhei
m, Rober
tMerton,amongother
s.

Inordert
o gai
nmor eknowledgeoft
hedi
ff
erentst
ruct
ural
-f
unct
ional
i
sm t
heor
ist
s,
checkont
hefol
lowi
ngli
nks:

Emi l
eDur kheim:
http:
//prezi.
com/ 1fwl
17q1l
bv6/emil
e-dur
kheim-and-
the-
theor
y-of
-st
ruct
ural
-
functi
onalism/ ?webgl=0
https:
//study.com/academy/l
esson/emil
e-dur
kheims-t
heori
es-
funct
ional
ism-anomi
e-
and-divi
sion-of-
labor.
html

Funct
ional
i
sm:
htt
ps:
//www.y
out
ube.
com/
wat
ch?
v=5j
OZqVnQmdY

2.Conf
li
ctt
heor
y

The conf l
i
ctt heoryvi
ews soci
etyas composed ofcl asses /gr
oups who hav e
opposinginter
ests.
I
tv i
ews societyas composed ofgroups and int
erest
s compet i
ng forpowerand
resources.Theconf li
ctper
spect
iveexpl
ainsvari
ousaspect sofoursoci alwor
ldby
l
ookingatwhi chgroupshavepowerandbenefi
tfr
om aparti
cularsoci
alarrangement.

Theconfl
icttheoryvi
ewssocietyasmar kedbypowerst r
uggl
esov erscar
ce
resour
ces;i
nequi
tiesresul
tinconf
li
ct;soci
alchangei
sinev
itabl
e;thenat
uralst
ateof
societ
yisi
mbalance.

Theconfl
i
cttheoryposi
tsthatpeopleareinher
entl
ygoodbutar
ecorrupt
edby
soci
etyandit
seconomi cstr
uct
ure;i
nsti
tut
ionsarecontr
oll
edbygr
oupwithpower;and
“or
der”i
spartofthei
ll
usion.
Conf
li
ctTheor
iesofSoci
alPr
obl
ems
Therearet
wogener alty
pesofconfli
cttheori
esofsocialproblems:
1.Mar xi
stConf l
i
ctTheori
esf ocusonsoci alconf l
i
ctt hatresul
tsf
rom economic
i
nequal
it
ies.
2.Non- Mar
xistConf l
i
ctTheor ies focus on socialconf l
ictthatresul
tsf r
om
competi
ngvaluesandint
erestsamongsoci al
gr oups.

Mar
xistConf
li
ctTheor
ies

Theorigi
nsoft heconfl
i
ctper spect
ivecanbet racedtotheworksofKarlMarx.
Marx suggested thatallsocieti
es go through st
ages ofeconomi c devel
opment.
I
ndust
rial
izat
ionleadst ot
wocl asses:the“haves”orbourgeoi
sie,ort
heownersofthe
meansofpr oducti
on;andt he“havenot s”ortheproletari
atortheworkerswhoearn

7
wagesorthosewhodependonl yontheirlabor.Thebour
geoi
sieuset
hei
rpowert
o
cont
rol
thei
nsti
tut
ionsofsoci
etyt
othei
radvantage.

Themai nthesi
softheMarxi
stperspecti
ve:themeansofproducti
onasapr oductof
hsi
tor
icalpr
ocessdet
ermi
nesthesocialr
eali
ti
es–hist
ori
cal
mat er
ial
det
ermi
nism.

AccordingtoMar xi
stt
heor
y,socialprobl
emsr esultfr
om cl
assi
nequal
ityinher
entina
capi
tali
sticsyst
em.Marxi
stconfli
cttheor
iesal
sof ocusonthepr
oblem ofali
enati
on,or
powerlessnessandmeani
nglessnessinpeopl
e’
sl i
ves.

Non-
Mar
xistConf
li
ctTheor
ies
Ral
fDahr
endor
fisnonMar xistConf
li
ctTheor
ist
.Forhi
m,soci
etyi
scomposedof
gr
oupswit
hopposi
ngideasori
nterest.

AnonMar xistConfl
icttheoryisconcer nedwi t
hconfli
ctthatariseswhengr oupshav e
opposi
ngv aluesandi nter
ests.Fori nstance,antiabort
ionact i
vistsval
uet helif
eof
unborn embr yos;pro-choi
ce act ivi
stsv al
ue the ri
ghtofwomen t o contr
olt hei
r
repr
oducti
vedeci si
ons.Thesev aluepositi
onsrefl
ectdif
ferentsubjecti
vei
nter
pretat
ions
ofwhatconst it
utesasocialproblem.

Causesofsoci alproblemsaccordi
ng t
o conf
li
cttheor
yper spect
ive:i
nequali
ty;t
he
dominanceofgroupsofpeopleoverot
hergr
oupsofpeopl
e;oppressi
onandexploit
ati
on;
competit
ionbet
weengr oups.

Probl
em:e.g.gl
obali
zati
oni
ncr
easedthegapbetweent
he“
haves”andt
he“
havenot
s”;
theri
chbecomericherandt
hepoorbecomepoor
er.

Soci
alpol
icy
/solut
ionsaccordi
ngtoconfl
i
cttheoryperspect
ive:mi
nimi
zecompet
it
ion;
cr
eateanequit
ablesyst
em fort
hedist
ri
but
ionofresour
ces.

Sol
uti
on:e.g.toradi
cal
l
ychanget
heeconomi
cbaseofsoci
etyt
hroughnat
ional
i
st
i
ndust
rial
i
zati
on.

Cri
ti
cismstoaconf l
icttheor
yperspect
ive:Utopi
anmodel ;Marxi
stst
ateshav efai
led;
deniesexi
stenceofcooperat
ionandequitabl
eexchange;cannotexpl
aincohesionand
harmony.

Someoft
heknownconf
li
ctt
heor
ist
sincl
udeKar
lMar
xandRal
fDahr
endor
f.

I
n ordert
o gai
n mor
e knowl
edge oft
he di
ff
erentconf
li
ctt
heor
ist
s,checkon t
he
f
oll
owingl
i
nks:

Ral
fDahr endorfConfl
i
ctTheor
y:
ht
tp:/
/www. for
schungsnet
zwerk.
at/
downl
oadpub/I
IASS-
vol
ume6-
number
3-ar
ti
cle7.
pdf
Confl
ictTheory:
ht
tps://
www. youtube.
com/wat
ch?v=d_
c2p0Y7mgU
Marxi
sm:
ht
tps://
www. youtube.
com/wat
ch?v=W0GFSUu5UzA

3.Sy
mbol
icI
nter
act
ioni
st(
orSy
mbol
ici
nter
act
ioni
sm)

Thesymboli
ci nt
eracti
oni
sm viewssoci
etyasanetworkofint
erlocki
ngr
oles;social
orderi
sconst
ructedthroughint
eracti
onasindi
vi
dual
s,t
hroughsharedmeani
ng, making
senseoutoft
heirsocialworl
d.

I
tposit
sthatsoci
alreal
it
iesar
eproductsofsoci
ali
nter
acti
onandthatsocialinteract
ion
i
sladenwit
hmeani ngsanddefi
nit
ions.I
ndi
vi
duali
denti
tyi
sshapedbysocialinteracti
on.

8
Thesymboli
cinteracti
onisttheor
yf urt
hersuggeststhathumansarei
nter
pret
iveand
i
nter
acti
ve;t
heyareconst ant
lychangingasthei
r“soci
albei
ngs”emer
geandaremolded
bychangi
ngcir
cumst ances.

Symbol i
cinteracti
oni
sm isasoci alpsychologi caltheorydevel
opedf rom thewor kof
Charles
HortonCool eyandGeor geHerbertMeadi nt heear l
ypartofthetwentiethcentury(t he
actualnameoft hetheorycomesf r
om Her ber tBlumer,oneofMead' sst udents).
Accor dingtot hi
stheor
y,peopl
ei nhabitawor l
dt hati
si nl
argepartsoci
allyconstructed.
In par ti
cular,the meaning of obj ect
s,ev ent s,and behaviors comes f rom t he
i
nterpr etat
ionpeoplegiv
ethem, andinterpr
etationsv aryfr
om onegroupt oanother.

Symboli
cInteracti
onism,f ormulatedbyBlumer(1969)istheprocessofi nt
eractionin
thefor
mationofmeani ngsf orindi
vi
dual
s.Theinspir
ati
onforthist heor
ycamef r
om
Dewey(1981) ,whichbel iev
edt hathumanbeingsar ebestunderstoodinapr acti
cal
,
i
nter
acti
verelati
ont otheirenvir
onment.

Cooley,inhi stheor
yofa" lookingglasssel f
,"arguedt hatthewaywet hi
nkabout
ourselv
esi sparti
cular
lyaptt obear eflect
ionofot herpeople'
sappr ai
sals(ormor e
accuratel
y,ourimaginingofot herpeople'sapprai
sals)andt hatourself
-concept
sar e
buil
tupi nt hei
ntimategroupst hathecal l
ed"pri
mar ygroups."Meademphasi zedthat
humanbei ngsdonotr eactdir
ectlytoevents;theyactbasedont hei
rint
erpret
ati
onof
themeani ngofevents.

Thewor dsweuset odescr i


beourbehav i
orandt hebehav iorofothersarepart
icul
arly
i
mpor tant,accordi
ngt othistheor
y.Thenewpr ost i
tut
elearnst odenigr
atethe"square"
world and admi repeopl ewhosel if
estyl
ereflects"ther acketli
fe.
"( Heyl
) Anot her
exampl eistherapistwhoi nsi
stst
hatsomewomen( hit
chhi ker
sforexample)cannotbe
consideredvict
ims, becausetheyare"aski
ngforit.
"(Scul
lyandMar oll
is)
.

Symbol i
cinteracti
oni
stsemphasizethatdev i
ants,l
ikepeoplewhoar emoreconformist,
l
iveinawor l
dt hati
ssocial
lyconst
ructed.Certai
nidenti
tiesareavai
labl
eandother
snot
avai
lable;somebehav i
orsgetyouprestigeandr espectwhileother
saredeprecat
edor
punished,andt hebehavi
orsthatareappr ovedorpuni shedmaychangedr amaticall
y
overtime.

Thet heoryconsi
stsofthr
eecorepri
nci
ples:meani
ng,
languageandthought
.Thesecore
pri
nciplesleadtoconcl
usi
onsaboutthecreat
ionofaperson’
ssel
fandsocial
izat
ioni
nto
alargercommuni t
y(Gri
ffi
n,1997)
.

Meani
ngst
atest
hathumansactt
owar
dpeopl
eandt
hingsaccor
dingt
othemeani
ngs
t
hatgivetothosepeopl
eort hings.Sy
mboli
cI nt
eract
ioni
sm hol
dst
hepr
inci
palof
meani
ngtobethecent
ral
aspectofhumanbehavi
or.

Languagegi
veshumansameansbywhi
cht
onegot
iat
emeani
ngt
hroughsy
mbol
s.
Humansi
dent
if
ymeani
ngi
nspeechact
swi
thot
her
s.

Thoughtmodi
fi
eseach i
ndi
vi
dual

sint
erpr
etat
ion ofsy
mbol
s.Thoughti
sa ment
al
conv
ersat
iont
hatr
equi
resdi
ff
erentpoi
ntsofv
iew.

Withtheset hreeelementstheconceptoft hesel


fcanbef ramed.Peopleuse‘t
hel ooking
-gl
assself’:theytaketherol
eoft heother,i
magininghowwel ooktoanotherperson.The
sel
fisaf unctionoflanguage,wi t
houttalkther
ewoul dbenosel f-
concept.Peoplear e
partofacommuni t
y,whereourgener ali
zedot heri
st hesum totalofresponsesand
expectati
onst hatwepi ckupf r
om t hepeoplearoundus.Wenat ur
all
ygivemor ewei ght
tothev i
ewsofsi gnifi
cantother
s.

Thetheor
yisusedinef
fecti
veeval
uati
onofhumani nt
eract
ion.Di
ff
erentmeani
ngscan
easi
l
yl ead to communicati
on probl
ems. Probl
ems can ar i
se ift he l
i
nes of
communicat
ionar
enotopenandassumpt i
onsar
emade.

9
Example
Aboy( Jeremy )andagi rl(Ki
m)br okeupl astyear.WhenJer emyr eceivedanemai lf
rom
Kimt ogooutheagr eedandt heywentt oabar .Jeremyhadadi fferentkindofmeani ng
thoughincompar i
sonwi thKim.Jer emywentoutasf riends,wher eKi m wentoutaswi th
themeani ngof ‘ potenti
alboy f
riend’.Alsoi nt hecommuni cationt hel anguagewas
misunderstood.Kim want edt ohav ear omant i
cnight ,whileJer emywant edtohav ea
tal
ki n a bar.Thi si salso caused byt he nonver balel ementofemai l
s.The third
miscommuni cationisundert hought .WhenJer emyr epl i
edsof astKi mt houghtthatthey
weregoingoutt oar omanticplace.Jer emywentoutj ustas‘ f
riends’.Theybot husedan
i
nternaldi
aloguet ointerpr
etthesituationandt omakeaper cept i
onoft heev eni
ng.

Causes ofsocialprobl
ems accordi
ng to symboli
cinteract
ioni
sm t
heory
:Di f
ferent
i
nter
pret
ationofrol
es;l
abel
l
ingofindi
vidual
s,groupsorbehavi
orsasdevi
ant;def
ini
tion
ofanobjecti
vecondi
ti
onasasocialpr
oblem.

Probl
em:e.
g.i
dent
it
ylabel
scausemar
ginal
i
zat
ionandoppr
essi
one.
g.homosexual
i
tyas
aberr
ati
on.

Socialpoli
cy/
sol
uti
onsaccor
dingt
osy mboli
cinter
actioni
stper
spect
ive:reducei
mpact
oflabeli
ngandassoci
atedst
igmat
izat
ion;
alt
erdefi
nit
ionsofwhatisdefinedasasoci
al
problem.

Sol
uti
on:e.g.changeper
cept
ionofhomosexual
i
tyasaberrat
iont
oabasi
chumanr
ight
ofapersontodetermi
neandfreel
yexpr
esshi
sorhergenderi
dent
it
y.
Cri
ti
ci
smst oasymboli
cinter
actioni
sm t
heor
y:concentr
atesonmicroi
ssuesonly;fai
lto
l
inkmicr
oissuestomacr olevelconcer
ns;t
oopsy chol
ogicali
nit
sapproach;assumes
l
abelampli
fi
edprobl
em.

Someoftheknownsymboli
cint
eract
ioni
sm theor
istsi
ncludeGeor
geSi
mmel
,Char
les
Cool
ey,
Geor
geHerber
tMead,
Erv
ingGoff
man, W.I
.Thomas, amongother
s.

Symboli
cInt
eract
ioni
sm:
ht
tps:
//www.yout
ube.com/
wat
ch?
v=j
FQII
M8IRZU
ht
tps:
//www.yout
ube.com/
wat
ch?
v=8Yj
HiaZgl
bQ

4.Phenomenol
ogi
cal
/Const
ruct
ivi
st(
Const
ruct
ivi
sm)

The phenomenol ogical


/Constr
ucti
vist perspecti
ver egards r
eali
ti
es as social
ly
construct
ed.
Societyisahumanpr oduct.Soci
etyisanobj ect
ivereali
ty.Manisasoci alproduct
(Ber
gerand
Luckmann) .Phenomenological
/Constr
ucti
vistperspecti
veisbasedont hepremisethat
real
ityconsist
sofobj ectsandev entsast heyar epercei
vedorunder st
oodinhuman
consciousnessandnotofany thi
ngindependentofhumanconsci ousness.

Thephenomenologi
cal/
Constructi
vi
stperspecti
veishel pfuli
nparadi
gm analy
sis.
Paradigm isthe‘ent
ir
econstel
lat
ionofbel i
efs,val
ues,techniquesandsoonshar edby
themember sofagivencommunity.
”(ThomasKuhn) .“
Par adi
gmsshapeandar eshaped
byvalues,knowledgeandbeli
efsaboutthenat ur
eofourwor l
ds.”(JoeSchri
ver
)

Awor l
dv iew whi chisembeddedi nbot hconsciousandunconsciousst ateof
human beings and i nstit
uti
onal
ized wit
hint he socialenvir
onmentt hrough mor es,
cust
oms, t
radit
ions,socialcontr
ol,l
aws,etc.andtakenf orgr
antedasnatur
al andfactual
.
Basi
cal
ly,aconst r
ucti
v i
stperspecti
veprovidesthel enstocri
ti
call
yassessthediffer
ent
ways ofpr obl
em assessmentand wel fare programs.Construct
ivi
sm i s pr
imar i
ly
employedi
npar adigm analysi
s.

Par
adi
gm anal
ysi
sisahelpf
ulprocessforbecomingmoreawar
e,constr
uct
ivel
y
cr
it
ical
,andanal
yti
cali
nourint
eracti
onsinsi
deandout sidet
hefor
malcontextofour

10
education—i nourwor kandi nouri nt erper
sonalrel ati
onshi
ps. Putsi mply,paradi gm
analysi
si slearning to“ thi
nkparadigm. ”Iti
sapr ocessofcont i
nuallyaskingquest i
ons
aboutwhatt hei nf
or mat i
on,bothspokenandunspoken,t hatwesendandr ecei v
e
ref
lectsaboutourownandot hers’vi
ewsoft hewor ldandi t
speopl e,especiall
ypeopl e
dif
ferentf rom our selves.I tis a pr ocess ofcont inual
ly“ t
hinki
ng aboutt hinking.”
Paradigm anal ysi
sr equires us to cont i
nually and cr i
ti
cally evaluatet he many
perspectivesweexpl oreforthei
rconsi stencywi t
hthecor econcernsofsoci alwor k.Iti
s
i
mpor tantt orecognizet hatsuchcrit
ical thi
nkingast hatrequir
edofpar adigm analy si
sis
ahelpful,positi
ve,andconst r
ucti
vepr ocess,ratherthananegat iveordest r
uctiveone.

Constr
uctivi
sm isal earni
ngt heoryfoundinpsy chol
ogywhi chexpl
ainshow
people mightacquire knowledge and lear
n.Ittheref
ore has di
rectappli
cati
on to
educati
on.Thet heorysuggeststhathumansconst r
uctknowledgeandmeani ngf r
om
thei
rexper
iences.

BergerandLuckmannuset het ermsext ernali


zat i
on,obj ecti
vation,andr eifi
cation
tor efert ot hepr ocessbywhi chhumanact ivi
tyandsoci et yat tainthechar acterof
objectivit
y.Ext ernali
zationandobj ectivati
onenabl et heact ort oconf rontthesoci al
wor l
dassomet hingout sideher self.
I
nstitutionsappearext ernalt othei ndividual,ashi st
oricalandobj ecti
vef acili
ti
es.
Theyconf rontt hei ndividualasundeni ablef acts.Rei fi
cati
oni s“ anext remest ep”i n
processofobj ectivati
on.I nr eifi
cation,“ t
her ealrelationshipbet weenmanandhi swor l
d
i
sr ev ersedi nconsci ousness.Man,t hepr oducerofawor ld,isappr ehendedasi ts
product ,andhumanact ivi
tyasanepi phenomenonofnon- humanpr ocess.”Thati s,
rei
ficationi st heappr ehensi onofhumanphenomenaasi ft heywer e“ non-humanor
possibl ysupr ahuman”t hi ngs.Fori nst
ance,wer eifyoursoci alr olesinsuchawayt hat
wesay ,“Ihav enochoi cei nt hemat ter
.Ihav et oactt hisway .”Thati swhatBer gerr efers
toas“ badf aith.”Ofcour se,hist oryisfullofexampl esoft hehor r
endousconsequences
thatensuef rom suchr eification.TheNaziconcent rati
oncampsr eli
edonguar dswho
aresai dt ohav emer ely“ t
akenor ders. ”Apar all
elal socanbedr awnwi thther ecent
exampl eoft ortureintheAbuGhr ai
bpr ison.

I
nt ernalizat i
on–i s“ thei mmedi ateappr ehensi onori nterpr etat ionofanobj ecti
ve
eventasexpr essi ngmeani ng, ”t hati s,thepr ocesst hr oughwhi chi ndi vidualsubj ecti
vity
i
sat tai ned.
Int
er nal ization means t hat “ the obj ect i
vized soci al wor ld i s r etroject ed i nto
consci ousnessi nt hecour seofsoci al
izat i
on. ”Assuch,i nternal i
zat ioni sthe“ begi nning
point”i nt hepr ocessofbecomi ngamemberofsoci et y
,aswel last he“ endpoi nt”in
i
nst i
tut ional ization. The t hree moment s of ext ernali
zat ion, obj ect ivati
on, and
i
nter nal i
zat ionar enott obeunder stood“ asoccur ri
ngi nat empor alsequence, ”but
ratherasasi mul taneous,di alect ical process.
Nev er theless, i
ti sinintergener ationalt ransmi ssiont hatt hepr ocessofi nter nalizationis
compl et e.AsBer gerandLuckmannmai ntain:onl ywi tht het ransmi ssi onoft hesoci al
wor l
dt oanew gener ati
on( thati s,i nternalizationasef fectuat edi nsoci alizat i
on)does
the f undament alsoci aldi alect ic appeari ni tst otal i
ty.To r epeat ,onl y wi tht he
appear anceofanewgener at i
oncanonepr operlyspeakofasoci al wor l
d.Inot herwor ds,
everyi ndiv i
duali sbor nintoanenv ironmentwi t
hi nwhi chsheencount er st hesi gni fi
cant
other swhoar ei nchar geofhersoci ali
zation.Onedoesnotchooseone’ sownsi gni fi
cant
other s;r ather ,t heyar eimposedonher .I nt hepr ocessofsoci al i
zat ion,t hest ocksof
knowl edget hatt hei ndivi
dualexper iencesaspr eexist i
ngobj ect i
v er eal ityar ei mposed
onher .
Thei ndi viduali st hereby“ bor ni ntonotonl yanobj ect i
vesoci alst ruct urebutal soan
object ivesoci al wor l
d.”
Ber gerandLuckmanndi f fer entiatet wot y pesofsoci alizat i
onbasedont heext ent
towhi chi ndi vi
dual sar eact iveandconsci ousoft hepr ocessofi nt er nalizat i
on.Pr imar y
social i
zat ion r ef erst o“ thef irstsoci alization an i ndi vi
dualunder goesi n chi ldhood,
through whi ch he becomes a memberofsoci et
y.”On t he ot herhand,secondar y
social i
zat ionr efer stosubsequentpr ocessesofsoci ali
zationt hati nduct“ anal ready
social i
zedi ndividuali ntonew sect orsoft heobj ect
ivewor l
doft hi ssoci et y.”Wher eas
pri
mar ysoci alizat i
oni spr edef i
nedandt akenf orgr anted,secondar ysoci ali
zat i
oni s
acqui redi namor econsci ousway .Itisf ort hisr easont hatpr imar ysoci alizat i
onhasso

11
muchmor eofani mpactont heindivi
dualthansecondarysociali
zati
on.AsBer gerand
Luckmannst ate:Thechil
ddoesnoti nter
nali
zethewor l
dofhissignif
icantot
hersasone
ofmanypossi bleworlds.Hei nternali
zeditast hewor l
d,theonl yexist
entandonl y
conceivabl
ewor ld,t
hewor l
dtoutcour t.I
tisfort
hisreasonthatthewor l
dinter
nali
zedin
pri
mar ysocial
i
zat i
onissomuchmor efi
rmlyentr
enchedinconsci ousnessthanwor l
ds
i
nternali
zedinsecondarysociali
zati
on.

Furthermore,pri
mar ysociali
zati
onisdisti
nguishedbyt hef actthati tcannott ake
placewi thoutanemot ionall
yshar edidenti
fi
cationoft hechi ldrenwi thhi ssi gnifi
cant
others:youhav etol oveyourmot her
,butnoty ourteacher.Thisdi sti
nctionbet weent he
mor ei nt
imat e(pri
mar y)andl essi nti
mate( secondary)ty pesofsoci alizati
onr ecall
s
Schut z’
smor eabst r
actdiscussionofumwel tversusmi tweltr elat
ions.Eacht ypeof
relat
ionshipi sdisti
nguishedbyadi ff
erentlevelofi ntersubject ivi
tyandt ypifi
cati
on.
Primar ysociali
zati
onandsi gni
ficantothers(essentialto“ wer elati
ons” )ar ef armor e
centraltothemai ntenanceof“ i
dentit
y”thanaresecondar yrelationshi ps/socializati
on

Pr
obl
em:e.
g.soci
alconst
ruct
ionsofper
sonhoodput
sper
sonsi
nast
rai
ghtj
acket

Solut
ion: e.
g. Reconst
ruct per
sonhood and change expect
ati
ons whi
ch ar
e
dehumanizi
ng.

Someoftheknownphenomenol
ogy
/const
ruct
ivi
sm t
heor
ist
sincl
udeShut
z,Ber
ger
,and
Luckman.

SocialConstructi
onism:
htt
ps://www. youtube.
com/watch?v=gVCkJ7jLnz0
htt
ps://www. youtube.
com/watch?v=Yi8S4YkZI04
htt
p://
cy nt
hiagil
li
gansoci
ology
302.blogspot.
com/ 2009/
12/
pet
er-
ber
ger
thomas-
l
uckman. html
htt
ps://www. spri
nger.
com/gp/book/9783319276915

5.Soci
alWor
kPer
spect
ivei
nAnal
yzi
ngSoci
alReal
it
ies

5.
1TheEcol
ogi
calPer
spect
ive(
Per
soni
nEnv
ironment
)

Theecologicalperspect
ive(orthePersoninEnv i
ronmentperspect
ive)vi
ews
soci
alr eal
i
ty as an int
eracti
on ofhuman beings wit
h each otherand wi t
hthei
r
envi
ronmentbothsocialandphy si
cal
/nat
ural
envi
ronment.

"Theecologi
calperspect
iveusesecologi
calconceptsf
rom bi
ologyasamet aphorwith
whichtodescri
bet hereci
proci
tybetweenpersonsandthei
renv i
ronment
s..
.attenti
onis
onthegoodnessoff i
tbetweenanindivi
dualorgroupandtheplacesi
nwhicht heyli
ve
outthei
rli
ves"
(Sands,
2001).

Theecol
ogicalper
spect
ivecanbetracedbackt
obi
ologi
calt
heor
iest
hatexpl
ain
howor
ganismsadapttothei
renvi
ronment
s.

I
n1868,Er nstHaekelvoicedthet er
m" ecology"toref
ert oanor ganism andit'
s
i
nterdependencieswithi
nanat uralenvi
ronment.Themostconv enti
onaldefinit
ionofthe
term" ecol
ogy"means" theint
erdisci
pli
naryscienti
ficst
udyoft hel i
vi
ngcondi t
ionsof
organi
smsi ninteracti
onwi t
heachot herandwi t
ht hesurr
oundings,organicaswel las
i
norganic"(Naess1989, p.36).

The mi
dt o ear
ly20th century
,served as a mil
estone f
orthe soci
alwor
k
pr
ofessioni
nadopti
ngaf amil
ysystemsmodelt oincorpor
atethatfami
lymembersar
e
i
nfl
uencedequal
lybyenvi
ronmentalsystemswit
hequalpower.

Thesoci
alworkdisci
pli
nehasexpandedt hi
sper spect
ivet
oexplai
nt hatan
i
ndi
vi
duali
s"const
ant
lycr
eati
ng,rest
ruct
uri
ng,andadapt
ingtotheenvi
ronmentasthe

12
envi
ronmenti saffecti
ngt hem"( Ungar,2002)
.Thesy st
emsappr oachnow addedt he
soci
alelement st
ot heinteract
iveprocess.I
nthe1960'sand1970's,t
hesystemstheory
wasexpandedbasedonanecol ogi
calapproach,br
eaki
ngdownt heterm"envi
ronment"
i
nto socialdeter
mi nantswi thv ar
ied l
evelsofpowerand infl
uence,asdeemed by
i
ndivi
dual st
ressandneedandl evelofconnect
edness.

Unl i
kemostbehav i
oralandpsy chologi
calt heor
ies,ecologi
caltheor
iesf ocuson
i
nterrel
ati
onalt r
ansacti
onsbet ween systems,and st r
esst hatal
lexisti
ng el ement
s
wit
hinanecosy stem pl
ayanequalr olei nmai ntaini
ngbal anceoft hewhol e.I
nsocial
workpr acti
ce,applyi
nganecol ogi
calappr oachcanbebestunder stoodasl ooki
ngat
persons,famil
ies,cul
tur
es,communi t
ies,andpol i
ciesandt oidenti
fyandinterveneupon
str
engthsandweaknessesi nthet r
ansactionalprocessesbet weenthesesystems.

Holist
icthi
nki
ngcanprov
ideaparadi
gm f
orunder
standi
nghow sy
stemsand
t
hei
rint
eracti
onscanmai
ntai
nanindi
vi
dual
'
sbehav
ior
.

Bronf
enbrenner(1979),suggestsfourlevel
sofecologi
calcomponent sasausef ul
fr
amewor kin underst
anding how indi
vi
dualorfamil
ypr ocesses ar
einfl
uenced by
hi
erar
chicalenv
ironmentalsy
stemsinwhi cht
heyf
unct
ion:

1. Microsystem-The most basi c sy stem,r eferri


ng to an i ndi vi
dual'
s most
i
mmedi ateenv i
ronment( i.
e.,theef fect sofper sonal
it
ychar acteristi
csonot her
famil
ymember s).
2. Mesosy stem-Amor egener ali
zedsy st em r ef
er r
ingtotheinteractionalprocesses
betweenmul t
iplemi crosystems( i.e., effectsofspousalr elati
onshi psonpar ent-
chil
di nt
eracti
ons) .
3. Exosy st
em-Set t
ingsonamor egener al
izedl evelwhichaf fectindirect
ly,f
ami ly
i
nteractions on t he mi cro and meso l evels( i
.e.,the ef f
ect s ofpar ent's
employ mentonf amilyinteract
ions).
4. Macr osystem-Themostgener alized f orces,af f
ecti
ng indivi
dual sand fami ly
functi
oning(i.
e.,poli
tical,cult
ural
,economi c,soci al
).

EcologicalPerspective:
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ps://www. youtube.com/watch?v=nUhOMx7KYFg
Personi nEnvironment :
htt
ps://www. youtube.com/watch?v=3aZL6S-
_yHE
EcologicalSystemsTheor y:
htt
ps://study.
com/ academy /
lesson/bronf
enbr
enner
s-ecol
ogi
cal
-sy
stems-
theor
y-of
-
development -
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nit
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examples.ht
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5.
2Sy
stemsPer
spect
ive

SystemsTheor yex plai


nshumanbehav iorastheint
ersect
ionoftheinfl
uencesof
mul t
ipl
ei nterr
elated sy stems.Ev en f
orindi vi
dualissues,famil
ies,organizations,
societi
es,andot hersy stemsar einher
entl
yi nvolv
edandmustbeconsi deredwhen
attemptingt ounder standandassi stt
heindi
vidual.Accor
dingtothi
stheory,al
lsy st
ems
arei nt
errelatedpar tsconst it
uti
nganor der
edwhol eandeachsubsy st
em influences
otherpartsoft hewhol e.

Therehav ebeendozensofunof fi
ciali
terationsofSy stemsTheor yovert
hepast
fewhundr edy ears,appl
iedtosoci et
y,science,andmanyot herareas.Inthe20thcent
ury
,
multi
plesci entist
s,philosophers,andacademi csbegant o outli
neExt ernall
i
nkand
defi
net hest ructureofSy stemsTheor yi nt heirv ar
iousdi scipl
ines;therearenow
syst
emst heor i
esf orbiol
ogy,cy berneti
cs,andf orsocialwor k.Whi letheappli
cati
ons
obvi
ouslyv arydependi ngont hediscipl
ine,allsy stemst heori
esf oll
ow theconceptof
i
nterr
elatedpar tsinfl
uencingoneanot heraspar tofanor deredwhol e.

Severalpr
omi nentt
hinkersadvancedSyst
emsTheor yinsoci alwor
k.Talcott
Parsonswasaneconomi standsoci ol
ogi
statHarvar
dUniversi
ty,whosebook“Social
System”helpedsteertheconversat
iononsyst
ematicdet
erminantsofbehavi
or.Robert

13
Mertonisconsideredoneoft hef oundingfathersofmoder nsoci ologyandsi gni
fi
cant
ly
advanced Sy
stemsTheor ythrough hispr ogressi
vet heorieson f uncti
onalanalysi
s.
Mertonalsocoinedt henowubi quitousterms“ sel
f-
ful
fi
lli
ngpr ophecy ”and“rolemodel
.”
CarelGer
mainisi nternati
onal
l
yr ecognizedforherworkonexpl aininghumanbehav i
ori
n
asocialenvi
ronment .Shement oredandwor kedextensivelywithAl exGitt
erman,who
conti
nuestodev el
opSy st
emsTheor yt
hrought heLi
feModel External li
nk.

CaseSt
udyi
nSyst
emsTheor
y

ThePruettcasestudyprovi
desaconcr et
e,real-worl
dexampleofhowSy stems
Theoryi
sappliedtounder
standhowi nt
errelat
edf actor
scont r
ibut
etounhealthyactions.
Int
hiscase,t
hecl i
entwasengagingi
nriskybehav ior
s( drugabuseandunprotectedsex)
andnotattendingschool
.Shehadnothadcont actwithherf at
herforfi
vey ears,and
someofheronl ymemoriesofhi minvolvedhi m abusingdr ugsandarguingwi thher
motherathome.

IntheFamilySy st
emsTheor y,i
ndivi
dualsmustnotbeev al
uatedinisolati
on,but
i
nt hecontextoft
hef amily,asthefamilyoperatesasauni t
.Oneoft hecoreconcept sof
thi
st heoryi sthe t r
iangl
e,whose mostcommon f or
m i s a parent-parent
-chi
ld
rel
ati
onship—aka“ twohel pingone”).Clear
ly,t
hecl i
entwasmi ssi
ngoneoft hecorners
ofthetr
iangleandthusoneoft hepil
l
arsofhealt hyemoti
onaldevel
opment .

Anotherconcepti
sthefamil
yproj
ecti
onprocess,
wher ei
nt hecli
entsuf
fersfr
om
theemotionaldysf
uncti
onofthefamil
yunit
.Int
hiscase,thecli
entwi t
nessedherfat
her
abusi
ngdr ugstoself
-medi
cat
e,sosheimit
atedt
hatbehavior,
thinkingi
tmighthel
pher .

Theful
lcomplexi
ti
esofthi
scasegobeyondthescopeofthi
spost,
butitserv
es
asanexampl eofhow asoci alworkermustunderst
andinter
rel
atedsyst
ems( e.g.
,
school
-fami
l
y -
indi
vi
dual
)inor
dertoassi
stt
hecl
ient
.

I
ssuesAddr
essedbySyst
emsTheor
y

Syst
emsTheor yi sused t
o develop aholi
sticview ofi ndiv
idual
swi thin an
envi
ronmentand is bestappli
ed to si
tuati
ons where severalsy st
ems inextricably
connectandinf
luenceoneanot her.I
tcanbeempl oyedincaseswher econt extual
underst
andi
ngsofbehaviorwi
lll
eadtothemostappropriat
epr act
iceinter
vent
ions.

I
nthePruet
tcase,forexample,t
heclient
’sschoolandfamil
yenvi
ronmentheav i
l
y
i
nfluencedherindi
vi
dualactions,andheracti
onsinfl
uencedthewayshei nter
act
edwi t
h
others atschooland int he home.The r ecommended inter
venti
ons thus i
nvol
ved
strengt
heningthemissingpar tofherfamil
yuni t
,ref
err
inghertocounselingservi
ces,
andconnect i
ngherwit
hacademi csupport.

Therearemanypr act
iceint
erv
entionsavai
labl
et o soci
alwor
kersand t
hei
r
appl
i
cati
onsv ar
ygreat
lydependingont hecont
ext,butfol
lowingar
eaf ew common
i
nter
vent
ionsusedaspartofSyst
emsTheor y.

St
rengt
henonepartofthesy
stem t
oi mpr
ovethewhol
e.Int
hePruet
tcase,the
soci
alworkerrecommendedfi
ndi
ngahealthyfat
herf
igur
efort
hecli
ent
,tostr
engthen
themissi
ngcomponentofthef
amil
ysyst
em.

Networ ki
ngandr eferrals.Acr iti
calpar tofanysoci alworker’
sjobi st ohelpcl ients
navigate between sy stems.Thi s of t
en means r efer
ri
ng client
st o special
i
st s,or
connect i
ngt hem withr esour cesoror ganizati
onst hatcanhel ptheirsituati
on.Int he
Pruettcase, t
hismeantr ef err
altoacounsel orandconnect i
ont oanaf t
erschool t
utor .
Ecomaps.Anecomapi saf l
owdi agram thathelpssomeoneunder standaf amily
’sand
communi t
y ’
sinter
rel
atedpr ogressi onov ertime.Itall
owssoci alworkersandcl i
ent st o
captureandor ganizethecompl exi
tyofasy stem.
Genogr ams.Agenogr am i sagr aphicr epresent
ationofaf ami l
ytree,construct
edwi th
symbol st hatdescribe r elat
ionshi psand connect i
onsbet ween an ext ended fami ly
.

14
Socialworker
stypical
l
yconstructt
hem al
ongwi
thcli
entsi
nor
dert
obet
terunder
stand
rel
ationshi
psandidenti
fypat
ternsi
nthemedi
cal
hist
ory.

Underst
andingandappl yi
ngSy st
emsTheor yisacr iti
calpartofanysocialwor ker’
s
car
eer.Oneoft hemosti mport
antf unct i
onsofasoci alwor kerishel
ping cli
ents
navi
gatethevari
oussystemsthataffecttheirli
ves,whichrequi
resadeepunderstanding
ofhow subsystemsarei nt
err
elat
edandi nfluenceoneanot her.Thi
spostprovi
desan
i
ntr
oductiontoSystemsTheoryandsomer ealli
feexamplesofhowi ti
sappli
ed.I
tisjust
oneofthemanyt heor
eti
calapproachest hatsocialworkerswillappl
ythr
oughoutt hei
r
car
eers.

Syst
emsTheory
:
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tps:
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youtube.
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wat
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Y7638w6gkI

Si
milar
it
iesofSy st
emsPer specti
veandEcologi
calPer
specti
ve:
 Interrel
atednessofhumanbei ngs
 Rol eofinsti
tuti
ons
 Interacti
onofhumanbei ngswit
hthei
rsoci
alenvi
ronment
 Interacti
onofhumanbei ngswit
heachother

Di
ff
erencebet
weenSy
stemsPer
spect
iveandEcol
ogi
calPer
spect
ive:

Sy
stemsPerspective Ecol
ogi
calPer spect
ive
- Used t o r efer t o inanimate, - Approach t o l i
ving dy namic
mechanicaloperations i
nteractions
- Emphasi sondy namici nt
eracti
ons
- Focus on boundaries of - Focus on t r
ansaction bet ween
subsyst
emswi thi
n a sy stem and i
ndividualsandtheirenv i
ronmentat
theequi
li
brium withinthesy st
em thepoi ntwheret hei ndi
v i
dualand
theenv ir
onmentmeet

15
PARTII
I
I
nter
nat
ionalCommi
tment
sandConv
ent
ionsI
nfl
uenci
ngPhi
li
ppi
neSoci
alReal
it
ies

TheSust
ainabl
eDev
elopmentGoal
s

Whatar
etheSust
ainabl
eDev
elopmentGoal
s?

TheSustainableDevel
opmentGoal
s(SDGs),ot
her
wiseknownastheGlobalGoal
s,ar
ea
uni
versalcallt
oacti
ontoendpover
ty,pr
otectt
hepl
anetandensur
ethatal
lpeopl
eenjoy
peaceandpr osper
it
y.

These17Goal sbui l
dont hesuccessesoft heMill
enni
um DevelopmentGoal s,whil
e
i
ncluding new areas such as cl i
mate change,economici nequali
ty,innovat
ion,
sustai
nableconsumpt i
on,peaceand justi
ce,among otherpri
orit
ies.Thegoal sare
i
nterconnect
ed– of t
ent hekeyt osuccessononewi l
linv
olv
et ackli
ngissuesmor e
commonl yassoci
atedwithanother
.

TheSDGswor kint hespir


itofpar tnershi
pandpr agmat i
sm t omaket herightchoices
now t oimprovel i
fe,inasust ainableway ,forfuturegenerations.Theypr ovidecl ear
guideli
nesandt argetsforallcount riestoadopti naccor dancewi ththeirownpr iori
ties
andt heenv i
ronment alchall
engesoft hewor ldatl arge.TheSDGsar eani nclusive
agenda.Theyt ackletherootcausesofpov er
tyanduni t
eust ogethert
omakeaposi tive
changef orbot hpeopl eandpl anet.“ Povert
yer adicat
ioni satt hehear toft he2030
Agenda,andsoi sthecommi tmentt oleaveno-onebehi nd,”UNDPAdmi ni
strat
orAchi m
Steinersai
d.“TheAgendaof fersauni queoppor t
uni t
ytoputt hewhol ewor l
donamor e
prosperousandsust ainabl
edev elopmentpat h.

The17Gl
obal
Goal
s

PHdev el
opmentplantocomplementSDGs(Phi
li
ppi
neDail
yInqui
rer
,Apri
l18,
2017)
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tp:
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rer
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ph-
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sdgs

Thegov ernmenti
swor ki
ngonar oadmapthatwil
lti
eint heUnit
edNat i
ons’Sustainabl
e
Dev el
opmentGoals(SDGs)wi ththecount
ry’
sownmedi um t ol
ongterm pr
ogr essplans.
AccordingtoNEDA,t hegov ernmentaimstobr i
ngdev elopmentplanni
ngt ot henext
l
ev elbyconsider
ingtheint
er pl
ayofeconomy ,soci
ety,andenv i
ronment.Thepl anned
roadmap “ wi
llenablethe countryto maximize t
he cur r
enteconomic moment um”
prescri
bedundert heAmBisyonNat in2040visi
on.Launchedin2016,AmBi syonNat i
n

16
2040i saimedatt ri
pli
ngFili
pinos’percapitaincomet o$11,
000i n24y ears’ti
meby
sustai
ningatleast6.
5-per
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eOr der
No.5wassi gnedi nOctober2016.Itstatedt hat“by2040,t
hePhi l
ippi
nesshal lbea
prosperous,
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asssocietywherenooneispoor.”

Programsai medatachi evingtheSDGswoul dalsobeimplementedsidebysidewi


ththe
Phil
ippine Development Pl an (PDP) 2017-2022, which serves as the curr
ent
admi ni
str
ati
on’sdev elopmentbluepri
nt.ThePDPt arget
s7t o8per centGDPgrowthin
themedi um ter
m bypur suingthe10-pointsoci
oeconomicagendaul t
imat
elyai
medat
reducingthepovertyincidenceto14percentby2022.

TheSendaiFr
ameworkforDisast
erRi
skReduction2015-2030(
SendaiFr
amewor
k)
(ht
tps:
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sdr
.or
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-f
ramework)

TheSendaiFr ameworkforDi sast


erRiskReduct i
on2015-2030(SendaiFr
amewor k)is
thefi
rstmajoragreementofthepost-
2015devel opmentagenda,wit
hseventar
getsand
fourpri
ori
ti
esf oracti
on.Itwasendor sedbyt heUN Gener alAssemblyf
oll
owingt he
2015ThirdUNWor l
dConferenceonDisast
erRiskReducti
on( WCDRR) .

TheSendaiFr amewor ki
sa15- year;v oluntar
y,non-bindingagreementwhi chr ecogni
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thattheSt atehast heprimaryr ol
et or educedi sasterri
skbutt hatresponsi
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it
yshould
beshar edwithotherst akeholdersi ncludinglocalgov ernment,thepr i
vatesect orand
otherst akeholder
s.Itai msf ort hef oll
owingout come:Thesubst ant
ialreductionof
disasterriskandl ossesinl i
ves,liveli
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cal
,
social
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alandenv ir
onment alasset sofper sons,businesses,communi ti
esand
countries.

TheSendaiFramewor kisthesuccessori nst


rumentt otheHyogoFr
ameworkf orActi
on
(HFA)2005-2015:Buil
dingtheResil
ienceofNat i
onsandCommuni ti
estoDisaster
s.Iti
s
the outcome of st akehol
der consultati
ons init
iated i
n March 2012 and i nt
er-
gover
nment alnegot
iati
onsheldfrom Jul
y2014t oMar ch2015,whi
chweresupportedby
theUNISDRupont herequestoftheUNGener alAssembly.

TheSev enGl obalTar gets


(a)Subst antial
lyr educegl obaldisastermor tali
tyby2030,ai mi ngt olowerav erageper
100,000gl obalmor t
al i
tyratesi nthedecade2020- 2030compar edt ot heper iod2005-
2015.
(b)Subst antial
lyreducet henumberofaf fect
edpeopl eglobal lyby2030, aimingt ol ower
averagegl obalfigureper100, 000i nt hedecade2020- 2030compar edt ot heper i
od
2005- 2015.
(c)Reducedi r
ectdi sastereconomi cl ossinr el
at i
ont ogl obalgr ossdomest icpr oduct
(GDP)by2030.
(d)Subst antial
lyreducedi sasterdamaget ocr i
ti
cal i
nfrastructureanddi srupt
ionofbasi c
services,amongt hem heal thandeducat i
onalf aci
li
ties,incl udingt hroughdev el oping
thei
rr esil
ienceby2030.
(e)Subst antial
lyincr easet henumberofcount r
ieswi thnat ionalandl ocaldi sast err i
sk
reduct i
onst rat
egiesby2020.
(f)Subst antiall
yenhance i nternat
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on t o dev eloping count r
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onal act ions f or
i
mpl ement ati
onoft hisFr amewor kby2030.
(g)Subst ant i
all
yi ncreaset heav ai
labili
tyofandaccesst omul t
i-hazardear lywar ni
ng
systemsanddi sasterr i
ski nformati
onandassessment stot hepeopl eby2030.

TheFourPr
ior
it
iesf
orAct
ion

Pri
ori
ty1.Understandi
ngdisast
erri
sk
Di
sasterri
skmanagementshoul dbebasedonanunder standi
ngofdisast
errisk
i
nallit
sdi mensi
onsofv ul
nerabi
li
ty,capaci
ty,exposur
eofpersonsandassets,hazard
char
acter
isti
csandt heenv
ironment.Suchknowl edgecanbeusedforri
skassessment,

17
pr
event
ion,
mit
igat
ion,
prepar
ednessandr
esponse.

Pr
iori
ty2.Strengt
heningdisasterriskgov ernancetomanagedi sast
errisk
Di
sasterriskgov er
nance att he nat i
onal
,regionaland gl
oball evel
sisv ery
i
mportantforpreventi
on,mit
igati
on, preparedness,
response,r
ecovery,
andr ehabi
l
itat
ion.
I
tfost
erscollabor
ationandpartnership.

Pri
orit
y3.Investi
ngindisasterri
skreduct
ionforresil
ience
Publicandpri
vateinv est
mentindisast
err i
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enti
onandreducti
ont hr
ough
str
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ructur
almeasur esareessentialtoenhancetheeconomic,soci
al,
healt
handcul tur
alresi
li
enceofper sons,communi ti
es,countr
iesandthei
rassets,as
wellastheenvir
onment.

Priori
ty4.Enhanci ngdi sasterpreparednessf oreffecti
veresponseandt o“ Buil
dBack
Better”inrecovery,rehabili
tati
onandr econstr
uct i
on
The growt h ofdi sasterri
skmeans t hereis a need to st
rengthen disast
er
preparednessf orresponse,t akeacti
oni nanticipat
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es
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evel
s.Therecovery,rehabi
li
tati
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onphasei sacr i
ti
calopportunitytobuil
dbackbet t
er,i
ncludingthrough
i
ntegratingdisasterriskreductioni
ntodev el
opmentmeasur es.

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AtCOP21i nParis,on12December2015,Par ti
estotheUNFCCCr eacheda
l
andmar kagreementt ocombatcl i
matechangeandt oacceler
ateandi ntensif
yt he
acti
ons and investment
s needed f ora sustai
nablelow carbon future.The Par i
s
AgreementbuildsupontheConv enti
onand–f ort
hef i
rstti
me–br i
ngsal lnati
onsi nt
oa
commoncauset oundert aketakeambiti
ouseffortstocombatcl i
mat echangeand
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sef fect
s,wit
henhancedsuppor ttoassistdevel
opi
ngcount r
iest odoso.As
such,i
tchart
sanewcour sei nt
heglobal
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mateeffort
.

ThePar i
sAgr eement ’
scent ralaimi st ostrengthent hegl obalr esponset ot he
thr
eatofcl i
mat echangebykeepi ngagl obalt emper atureriset hiscent urywellbelow2
degreesCelsiusabov epre-i
ndustriallev
elsandt opur sueef fortstol imitthetemper ature
i
ncrease ev en furthert o 1.5 degrees Cel sius.Addi t
ionally,the agr eementai ms t o
i
ncreaset heabi li
tyofcount ri
est odealwi t
ht heimpact sofcl i
mat echange,andat
making f i
nance flows consi stentwi t
hal ow GHG emi ssions and cl imate-
resil
ient
pathway .Tor eacht heseambi ti
ousgoal s,appr opriat
emobi l
izationandpr ovisi
onof
fi
nancialresources,anew t echnologyf ramewor kandenhancedcapaci t
y-bui
ldi
ngi st o
beputi nplace,thussuppor t
ingact i
onbydev elopingcount riesandt hemostv ulnerable
countri
es,inli
newi ththei
rownnat i
onalobject ives.TheAgr eemental sopr ovi
desf oran
enhancedt r
anspar encyf r
amewor kforact i
onandsuppor t
.

ThePar isAgreementr equi r


esallPar t
iestoputforwardthei
rbesteffor
tsthrough
“nat
ionallydeterminedcont ri
butions”(NDCs)andt ostr
engthentheseeff
ortsinthey ear
s
ahead.Thi sincludesrequir
ement sthatallParti
esrepor
tregularl
yonthei
remi ssi
onsand
ontheirimpl ement ati
onefforts.Ther ewi l
lalsobeagl obalstocktakeevery5y earsto
assesst hecol l
ectiveprogresstowar dsachi evi
ngt hepurposeoftheagreementandt o
i
nformf urtherindivi
dualactionsbyPar t
ies.

ThePar isAgr eement,adoptedthroughDecisi


on1/ CP.21,addr essescruci
alar eas
necessarytocombatcl imatechange.Someoft hekeyaspect softheAgr eementareset
outbelow:
 Long- t
erm t emperat
uregoal( Art.2)– ThePar i
sAgr eement ,i
n seeki
ng t o
strengthentheglobalresponsetoclimatechange,reaff
ir
mst hegoalofl i
miting
globalt emperat
ureincreasetowel lbelow 2degr eesCel sius,whil
epur suing

18
effortst ol imi tt hei ncreaset o1. 5degr ees.
 Globalpeaki ngand' climat eneut ral i
ty' (Ar t.4)–Toachi ev ethist emper atur egoal ,
Par ti
esai mt or eachgl obalpeaki ngofgr eenhousegasemi ssi ons( GHGs)as
soonaspossi ble,r ecogni zi ngpeaki ngwi l
lt akel ongerf ordev elopi ngcount r
y
Par ti
es, soast oachi eveabal ancebet weenant hropogeni cemi ssi onsbysour ces
andr emov alsbysi nksofGHGsi nt hesecondhal foft hecent ury .
 Mi ti
gat ion( Ar t.4)–ThePar i
sAgr eementest ablishesbi ndingcommi tment sby
allPar ties t o pr epar e,communi cat e and mai nt ai n a nat ional ly det ermi ned
cont ri
but i
on( NDC)andt opur suedomest icmeasur est oachi ev et hem.I tal so
prescr ibest hatPar tiesshal lcommuni cat et hei rNDCsev er y5y ear sandpr ov ide
i
nf ormat ionnecessar yforcl ar i
tyandt ranspar ency .Tosetaf irmf oundat i
onf or
higherambi tion,eachsuccessi v eNDCwi l
lr epr esentapr ogr essi onbey ondt he
prev i
ousoneandr eflectt hehi ghestpossi bleambi tion.Dev elopedcount ries
shoul d cont inue t ot ake t he l ead by under taki ng absol ut e economy -wi de
reduct iont ar get s,whi l
edev el opi ngcount riesshoul dcont inueenhanci ngt hei r
mi ti
gat ionef for t
s,andar eencour agedt omov et owar deconomy -wi det arget s
overt imei nt hel ightofdi fferentnat i
onal circumst ances.
 Sinksandr eser voi rs( Ar t
.5)–ThePar isAgr eemental soencour agesPar t
iest o
conser veandenhance,asappr opr iat e,si nksandr eser voirsofGHGsasr efer red
toinAr ticle4, par agr aph1( d)oft heConv ent ion, i
ncl udi ngf orest s.
 Vol unt arycooper at ion/Mar ket -andnon- mar ket -basedappr oaches ( Ar t.6)–
ThePar isAgr eementr ecogni zest hepossi bilityofv olunt arycooper ationamong
Par ti
es t o al low f orhi gherambi tion and set s outpr incipl es – i ncl udi ng
env ir
onment al i nt egr it
y ,t r
anspar ency and r obust account ing – f or any
cooper ationt hati nv olvesi nt er nat ional lyt ransf er alofmi tigat i
onout comes.I t
establ ishesamechani sm t ocont ribut et ot hemi tigat i
onofGHGemi ssi onsand
suppor tsust ai nabl e dev elopment ,and def ines a f r
amewor kf ornon- mar ket
appr oachest osust ainabl edev elopment .
 Adapt ation ( Ar t.7)– The Par is Agr eementest abl i
shes a gl obalgoalon
adapt at i
on – ofenhanci ng adapt iv e capaci t
y ,st rengt heni ng r esi li
ence and
reduci ngv ulner abilityt ocl i
mat echangei nt hecont extoft het emper atur egoalof
theAgr eement .Itai mst osi gni ficant lyst rengt hennat ionaladapt at i
onef for ts,
i
ncl uding t hr ough suppor tand i nt ernat i
onalcooper ati
on.I tr ecogni zes t hat
adapt at i
on i sa gl obalchal l
enge f aced byal l
.Al lPar ti
esshoul d engage i n
adapt at i
on, i
ncl udingbyf or mul at i
ngandi mpl ement i
ngNat i
onal Adapt ationPl ans,
and shoul d submi tand per iodi cal l
y updat e an adapt ation communi cat ion
descr ibingt hei rpr ior i
ti
es,needs,pl ansandact ions.Theadapt at i
onef fort sof
dev elopi ngcount riesshoul dber ecogni zed
 Lossanddamage( Art.8)–ThePar i
sAgr eementr ecogni zest hei mpor tanceof
aver t
ing,mi ni mi zing and addr essi ng l oss and damage associ ated wi t
ht he
adv erseef fect sofcl i
mat echange,i ncl udi ngext remeweat herev ent sandsl ow
onsetev ents, andt her oleofsust ai nabl edev elopmenti nr educi ngt her iskofl oss
anddamage.Par ti
esar et oenhanceunder st andi ng, act ionandsuppor t, i
ncl udi ng
throught heWar saw I nter nat ionalMechani sm,onacooper ativeandf aci l
itative
basi swi thr espectt ol ossanddamageassoci atedwi tht headv erseef fect sof
cli
mat echange.
 Finance,t echnol ogyandcapaci ty-bui ldingsuppor t( Ar t.9,10and11)– The
Par i
sAgr eementr eaf f
irmst heobl igat i
onsofdev elopedcount riest osuppor tt he
effortsofdev elopi ngcount ryPar tiest obui ldcl ean,cl imat e- resilientf ut ures,
whi lef ort hef ir
stt i
meencour agi ngv ol unt ar ycont ribut i
onsbyot herPar t
ies.
Prov i
si onofr esour cesshoul dal soai mt oachi eveabal ancebet weenadapt at ion
andmi tigation.I naddi tiont or epor tingonf inanceal readypr ov ided,dev eloped
count ryPar tiescommi tt osubmi ti ndi cat iv ei nf ormat iononf utur esuppor tev ery
two y ear s,i ncl udi ng pr oject ed l ev elsofpubl icf inance.Theagr eemental so
prov i
dest hatt heFi nanci alMechani sm oft heConv ent i
on,i ncl udi ngt heGr een
Climat eFund( GCF) ,shal lser vet heAgr eement .I nt ernat i
onalcooper at i
onon
cli
mat e-saf et echnol ogydev elopmentandt r ansf erandbui ldingcapaci tyi nt he
dev elopi ngwor ldar eal sost rengt hened:at echnol ogyf ramewor ki sest abl ished
undert he Agr eementand capaci ty-bui lding act ivities wi l
lbe st rengt hened
through,i nteral i
a,enhancedsuppor tforcapaci t
ybui ldingact ionsi ndev elopi ng

19
countr
y Part
ies and appropr
iat
einsti
tuti
onalarrangements.Cli
mat
e change
educati
on,tr
aini
ngaswel laspublicawareness,parti
cipat
ionandaccessto
i
nformation(
Art12)i
sal sotobeenhancedundertheAgreement.
 Climat echangeeducat ion,t raining,publ icawar eness,publ icpar ticipationand
publ ic access t oi nf or mat ion ( Art12)i s al so t o be enhanced undert he
Agr eement .
 Transpar ency( Art .13) ,i mpl ement ati
onandcompl iance( Ar t.15)– ThePar i
s
Agr eementr eli
esonar obustt ranspar encyandaccount ingsy stem t opr ov i
de
clarity on act i
on and suppor tby Par ti
es,wi thf l
exibil
ityf ort heirdi ff
er i
ng
capabi lit
ies ofPar ties.I n addi tion t or epor ting informat ion on mi t
igat ion,
adapt at i
onandsuppor t,theAgr eementr equirest hatt hei nf or mat i
onsubmi tt
ed
byeachPar tyunder goesi nter nationalt echni calexper tr ev iew.TheAgr eement
also incl udesa mechani sm t hatwi llf aci li
tatei mpl ement at ion and pr omot e
compl i
ancei nanon- adv er sarial andnon- puni ti
v emanner ,andwi l
l r
epor tannual ly
tot heCMA.
 GlobalSt ockt ake( Art.14)–A“ globalst ockt ake” , t
ot akepl acei n2023andev ery
5y ear st hereaf t
er ,wi llassesscol lecti
v epr ogr esst owar dachi ev ingt hepur pose
oft heAgr eementi nacompr ehensi veandf acilitati
vemanner .Itwi llbebasedon
thebestav ailablesci enceandi tslong- ter m gl obalgoal .Itsout comewi llinf orm
Par ti
esi nupdat ingandenhanci ngt hei ract ionsandsuppor tandenhanci ng
i
nt ernat i
onal cooper at i
ononcl imat eact ion.
 Deci sion1/ CP. 21al soset soutanumberofmeasur est oenhanceact i
onpr iorto
2020,i ncludingst rengt heni ngt het echni calexami nat i
onpr ocess,enhancement
ofpr ov i
sion ofur gentf inance,t echnol ogy and suppor tand measur es t o
strengt henhi gh-l
ev elengagement .For2018af acili
tativedi aloguei senv isaged
tot akest ockofcol l
ect ivepr ogr esst owar dst hel ong- t
er m emi ssionr educt i
on
goalofAr t4.The deci sion al so wel comes t he ef for ts ofal lnon- Par ty
stakehol der st oaddr essandr espondt ocl i
mat echange,i ncl udi ngt hoseofci v
il
soci ety,thepr ivat esect or,f i
nanci ali nst it
utions,ci ti
esandot hersubnat ional
aut horiti
es.These st akehol der s ar ei nv ited t o scal e up t hei ref f
ort s and
showcase t hem v iat he Non- Stat e Act orZone f orCl imat e Act ion pl atf orm
(http://cli
mat eact ion. unf ccc.int ).Par ti
esal sor ecogni zedt heneedt ost r
engt hen
theknowl edge,t echnol ogi es,pr acticesandef f or
tsofl ocalcommuni tiesand
i
ndi genouspeopl es, aswel last hei mpor tantr oleofpr ov i
di ngi ncent ivest hrough
tool ssuchasdomest icpol i
ciesandcar bonpr icing.

20
PARTIV
ThePhi
li
ppi
neReal
it
iesandCur
rentEv
entsandI
ssuesAf
fect
ingt
heCount
ryandt
he
Worl
d

1.Pov
ert
y

Whi
l
etherei
snoagreeddefi
nit
ionofpovert
y,thefol
lowingt
woconceptsareoft
enused
t
odefi
nepover
tyi
ntheworl
d:
 IncomePovert
y.Thi
shastwov ar
iati
ons:Absolut
ePover
tyandRelati
vePovert
y
 HumanPov ert
yIndex(HPI)orlaterchanget oMult
idi
mensionalPover
tyIndex
(MPI
)

Twovar
iat
ionsofI
ncomePover
ty:

AbsolutePov er
ty: Thismeasuresthenumberofpeopl ewit
hi nadequat
ei ncomet o
obtai
nbasi cnecessit
iesofl
ife.Thecostiscalcul
atedbypri
cingast andar
d“ market
basket”ofevery
dayconsumercommodi t
iesneededbypeopl
einapar t
icul
arcountr
y.

Ref
erstoacondit
ionwhereaper
sondoesnothavethemini
mum amountof
i
ncomeneededt omeetthemini
mum r
equir
ement
sforoneormorebasi
cli
vi
ngneeds
overanext
endedper
iodofti
me.

Relat
ivePover
ty:Thi
sconceptrel
atest
otheinequal
it
iesofi
ncomedist
ri
but
ion.I
tist
he
condi
tioninwhichpeoplelacktheminimum amountofi ncomeneededinorderto
maintaint
heaver
agestandar
dofli
vingi
nthesociet
yinwhichtheyl
i
ve.

Undert
hisconcept,peoplearedefi
nedaspoorevenift
heyhav
eanadequate
i
ncomef orsur
viv
al,solongast hei
rincomedoesnotal
low t
hem t
oobtai
ngoodsand
ser
vicesata50percentl
evelofthesoci
etal
standar
d.

HumanPov
ert
yIndex( )1
HPI

Thisconceptisbasedont hetheor
yt hatpovert
yinv ol
vesmor ethanlackof
i
ncome.Itmeansdenial
ofchoicesandopportuni
ti
esforatolerabl
elif
e.
Thus,r
atherthanmeasuringpov ert
ysolel
ybyi ncome,itexami nest hemostbasic
di
mensionsofdepri
vati
on,li
keearlydeat
h,malnutr
it
ion,i
ll
it
eracy,accesstoheal
thcar
e
andsaf
ewat er
.

Povert
y I ncidence is t
he pr
opor
ti
on of famil
ies/
indivi
dual
s wit
h per capita
i
ncome/ expenditur
elesst
hant
hepercapi
tapover
tythreshol
dt othet
otalnumberof
famil
i
es/indiv
iduals.

Pover
tyThr
eshol
disthemini
mum income/expendi
tur
erequi
redf
oraf
ami
l
y/i
ndi
vi
dual
tomeett
hebasi
cfoodandnon-
foodrequi
rements.

(Not
e:Basi
cf ood requi
rement
s ar
e cur
rent
ly based on 100% adequacy f
ort
he
RecommendedEner
gyand

21
Nutri
entI ntake (RENI )f orpr otei
n and ener gy equi valentto an average of2000
kil
ocalor
iespercapi ta,and80%adequacyf orothernut r
ients.Ontheot herhand,basi c
non-foodrequirement s,indir
ectlyest i
mat edbyobt ai
ningt herati
ooff oodtot otalbasic
expendit
uresf rom ar eferencegr oupoff ami l
ies,coverexpendi tureon:(1)clothingand
footwear;(2)housing;(3)f uel
,light,wat er;(4)mai ntenanceandmi norrepair
s;(5)rental
ofoccupi ed dwelli
ng uni ts;(6)medi calcar e;( 7)educat i
on;(8)transportati
on and
communi cation;(9)non- durablef urnishings;( 10)househol d operati
ons;and ( 11)
personalcareandef fects.)

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__
1
TheHumanPov er
tyI
ndex(HPI)wasanindicat
ionofthestandardofli
vinginacountr
y,dev
elopedbythe
Unit
edNati
ons(UN)tocomplementtheHumanDev el
opmentI ndex(HDI)andwasfir
strepor
tedaspartof
theHumanDev el
opmentReporti
n1997.Itwasconsi der
edt obetterr
ef l
ectt
heextentofdepri
vat
ionin
devel
opedcount
ri
escomparedtotheHDI.I
n2010i twassupplantedbytheUN'sMulti
dimensi
onalPovert
y
I
ndex(MPI)
.
Severit
yofPovertyi
sthetotaloft hesquaredi ncome/expendit
ureshort
fall(expr
essed
i
npr oport
iontothepover
tythreshol d)offamili
es/i
ndi
v i
dualswithincome/expendit
ure
bel
owt hepovert
ythr
eshol
d,dividedbyt hetotalnumberoffami l
i
es/i
ndivi
duals.
(Note:Thi
sisequalt
otheFost er-Greer-
Thorbecke(FGT)fami l
yofmeasur eswi t
halpha
=2.Iti
sapovertymeasure,whichissensi
ti
vetotheincome/
expendi
tur
edi
str
ibut
ion
amongthepoor–thewor
set hedist
ri
but
ioni
s,themor
eseverepover
tyi
s.)

Povert
yGapi st
hetot
alincome/ expendi
tur
eshor tf
all(expressedinpr
opor
ti
ontothe
pover
tyt hreshol
d)offamil
ies/i
ndivi
dualswithincome/ expenditur
ebel
ow t
hepovert
y
thr
eshold,divi
dedbyt
hetotalnumberoff amil
ies/
indi
viduals.

I
ncomeGapi st
heaveragei ncomeshortf
all
,expr
essedinproport
iontot
hepov
ert
y
t
hreshol
d,off
ami
li
es/
indi
vidualswit
hincomebelowthepov
ert
ythreshol
d.
(Notes:t
hedi
ffer
encebetweentheincomegapandthepover
tygapistheuseofnumber
ofpoorfamil
i
es/indi
vi
dualsasdenominatorfort
hei
ncomegap.Forthepover
tygap,t
he
tot
alnumberoffamili
es/
indi
vi
dualsisused.)

FoodThresholdisthemini
mum income/expendi
tur
er equir
edf oraf
amil
y/i
ndivi
dualt
o
meetthebasicfoodneeds,
whichsati
sfi
esthenutr
it
ionalrequi
rement
sforeconomical
l
y
necessar
yandsociall
ydesi
rabl
ephysi
calact
ivi
ti
es.

Subsist
ence I ncidence i
st he pr
opor
ti
on offami
l
ies/i
ndi
vidual
s wi
th percapi
tal
i
ncome/ expenditurelessthanthepercapi
tafoodt
hreshol
dt othetot
alnumberof
famil
i
es/indi
viduals.

TotalBasic Expenditures i
st he aggregate ofexpendi
tures on:food;clot
hing and
footwear;fuel,li
ght
,wat er
;housingmai ntenanceandot hermi norrepair
s;rentalfor
occupieddwel li
ngunits;medicalcare;educati
on;tr
ansport
ati
onandcommuni cati
ons;
non-durabl
ef urni
shi
ng;householdoperati
onsandpersonalcareandef f
ects.
(
Notes:Excludedareexpendi
tur
escaptur
edbytheFIESonalcoholi
cbever
ages,
tobacco,
r
ecr
eation,durabl
efurni
tur
eandequipmentandmiscel
laneousexpendi
tur
es.
)

TotalFood Expendit
uresistheact
ualfood expendi
tur
esoft hefami
l
yduri
ng t
he
ref
erenceperi
od,incl
udingf
oodit
emsreceiv
edasgi f
tsandconsumedbyt
hefamil
y
duri
ngtheref
erenceperi
od.
(Notes:a.Foodboughtbutnotconsumedar eexcluded.b.Consumpt i
onofdomest i
c
helperaswellaspersonsemployedbyt hefamil
yt odooddj obsaroundthehousear e
generall
yexcl
udedbutmaybeaddedi ftheycannotbeaccountedforseparately.c.The
consumpt i
onofboardersandot herper
sonsint hesamehouseholdnotr elatedt othe
familyaswellasoverseascont
ractworkersonvacati
onduringtherefer
enceper iodare
excluded.
)

SDGGoal1:
NoPov
ert
y

22
Thereare6Goal Target
sforSDG1(cli
ckthisl
i
nk
htt
p://
www. undp.
org/cont
ent/
undp/en/home/sust
ainabl
e-dev
elopment
-goal
s/goal
-1-
no-
povert
y/t
argets/
)

Pov
ert
yatt heGl obalLev el
 Mor et han836mi l
lionpeopl est illli
vei nextremepov ertyandar estrugglingto
ful
fi
llt hemostbasi cneedsl i
keheal th,educat i
on,andaccesst owat erand
sanitati
on,tonameaf ew.
 Aboutonei nf i
v eper sonsi ndev elopingr egi
onsl i
vesonl esst hanUS$1. 25per
day.Theov erwhel mi ngmaj or i
tyofpeopl eliv
ingonl esst hanUS$1. 25adayl i
ve
i
nSout hernAsi aandsub- SaharanAf r
icaandt heyaccountf orabout70percent
ofthegl obal totalofext remel ypoorpeopl e
 Lowermi ddlei ncomecount ries,i
ncl udingChi na,India,Indonesi aandNi geria,
are
homet oabouthal foft hegl obal poor .
 Thei ssueal soaf fect sdev elopedcount ries-Ri ghtnow t herear e30mi l
li
on
chil
dr engrowi nguppoori nt hewor l
d’sr i
chestcount ries
 Hi ghpov er
tyr atesar eof tenf oundi nsmal l,fr
agileandconf li
ct-aff
ectedcount ri
es
 Onei nf ourchi ldrenunderagef i
vei nt hewor ldhasi nadequat eheightf orhisor
herage
 Ev erydayi n2014, 42, 000peopl ehadt oabandont heirhomest oseekpr otecti
on
duet oconf l
ict

Pov
ert
yint hePhi l
ippines( perPSA2015dat a)
 Thel atestoffi
cialpov ertydataav ai
lableisforthey ear2015aspubl i
shedbythe
Phil
ippineSt at
isticsAut hori
ty(PSA) .
 1i n5Fi l
ipi
noswaspoori n2015
 21. 9mi ll
ionFil
ipinoswer epoorin2015
 Pov er t
yThr eshol dofthePhi l
ippines:In2015, aFil
ipinoneededatleastPhp1,
813
onav eragemont hlytomeetbot hbasicf oodandnon- f
oodneeds.
 ThePhi li
ppines’ povertyinci
dencei n2015i sat21. 6%
 ThePhi l
i
ppinesdi dnotmeeti tsMDGTar getofreducingpover
tyto17.2%,wefel
l
shortby4. 4per centagepoi nts.

 Povertyi
nci
denceamongf amil
ies:16.
5% Fil
i
pinofamili
eswerepoori n2015.
Thiscompri
sesat ot
alof3.
8mi l
li
onpoorFil
ipi
nofamil
ies.
 TheFamilyPovert
yThreshol
d:in2015,afamil
yof5neededatleastPhp9,
064on
averagemonthl
ytomeetbot hbasicf
oodandnon-foodneeds.

23
 Thesubsistenceinci
denceamongpopulati
on:8.1% Fil
i
pinoswer enotableto
meetthei
rbasicfoodneedsorequi
val
entto8.2mi l
l
ionFi
li
pinoswerefoodpoor.
 FoodThreshold:I
n2015,aFil
i
pinoneededatleastPhp1,
266onav eragemonthl
y
tomeetbasicfoodneeds.

 Subsi
stenceinci
denceamongf amil
i
es:5.
7% Fi
l
ipi
nofamil
ieswerenotableto
meettheirbasicfoodneeds.Thi
sisequi
val
entto1.3mill
ionFi
li
pinof
amili
es
werefoodpoor.
 Foodthreshol
d:In2015,af amil
yof5neededatleastPhp6,329onav er
age
monthlytomeetbasicf
oodneeds.

Pov
ert
yInci
dencebyPr
ovi
nce–Top10Poor
estPr
ovi
nces(
2015)

24
Pov
ert
yamongt hebasi
csectors(2015)
 Far mer
s,f i
shermen,chil
dren,sel
f-
employ
ed,unpai
dfamil
yworker
s,andwomen
bel
onging to poorf amil
ies had hi
gherpovert
yinci
dence t
han t
he gener
al
popul
ationesti
matedat21. 6%.

Summar
yPov
ert
ySt
ati
sti
csf
or2015(
HDR)

Updat
esonpov
ert
ydat
ain2017

Meanwhil
e,basedonr ecentsurv
ey sbytheSocialWeatherStati
on(SWS) ,t
here
hasbeenaslightr
iseinpovert
yinthePhi l
i
ppinesin2017.Theself
-r
atingpovert
ysurvey
i
ndicat
edthat46%off amil
iesratethemselvesaspoorin2017.Thisisaslighti
ncrease
fr
om the2016surveywhichwas44%oft heFil
ipi
nosrat
ingthemselv
esaspoor .

2.HumanDev
elopmentI
ndex(
HDI
)

Humandev el
opmenti sapr ocessofenlargi
ngpeopl e'
schoicesorthewi dening
ofpeopl e’schoicesinli
fe.Itmeanshav i
ngthepr i
vi
leget ochooseone’slif
edirection
overanot herbecauseofpr eferencerathert
hanlackofoppor tunit
y.Knowledge,health
andl ongevit
y,li
veli
hoodandpol i
ti
calfr
eedom provi
dei tsbearer
swi t
hgreaterchances
forabet terl
if
e.Peoplewhoar epoor,unheal
thyandi l
li
terat
esimplyhavefewerchoi ces
i
nl i
fe.

Sustai
nablehumandev elopmenti sconcer
nedwithwi
deningchoi
cesofpeopl
e
notonlyofthepresentgener
ati
on,butfuturegener
ati
onsaswel
l.Assuch,
itai
msfort
he
regener
ati
onoftheenv i
ronmentandnat uralr
esour
ces.

Withi
nt hi
sframewor k,aHumanDev elopmentIndex( HDI)wasconcei vedto
serveasmeasur eofhowwel lacount
ryhasper f
ormed,notonlyint er
msofr eali
ncome
growth,butalsoint er
msofsoci alindi
cat
orsofpeopl e’
sabi li
tyt oleadal ongand
healt
hyli
fe,t
oacquireknowledgeandskil
l
s,andt ohaveaccesstot heresour
cesneeded
toaffor
dadecentst andar
dofl i
vi
ng.TheHDIl ooksatthr
eeout comesofdev el
opment
:

25
st
ateofheal
th,
lev
elofknowl
edgeandski
l
l,andt
hel
evel
ofr
eal
income.

TheHDIisacompositei
ndexmeasur ingtheav er
ageachi evementinacountryin
thr
eebasicdimensi
onsofhumandev el
opment :alongandheal thyl
ife( l
ongev
ity
),the
acquisi
ti
onofknowl
edge,andaccesst oresourcestoobt ai
ngoodst andardofli
vi
ng( a
decentstandar
dofl i
vi
ng).I
tispr emisedont hepr i
ncipl
et hathumandev el
opment
cannotbemeasuredbytheyardst
ickofincomeal onesi nceincomei sameans,notan
end,andther
eisnoautomati
cli
nkbetweeni ncomegr owthandhumanpr ogr
ess.

Al
ongandheal
thyl
i
fei
smeasur
edbyl
i
feexpect
ancyatbi
rt
h.St
ateofheal
thi
sref
lect
ed
i
ntheli
feexpect
ancyindi
cat
or.Lif
eexpectancymeasur esthenumberofyearsaninfant
i
sexpectedtoli
vewhenborni nagiveny ear.Itbestrepresent
sandult
imatelyref
lects
i
nfor
mationonphy si
calsaf
ety,nutr
it
ionallevels,ef
fi
cacyofhealthint
erventi
ons,and
ot
herhealt
hindi
cat
ors.

Knowl
edgel
eveli
smeasur
edbymeany
ear
sofeducat
ionamongt
headul
tpopul
ati
on,
whichi stheav eragenumberofy earsofeducat i
onr eceivedinal ifeti
mebypeopl eaged
25 y ear s and ol der;and access t ol ear
ning and knowl edge byexpect ed years of
school ing forchi l
dren ofschool -entr
yage,whi ch ist he totalnumberofy earsof
school ingachi ldofschool -entryagecanexpectt oreceiveifpr evaili
ngpatternsofage-
specificenr olmentr atesstayt hesamet hr
oughoutt hechi l
d'slife. Knowl edgeandt he
under standingofone’ snat ural,socialandcul t
uralenv i
ronmentgr eat
lyincreasest he
achiev ement st hatpeopl ecanat t
ain.Adultlit
eracyr at
eandenr oll
mentr atiosaret he
i
ndicat or susedt omeasur eknowl edge.Adul tli
ter
acyr ateshowst hepropor ti
onoft he
popul ation who hav e basi
cr eading and wr i
ti
ng ski l
l
s.Enr ollmentr ati
os show t he
propor tionoft hepopul ati
onwhoar ereceivi
ngf ormaleducat ionatpr i
mary ,secondary
andt ertiarylevels.

Thest
andar
dofl
i
vingi
smeasur
edbyGr
ossNat
ionalI
ncome(
GNI
)percapi
taexpr
essed
i
nconst ant2011internati
onaldoll
arsconv er
tedusi ngpur chasi
ngpowerpar i
ty(PPP)
conversionrates.Li vel
ihoodandi ncomepr ovi
desf orbasicexpendit
uresandcanbe
usedf orfurt
herimpr ovementinhumancapabi l
i
ties.Italsorefl
ectstheextenttowhich
peoplear eproducti
vecont ri
butor
st osociet
aldev el
opment .Toestimateincomelevels,
grossnat i
onalproduct( GNP)percapitaisused.GNPmeasur esthevalueofgoodsand
servi
cespr oducedbyagr oupofpeopl ewi thi
nay ear.Thet otalval
uei sdivi
dedby
populati
onsizet oarri
veatav er
ageincome.

Thev al
ueofHDIr angesf r
om 0t o1.AnHDIv er
ycl oseto1meanst hatthe
count
ry had very high val
ues ofeach oft hr
ee component s abov
e.Si nce these
componentsareat t
empt stomeasur ethedevel
opmentoft hehumanbei ng,ahighHDI
meanst hatahi ghlevelofhumandev el
opmenthasbeenachi eved.I
nternati
onal
ly,a
count
rywi t
hanHDIof .
80orhi gherissai
dtohav eahighlevelofhumandev el
opment.
Ontheotherendoft hepolearecountri
eswithanHDIlowerthan50.

HDICount
ryGr
oupi
ngs
HDICount
ryGr
oupi
ngs HDIVal
ue

Ver
yhi
ghhumandev
elopment 0.
800andabov
e

Hi
ghhumandev
elopment 0.
700-
0.799

Medi
um humandev
elopment 0.
550-
0.699

Lowhumandev
elopment Bel
ow0.
550

The HDI ,asconstr


ucted,also hasbeen modifi
ed torefl
ectthe sy
st emati
c
unfav
orable economicand socialconditi
onsfaced bywomen.The Gender -Relat
ed
Devel
opmentI ndex(GDI
)measur est hecomparati
vesocialwell-
bei
ng ofmal eand
femalecit
izensofacountry.I
nt heabsenceofanygenderdispar
it
y,ontheotherhand,
theHDIwoul dequalt
heGDI.

26
ThePhi
li
ppi
nesHDI

ThePhi l
ippi
nesisr anked116th i
nthe2015HDIbasedont helatestHuman
DevelopmentRepor t2016:HumanDev el
opmentf orEver
yonewit
ha0. 682HDIv al
ue
(hdr
.undp.or
g).Thecount r
yisr ankedunderthosewi t
hMedium humandev el
opment.
ThePhi l
ippi
nes’globalranki
ngsl i
ppedbyonenot choutof188count r
iesfrom t
he
prev
iousHDRwher ethecountrywasrankedat115th.

Cal
cul
ati
ngt
heHumanDevel
opmentI
ndex

ThePhi
li
ppi
nesI
HDI(
Inequal
it
y-adj
ust
edHumanDevel
opmentI
ndex)

TheI nequal
it
y-adjustedHumanDev elopmentI ndex( IHDI
)adjustst heHuman
DevelopmentIndex(HDI )forinequalit
yinthedi st
ri
butionofeachdi mensionacr osst he
populati
on.TheIHDIaccount sforinequali
ti
esinHDIdi mensionsby“discounting”each
dimension’
sav er
agev alueaccor dingtoitslevelofinequality
.TheIHDIequal st heHDI
whent herei
snoi nequalityacrosspeopl ebutfall
sbelowt heHDIasinequal i
tyrises.In
thi
ssense,t heI HDImeasur est hel ev
elofhumandev elopmentwheni nequalit
yi s
accountedfor.

Duetoinequal
i
tyineachdimensi
onacrossthepopul
ati
on,t
hePhi
l
ippi
ne’
s2015I
HDI
val
uei
s0.556.Thi
sregi
ster
sanoveral
ll
ossof18.
4%from t
heHDI
.

Cal
cul
ati
ngt
heI
nequal
i
ty-
adj
ust
edHumanDevel
opmentI
ndex(
IHDI
)

27
ThePhi
li
ppi
nes’
GenderDev
elopmentI
ndex(
GDI
)

The Gender Development I ndex (GDI) measures gender inequal


i
ties i
n
achi
evementi nthreebasicdi mensionsofhumandev el
opment:health,measuredby
femaleandmal eli
feexpectancyatbi r
th;educat
ion,measur
edbyf emaleandmal e
expectedyearsofschooli
ngf orchil
drenandf emal
eandmal emeany earsofschooli
ng
foradultsages25y ear
sandol der;andcommandov ereconomicresources,measur
ed
byfemal eandmakeestimatedear nedincome.

ThePhi l
ippi
nes’2015GenderDev el
opmentI ndex( GDI )v
aluei s1.001which
meanst hereisgenderi nequali
ti
esintheachievementi nt hreebasicdi mensi
onsof
humandev el
opment .TheHDIf orfemaleis0.682andmal ei s0.681.Thesegender
i
nequal
iti
esar erefl
ectedasfoll
ows:Thefemaleli
feexpectancyatbirthis71.9andmale
i
s65.0.Femal eexpectedyearsofschool
ingi
s12.1andmal eis11.4.Themeany ear
sof
school
i
ngf orfemalei s9.5andmal e9.2.Theest i
mat edgr ossnat i
onalincomeper
capi
taforfemaleismuchl owerat6,845comparedtomal eswhi chi
sat9, 917.

Cal
cul
ati
ngt
heGenderDevel
opmentI
ndex(
GDI
)

ThePhi
li
ppi
nes’
GenderI
nequal
it
yIndex(
GII
)

TheGenderI nequali
tyIndex( GII
)ref
lectsgender-baseddi sadvant
agei nthree
dimensions–repr
oducti
vehealth,empower mentandt helabormar ket.I
tshowst heloss
i
n pot enti
alhuman dev el
opment due t oi nequal
it
y between f emale and mal e
achi
evement si
nthesedimensions.Itrangesf
rom 0, wherewomenandmenf ar
eequally
,
to1,whereonegenderfaresaspoor lyaspossibleinal
lmeasur eddimensions.

ThePhi li
ppi
nes’GenderInequali
tyI
ndex(GII)val
ueis0.
436.Thi
sv al
ueisderived
from thef ol
lowingdimensions:maternalmortal
i
tyr at
io2whi
chis114,adolescentbi
rth
3
ratewhi chi s61. 7 ,shareofseat si nthepar l
i
ament( % hel
dbywomen)i s27. 1,
populationwi thatleastsomesecondar yeducati
on( %ages25orolder)-female:72.8
andmal e:70.3;andthelaborfor
cepar t
ici
pat
ionrate(%ages15andolder)female:50.5
andmal e: 78.8.

28
Cal
cul
ati
ngt
heGenderDevel
opmentI
ndex(
GDI
)

ThePhi
li
ppi
nes’
Mul
ti
dimensi
onalPover
tyI
ndex(
MPI
)

TheMul ti
dimensi
onalPover
tyIndex(MPI)4identi
fi
esmulti
pledepri
vat
ionsatthe
householdl evelineducati
on,healt
handst andardofl ivi
ng.I
tusesmi crodatafrom
households’surveys,and–unliketheInequal
i
ty-adjust
edHumanDev el
opmentIndex–
al
ltheindicatorsneededtoconstr
uctthemeasuremustcomef r
om thesamesur vey
.
_______ _____
________
____ _
______
__
2
Deat hsper100, 000l i
vebi r
ths
3
Birt
hsper1, 000womenages15- 19
4
TheGl obalMultidi
mensi onalPovert
yIndex( MPI)wasdev elopedi n2010bytheOxf ordPov er
ty&Human
DevelopmentI nit
iati
ve( OPHI)andtheUnitedNat i
onsDev elopmentPr ogrammeandusesdi ff
erentfact
orsto
determi nepov ertybeyondi ncome-basedli
sts.Itr
eplacedthepr evi
ousHumanPov ert
yI ndex
and4. 2% oft hepopul ati
oni nseveremul t
idi
mensi onalpov erty.I
nt ermsofcontr
ibutionofdeprivat
ionin
dimensi ontoov eral
lpov erty
,educati
oncont r
ibutesabout35. 3%,health30.
2%andl i
vingstandards34.5%.
Thet ot alpopulati
onlivi
ngbel owincomepov ertyl
inein2015i s25.2%.
Eachper soninagi venhousehol discl
assi
fi
edaspoorornon- poordependi
ngont he
weightednumberofdepr i
vati
onshisorherhouseholdexperi
ences.Thesedataarethen
aggregatedint
ot henationalmeasureofpoverty
.TheMPIr efl
ectsboththepreval
ence
ofmul t
idi
mensionaldepr i
vati
on and i
tsintensit
y—the percentage ofsimult
aneous
depri
vationspoorpeopleexperience.

The 2016 Human Dev el


opmentRepor t(HDR)presents est
imates for102
devel
opingcount
rieswithacombinedpopulati
onof5.
2bil
li
on( 72%ofthewor ldtot
al)
.
About1.5bil
l
ionpeopleint
hecountri
escovered—29%oft
heirenti
repopul
ation—li
vedin
multi
dimensi
onalpovert
ybetween2005and2015.

ThePhi l
ippi
nes’2015Multi
dimensi
onalPover
tyIndexi
s0.033.Thisindexval
ue
compri
ses6.3% orabout6,169,
000oft hepopul
ati
oninmul t
idi
mensionalpover
tyand
thei
ntensi
tyofdepr i
vati
onisat51. 9%.Ther
ei sabout8.4% ofthepopulati
onnear
mult
idi
mensionalpover
ty

Cal
cul
ati
ngt
heMul
ti
dimensi
onalPover
tyI
ndex(
MPI
)

29
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y2015HDIoft
hePhi
li
ppi
nes

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opment Report.
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3.TheEconomy

Popul at
ion.Thepopul ati
onoft hePhi l
ippinesasofAugust1,2015was100, 981,437,
basedont he2015CensusofPopul ation( POPCEN2015) .The2015popul ationishigher
by8. 64mi l
l
ioncompar edwi ththepopul ationof92. 34mi ll
ioni n2010,andby24. 47
mill
ioncompar edwitht hepopulat i
onof76. 51mi lli
onin2000.ThePhi li
ppi nepopul ation
i
ncreasedby1. 72per centannual ly,onav erage,dur i
ngt heper i
od2010t o2015.By
compar ison,therateatwhi chthecount r
y’spopul ati
ongrew dur ingt heper i
od2000t o
2010washi gherat1.90per cent
.Oft hecount ry’
s18admi nistrati
ver egions, RegionI V-A
(CALABARZON)hadt hebi ggestpopul ati
oni n2015wi t
h14. 41mi l
lion,followedbyt he
NationalCapi talRegi
on( NCR)wi t
h12. 88mi lli
on,andRegi onI I
I( Cent r
alLuzon)wi th
11.22mi ll
ion.Thecombi nedpopul ati
onoft heset hreeregi
onsaccount edf orabout38. 1
percentoft he Phili
ppine popul ati
on i n 2015.The Aut onomous Regi on in Musl i
m
Mindanao( ARMM)wast hefastestgr owingr egi
onwi t
hanav er
ageannualpopul ation

30
growthr
ate(PGR)of2. 89per
cent
.Thecountryhas81pr ov
inces.Ofthesepr ovi
nces,
Cavit
ewasthemostpopul ousin2015with3.
68mi l
li
onpersons,foll
owedbyBul acan
(3.
29mil
li
on)
, andLaguna(3.
04mill
i
on).Twent
y-f
ourotherpr
ovincessurpassedtheone
mill
i
onpopul
ationmark.

GrossNati
onalProduct(
GDP)
.Gr
ossDomest
icPr
oduct(
GDP)f
ort
heFour
thQuar
terof
2017is6.
5percent.

Gr
ossNat
ional
Income(
GNI
).TheGr
ossNat
ional
Income(
GNI
)is6.
1%.

NetPr
imaryIncome(
NPI
).TheNetPr
imar
yIncomef
rom t
heRestoft
heWor
ld(
ROW)i
s
4.
1percent
.

Inf
lat
ion.They ear-
on-
yearheadl
ineinf
lat
ionatt
henationall
evelf
urt
heraccel
erat
edt o
4.3percenti
nMar ch2018.Intheprevi
ousmonth,i
nfl
ati
onwasr ecor
dedat3.8percent
andinMar ch2017,3.
1percent
.

Thefol
lowingcommodi t
ygroupsexhibi
tedhigherannuali nf
lat
ionratesduring
themont hofMar ch2018ar e:FoodandNon- Alcoholi
cBev erages(5.9%);Alcoholi
c
BeveragesandTobacco( 18.6%);Housi
ng,Water
, El
ectr
ici
ty,
Gas, andOtherFuels(2.
9%) ;
Furni
shing,HouseholdEquipmentandRout i
neMai nt
enanceoft heHouse( 2.
7%);Health
(2.
4%) ;Communicati
on( 0.
3%) ;andRestaur
antandMi scell
aneousGoodsandSer vi
ces
(3.
0%) .

I
twast hehighestinfl
ati
onr at
esinceNovember2011,mainl
yduet oajumpin
costoffoodandaf asterri
seincostofhousing.Pol
i
cymakershaveant
ici
patedaspi
ke
i
ninfl
ati
onratefol
l
owi ngrecentint
roduct
ionofanewtax(
TRAIN)law.
TheTRAI NLAW:Howi ti
mpact sthepoor?

OnDecember19,2017,RepublicAct10963ot herwiseknownast heTaxReform


forAccel
erat
ionandI ncl
usion(TRAI
N)wasappr ov ed.Itisthef i
rstpackageofthe
comprehensi
vet axr ef
orm progr
am (
CTRP)env i
sionedbyt hepresentadmini
str
ati
on,
whichseekstocor rectanumberofdefi
cienci
esint hetaxsy st
em tomakei tsimpl
er,
fai
rer
,andmor eeff
icient
.

HowTRAI
Nhur
tst
hepoor
?
By:JCPunongbayan
Thebi
ggestpr
oblem withTRAI
Nisthatit
’snotv
erypr
ogressi
ve.Sure,i
tstaxes
r
educet hei
ncomesoftherichesti
ndi
vi
dual
s,l
ikeCEOsandothertoptaxpayer
s.Butit
wi
llal
sohurtthei
ncomesofthepoor.

Thenew i ncomet axeswi llmatt


erli
tt
let ot
hepoor( si
ncemanyoft hem ar e
mi nimum wageear nersandt ax-exempttobeginwit
h)andthoseintheinfor
malsect or
(l
iket ahov endors,jeepneydr i
vers,sar
i-
sar
istoreowners)Thenew incomet axeswi l
l
mat terli
tt
letothepoor( sincemanyoft hem aremini
mum wageearnersandtax-exempt
tobegi nwi t
h)andt hosei ntheinf or
malsect
or( l
i
ketahovendor
s,jeepneydri
vers,sari
-
sar i
storeowner s)

TRAI Nhur t
st hepoorchi eflybecauseofi t
shi gherexciset axesandt hefaster
ri
seofpr ices( orhigheri nflati
on)itcauses.FewerVATexempt ionsandhi gherexcise
taxeswi llpushupt hepr i
cesoff oodandt ransportati
on,andt hiswi l
leatawayat
people’st ake-homepay .Thehi gherpetrol
eum t axeswi llspi
llov ertot her estoft he
economy ,from t hecost l
iert r
anspor tofvegetablesf r
om f ar
msi nBagui ot othelarger
Mer alco/
Zamcel cobi ll
scomi ngt hr
oughourdoor steps.Thehi gheri nf
lati
ont hatTRAI N
wi l
lstokewi ll,unfort
unat ely,hurtthepoort hemost .Datashow t hatev eryonewi l
lhurt
from higheri nfl
ation,butt heef f
ectont hepoor estwi l
lbemor et hant wicetheef f
ecton
ther i
chest.

Wi
llt
he(
uncondi
ti
onal
)casht
ransf
ersbesuf
fi
cient
?

31
TRAIN,ther
efore,wil
lhavethebi tt
erside-
effectofhurt
ingtheincomesoft he
poor.Thegovernmentwasawar eoft hisfrom t
hev erybegi
nning.Tocounter
actthis,
partofTRAIN’srevenueswi l
lgobackt ot hepooresthousehol
ds,asidenti
fi
edbyt he
Depart
mentofSoci alWelfar
eandDev elopment(DSWD) .Hencethelumpsum transf
ers
undertheUncondit
ionalCashTransf
erschemewer eundert
aken.

TheDSWDwi lli
mplementtheUCTschemef orthreeyearsassti
pul
atedinthe
TRAI
N.Itwillrel
easeP2,400( P200permonth)i
n2018andat otalofP3,
600(P300per
month)in 2019 and in 2020.P24 bil
l
ion has been earmarked f
orthe 2018 UCT
i
mplementationi
nt heFY2018GAA.

Tenmi l
li
onhousehol ds/ indiv
idualswi llreceivet heUCT.Oft hisfi
gure,4.4mi l
l
ion
arePant awidPami ly
abenef i
ciar i
es.Pay mentt o1. 8mi l
lionbenef i
ciar i
eswi t
hcashcar ds
st
willbedonei mmedi ately( t
arget ednotl atert han31 Januar y2018) .Ther emaini
ng2. 6
million Pantawi d Pami lya benef ici
aries withoutcash car ds wi llr ecei
v ethe grants
throughpar t
nercondui tsatal at erdate.Alsoi ncludedi nt he10mi ll
ionUCTbenef i
ciari
es
aret hr
eemi l
li
oni ndigentseni orcitizenswhoar eal sobenef i
ciariesofDSWD Soci al
Pensi onPr ogram whi chi sbei ngi mpl ement edwi t
ht hehel pofl ocalgov ernmentunits
(LGUs)andsoci aldev elopmentof f
ices( SDOs) .Ther emaining2. 6mi l
li
onhousehol ds
willbesel ectedfrom theLi stahananorNat i
onal Househol dTar getingSy stem (NHTS-PR)
whi chwi l
lgot hroughv al
idation.Thev al
idationpr ocessi sexpect edtol astforthree
mont hs,withthef i
nallisttobeoutbyMay ,andt hedist r
ibut
ionoft hecashgr antstobe
donebyJune2018.

Thehopei sthat,whenpoorf amil


iesreceivesucht ransfer
s,theywil
lenjoyhi
gher
take-homepayi nspi t
eofTRAI N’
snewt axes.Butt herear emanyquest ionsaboutt hi
s.
Forexampl e:aret heseamount senought ot ideov ereachpoorf ami
ly?Wi thhi
gher
i
nf l
ationr atealonei.e.spiki
ngpr i
cesofbasiccommodi ti
es, t
heP200permont hUCTwi l
l
notsuf ficet ohelpaugmentt hepoor ’
sabil
it
yt omeetbasi cneeds.Inaddition,t
hepoor
areal sov ul
nerablet other ecentsurgeofpr ofit
eeri
ngi nducedbyTRAI N.Manyr etai
l
establishment sar eal r
eadyusi ngTRAI N asanexcuset oposthi gherpricesfortheir
goodsandser vices.Thepoor ,unawareofi ll
egalpr of
iteeri
ng,coul deasilybetaken
advant ageof .WillP200al soprotectthem f
rom suchpr ofi
teering?

4.LaborandUnempl
oyment

2017AnnualLaborandEmpl
oymentSt
atus

Theprel
iminaryresult
softheAnnualLaborandEmpl oy mentEst i
matesfor2017
5
basedont heav erageoft hefour(4)LFS r ounds( Januar
y ,Apri
l,JulyandOct ober)
repor
tedanannuall aborforcepar
ti
cipat
ionr ateof61. 2per centoutof69. 9mi ll
ion
populati
on15y ear
sol dandov er
.Thisisequi valenttoabout42. 8milli
oneconomi call
y
acti
vepopulati
oncompr i
singofeit
herempl oyedorunempl oyedper sons.Theannual
employmentratein2017wasest imatedat94. 3per cent;
annualunempl oymentrat
ewas
5.7percent
;andannual under
employmentratewas16. 1per
cent .

Thetotalempl oyedpersonswer eappr oximat ely40.


3mi ll
ionin2017.Empl oyed
persons wer e gr ouped i nt
ot hr
ee broad sect ors,namel y,agricul
tur
e,i ndustr
yand
servicessect or.Thosei ntheservi
cessectorcompr isedthelargestproportionofthe
popul ationwhoar eempl oyed.Theseempl oyedper sonsmadeup56. 3per centofthe
totalempl oyedi n2017.About19. 6percentwer eengagedi nt hewhol esaleandr et
ail
trade; r
epairofmot orv ehicl
esandmotorcycles.

Workersi
nt heagricul
tur
esectorcompr i
sedt
hesecondl argestgroupmaki
ngup25.4
per
centofthetotalemployedin2017,whil
eworkersi
nt heindust
rysect
ormadeupthe
small
estgr
oupr egi
steri
ng18.3percentoft
het
otalemployed.

Ast
ooccupat
iongr
oups,wor
ker
sint
heel
ement
aryoccupat
ionsr
emai
nedt
he

32
l
argestgroup maki
ng up 26.
1 percentoft he t
otalemployed i
n 2017.Managers
compri
sedthesecondlar
gestoccupati
ongr oup(16.1%),f
oll
owedbyservi
ceandsales
worker
s(15.0%)
,andski
ll
edagr
icul
tural
,for
estry,
andf i
sher
yworker
s(13.5%)
.

Empl oy edper sonsf allintoanyoft heseclassesofwor kers:(1)wageandsal ary


workers,(2)sel f-empl oyedwor kerswi t
houtanypai dempl oyee,(3)empl oyersi nown
family-
oper atedf arm orbusi ness,and( 4)unpaidf amilywor kers.Wageandsal ary
workersar et hosewhowor kforpr i
vatehouseholds, privat
eestablishments,gov ernment
andgov er
nment -controll
edcor por ati
ons,andt hosewhowor kwi thpayinownf amil
y-
operatedf arm orbusi ness.I n2017,t hewageandsal arywor kersaccount edf or62.5
percentoft het otalempl oy edper sonsofwhi chwor kersinprivateestabli
shment swer e
thelargesti npr oportion( 49.0%) ,followedbywor kersi ngovernmentandgov ernment-
control
ledcor por ati
ons( 8.4%),wor kersinpr i
vat
ehousehol ds( 4.
8%)andwor kerswith
payi n own f ami l
y-
oper ated f arm orbusi ness( 0.
3%) .Thesecond l argestcl assof
workerswast hesel f-empl oyedwi thoutanypai dempl oyeemaki ngup27. 8per centof
thetotalempl oy edi n2017.Theunpai dfamil
ywor kersaccount edf or6.0per cent,whi
le
theempl oyeri nownf ami l
y-oper atedf arm orbusi
ness, 3.7percent.

Empl
oy edpersonsarecl
assi
fi
edasei t
herfull
-t
imeworkersorpart
-t
imewor kers.
Ful
l
-ti
mewor kersarethosewhoworkedfor40hour sormoreinaweek, whil
ethosewho
workedforl
essthan40hour swereconsider
edpart-
timeworkers.Ofthet
otalemployed
per
sonsin2017, 65.
2percentwer
efull
-t
imewor ker
s,whil
e33.8percentwerepart
-t
ime

______
_ _
________
___
_ ___
5
LFS–LaborFor ceSur vey
Underempl oyedper sonswhowor kforl essthan40hour sinaweekar ecall
edv i
sibl
yunder empl oyed
persons.Theyaccount ed f
or56.0 percentoft he t
otalunderempl
oyed i
n 2017.Bycompar ison,t he
underemploy edpersonswhowor kedf or40hour sormoreinaweekmadeup42. 5percent.Bysector,39.0
percentoft heunder employedworkedi nt heagri
cul
turesector
,whil
e34.7percentwer eintheser v i
ces
sector.Thoseinthei ndust
rysect
oraccount edf
or26.3percent
.

worker
s.Thosewhodi
dnotr
epor
tforwor
kdur
ingt
her
efer
enceweekcompr
ised0.
9
per
cent.

Theunderemployedper sonsort hoseempl oyedpersonswhoexpressedt he


desi
retohaveaddit
ionalhoursofworki nthei
rpresentjob,ort
ohaveaddi
ti
onaljob,or
tohaveanew j obwi t
hl ongerworkinghourswasest imatedat6.
5mi l
l
ionper sons
corr
espondi
ngtoanunder employmentrateof16.
1per cent.

In2017,theunempl oyedpersonsnumberedabout2. 4mi l


l
ionresul t
ingt oan
annualunemploymentrateof5.7percent
.Ofthi
snumber,76.
1percentbel ongedt oage
group15to34y ears.Thoseintheagegroup15to24yearscomprised46.7per centand
thoseintheagegr oup25t o34y ear
s,29.4per
cent
.Amongt heregions,IlocosRegion
(8.
9%),NCR ( 7.
4%)and CALABARZON ( 7.
0%)wer ethe regi
ons wi t
ht he highest
unemploymentrates.

Therewer emor eunemployedmal es(65.


6%)t
hanunempl
oyedf
emales(34.
4%).
Byeducat
ionalatt
ainment,31.
8per centoft
heunemploy
edwerehi
ghschoolgr
aduat
es,
and19.
6per centwerecol
legegraduates.

Thedecadaldat a(below)showst heunemploymentratewashighesti


n2009at
7.5%.Whi l
eitist hehighestint hisdecade,itissti
l
llowercomparedtot heyear2004
whent heunempl oymentr at
er egister
edatar ecor
dhighof11.7%.I
tisalsoimport
antto
notethatwhilethereisadownwar dtrendintheunemploymentrat
efrom 2013to2016,
theunempl oy
mentr oset o5.7%i n2017.

33
TheLaborI
ssues

Unemploymentorunderempl oy
mentisnott heonl
yconcernwhent hewelfar
eof
thecountr
y’sworkersorlaborf or
ceisdiscussed.Laborissuesaretheotherequall
y
i
mportantconcern.Amongstt hosewhoar epar tofthe ‘
empl oy
ed’stat
ist
ics,alar
ge
numberofthem areei
therunderemployedorareonENDOst atus.

ENDO( EndofCont ract)


.ENDOr eferstothosedir
ectl
yemployedbyacompany
butar e notregulari
zed ev en i
fthey hav e ser
ved beyond t
he mandated 6-
month
probati
onary peri
od.I n 2016,t he DepartmentofLaborand Empl oy
ment( DOLE)
i
dentifi
ed65,000empl oyeeswhoar ev i
ctimsoft heso-call
edendo(endofcont r
act
)
pract
ice.Laborunionsesti
mat ethenumbert obeashighas1. 3mil
l
ion.

Inr esponset opressurefrom thel aborgr oups,theDepar t


mentofLaborand
EmploymentSecr et
aryissuedDepartmentOr derNo.174,ser i
esof2017contai
ningthe
RulesImplement ingArti
cles106t o109oft heLaborCode,asamended.Thi sissuance
coversthe r egulat
ions governi
ng contracting and sub-contr
acti
ng.However,Labor
groupsclaimedt hatthi
sissuancedidnotel i
mi nat
econt r
actual
izat
ion.Ont
hecontrar
y,i
t
ensureditscontinuedpracti
ceandprevalence.

Theadv ocacyandpr essur et oendcont ract


ual
izationconti
nued.Recentl
yt he
Presidentmadeanot herpubl i
cdecl arati
ont hathei sgoingt osignanExecuti
veOr der
(EO)banningcont ractual
izati
on.TheEOwassupposedt obesi gnedonorbeforeLabor
Day ,
May1, 2018.Unfortunately
,mi d-Apri
l2018, theSecretaryofLaborandEmployment
saidthatinsteadofanEO, thepr esidentisissuingacertif
icati
onaspr i
ori
tyt
hependi ng
bil
lonsecur ityoftenure,whi chmi rrorsthepr oposedEOt hepresi
dentissupposedt o
sign.

TheLaborCodeoft hePhili
ppines,
Presi
denti
alDecreeNo.442,
asamended,May
1,1974–Adecr eeinst
it
utingal aborcodetherebyr
evisi
ngandconsoli
dat
ingl
aborand
sociallawstoaf f
ordprotecti
ont olabor,promoteemploy mentandhumanresour
ces
developmentandinsurei
ndustrialpeacebasedonsocialj
ust i
ce.

KeyConcept
sandDef
ini
ti
ons:

Col
lect
iveBargai
ningAgreement(
CBA)-t henegot
iat
edcontractbet
weenalegi
ti
mat e
l
abororgani
zati
onandt heemployerconcerni
ngwages,hoursorwor kandallother
t
erms and conditi
ons ofemploymentin a bargaini
ng unit
,incl
udi
ng mandatory

34
pr
ovi
sionsf
orgr
iev
anceandar
bit
rat
ionmachi
ner
y.

Employed-personsi
nthelaborf
orcewhower
erepor
tedei
theratwor
korwi
thaj
obor
busi
nessal
thoughnotatwork:

a.AtWor k-t hosewho di d somewor k,ev en foronehourdur i


ng the
ref
erenceper i
od.
b.WithaJoborBusi nessbutnotatWor k-t hosewhohav eaj obor
businessevent houghnotatwor kduri
ngt hereferenceper
iodbecauseof
temporaryil
lness/inj
ury,v
acationorot herleaveofabsence,badweather
orstri
ke/l
abordi sput
eorot herreasons.

Li
kewisepersonswhoar eexpect
edtor
eportf
orwor
kortostar
toper
ati
onofafar
m or
busi
nessent er
pri
sewi t
hintwo weeksfr
om thedateoftheenumerator
'sv
isi
tare
consi
deredemployed.

LaborForce,(Personsint he)-t hepopul ati


on15y earsoldandov erwhocont ri
butet o
theproducti
onofgoodsandser vi
cesi nt hecount ry.I
tincludesthosewhoar eeither
employed orunempl oyed.Those who ar e neitherempl oyed norunempl oyed ar e
consi
derednotint helaborforce,e.g.personswhoar enotwor kingandarenotav ai
lable
forworkdur i
ngt her efer
enceweekandper sonswhoar enotav ai
l
ableandar enot
l
ookingforwor kbecauseofr easonsot herthant hosepr evi
ouslymentioned.Exampl es
arehousewives,students,
disabledorr et
iredpersonsandseasonal workers.

LaborUni
on-anyuni onorassoci ati
onofempl oyeeswhi chexistsinwhol eori
npartfor
thepur
poseofcollect i
v ebargainingorofdeal i
ngwi themployersconcer ningt
ermsand
condi
ti
onsofempl oyment .I
talsocal l
edlabororganizat
ionandi sclassi
fi
ed:
a.Or ganizedLabor-wor kersdulyrepresentedbyar ecogni
zedorcerti
fi
ed
exclusiv ebargainingagentinanappr opri
atebargainingunit.
b.Unor gani zedLabor-wor kersi
nanest abli
shmentwher etherei
snodul y
recogni zedorcer tif
iedcoll
ecti
vebargainingagent.

Underempl
oyed-employedpersonswhoexpressedthedesi
retohav
eaddi
ti
onalhours
ofwor ki
ntheirpr
esentjoborinanaddit
ionaljob,ort
ohav eanew j
obwithlonger
worki
nghours.

Unemployed-includesal lper sonswhoar e15y earsoldandov erasoft heirlastbi rthday


andar
er epor
tedas:
a.Wi t
houtwor k,i .
e. ,had no j ob orbusi ness dur ing the basi c sur v ey
referenceper iod; AND,
b.Cur rentlyavai l
ablef orwor k, i
.e.,wer eav ail
ableandwi ll
ingtot akeupwor k
i
npai dempl oy mentorsel f-empl oymentdur i
ngt hebasi csurveyr ef erence
period,and/ orwoul dbeav ailableandwi ll
ingt otakeupwor ki npai d
empl oymentorsel f-empl oymentwi thi
nt woweeksaf terthei nt erview
date; AND,
c. Seeki ngwor k, i
.e.,hadt akenspeci fi
cst epst ol ookf orajoborest abl i
sha
busi nessdur ingt hebasi csur veyr eferenceper iod;ORnotseeki ngwor k
duet ot hefol lowingr easons:( a)t i
red/bel i
evenowor kav ai
lable,i .
e.,the
discour agedwor ker swhol ookedf orwor kwi thinthelastsixmont hspr ior
tot heint er
viewdat e;(b)awai t
ingr esultsofpr eviousjobappl ications;( c)
tempor aryil
lness/ disabil
it
y ;(d)badweat her;and( e)wai t
ingforr ehi r
e/job
recal l
.

Thebel
owgraphi
cshowst hePhi
li
ppi
nes2015Wor
kandEmpl
oymentDat
abasedont
he
2015HumanDevelopmentRepor
t:

Wor
k,Empl
oymentandVul
ner
abi
l
ity:2015HumanDevel
opmentRepor
t

35
5.Mi
grat
ion/
Over
seasEmpl
oyment

ThenumberofOv erseasFili
pinoWor kers(OFWs)whowor kedabr oadatany
ti
mei n2016wasest i
matedat2. 2mi l
li
on.Thereweremor efemalesthanmal esamong
theOFWs,wi t
hthefemaleOFWscompr i
sing53.6per centofthet otalOFWs.Femal e
OFWswer egener
all
yyoungerthanmal eOFWs, withmor ethantwo-thi
rds(67.8%)oft
he
femaleOFWsbel ongi
ngtot heagegr oup25t o39y ears.Incompar i
son,mal eOFWsi n
thi
sagegr oupmadeup57. 4percent.MaleOFWsaged45y earsandolderaccountedfor
23.9percentofal
lmaleOFWswhi l
etheirf
emal ecounterpart
sinthisagegroupmadeup
13.8percent.

Among occupati
on groups,el
ement
ary occupati
ons (
34.
5%)compr i
sed the
l
argestgr
oupfol
lowedbyt hosewhoworkedasservi
ceandsalesworker
s( 19.
0%),
plant
andmachineoperator
sandassembl er
s(12.
8%),andcr af
tandrel
atedtradesworkers
(11.
6%).

CALABARZONr eport
edthebiggestshareofOFWswi t
h21. 0percent,
fol
l
owedby
NationalCapi t
alRegi on and CentralLuzon with 12.9 percentand 12. 7 percent
,
respecti
vely.Fort
y-sev
enper centoft hetotalOFWscamef rom theset hr
eer egi
ons.
Meanwhi le,Cordi
ll
eraAdmi nist
rat
iveRegionreport
edt heleastshareofOFWsat1. 8
percent.

SaudiAr abi
a conti
nued t o be the leadi
ng desti
nat
ion ofOFWs.The t otal
remit
tancesentbyOFWsdur ingt heperiodApr i
ltoSeptember2016wasest i
matedat
203.0bill
i
onpesos.Oft hetotalcashr emitt
ancesentbyOFWs,t heremitt
ancesentby
elementaryoccupati
onscompr isedt hebiggestshareat21. 9percentor31.9bil
li
on
pesos,oranav erageremitt
anceof48t housandpesosperOFW whoi sanunskill
ed
worker.

Somekeyconcept
s,l
awsanddef
ini
ti
ons:

Ov
erseasFi
li
pinos–Mi
grantwor
ker
s,ot
herFi
l
ipi
nonat
ional
sandt
hei
rdependent
s

OverseasFil
ipi
noWorker/MigrantWorkerreferstoapersonwhoi st obeengaged,i
s
engagedorhasbeenengagedi nar emuneratedacti
vi
tyi
nast ateofwhichheorsheis
notaciti
zenoronboardav esselnavi
gati
ngf orei
gnseasotherthanagover
nmentship
usedformili
tar
yornon-commer ci
alpurposes,oronaninstall
ati
onlocat
edoffshor
eor

36
onhi
ghseas(
Sour
ce:
RA10022)
.

REPUBLICACTNo.10022-AnActamendi ngRepubl i
cActNo.8042,otherwi
seknown
ast he Mi
grantWor ker
sand Ov er seasFilipi
nosActof1995,asamended,f urt
her
i
mpr ovi
ngthestandardofpr ot
ect
ionandpr omoti
onoft hewelfar
eofmi gr
antworkers,
thei
rf amil
ies and ov erseas Fi l
ipi
nos i n distr
ess, and for other pur
poses.
(htt
ps:
//www.l
awphil.
net/
statut
es/repacts/
ra2010/ra_10022_
2010.ht
ml)

Pul
lFactorsinI nternationalLaborMi grati
onofFi l
ipinos
 Change i ni mmi grati
on pol i
cies of some count ri
es facili
tated permanent
mi grati
on
 Di scov eryofoi landdev el
opmentofoi lf
ieldsingul fmadet heGul fregionamajor
dest i
nationar ea
 Thei ndust ri
alizati
onofsomecount ri
esi nsout heastandeastAsi awhichmade
them seekl aborersf r
om dev el
opingandl eastdev elopedregions
 I ndust r
iali
zationi ndev elopedcount r
iesal lowedwoment oseekempl oyment
out si
de t he home hence demand f orcar egiversf rom leastdev el
oped and
dev elopingcount r
iesincreased

PushFact
orsinI
nternat
ionalMigr
ation
 Cult
ureofmigrat
ionduetothear chi
pelagi
cnatur
eoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes
 Lackofemploymentopportunit
iesinthecount
ry
 Wagediff
erenti
al
 Escapefr
om domest i
cvi
olence
 Escapefr
om poverty
 Seekpaymentfordebts

Posi
ti
veImpactofLaborMi grati
on
 Economi cbenef its:ThePhi l
ippinesar et het hir
dcount ryr ecei vingt hemost
remittanceswor ldwide.Ri ghtaf terIndiaandChi na.Remi t
tancesf rom those
for
eignwor kerstot hePhi l
ippinesar eessent ialtothecountr y.Ithel pst osustai
n
thecount r
y’sdomest i
cconsumpt ionandgr owt h.Remi tt
ancesr epr esent10%of
thenat ion’
sGDP.Ther emi t
tancesgost raightt ofamili
es,relatives,househol ds,
andf riends.Sot heycani mpr ovet heirqualityofl i
fe.Thecount ryr eceived28.4
bil
l
ionofUSdol l
ar sin2015( accordingtot heWor l
dBank).Fi lipinosar eskill
ed
andt alentedpr ofessionalswhowor khar dt ogi vehopet ot heirf ami l
iesandt o
thePhi li
ppineseconomy .Thecount ryispr oudt oexportitswor kfor ce.Itistot
all
y
partoft hegov ernmentst rategytoboostt heeconomy .
 Enhancedstat
us
 Contr
ibut
iontomacr
o-economy.Remi
tt
ancesf
rom Fi
l
ipi
noMi
grantWor
ker
sto
thePhi
l
ippi
nesareessenti
altothecount
ry.I
thel
pst
osust
aint
hecount
ry’
s
domest
icconsumpt
ionandgrowt
h.
 Aut
onomy/
independence

Negat
iveImpactsofI nt
ernationalLaborMigrat
ion
 Psycho-socialef
fectsonl ef
tbehindfamil
ymember
s
 Depression,tr
uancy,teenagepregnancy,et
c.
 Disi
ntegrati
onoff amili
es
 Ali
enati
onf rom f
ami l
ymember s

6.Educat
ion
SDGGoal
4:Qual
it
yEducat
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educati
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arget
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Kto12Pr ogram
TheKt o12Pr ogr am cover
sKi ndergartenand12y earsofbasiceducat i
on( si
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pri
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ouryearsofJuni orHighSchool,andt woyearsofSeniorHighSchool )
toprov
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am
6
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onAct( RA10533) .

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i
entFeat
uresofKt
o12
 Str
engt heni
ngEar l
yChil
dhoodEducat i
on(UniversalKinder
garten)
 Makingt heCur ri
culum rel
evanttolear
ners(Contextuali
zat
ionandEnhancement)
 Ensuringintegratedandseaml esslear
ning(Spir
al Progr
ession)
 Buil
ding pr ofi
ciency through Language (Mot her Tongue-Based Multi
li
ngual
Educat i
on)
 Gearingfort heFuture(SeniorHighSchool)
 NurturingtheHol i
sti
cal
lyDev el
opedFili
pino(CollegeandLi vel
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ness,
Century
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ll
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Al
ter
nat
iveLear
ningSy
stem orALS
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ter
nat
iveLear
ningSyst
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saparall
ellearni
ngsystem inthePhi
li
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nesthatprovi
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ontothe
exi
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i
nschools,ALSi sanal ternat
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udesbotht henon-formaland
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nformal
sourcesofknowl edgeandski
ll
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sther
eaneedf
orAl
ter
nat
iveLear
ningSyst
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nthePhi
l
ippi
nes?
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i
pinosdonothaveachancet oattendandfi
nishformalbasiceducation(Gr
ades
1-6andYear1-4)duetomanyr easons.Somedr opoutfrom schoolswhilesomedonot
have schoolsintheircommunities.Since ev
eryFili
pino has a ri
ghtt of r
ee basi
c
educati
on,theGovernmentest
ablishesALSt oprovi
deal lFi
li
pinosthechancet ohave
accesstoandcompl et
ebasiceducationinamodet hatfitst
heirdist
inctsi
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needs.

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Whati
sthebasi
sofALSi
mpl
ement
ati
oni
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes?
The1987Phi l
ippineConst i
tutionpr ovi
desfort herecogni
ti
onandpr omotionof
otherformsofeducat ionothert hanf ormaleducation.Arti
cleXI
V,Sect
ion2,Paragr aph
(1)declaresthattheSt ateshallest abl i
sh,maintai
nandsuppor tacompl et
e,adequat e
andi nt
egratedsystem ofeducationr elevanttotheneedsoft hepeopl
eandsociety; and
paragraph (4)concisely encour ages non- f
ormal,informaland indi
genous learning
systems as wel las sel f-
lear
ning,i ndependentand out -
of-
schoolstudy pr
ogr ams
parti
cularl
ythosethatrespondtocommuni t
yneeds.

TheGov ernanceActforBasi
cEducati
onot herwi
seknownast heRepubl
i
cAct
9155stipul
atestheestabli
shmentoftheAlt
ernati
veLearni
ngSystem (
ALS)toprov
ide
out-
of-
schoolchil
dren,yout
handadul
tspopul
ationwithbasi
ceducati
on.

Therearet wo maj orprogramson ALS t hatar ebeing implemented bythe


DepartmentofEducation,throught heBureauofAl t
ernat
iveLearningSystem (BALS)
.
Onei stheBasi
cLiter
acyPr ogram andtheot herist heContinuingEducati
onProgram –
Accredi
tati
onandEqui valency( A&E).Bothpr ogramsar emodul arandf lexi
ble.Thi
s
means t hat l
ear
ning can t ake place any t
ime and any place,depending on the

38
conv
eni
enceandav
ail
abi
l
ityoft
hel
ear
ner
s.

Whati sthe di
ff
erence bet
ween the For
malEducat
ion Syst
em and t
he Al
ter
nat
ive
Lear
ningSyst
em (ALS)Non-f
ormalEducati
on?

FormalEducat i
onsy st
em isclassroom-based,managedbytrai
nedformalschool
teachers.ALSNon- for
malEducat i
onhappensout si
dethecl
assr
oom, communi ty
-based,
usuall
yconduct edatcommuni t
ylearni
ngcent er
s,barangaymult
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purposehall,l
ibr
ari
es
orathome,managedbyALSl earni
ngf acil
i
tat
ors,suchasmobileteacher
s,distr
ictALS
Coordinators,instruct
ionalmanagersatanagr eedschedul
eandv enuebetweent he
l
earnersandf aci l
i
tator
s.
The2015Phi li
ppinesEducat i
onIndicators

ThePhi
l
ippi
nesEducat
ionI
ndi
cat
ors:2015HumanDevel
opmentRepor
t

7.Heal
th

SDGGoal3:
GoodHeal
thandWel
l-
Bei
ng

Thereare13GoalTar
get
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Gl
obalFact
sandf
igur
es

Chi
l
dhealt
h
 17,000fewerchildrendieeachdayt hanin1990,butmor ethansixmi l
l
ion
chil
drensti
l
ldiebeforet
heirf
if
thbirt
hdayeachyear
 Since2000,measlesvacci
neshaveav er
tednear
ly15.
6mill
iondeat
hs
 Despitedet
erminedglobalpr
ogress,anincr
easi
ngpropor
ti
onofchilddeat
hsare

39
i
nsub- SaharanAfri
caandSout hernAsia.Fouroutofever
yfi
vedeat
hsofchi
l
dren
underagef i
veoccurintheser egions.
 Chil
drenbor nint
opover t
yar ealmosttwi ceasli
kelytodi
ebefor
etheageoffi
ve
asthosef r
om wealthi
erfami l
ies
 Chil
drenofeducat edmot hers—evenmot herswit
honlypri
maryschool
i
ng—are
morelikel
ytosur vi
vethanchildrenofmot her
swit
hnoeducati
on

Mat
ernalheal t
h
 Mat ernal mortali
tyhasf allenbyal most50percentsi nce1990
 I n Easter n Asia,Nor ther n Afri
ca and Sout hern Asia,mat ernalmor t
ali
tyhas
declinedbyar oundt wo-t hirds
 Butmat er
nalmor tal
ityr atio– t hepr oport
ionofmot herst hatdonotsur v
ive
chil
dbi r
thcompar edt ot hosewhodo– i ndevelopingr egionsisstil
l14t i
mes
higherthani nt hedev elopedr egions
 Mor ewomenar erecei vingant enat alcare.Indevelopingr egions,ant
enatalcare
increasedf rom 65percenti n1990t o83percentin2012
 Onl yhal fofwomeni ndev el
opingr egionsrecei
vet her ecommendedamountof
healthcar etheyneed
 Fewert eensar ehav i
ngchi l
dreni nmostdev el
opingr egions,butprogresshas
slowed.Thel argeincr easei ncont r
aceptiveuseint he1990swasnotmat chedin
the2000s
 Theneedf orfami l
yplanni ngissl owlybeingmetf ormor ewomen, butdemandi s
increasingatar apidpace

HI
V/AI
DS, mal ariaandot herdi seases
 Att heend of2014,t herewer e13. 6 mi l
lion peopl eaccessi ng ant i
retr
ov iral
therapy
 NewHI Vi nfectionsi n2013wer eest imat edat2. 1mi llion,whi chwas38percent
l
owert hani n2001
 Att heendof2013, ther
ewer eanest imated35mi ll
ionpeopl elivingwi thHIV
 Att heendof2013, 240000chi ldrenwer enewl yinfect edwi thHI V
 NewHI Vi nfectionsamongchi l
drenhav edecl inedby58percentsi nce2001
 Gl obal ly,adol escentgi rl
sand y oung women f ace gender -based i nequaliti
es,
exclusi on,di scr i
mi nati
on and v iolence,whi ch putt hem ati ncreased r i
skof
acqui ringHI V
 HI Vi sthel eadingcauseofdeat hf orwomenofr epr oduct iveagewor l
dwi de
 TB- relateddeat hsi npeopl eliv
ingwi t
hHI Vhav ef all
enby36%si nce2004
 Ther ewer e250000newHI Vinf ecti
onsamongadol escent si n2013,t wot hirds
ofwhi chwer eamongadol escentgi rl
s
 AI DSi snow t hel eadingcauseofdeat hamongadol escent s( aged10–19)i n
Africaandt hesecondmostcommoncauseofdeat hamongadol escent sglobal ly
 I nmanyset t
ings,adol escentgi rl
s’rightt opr i
vacyandbodi l
yaut onomyi snot
respect ed,asmanyr eportthatthei rf
irstsexual experiencewasf or
ced
 Asof2013, 2.1mi ll
ionadol escent swer eliv
ingwi thHI V
 Ov er6. 2mi l
li
onmal ari
adeat hshav ebeenav ertedbet ween2000and2015,
primar i
lyofchi ldrenunderf i
vey earsofagei nsub- Sahar anAf ri
ca.Thegl obal
mal ar i
ai ncidencer atehasf all
enbyanest i
mat ed37percentandt hemor tality
ratesby58percent
 Bet ween 2000 and 2013,t uber cul
osis pr ev ention,di agnosis and t reatment
i
nter vent i
onssav edanest imated37mi ll
ionliv es.Thet uber culosismor t
alit
yr ate
fel
l by45percentandt hepr evalencer ateby41percentbet ween1990and2013

The2015Phi
l
ippi
nesHeal
thI
ndi
cat
orsaspert
he2015HumanDev
elopmentRepor
t:

ThePhi
l
ippi
nesHeal
thI
ndi
cat
ors:2015HumanDevel
opmentRepor
t

40
The2017Nat
ionalDemogr
aphi
candHeal
thSur
veyRepor
t

Househol
d Dr
inki
ng Wat
er.I
mpr
oved sour
ces of wat
er pr
otect agai
nst out
side
contaminat
ionsot hatthewateri
smorelikel
ytobesafetodri
nk.I
nt hePhil
i
ppi
nes,95
percentofhousehol dsuseani mpr
ov edsourceofdri
nkingwater;almostal
lurban
households(98%)reportusi
nganimprovedsourceofdr
inki
ngwatercomparedwit
h93
percentofrur
alhouseholds.

Househol
d Sani
tat
ion. Thr
ee-
quar
ter
sofFi
l
ipi
no househol
ds(
76%)use i
mpr
oved
sanit
at i
onf aci
li
ti
es,whicharedef i
nedas non-sharedf aci
l
iti
esthatpreventpeoplefr
om
comi ngint ocontactwithhumanwast eandthusr educet hetransmissi
onofchol era,
typhoid, and ot herdiseases.Twent y-f
ourpercentofhousehol ds use unimproved
sanit
at i
on;t hi
sincludes17per centofhousehol dswi thashar edt oi
letfaci
li
tyofan
otherwiseaccept abl
etype,3per centwit
hanunimpr ovedfacil
it
y,with5percent hav i
ng
no facili
ties atall.This marks an improvementsi nce 2013,when 70 per centof
househol dsusedi mprovedsanit
ationfaci
li
ti
es.

Phi
l
heal
thCover
age.Si
xty
-si
xper
centoft
heFi
l
ipi
nohousehol
dpopul
ati
onhasanyf
orm
ofPhi l
Healthinsurance:27percentaremember sthr
ought heformal economy ,9percent
throught heinfor
maleconomy ,and19per centar ei
ndigentmember .Anot her6percent
areseni orciti
zenmember s,4per centar
esponsor edmember s,1per centar eli
feti
me
member s,and2Per centareov erseasFil
ipi
nomember s.Twent y
-fourper centoft he
population has otherf orms on healthinsurance such as the Gov ernmentSer vice
InsuranceSy stem (GSIS)
,theSocialSecur
it
ySy stem (
SSS) ,orpr
ivateinsurance.

Ear
lyChi
l
dhoodMor
tal
i
ty.I
nfantandchi
l
dmor
tal
i
tyr
atesar
ebasi
cindi
cat
orsofa
country
’sheal
thandsoci oeconomicsit
uationandqual i
tyoflif
e(UNDP2007) .Basedon
the2017NDHS, duringthe5y ear
simmedi atel
yprecedingthesurvey,
theinf
antmor t
ali
ty
rat
ewas21deat hsper1, 000li
vebir
th.Thechi l
dmor tali
tyrat
ewas7deat hsper1,000
chil
drensurvi
vingt oage12mont hs,whiletheov erallunder-
5mor tal
i
tyratewas27
deathsper1,000l ivebirt
hs.Seventy-
eightpercentofal ldeat
hsamongchi ldr
enunder
age5i nthePhi l
i
ppinest akeplacebef oreachi l
d’sf ir
stbirt
hday,with52per cent
occurri
ngduri
ngt hef i
rstmonthofli
fe.

Chil
dHeal thIndicators
Vaccinati
onofChi l
dren.Uni ver
salimmuni zationofchi ldrenagainstcommonv accine-
preventablediseasesi scruci
altoreducinginfantandchi l
dmor tal
it
y.Int hePhi
lippines,
rout
ine childhood v acci
nes protectagainstt ubercul
osis( BCG v accine),di
phther i
a,
pert
ussis,t et
anus( DPTv acci
ne),poli
o( oralpol i
ov accine[OPV]ori nacti
vat
edpol i
o
vaccine[IPV],Haemophi lusinfl
uenzatypeb( Hi bvaccine),hepati
ti
sB( HepBv accine),

41
andmeasl
esmumpsandr
ubel
l
a(measl
esv
acci
neorMMRv
acci
ne,
respect
ivel
y).

Vaccinat
ioncoverage:Chi l
drenar e12-23 mont hsar ethey oungestcohortto have
reachedtheagebywhi chachi ldshouldhavereceivedallbasi
cv acci
nati
ons.Ov
eral
l,70
percentofchil
drenage12- 23mont hsrecei
vedal lbasicvacci
nat i
ons,and61percent
recei
vedallage-appr
opriatev acci
nati
ons.Nineper centofchildrenage12-23mont hs
hasnotrecei
vedanyv accinat
ions.

9.HI
V-AI
DS/
incr
easi
ngcases

ThePhi l
i
ppineshasr egi
ster
edthef astest-
growingHI V/AIDSepidemi ci
ntheAsi a
-Pacif
icinthepastsixyear swit
ha140- percentincreaseinthenumberofnewi nfections
accordingtot heDepart
mentofHeal t
handt heUni tedNat i
ons.Att heendof2016, there
wer e10,500Fi l
ipi
nosinfectedwi t
hthehumani mmunodef i
ciencyv i
rus(HIV)upf rom
4,300i n2010basedondat afrom UNAI DS.Ei ghty-
threeper centofnew HI V cases
occurredamongmal eswhohav esexwi t
hmal esandt r
ansgenderwomenwhohav esex
withmal es.Twooutoft hreenewHI Vinfecti
onswer eamong15t o24y ear
-ol
dmen, who
haveinsuffici
entawarenessofHI V,i
tssympt omsandt reat
ment .

Knowl edgeofHIVPr event


ion
The2017NDHSal socapt ureddataonknowl edgeofHI Vprev
enti
on,awareness
ofmodesofHI Vt r
ansmission,andbehav i
orsthatcanpr ev
entthespreadofHIV.Sixty
-
sixprev entofwomenknow t hatconsist
entuseofcondomsi sameansofpr event
ing
thespr eadofHIV.Eight
y-f
ourper centofwomenknowt hatli
miti
ngsexuali
nter
courseto
onefait hf
ul,
uni
nfectedpart
nercanr educethechanceofcont r
acti
ngHIV.

Compr
ehensi
veKnowl
edgeaboutHI
VPr
event
ionamongYoungPeopl
e

Comprehensi
veknowl edgeofHI Vpreventionisdefinedasknowi ngthatbot h
condom useandli
miti
ngsexual int
ercour setooneuni nf
ectedpartnerareHIVprev ent
ion
methods,knowingthataheal thy-
lookingper soncanhav eHI V,andr ej
ecti
ngt hetwo
mostcommon l ocalmi sconceptions aboutHI Vt r
ansmission:t hatHI V can be
tr
ansmitt
ed bymosqui to bit
es and byshar i
ng food with a person who has HI V.
KnowledgeofhowHI Vist r
ansmi t
tedi scrucialtoenablingtoav oi
dHI Vinfect
ion.Only
oneinfiveyoungwomen( 20%)hascompr ehensiveknowledgeofHI Vpreventi
on.The
propor
ti
onwithknowledgegener al
l
yi ncreaseswi t
hageandeducat i
on.

10.GenderIssues and GenderBased Vi


olence/
Viol
ence agai
nstWomen (
Global
WomenIssues)

ThePhi lippi
neshasmadel eapsandgr eatprogressi nadvancinggenderequal it
y
andpr omot i
ngt heempower mentofwomen.The2017Gl obalGenderGapRepor tofthe
Wor l
dEconomi cFor um affi
rmst hesef acts.Thecount ryisNo.10i nt he2017Gl obal
Rankingswi thani ndexof0. 790.Thecount ryhasconsi stentl
ymadei ttot het op10of
thewor ld'
smostgender -equalsocieti
essi nce2006.Not ably,t
hePhi l
ippinesi soneof
thecount riesthatl ostit
sgenderequal itystat usforhealthin2017,whi chr eopenedits
gapfort hef ir
stt i
mesi nce2006.TheGl obalGenderGapr eportsai
dthePhi l
ippinesalso
hasa" wor seningper formance"ont hewageequal ityforsimilarworkcat egor y,
dropping
from 7thlasty earto21stt hisyear.Butt hecount r
y'seducat i
onalatt
ainmentgendergap
remainsf ullyclosed.Ov eral
l,t
hePhi l
ippinesr emains10t hmostgenderequalcount ryin
thewor l
d, despiteslippi
ng3spot sf r
om lasty ear.

Toreiter
ate,thePhil
i
ppinesisNo.10i ntheWor l
dEconomi cForum’s2017Gl obal
RankingsoftheGl obalGenderGap.Itjoi
nedt hetop10with:(1)Icel
and,(2)Norway,(3)
Fi
nland,(4)Rwanda,( 5)Sweden,( 6)Nicaragua,(7)Sl
ovenia,(8)Ir
eland,and(9)New
Zealand.Intermsofsub- i
ndex,thePhili
ppi
nesr ankedNo.25i nEconomi cPart
ici
pati
on
andOppor t
unity,i
trankedNo.1i neducat i
onalattai
nment,r
ankedNo.36i nhealt
hand
survi
val,
andrankedNo.13i npoliti
calempower ment.

42
KeyGl
obalandRegi
onalCommi
tment
stoGenderEqual
it
y

TheConv entionont heEli


minationofallFormsofDi scri
mi nati
onagai nstWomen.The
1979Conv ent i
onont heEli
minationofAl lFormsofDi scriminati
onAgai nstWomen
(CEDAW)pr ovi
desacompr ehensivef r
amewor kt o gui
deal lr i
ghts-basedact i
onf or
genderequal i
ty.Underthist
reaty,genderinequali
tyisunder stoodt obet heresul
tof
discr
iminationagai nstwomen.CEDAW def inesdiscri
minationandt her angeofsteps
thatstatesmustt aketoeliminateit
,af f
ir
mswomen’ srightsinspeci fi
careas,and
makespr ov i
sionsforrati
fi
cat
ion,monitori
ng,repor
tingandot herprocedur almatt
ers.

TheBeijingPl atformf orAction.The1995Bei j


i
ngPl atformforAct i
oni s“anagendafor
women’ sempower ment”signedbyal lgovernmentst hatisseenasa“ necessaryand
fundamentalpr e-requisi
teforequalit
y,developmentandpeace.“ Theplatfor
mi ncl
udes
genderanal y
sisofpr obl
emsandoppor t
unit
iesin12cr i
ti
calareasofconcer n,andcl
ear
andspeci f
icst andardsf oracti
onst obei mplement edbygov er
nment s,t
heUNsy st
em
andcivi
lsoci ety,incl
uding,whereappr opri
ate,t
hepr ivatesector.Theplatfor
m provi
des
thefir
stgl obalcommi t
mentt ogendermai nstreamingast hemet hodologybywhi ch
women’ sempower mentwi l
lbeachieved.

UNDecl arat
ionont heEli
minati
onofVi ol
enceagainstWomen.The1993Decl aration
ont heEliminationofVi ol
enceagai nstWomen,t hefi
rstinter
nati
onalhumanr ights
i
nstrumenttoexcl usi
vel
yandexplicit
lyaddressvi
olenceagai
nstwomen, aff
ir
mst hatt he
phenomenonv iolates,i
mpairsornul l
if
ieswomen’shumanr i
ghtsandt heirexerci
seof
fundamentalfreedoms.TheDecl arati
onst at
esthatgender-
basedv iol
encet akesmany
dif
ferentf
ormsandi sexperi
encedinar angeofcri
sisandnon-cri
sissett
ings,Iti
sdeepl y
rootedIst
ructural rel
ati
onshi
psofi nequali
tybet
weenwomenandmen.

TheI nt
ernati
onalConferenceonPopul ati
onandDev el
opment . The1994Inter
national
Conf erenceonPopul ati
onandDev elopment( I
CPD)i nCai r
owasami l
estonei nthe
hi
st oryofpopulati
onanddev elopment,aswel lasint hehist
oryofwomen’ sri
ghts.ICPD
delegat esreachedaconsensust hattheequal i
tyandempower mentofwomeni sa
gl
obalpr ior
it
y.Thisissuewasappr oachedf rom theper specti
veofuniversalhuman
ri
ght s,andasanessent i
alsteptowardser adicati
ngpov ert
yandst abi
li
zi
ngpopul ati
on
growt h.Awoman’ sabili
tytoaccessr eproductivehealthandr i
ghtsisacornerstoneof
herempower mentandi scri
ti
caltosustai
nabledev elopment.

TheSust
ainabl
eDev
elopmentGoal
s(SDGs)
.

Endingallformsofdi scri
mi nat
ionagai nstwomenandgi rl
si snotonl yabasi c
humanr i
ght ,butitalsocr ucialtoaccel erat
ingsust ai
nabledev el
opment .Ithasbeen
provent i
meandagai n,thatempower i
ngwomenandgi r
lshasamul t
ipli
ereffect,and
helpsdr i
veupeconomi cgrowt handdev elopmentacr osst heboard.Since2000,UNDP,
togetherwithourUNpar tnersandt her estoft heglobalcommuni ty,hasmadegender
equalit
ycent ralt
oourwor k.Wehav eseenr emar kableprogresssincet hen.Mor egirl
s
arenow i nschoolcompar edt o15y earsago,andmostr egi
onshav er eachedgender
parit
yinpr i
mar yeducati
on.Womennowmakeupt o41per centofpaidwor ker
sout si
de
ofagr i
cult
ure,comparedto35per centi
n1990.

TheSDGsai mtobui
ldont heseachievementstoensur et
hatthereisanendto
discriminat
ionagai nstwomenandgi rl
sev ery
where.Therearestil
lhugeinequali
ti
esi
n
thel abourmar ketinsomeregions,withwomensy st
ematical
lydeniedequalaccesst
o
j
obs.Sexualv i
olenceandexploi
tat
ion,theunequaldiv
isi
onofunpaidcareanddomest i
c
wor k,anddiscriminati
oni
npubli
cof f
ice,al
lremai
nhugebar ri
ers.

Aff
ordingwomenequalr ight
stoeconomicr
esourcessuchasl andandproperty
arevit
altargetstoreali
zi
ngt hi
sgoal.Soisensur
inguniver
salaccesst osexualand
repr
oducti
vehealth.Todaytherearemorewomeninpubl i
coff
icethanev erbef
ore,but
encouragi
ngwomenl eaderswi l
lhelpst
rengt
henpoli
ciesandl egi
slati
onforgreater
genderequali
ty.

43
SDGGoal5i
sGenderEqual
it
y

Thereare9Goalt
argetsforSDG5( cli
ckthisli
nk
htt
p://
www.undp.
org/content
/undp/en/home/sustai
nabl
e-
devel
opment-
goal
s/goal-5-
gender-
equalit
y/t
arget
s/

Gl
obalFact
sandFi
gur
esonGender

 Aboutt wot hir


dsofcount ri
esint hedevelopingregi
onshav eachievedgender
parityinpr i
maryeducat ion
 I nSout her nAsia,only74gi r
lswereenrol
ledinprimaryschoolforevery100boy s
i
n1990.By2012, theenrolmentrat
iosweret hesamef orgi
rl
sasf orboys
 I nsub- SaharanAf r
ica,Oceaniaand West ernAsia,girl
sst i
l
lf acebar r
ier
st o
enteringbot hprimar yandsecondaryschool
 Womeni nNor thernAf ri
caholdl essthanonei nfivepaidj obsint henon-
agriculturalsector.Thepr oport
ionofwomeni npaidempl oymentout si
det he
agriculturesectorhasi ncr
easedfrom 35percentin1990t o41percenti n2015
 I n46count ri
es,womennow hol dmor ethan30percentofseat sinnat i
onal
parli
amenti natleastonechamber
Vi
olenceAgai nstWomen

Viol
enceagainstwomeni saper v
asiveandwor ldwidepr oblem inalmostal l
societi
es.Itpermeat
esallsocial
,cult
ural
,economic,r
aceandr el
igi
oussectors.Violence
cant akemanyf orms,i
ncludi
ngphy si
cal,
sexual,
emotional,economic,andpsy chological
abuse.I tcanhav edevastat
ingconsequencesont heshor t
-andl ong-t
erm healthand
well-
beingoft hewomenaf f
ectedaswel lastheirover-
allquali
tyofl i
fe(Hutchinsand
Sinha,2013;2017NDHS) .

TheRepubl i
cActNo.9262 ort he“ Ant
i-Viol
enceAgai nstWomenand Thei r
Chil
drenActof2004”i soneofthePhi
l
ippinegovernment’si
nit
iati
vesi
naddr essi
ngthe
i
ssueonv i
olenceagai
nstwomen.UnderthisAct
,v i
olenceagai
nstwomenandchi ldr
en
i
sclassif
iedasapubl i
ccr i
meandpenali
zesallf
or msofabuseandv i
olencewithi
nthe
famil
yandint i
materel
ati
onshi
ps.

TheNDHS2017capt ureddataf orever-


mar r
iedwomenage15- 49whohav eev
er
experi
encedemotional
,physical,orsexualviol
encebyt heirhusbandorpartner
.Onein
fi
ve( 20%)ofwomenhasev erexperi
encedemot ionalvi
olence,14percenthasever
experi
encedphysi
calviol
ence,and5per centev erexperi
encedsexualvi
olencebytheir
curr
entormostrecenthusbandorpar tner.

Women who ar e div


orced,separated,orwi dowed are morelikel
yto have
exper
iencedallf
ormsofv iol
encebyt heirmostrecentpar t
nercomparedwithwomen
whoar emarr
iedorli
vi
ngtogether:53percentofdi
vorced,separ
atedorwidowedwomen
haveexperi
encephysical
,sexual,oremot i
onalvi
olencecompar edwit
h24per centof
womenwhoar emarri
edorliv
ingtoget
her.

Thefi
gur
ebelow isani
nfographicofspousalv
iol
encei
nthePhi
l
ippi
nesas
r
epor
tedint
he2017Nat
ional
DemographicandHeal
thSur
vey.

44
SomeKeyConcept
s,LawsandDef
ini
ti
ons

Gendertothesocialdi
fferencesbetweenmenandwomen.Thisincl
udesrol
es,status,
expect
ati
ons,power,pr
ivi
leges,ri
ght
sandoppor
tuni
ti
esasdef
inedbycult
ure,
tradi
tions,
soci
etyorrel
i
gionandlearnedf r
om i
nfancy
.

Perpet
rat
orrefer
st oaperson,gr
ouporinsti
tut
ionthatdir
ectl
yinf
li
ctsorot
her
wise
suppor
tsviol
enceorot
herabuseonanot
heragai
nsthi
s/herwil
l.

Survi
vororVi ct
imr efer
st oaper sonwhohasexper iencedgenderbasedv i
olence.
“Vi
cti
m”isof t
enusedint hemedicalandlegalsect
orswhil
e“ sur
viv
or”ispref
erredint he
psychol
ogicaland socialsupportsectors because i
timpl i
es resi
l
ience and av oid
sti
gmati
zingtheperson.

Violencei stheuseofact ualort hr


eatenedf orceorpoweragai nstani ndivi
dualor
groups, t
hateit
herr esult
sinorhasahi ghli
kel
ihoodofr esul
ti
nginphy sicalinj
ury,death,
psychological(emot i
onal)har m,socialmaladjustment,depri
vationorot hersufferi
ng
thatmayoccuri nt hef amil
y ,communi t
yandsoci et
yatl arge.Violencei sdi rect
ed
specifi
call
y agai nst a woman because she i s a woman,or af fects women
disproporti
onately.I
tincl
udesbutnotl i
mitedto,physi
cal,sexualandpsy chologicalharm
(i
ncludinginti
mi dati
on,suff
ering,coer
cionand/ordepr i
vati
onoflibert
ywi thinthefami l
y,
orwi t
hinthegener alcommuni ty).

GenderBasedVi olence(GBV)isviolencei
nvolv
ingmenandwomeni nwhichthewomen
i
susual l
yav i
cti
m;i tisderi
vedf rom unequalpowerr el
ati
onshipsbetweenmenand
women.Becausegenderbasedv iolenceaf
fectswomenandgi rl
smor ethanboysand
men,thet er
mi sof t
enusedi nter
changeablywith“
viol
enceagainstwomen” .Butt
hisis
nottodenyt hef actthatboy sandmendoal sofaceandsuf ferfrom genderbased
vi
olence.

Anyt hr
eatenedoractualharmfulactt
argetedatwomenandgi rl
sormenandboy sasan
expressi
onofdi f
fer
entialpowerwhetheritisfr
om malest ofemal
es,femalest
omal es
orbet ween member soft hesamesex.Theact smaybev er
bal
,physical
,sexual
,
economi c,emoti
onalandpsy chologi
caloracombi nat
ionandmayal sotakeanyother
for
m whet heri
nprivat
eorpubl i
canddur i
nganystageofli
fe.

For
msofGenderBasedVi ol
ence:Act ualorthr
eatenedharmfulactsper
pet
rat
edwi t
hin
afamil
y/domesti
cenvir
onment .Typicalexamplesar ewifebatter
y,chi
ldmolest
ati
on,
mari
tal
rape,i
ncest
,conf
inement,tor
ture,ver
balinsul
t,bul
l
yingetc.

Harassment-Anycommentorbehav i
ourt hatisunwel come,of f
ensive,demeaning,
humiliati
ng,derogatory,i
nappropri
ateorf ail
st orespectt hedignit
yofani ndiv
idual
.It
canbecommi t
tedbyoragai nstanybenef ici
ary,partner,employee,off
icialoranyother
personi nvol
vedinanywayi nthehumani tari
anr esponse.
Harmf ulTr adi
ti
onalPr acti
ces-Cul turalorcust omaryact sthatarecar ri
ed outby
communi t
iesbutwhi chinf
li
ctharm ontheirtargets.Typicalexamplesaref emalegenit
al
mut i
lati
on,wifeinherit
ance,earl
ymar r
iage,childmar ri
ages,childlabour,honourkil
li
ng,
scari
ficati
on,di
scriminator
ydietar
ypractices,ri
tualkil
li
ngset c.

45
Rapeofwomenandmeni sof t
enusedasaweaponofwar ,asafor
m ofat
tackonthe
enemy,ty
pify
ingt
heconquestanddegradat
ionofitswomenorcapt uredmal
efight
ers.
Itmayalsobeusedt opuni shwomenf ortransgressi
ngsocialormoralcodes,for
i
nstance,
thosepr
ohi
bit
ingadult
eryordr
unkennessinpubli
c.

Women and men may al so be r aped when in poli


ce cust
ody or in pri
son.
Rape/Att
emptedrapemayi nclude:r
apeofanadul tfemale,r
apeofami nor(
maleor
female)i
ncl
udingincest
,gangr ape(i
ft her
ei smorethanoneassail
ant
),mari
talrape
(bet
weenhusbandandwi fe)
,andmaler ape(somet
imesknownassodomy )

SexualExploi
tat
ionreferstoanyabuseofaposi
ti
onofvul
nerabi
l
ity
,dif
ferent
ialpower
,
ortr
ustforsexualpurposes;t
hisi
ncl
udespr
ofi
ti
ngmonet
ari
ly,
social
lyofpoli
ti
call
yfr
om
thesexualexpl
oit
ati
onofanot her
.

SexualAbuserefer
stotheactualorthr
eat
enedphy si
calint
rusi
onofasexualnat
ure,
i
ncludi
nginappr
opri
atet
ouchi
ng,byfor
ceofunderunequalorcoer
civ
econdi
ti
ons.

SexualHarassmentisanyactofasexualnatur
ethatisunwelcome,uni
nvi
tedand
unrequest
edandwhichmakesi
tst
argetuncomf
ort
abl
e,of
fended,
demeaned,
humil
iat
ed
coercedandundi
gni
fied.

SexualViol
enceisanysexualact ,at
tempttoobtai
nasexualact,unwantedsexual
commentsoradv ancesoract
stot r
aff
icaper
sonorpeoplef
orsexualpur
posesbyany
personr
egardl
essofthei
rrel
ati
onshipi
npri
vat
eorinpubl
i
c.

SexualandGenderBasedVi olence-“ anyactt hatresul


tsi n,ori
sl i
kelytoresul
tin,
physical
,sexualorpsychol
ogicalhar m orsufferi
ngtowomen,i ncl
udingthreat
sofsuch
acts,coerci
onorarbit
rarydepri
vat i
onofl iber
ty,whetheroccurri
nginpublicorinpri
vat
e
l
ife…….underst
oodtoencompass, butnotbel i
mi t
edtot hefol
lowing:

 Physi
cal,sexualand psy chologi
calv i
olence occur r
ing wi
thi
nt he general
community,i
ncl
udingrape,sexualabuse,sexualharassmentandint
imidat
ionat
work,i
neducationali
nst
it
utionsandelsewher e,tr
aff
icki
nginwomenandf orced
prost
it
uti
on.
 Physi
cal,
sexualandpsychologi
calvi
olenceper pet
rat
edorcondonedbythestate,
whetheri
toccurs.

Rel
atedLaws

Republ i
cActNo.9262-AntiViolenceagainstWomenandChi ldr
enActof2004.
Republ i
cActNo.9208-Ant i
-Traffi
ckingInPersonsActof2003
Republ i
cActNo.8353-Ant i
-RapeLaw of1997i nr el
ationt oRA8505- RapeVi ct
im
AssistanceandProtecti
onActof1998
Republ i
cActNo.7610-Speci alProtect
ionofChi l
drenagai nstAbuse,Expl
oitat
ionand
Discri
mi nat
ionActof1992
Republ i
cActNo.9775-Ant i
-ChildPornographyActof2009
Republ i
cActNo.9995-Cr i
meofPhot oandVi deoVoy eur
ism Act2009
Republ i
cActNo.7877-Anti-
Sexual HarassmentActof1995
Republ i
cActNo.9344-Juvenil
eJust i
ceandWel f
areActof2006
Republ i
cActNo.9851-Phil
ippineActonCr i
mesagainstInternati
onalHumanitari
anLaw,
Genoci deandothercri
mesAgai nstHumani tyof2009
Republ i
cActNo.9745-Ant i
-Tortur
eActof2009

11.Tr
aff
icki
ngi
nPer
sons(
TIP)

Tr
affi
cki
nginPersons– ref
erst otherecrui
tment,obtaini
ng,hi
ri
ng,prov
idi
ng,
of
fer
ing,tr
ansport
ati
on,t
ransf
er,mai
ntaini
ng,harbor
ing,orreceiptofpersonswit
hor
wi
thoutthevict
im'
sconsentorknowledge,wi
thi
noracr ossnationalbor
dersbymeans

46
ofthreat
,oruseoff orce,orotherf or
msofcoer cion,abducti
on,fr
aud,decepti
on,abuse
ofpowerorofposi ti
on,takingadv ant
ageoft hev ulnerabi
li
tyoftheperson,or,
thegivi
ng
orreceiv
ingofpay mentsorbenef i
tstoachievet heconsentofaper sonhav i
ngcontrol
overanotherpersonf orthepur poseofexploitationwhi chincl
udesatami nimum,the
expl
oitat
ionort heprostitut
ionofot her
sorot herf or
msofsexualexpl oi
tat
ion,f
orced
l
abororservices,sl
avery,servi
tudeortheremov al orsaleoforgans.

Child Traf
fi
cki
ng -"Ther ecr
uit
ment,tr
ansport
ati
on,transf
er,harbor
ing,adoption or
recei
ptofachildforthepurposeofexpl
oit
ati
onorwhent headopti
oni si
nducedbyany
form ofconsi
derat
ionforexpl
oit
ati
vepur
posesshallal
sobeconsideredas't
raf
fickingin
persons'even i
fi tdoesnoti nvol
veanyoft hemeanssetf or
thint heprecedi ng
paragraph.

Thet
hreeel
ement
sofTI
P:Act
,Means,
andPur
pose.

10Acts(Whatthehumantraf
fi
cker
sdo?
):Recr
uit
,Tr
anspor
t,Tr
ansf
er,
Har
bor
,Recei
ve,
Obtai
n,
Hi
re,Prov
ide,
Offer
,Mai
ntai
n

Means(
Howt
heydoi
t?)
:

Non- vi
olentMeans:Fr aud,Deception,Abuse ofposi ti
on ofv ul
nerabi
l
ity
,Givi
ng or
receivi
ngpay mentsorbenefi
ts
ViolentMeans: Thr
eat,
Force,Otherformsofcoer ci
on,Abducti
on
Purpose( Whyt heydoit?
):
 SEXUALEXPLOI TATION: Pr
ost i
tut
ion,Por
nography,SexTour
ism.
 LABOR EXPLOI TATION:For ced labor,Slaver
y,Debt bondage,I nv
olunt
ary
Servi
tude
 ORGANEXPLOI TATION: Remov alorsale

Act
sofTr
aff
icki
ngi
nper
sons

1.Recr uit
, transpor t,t
ransfer,etc.underpretextofemployment
,tr
aini
ng,
appr
ent
iceshi
p
2.Int
roduceormat chf ormarriaget oforei
gners
3.Offerorcont r
actmar r
iage
4.Sext our ism forsexual expl
oi t
ation
5.Mai ntainorhi reforsexual exploitat
ion
6.Adopt ionwi th&wi thoutanyconsi derati
on
7.Saleorr emov alofor gans
8.Armedact i
vi
ties
9.Forcedl abor, sl
av ery,debtbondage, Involunt
aryser
vit
ude
10.Sell
ingachi l
df orpur posesofexpl oitat
ion
11.Organi zing,di r
ectingot her
st ocommi tsactsofTIP

Whati
sChi
ldTr
aff
icki
ng?

Chil
dTraffi
cki
ng-" Therecr
uit
ment ,transportat
ion,t
ransf
er,har
bori
ng,adopti
on
orreceiptofachildforthepurposeofex ploitati
onorwhent headopti
onisinducedby
any form ofconsi derat
ion f
orexploit
ative pur poses shallal
so be consider
ed as
'
traff
ickinginpersons'evenifitdoesnoti nv ol
veanyoft hemeanssetf orthinthe
precedingparagr
aph.”

I
nChi
l
dTr
aff
icki
ng,
ther
ear
eonl
ytwoel
ement
s:ACTSandPURPOSE

Acts:Recr
uit
,Obt
ain,Hi
re,Pr
ovi
de,Of
fer
,Tr
anspor
t,Tr
ansf
er,Mai
ntai
n,Har
bor
,Recei
ve,
Adopt

47
Pur
pose:

 Sexual
traf
ficking
 Labort
raff
icking(chi
l
dsol
dier
s,dr
ugcour
ier
s)
 Organtr
aff
icking

Memor
andum Ci
rcul
arNo.20,Ser
iesof2015:GUI
DELI
NESI
NTHEI MPLEMENTATI
ON
OFTHERECOVERYANDREI NTEGRATIONPROGRAM FORTRAFFI
CKEDPERSONS

TheDepart
mentbeingtheco-chai
rpersonoftheInt
er-AgencyCouncilAgai
nst
Traf
fi
cking(I
ACAT)andl eadagencyinsoci alpr
otect
ionaimst o cont
ri
butetot he
countr
y’sgoalt
oachiev
et heTier1r ankingast at
usascribedt ocountr
ieswhose
government
sfull
ycomplywiththemi ni
mum standar
dssetbyt heSecti
on8oft he
Traf
fi
ckedVict
imsAct.Hence,i
nordertoachi
evetheTier1cat
egory
,theDepar
tment
has impl
emented t
he Recover
yand Reintegr
ati
on Pr
ogram forTraff
icked Per
sons
(RRPTP)toscal
euptheprogr
amsandser v
icesanddel
iv
erbett
erint
erv
entionst
ov i
cti
m-
surv
ivor
softraf
fi
cki
ngatvari
ouslev
els.

Furt
her ,DSWDhasoper atedr esidentialcaref aci
lit
iesf orwomenandgi rl
swho
havebeenv i
ct i
msofabuse.Howev er ,the2015USTI Pr eportf oundt hesef acil
iti
es
i
nadequatet oaddr essthespeci fi
cneedsoft raffi
ckingv icti
ms,andatt i
mesl acked
spacednecessar ytoaccommodat eani nfluxofv icti
ms.I nthisr egard,t
her eisaneedt o
upgradeshelterort heexist
ingDSWDr esidentialcaref acili
ti
est hatcatertotrafficked
vi
cti
ms,pr ovi
decapaci t
ybui l
dingt oal lf r
ontli
neser vi
cepr ovidersinmanagi ngand
handli
ng vict
im- sur vi
vor
s oft raff
icking i n person,as wel las i nt
ensify advocacy
campaign toi ncrease people’
s awar eness on i ssue oft raffi
cking and strengt hen
communi t
ypar ticipati
ontopreventthem f rom becomi ngv ictimsofhumant raff
icking.

Scopeofpr
obl
em oft
raf
fi
cki
ngi
nper
sonsi
nthePhi
li
ppi
nes

Soci
alReal
it
yandVul
ner
abi
li
ti
es:

 Sourcingofwomenandchi l
drenf rom I
ndigenousPeopl escommuni t
ies;
 “Emergent ”r eali
tyofchi ldreninr e-set
tlementsi t
esbr oughtaboutbydisast
ers
andar medconf li
cts;internall
ydi spl
acedper sonsbei ngv i
cti
mizedinexchange
forfood;
 Growing“ Cot tageIndust ry”inurbanpoorandr ur
al ar
eas;
 Inf
luence, availabil
i
ty,andeaseofaccesst osocial mediaplatfor
ms;
 Changi ngsoci alnormsandpat terns:Ri
skBehav ior;
 Economi cmot i
vati
ons( domest icandov erseas);
 Fil
ipi
nasbei ngt raff
ickedt oot hercount ri
esforcommer cialsexworkandlabor
exploi
tation;
 Highpr evalenceofcommer cialsexwor kintouri
stareas.

GapsandChal
lenges:

 Vict
im Pr
ocessi
ngCenter
;insti
tut
ional
i
zat
ionandimpl
ement
ati
onofprogr
ams;
Lackofdataanddat aanalysi
st oguidedevel
opmentofpol
ici
es,pr
ogr
ams,

48
servi
ces;
 DutyBearers:
 Lackofmanpower ;fastturn-over
;Lackofenhancedcompetency;
 Stakehol
ders:Lackofknowl edgeandexper ti
se
 Communi ty
: Lackofawar eness;i
nsuffi
cientaccesst
oinf
ormati
on
 Localgover
nmentuni ts:
Lackofawar eness;needsempowerment.

Cul
tur
alper
spect
iveoft
raf
fi
cki
ngi
nper
sons

 Commer cialsexworkremai
nsataboo
 Socialst
igma
 Lack ofacknowl edgementon tr
affi
cked per
sons wher
evi
cti
ms ar
e mal
es
(
minorsandadult
s),LGBTI
,PWDs,IDPs
Or
gani
zati
onalResponse

I
ACATCounciliscomposedofdif
fer
entgover
nment(11)andnon-
gov
ernment
agenci
es(3)t
hati
staskedtoov
erseeandmonit
ort
hestri
cti
mplement
ati
onoft
helaw.

Pur
suanttoit
sRev i
sedI mplementi
ngRulesandRegul
ati
on,I
ACATi
smandat
ed
t
odev
elopanti
-t
raf
fi
ckingpoli
cies,
pr ogr
ams,andser
vices.

SomeTI
PSt
ati
sti
cs

I
ACAT1343ACTI
ONLI
NE
Br
eakdownofRecei
vedRepor
ts
Years NumberofCal
ls NumberofRepor
ts NumberofVi
cti
ms
2011 7.177 69 64
2012 7.762 127 95
2013 4.265 67 60
2014 4.221 75 72
2015 2.863 82 108
2016 3.731 74 64
2017 2,
152 32 42
TOTAL 32,171 526 505

Recov
eryandRei
ntegr
ati
onPr
ogr
am f
orTr
aff
ickedPer
sons
Year
s No.ofTIPCasesSer v
ed
2011 1,
011
2012 1,
036
2013 1,
979
2014 2,
060
2015 2,
096
2016 1,
713
2017 809(Januar
y-June2017)

Gai
nsorPr
ogr
essi
nPr
osecut
ionofTI
PCases

297Convict
ions:
 93%SexTr aff
icki
ng( 7%Cy
berTr
aff
icki
ng)
 7%Labort r
affi
cki
ng
317Traf
fi
cker sconvi
cted:
 8For eigner
s
 4Gov ernmentoffi
cial
s

49
 Pr
otocol
onBl
ackl
ist
ingofRecr
uit
mentAgenci
es,I
ll
egalRecr
uit
ers
 Pr
otocol
onI
denti
fyi
ngandConductofOper
ati
onsagainstPr
ior
it
yTar
get
s

CYCONVI CTI
ONS
December2005–June2017
No.ofPersons
Year
s No.ofConv
ict
ions
Convict
ed
2005 7 6
2006 0 0
2007 3 4
2008 5 4
2009 10 11
2010 17 15
2011 23 30
2012 26 32
2013 26 36( -
1)
2014 59 62
2015 54 52
2016 44 53
2017(
Jan–June) 23 14( -
1)
TOTAL 297 317

12.I
ndi
genousPeopl
esI
ssuesandAncest
ral
Domai
n

RA8371-I
ndi
genousPeopl
esRi
ght
sAct(
IPRALaw)of1997

WHATI
STHEI
PRA?

I
sa compr ehensi
vel aw t
hatincl
udesnotonlyt her
ightsofI Psov erthei
r
ancest
raldomainbuttotheirri
ght
stosocialj
ust
iceandhumanright
s,self
-gov
ernance
andempower ment
,andcultural
int
egr
it
y.

Thi
sisi
nresponset
othei
rcul
tur
es,t
radi
ti
onsandi
nst
it
uti
onsat
tachedt
othe
l
and.

Itisi nresponsetot hei


rbel i
efandpr acti
cet hatl andist heirwor shiparea
(r
eli
gion),t
heiri
nstit
uti
onoflearning(educati
on),t
heirareaofgov er
nance( polit
icsand
government)theirl
ivel
i
hoodandmar ketplace(economy )
,theirmedi calcenter(healt
h),
shel
ter(defenseandsecuri
ty)
,identi
ty(per
sonali
tyandchar acter
),andt hei
rhistory.

Spiri
toft heLaw:“ Anacttor ecogni
ze,protectandpromot
ether i
ghtsofindigenous
cult
uralcommuni t
ies/
indi
genouspeople,cr
eat i
ngaNati
onalCommissionofIndigenous
People,establ
ishi
ngimplementingmechani sms,appr
opri
ati
ngfundst her
efor
,andf or
otherpurposes”

LegalBases
a.Mandat es of t he 1987 Phi li
ppine Consti
tuti
on;( St
ate Poli
cies under t
he
Consti
tuti
on)
 Sect i
on22, ArticleI
I;Therecogniti
on&pr omotionofI Ps
 Sect i
on5, Art
icl eXII
;Thepr otecti
onoftherightsofI CCstotheirancestr
all
ands
toensuretheireconomi c,socialandcult
uralwell
-being.
 Sect i
on6,Ar ticleXII
I,therecogni t
ionofpri
orr i
ghts,homest eadright
sofsmal l
set
tl
er,andr i
ght sofICCst otheirancest
rall
and.
 Sect i
on17, ArticleXI
VTher ecogniti
on,r
espectandpr otect
ionofther i
ght
sofIPs

50
topreserveanddev el
opthei
rcultures,t
raditi
onsandinst
it
uti
onspar
ti
cul
arl
yin
thef
or mulat
ionofnati
onalpl
ansandpol i
cies.
b.Inter
nat i
onalTreat
iesandConventi
on,notablyILOConv
enti
on169
c. UNDr aftDeclar
ati
onontheRightsofIndi
genousPeoples

Whoar
ecov
eredbyI
PRA?

IPRA appl
iestoallIndi
genousPeoplesoft hePhil
i
ppineswho,accordi
ngt o
avai
labledataasof2007numbert oabout14.2Mil
l
ioncomprisi
ngroughl
y16%oft he
country
’s popul
ati
on.Theyar e scat
ter
ed overseven (
7)ethnogr
aphicregi
ons and
compr i
sedofabout110ethni
cgroups.

I
ndi
genousCul t
ural Communi ti
es/I ndigenousPeopl es( ICCs/ I
Ps)
 Ref ert oagr oupofpeopl eorhomogenoussoci etiesident i
fiedbysel f
-ascripti
on
andascr ipti
onbyot hers,
 Whohav econt inuousl yli
v edasor ganizedcommuni t
yoncommunal l
ybounded
anddef inedt erritory ,
 Andwhohav e,undercl aimsofowner shipsi ncet i
mei mmemor i
al,occupi ed,
possessedandut i
lizedsucht err
itori
es,shar ingcommonbondsofl anguage,
customs, t
raditi
onsandot herdi sti
nctivecult uraltraits,
 Or ,who hav e,t hrough r esist
ancet o pol i
tical,soci aland cul t
urali nroadsof
colonizati
on, non- indigenous r eli
gions and cul t
ures, became hi stori
cally
dif
ferentiatedf rom t hemaj ori
tyofFi l
ipinos.
 I CCs/ I
Psshal ll i
kewi sei ncludepeopl eswho ar er egar ded asi ndigenouson
accountoft heirdescentf rom thepopul at
ionswhi chinhabi tedthecount r
y,atthe
ti
meofconquestorcol onizati
on,oratt het i
meofi nroadsofnon- indigenous
rel
igionsandcul tur es, ortheest abli
shmentofpr esentst ateboundar ies,
 Whor etainsomeoral loft heirownsoci al,economi c,cultur
alandpol it
ical
i
nst i
tuti
ons
 Butwhomayhav ebeendi splacedf rom t hei rtraditi
onaldomai nsorwhomay
haver esettl
edout sidet heirancestraldomai ns.

Est
imatedIPPopulat
ion
Tot
alEsti
matedIPPopulat
ion:
14,
184,
645
 Luzon4,822,
779(34%)
 Visayas425,
540(3%)
 Mindanao8,936,
326(63%)

Pr
oport
ionofIPPopul
ati
ont
oNat i
onal
Popul
ati
on:
16%
NumberofEthnol
i
ngui
sti
cGroups:110

WhatdoesI
PRAr
ecogni
zeandt
her
ight
sthati
tguar
ant
ees?

4Basi
cofRi ghtsofICCs/IPs:
 Ri ghtstoAncestralDomainsandLands(mgakarapat ansalupaingninuno)
 Ri ghttoSelf-
Gov er
nanceandEmpower ment(karapatansasar i
lingpamamahala
atkapangyari
han)
 Ri ghtto SocialJusticeand Human Right
s( katarungang panl i
punan atmga
karapatangpantao)
 Ri ghttoCult
uralInt
egrit
y(kar
apat
ansakabuoangpangkal inangan)

Ri
ghtst
oAncest ralDomai ns/Lands
 Allar
easgener allybel ongingtoICCs/ I
Pscompr isi
ngofl ands,inl
andwat er
s,
coast
al areas,andnat ural r
esour
cest her
ein;
 Held undera cl aim ofowner shi
p,occupi ed orpossessed byI CCs/I
Ps,by
themselvesort hrought hei
rancestors,communal l
yorindivi
duallysi
ncet i
me
i
mmemor ial,continuouslytopresent
;
 Necessaryt oensur etheireconomic,socialandcul
tural
welfar
e.(Sec.3[
a],
IPRA)

51
TheConceptofNat i
veTit
le
 Pre-conquestri
ght
st ol andanddomai nswhich,asfarbackasmemoryreaches,
havebeenhel dunderacl ai
m ofprivat
eownershipbyICCs/I
Ps,hav
eneverbeen
publiclandsandar et husi ndi
sputabl
ypresumedt ohav ebeenheldt
hatway
sincebeforetheSpanishconquest .(
Sec.3[l
],I
PRA)
 ExceptiontotheRegalianDoct r
ine.

Regali
anDoct ri
ne
Al
llandsoft hepubl i
cdomai n,water
s,mi nerals,coal
,pet
rol
eum,andot her
mineraloil
s,al
lforcesofpotenti
alenergy
,fi
sher
ies,forestsorti
mber
,wil
dli
fe,f
lor
aand
fauna,andothernatur
alresour
cesareownedbyt heSt ate.

Nativ
eTitl
eDoctri
ne
The Stat
e,subj ect t
o t he pr
ovisi
ons of t his Consti
tut
ion and nat i
onal
devel
opmentpolici
esand pr ograms,shallprotectther i
ghtsofi ndigenouscult
ural
communi t
iest
otheirancestr
allandstoensuretheireconomic,soci
al,andcult
uralwel
l-
bei
ng.

TheCongr
essmaypr ov
idef
ort heappli
cabil
i
tyofcustomar
yl awsgover
ning
pr
oper
tyri
ght
sorr
elat
ionsi
ndet
ermi
ningtheownershi
pandext
entofancest
ral
domain.

Responsi
bil
it
iesofI
Psov
ert
hei
rAncest
ral
Domai
n

 Maint
ainecologi
calbal
ance–topreser
ve,
restor
eandmai nt
ainbal
anceecol
ogy
i
ntheancestraldomainbypr
otect
ingthefl
oraandfauna,water
shedareasand
ot
herreser
ves.

 Restoredenudedf orest
s–t oacti
vel
yinit
iat
e,under
takeandpar
ti
cipat
ei nthe
ref
orestati
onofdenudedar easandotherdevelopmentpr
ogramsandpr oj
ects
subjecttojustandr
easonabl
eremunerat
ion.

 Obser vel
aws-t oobser
veandcomplywi
tht
heprov
isi
onsofI
PRAandt
her
ules
andregul
ati
onsfori
tsef
fect
ivei
mpl
ement
ati
on.
13.Teenagepregnancy

Theissueofadolescentferti
l
ityisimport
antf orbot
hhealt
handsoci alreasons.
Chil
drenbor
nt overyyoungmot hersareatr i
skofsicknessanddeath.Teenagemot hers
aremoreli
kelytoexperi
enceadv er
sepr egnancyoutcomesandtobeconst rainedint hei
r
abil
i
tytopur
sueeducat i
onalopportunit
iesthanyoungwomenwhodel aychildbearing.

Theper centageofwomenage15- 19whohav ehadabi rt


horwer epregnantwith
thei
rfir
stchil
datt hetimeoft hesur v
ey( 2017NDHS)i shigh.Ov er
all
,9percentof
womenage15- 19hav ebegunchil
dbeari
ng:7per centhavehadalivebirt
hand2per cent
werepregnantatt het i
meoft heint
ervi
ew.Thepr oporti
onofteenagerswhohav ebegun
chil
dbeari
ngrisesr apidl
ywi t
hage,f r
om 1per centatage15t o22per centatage19.
Ruralt
eenagersst artchi
ldbeari
ngsli
ghtl
yearli
erthanurbanteenagers.

Earl
ypregnancyandmot her
hoodvari
esbyeducati
on,
wealt
hquinti
l
e,andregi
on.
Iti
smorecommonamongy oungadultwomenage15t o24withlesseducat
ionthan
amongthosewi t
hhighereducati
on(44percentforwomenwit
helementaryeducati
on
ver
sus21percentforwomenwi t
hcoll
egeeducati
on).

TheUN Popul ationFundsay sthePhili


ppinesi stheonlycount r
yint heAsi
a-
Pacifi
cregionwheret her ateoft eenpregnanci
esr oseov erthelasttwodecades.A
st
udysay st eenpregnancies,highy out
hunempl oy mentandt heslow declineofthe
overal
lfert
il
it
yrateint hePhi l
i
ppinesmaydepr i
vet hecountryofthef ast
ereconomic
growththatusual
l
ycomesf r
om hav i
ngmor eworking-agepeopl
ethany oungerandol
der

52
dependent
s.UNFPAcountr
yrepr
esentat
iveKl
ausBecksaidt
hatFi
li
pinogi
rl
saged15to
19makeup10per centoft
hepopulat
ionof100mil
li
on,andoneoutof10ofthem hav
e
al
readygiv
enbir
th.

14.Cl
imat
eChangeandDi
sast
ers

Di
sast
erRi
sks:TheWor
ldRi
skI
ndex

Dur
ingtheper i
odoft heHFADecade( 2005-
2015)alone,disaster
scausedno
l
essthan$1.4tri
ll
ionoftotaldamages,1.7bil
li
onpeopl
eaffectedand. 7mill
i
onpeople
ki
l
led.Thecostli
estdamageonr ecordforthedecadeisduringthe2011Japant ri
ple
di
saster(
Eart
hquake-Tsunami-Nucl
earDisast
er)
.

ThePhili
ppinesi
snumber3amongthetop10countr
ieswithmostdi
sasterswi
th
about$16bi l
l
ionofdamages.Meanwhil
e,Chi
nahasthemostnumberofdi saster
sbut
USaccount sforthemostdamageatUS$443bil
li
on.Japanisfarbehi
ndinnumberof
di
sasters,
butitseconomicl
ossi
salmostasbi
gasthatofChina.

The2017Worl
dRiskIndex
Thi
sishowatr
isktheworl
dist
odi
sast
ersandcl
i
mat
echangei
mpact
sseebel
owf
igur
e.

53
TheRi skMapwasgener atedbyusingthesecomponentsofrisk.Ri
skisafuncti
onof
exposuretonat
uralhazar
ds( theNaturalHazar
dsSphere)andv ul
ner
abil
it
y(thesoci
etal
sphere)
.Vul
nerabi
li
tyi
sf ur
thercalcul
atedusi
ngthecombinat i
onofsuscept
ibi
li
ty,
copingcapacit
iesandadapti
vecapacit
ies.

Count
ri
eswi
thcompar
abl
eexposur
elev
elscanf
acedi
ff
erentdegr
eesofdi
sast
err
isks

54
TheWor l
dRiskIndexusesadanger -
exposur
evaluetoshowt hepercentagei
fa
nat
ion’
s populat
ion,as an annualaver
age,t hatcoul
d potent
ial
l
ybe subj ect
ed t
o
ear
thquakes,
typhoons,
droughtsandfl
oodingand/orbeaff
ectedbysealevelri
seofone
meter.

Butthisdoesnotnecessar il
ymean t hatcount r
iesthatare highlyexposed
automat i
call
yexhi
bitahighdisasterri
sk.Bywayofexampl e:NewZealandandHai tiar
e
bothhi ghl
yexposed,butt heWor l
dRi skI
ndexi ndicat
esal ow di
sasterriskforNew
Zealandand,howev erhi
ghdi sasterri
skforHai ti
.Ther easonforthisist hesecond
factorassessed–thev ul
nerabil
it
yofacount r
y.
Vulnerabil
it
yisaman- madedr i
verofdisast
errisks

Whetherthoseper sonsexposedtohazar dsult


imat el
ybecomev i
ctimsofdisasterinthe
wakeofext r
emenat ur
aleventsdependsgr eatlyont heirlevelofv ul
nerabil
it
y.The
vul
nerabil
it
yofacount ryisdetermi nedbyt hesoci et
alf act
orst hatinf
luencewhata
popul
ationcanorcannotdoi nr esponset onaturaldisaster.Ifnatur
aldisastersstr
ike
vul
nerablesociet
iesthenthedisasterriskisconsiderablygreater.

IntheWor l
dRiskIndex,vulnerabili
tyiscalculatedusing3component s:suscepti
bil
ity
,
l
ackofcopi ng capaci
ti
esand l ackofadopt i
ve capaci
ties.These component sar e
themselves deri
ved fr
om a ser ies ofbasi ci ndi
cators such as forexampl e:t he
percentageofapopulati
ont hatisunder nouri
shedandt heliter
acyrat
e–f actor
st hatare
notaf actofnat
urebutratherinpar ttheresul
tofpol i
ti
calactiv
ity
.

 Suscepti
bilit
y( i
ndicator
s):
o Publ i
ci nfra–shar eoft hepopulationwithoutaccesstoimpr ov
edsani tati
on
ori
mpr ov edwat ersour ce
o Housi ng–shar eoft hepopul ationlivi
nginslums;pr oport
ionofsemi -
soli
d
andfragiledwel l
ings
o Pov erty–ext remepov ertypopulati
onlivi
ngwithUS$1. 25perdayorl ess.
 Lackofcopi ngcapaci ti
es( indicat
ors):
o Gov ernmentandaut hor iti
es–cor rupti
onpercepti
onsindex;goodgov ernance
o Medi calser vi
ces–numberofphy sici
ansper10, 000inhabi
tants;numberof

55
hospi
tal
bedsper10,
000i
nhabi
tant
s
o Cover
age–insur
ance

 Lackofadaptiv
ecapaciti
es( i
ndicators):
o Educat i
on–adultl
iteracyrate;combi nedgrossschoolenr
oll
ment
o Env ir
onmentalst
atus/ecosystem pr otecti
on–wat erresources;bi
odiv
ersi
ty
andenvir
onmentalprotecti
on;forestmanagement ;agr
icul
tur
al management
o I nv
estment–publi
cheal thexpenditure;li
feexpect
ancyatbir
th

Soundprepar
ednesscanreducet
hedi
sast
err
iskf
orhi
ghl
yexposedcount
ri
esbut
cannotel
imi
natei
tcompl
etel
y

Countrieswithlow orver ylow vulner


abil
ityarewel lprotect
edagai nstextr
eme
natur alev ents.The drivi
ng forces behind this are,robusti nfr
astr
ucture,a steady
nutritionalbasisandaf uncti
oninghealthsy st
em, amongot hers.Howev er,i
facountryis
asheav i
lyexposedt oextremenat ur
alhazar dse.g.Japan,t henev ent hev er
ybest
prev entati
vemeasur escannev ercompl etel
yav ertdisaster.Forinstance,theJapan
2011ear t
hquaket hatcauset heFukushi manucl eardisasterandt sunamit hatkil
led
15,894per sons.Thedi r
ectf i
nancialdamagei sest i
mat edt obeabout$199bi ll
ion
dollars.Thet otaleconomiccostr eachedupt o$235bi ll
ion,asest i
matedbyWor l
dBank
maki ngi tthecostli
estnatur
aldisasterinwor l
dhistory.

Thepoorar
edi
spr
opor
ti
onat
elyaf
fect
edbydi
sast
ers–andar
emor
eli
kel
ytodi
easa
resul
t

Forpersonsl i
vi
ngi nstructur
all
yunsounddwel l
i
ngsorear ni
nglowincomes,the
oddsofov er
comi nganat uraldisasteraremuchl ower.Indevel
opingcountri
es,nat
ural
di
sastersoft
enr esultinext r
eme,l i
fe-t
hreateni
ngcondi t
ionsandt hedestr
ucti
onofa
person’
smeansofsur v
ival
.I
nhi ghlydevelopedcountri
esont heotherhand,economic
l
ossesaremor epr onounced,withdamaget oinf
rast
ructur
eamaj orfact
or.

Thi
si si
ll
ustr
atedclear
lybyacompari
sonbetweenChileandNepal :Between1996and
2016,Chil
ewashi tbyseveneart
hquakes,r
esul
tingi
nt hedeathsof600per sonsand
damageof30. 3bil
li
onUSdollar
s.Nepalwasstruckbyt hr
eeearthquakesinthesame
peri
od,withal ossof9,000humanlivesbuteconomicl ossesofonly5.1bi l
li
onUS
doll
ars.

56
-For2017, Wor ldRiskIndexshowst hestr
ongneedforaction…NOW andNOTLATER!
rd
-Phi l
ippinesi nranked3 i ntheworl
dwi t
hthehighestexposur e-foll
owi
ngPacif
ic
i
slandcount ri
esVanuat uandTonga
-WhilePhi l
ippinesisnotr ankedint
hetop15countr
ieswitht hehi
ghestvul
ner
abi
l
ity
,
r
d
-Phil
ippinesi sranked3 i ntheworl
dwiththehi
ghestdisasterri
sk.

ThePhi
li
ppi
nesDi
sast
erRi
skPr
ofi
le

ThePhili
ppineshassuf fer
edfrom anumberofdeadlytyphoons,ear
thquakes,
volcanoerupti
onsandot hernatur
aldi
sast
ers.Thi
sisduetoit
slocati
onalongtheRing
ofFire,ortyphoonbel t–al argePaci
ficOceanregi
onwheremanyofEar th’
svolcani
c
erupti
onsandear thquakesoccur.

 Locat edinthePaci f
icRingofFi r
e
 Iti
sal sosituatedneartwotect onicplatestri
ggeri
ngear t
hquakes.
 Ithas23Vol canoes,21ofwhi chhav ehi st
ori
calerupti
onsand5ofwhi charever
y
activ
e.
 TyphoonBel t-Theeast er
nseaboar doft hecount r
yf acesthePacifi
cOcean
withoutmuchel seint hewayt ot aket hef or
ceofst ormsbef oretheymake
l
andf all
.
 Ithast hewar mestoceant emper aturesint hewor l
d.Itisdubbedast hewarm
pool aroundI ndonesi
aandt hePhi l
ippines.
 ThePhi l
ippinesisi nfactthecount r
ymostexposedt ot ropi
calst
ormsinthe

57
worl
d.
 Thewarm equatori
alwaterspowerstor
ms;about20t
yphoonsay
ear
.Of
tenon
aver
age,5arestr
ongst orms.
 In2017,
forexample:
o Paolo-16thtoenterthecount
ry(
Oct
)
st
o Urduja–21
o Vinta–22nd( Dec)

Thehumanandeconomi ccostf r
om tr
opi
calst
ormsinthePhili
ppinesfrom 1990
to2012showst heincreasingtrend.Hence,YebSano,t
hePhil
i
ppines’leadnegotiat
orat
theUNCl i
mat eChangeCommi ssion(COP19)sai
d“Wemustst opcal l
ingtheseev ents
“nat
ural
”disasters.Becauset hi
si snotanymoreonl
ytri
gger
edbynat urebutthesoci etal
sphereorforceswhi chi ncreasev ulner
abi
li
ti
esoverti
meisasi gnifi
cantfactorint he
equati
on.

Republ
icAct10121-anactst r
engtheningthePhili
ppinedisasterriskreducti
on
and managementsy st
em,pr ovi
ding fort he nat
ionaldisasterr i
sk reduction and
managementfr
amewor kandi nst
it
uti
onali
zingt henati
onaldisasterri
skr eductionand
managementpl
an,appropr
iat
ingfundsther
ef or
eandf orot
herpur poses.

58
TheNat
ionalDi
sast
erRi
skReduct
ionandManagementFr
amewor
k

TheFourThemat
icAr
eas

BASI
CCONCEPTSANDTERMI
NOLOGI
ES

Disast
er-aseri
ousdisrupti
onoft hefunct
ioni
ngofacommuni t
yorasoci et
ycausi
ng
widespr
eadhuman,material
,economicorenvir
onment
all
osseswhichexceedtheabi
l
ity
oftheaff
ect
edcommuni tyorsociet
ytocopeusingi
tsownresour
ces.

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionofDi
sast
ers

I
nter
msofspeedofonset :
 Rapi
donsetdisaster(orcatacl
ysmicdi
saster
s)
 Sl
owonsetdisaster(orlong-t
erm/cont
inui
ngdisast
ers)

Rapi
donsetdi
sast
eri
sadi
sast
ert
hati
str
igger
edbyi
nst
ant
aneousshockandar
ri
ves
rapi
dly.
Examples ofthisincl
ude ear
thquakes whi
ch occurwit
h no warni
ng.Cyclones or
hurri
canesortyphoonsar
ri
vewi t
haf ew day
swar ni
ngi
sanotherexampl
e.Floodscan
alsoarr
ivever
yfast.

Sl
ow onsetdi
sast
eri
sadi
sast
ert
hatst
andsf
ormanyday
s,mont
hsorev
eny
ear
s.I
t
causescumul at
ivei
mpactsoverti
me.Dr oughti saclassicexampleandsowithcl
imate
change,env
ironmentaldegr
adati
on,pestinfest
ati
on,deserti
fi
cati
on,andf
aminearevery
slowonsetev ent
sbutar econsi
dereddisaster
sduet ot hedamageanddi sr
upti
onthat
theymayorindeedalreadydocreat
e.

59
I
nter
msofCause:
 Nat
uraldi
saster
s
 Man-madedisast
ers


Nat
uraldi
sast
ers"r
efer
stot
hosedi
sast
erst
hatar
etr
igger
edbynat
uralphenomena.
Thesephenomena(
suchasear
thquakes,
cycl
ones,
floods,
etc.
)ar
eknownt
echni
cal
l
yas
nat
uralhazar
ds.


Man-
madedi
sast
ers"usual
l
yref
erst
odi
sast
ersr
esul
ti
ngf
rom man-
madehazar
ds.
Man- madedisaster
scanbedivi
dedi
ntothr
eecategories:ar
medconfl
i
ct,t
echnol
ogi
cal
disaster
s,anddisast
erst
hatar
enotcausedbynaturalhazar
dsbutt
hatoccuri
nhuman
settl
ements

Adisasteri
saf uncti
onoftheriskprocess.I
tresul
tsf
rom t
hecombi
nati
onofhazar
ds,
condi
ti
onsofv ul
nerabil
i
tyandinsuf
fi
cientcapaci
tyormeasur
estor
educethepot
enti
al
negat
iveconsequencesofri
sk.

Hazard-apotent
ial
lydamagingphysi
calevent
,phenomenonorhumanacti
vi
tythatmay
causethelossofl i
feorinjur
y,pr
opertydamage,socialandeconomi
cdisrupti
onor
envi
ronmental
degradat
ion.

Vulnerabi
li
ty -t he condit
ions deter
mined by physical
, soci
al, economic, and
envir
onment alf
act
orsorprocesses,whi
chincr
easethesuscept
ibi
li
tyofacommuni t
yto
theimpactofhazards.Thedegreeofpot
enti
aldamagetoanelementorasy stem atri
sk.

Capacit
y – a combinat
ion ofallthe st
rengt
hs and r
esources avai
labl
e wit
hina
communi t
y,soci
etyoror
gani
zati
onthatcanreducethel
evelofrisk,ort
heeffect
sofa
di
saster
.

Risk-thepr obabil
it
yofharmf ulconsequences,orexpectedl
osses(deat
hs,inj
uries,
proper
ty,l
ivel
ihoods,economicactivi
tydisr
uptedorenv i
ronmentdamaged)resulti
ng
fr
om int
eracti
onsbetweennaturalorhuman-i
nducedhazardsandvul
ner
ablecondit
ions.

Itis potent
iall
oss (human and f i
nanci
al)
.Iti
s descr
ibed by adv
erse
consequencesandthepr
obabi
l
ityofoccur
rence

Exposure-referstothenumber,t
ypes,qual
i
ties,andmonetar
yval
uesofvar
ioustypes
ofpropert
yori nfr
ast
ruct
ureandli
fethatmaybesubj ectt
oanundesir
abl
eorinjur
ious
hazardevent
.

Exposur
ecanbet
empor
alandspat
ial
,di
rectandi
ndi
rect

Exposur
eismer
elyaquant
if
icat
ionofwhati
satr
iski
nthei
dent
if
iedhazar
dzone.

Mit
igat
ion-struct
uralandnon-str
uct
uralmeasuresundert
akentoli
mittheadv
erse
i
mpactofnat
uralhazards,
env
ironment
aldegr
adati
onandtechnol
ogi
cal
hazards

Thel
esseni
ngorl
i
mit
ati
onoft
headv
ersei
mpact
sofhazar
dsandr
elat
eddi
sast
ers

Pr
event
ion-t
heout
ri
ghtav
oidanceofadv
ersei
mpact
sofhazar
dsandr
elat
eddi
sast
ers

Prepar
edness-acti
vit
iesandmeasurestakeninadvancetoensureeff
ecti
veresponse
totheimpactofhazards,i
ncl
udi
ngtheissuanceofti
melyandef f
ect
iveearl
ywar ni
ngs
andthetemporar
yevacuati
onofpeopl
eandpr oper
tyf
rom t
hreat
enedlocat
ions.

Response-t hepr
ovi
sionofassi
stanceorint
ervent
iondur i
ngori mmedi
atel
yaf
tera
di
sastertomeetthelifepr
eserv
ationandbasicsubsistenceneedsofthosepeopl
e
af
fected.I
tcanbeofanimmedi
ate,shor
t-
ter
m,orprot
racteddurat
ion.

Recov
ery-deci
sionsandact
ionst
akenaf
teradi
sast
erwi
thav
iew t
orest
ori
ngor

60
i
mpr ov
ing the pre-
disast
er li
vi
ng condi
ti
ons of t
he str
icken communi
ty,whi
l
e
encour
agingandfaci
li
tati
ngnecessar
yadj
ust
mentst
oreducedisast
erri
sk.

EarlyWarning-t hesetofcapacit
iesneededtogenerateanddi
sseminatetimel
yand
meaningfulwarninginf
ormati
ont oenabl
ei ndi
vi
dual
s,communit
iesandor gani
zati
ons
threat
enedbyahazar dtoprepareandt oactappropri
atel
yandinsuffi
cientti
met o
reducethepossibil
i
tyofhar
m orloss

DisasterRiskManagement-t hesystemat
icprocessofusingadminist
rat
ivedeci
sions,
organizat
ion,operat
ionalskil
l
sandcapaci ti
est oimplementpoli
cies,str
ategi
esand
copingcapaci t
iesoft hesocietyandcommuni ti
estol essentheimpactsofnat ural
hazardsandt hepossibil
i
tyofdisast
ers.

Emer gency Management-t he organi


zat
ion and managementofr esources and
responsibi
l
iti
esforaddressingallaspect
sofemer genci
es,i
npart
icul
arpreparedness,
responseandi ni
ti
alr
ecoverysteps.

Resil
ience-theabili
tyofasy st
em,communityorsociet
yexposedtohazar
dstoresi
st,
absorb,accommodat et oandr ecov
erfr
om t heeff
ectsofahazar dinat i
melyand
eff
ici
entmanner ,incl
udingthroughthepreserv
ati
onandr est
orat
ionofitsessent
ial
basicstruct
uresandfuncti
ons.

DisasterRiskReduct i
on-t heconceptualfr
amewor kofel ementsconsi
der edwiththe
possibil
it
iestomini
mi zevulner
abil
it
iesanddisasterri
sksthroughoutasociety,t
oavoid
(prev
ent i
on)ortolimit(mit
igati
onandpr eparedness)theadverseimpactsofhazards,
withi
nt hebroadcontextofsustai
nabledevel
opment .

Under
lyi
ngCausesofDi sast ers
 GeographicalExposur e
 Poverty
 Envir
onment alDegr adation
 LackofI nfor
mationandawar eness
 Transit
ioninCultural Pract
ices
 DevelopmentOppor tuniti
es
 RapidUr bani
zati
on
 PopulationGrowth
 WarandCi vi
lStr
ife

Cl
imat
eChange

Cli
mateChangei st hechangei
ncli
matethatcanbei dent
if
iedbychangesi
nthemean
and/orvar
iabil
it
yofi tsproper
ti
esandthatpersist
sf oranextendedperi
odt y
pical
l
y
decadesorlonger,
whetherduetonat
ural
vari
abil
i
tyorasar esul
tofhumanacti
vi
ty.

Globalwarmingist
herapi
drisei
nglobalt
emper
atur
ebroughtaboutbyt
heincr
easeof
greenhousegasesint
heat mospher
e.Theri
seinglobalt
emperatur
ecausescli
mate
change.

Whyt
her
eisGl
obalWar
ming?

1.Gr
eenhouseGases

Carbon Di
oxi
de isr el
eased natur
all
yint he at
mospher
ethr
ough vol
cani
c
erupt
ionsandanimalrespi
rati
onbutal sorel
easedthr
oughhumanact
ivi
ti
essuchas
defor
estat
ionandbur
ningoffossi
lfuel
setc.

Methaneisproducedbothnatural
lyandthr
oughhumanacti
vi
ti
es.Mostl
ycomes
f
rom t
hedecomposi t
ionofor
ganicmat t
ersinl
andfi
ll
sandi
nagr
icul
tur
e.Anot
hersour
ce
i
sfr
om thedigest
ionofcows,goatsetc.

61
Nit
rousOxi deisheav i
lyproducedint heagr
icul
tur
esect or
,specifi
cal
lyi
nthe
pr
oductionanduseoff ert
il
izer
s.Iti
salsoproducedwhenburni
ngoff ossi
lfuel
s.
Chl
orofl
uorocarbon -thesear eman- madecompoundspr oduced forindust
ri
aluse,
mainl
yinrefri
gerantsandaircondit
ioner
s.

2.Aer
osol
s.War
mst
heai
rbecauseofhumanact
ivi
ti
esf
rom i
ndust
ri
alandagr
icul
tur
al
pr
ocesses,
biomassbur
ning,
exhaustemi
ssi
onsf
rom t
ranspor
tet
c.

3.Land-
useChange.Cut
ti
ngdownf
orest
stocr
eat
efar
mlandshav
eledt
ochangesi
n
t
heamountofsunl
i
ghtr
efl
ect
edf
rom t
hegr
oundbacki
ntospace.

El
ement
sofChange

1.Temper at ure.The gl obalaverage surface airtemperat


ureis estimated t
o
i
ncr easebet ween1. 4ºCand5.8º Cby2100.
2.Precipit
at i
on.Gl obally,i
tisexpected thatwat ervaporand precipit
ati
onwill
i
ncr easeal ongwi t
ht hewarming.
3.Mel ti
ngoft heIceCaps.Athi ghlat
itudesi ntheNor t
her
nHemi sphere,snow
cov erandsea- iceextentwil
lconti
nuetodecrease.
4.SeaLev elRise.Increaseingl
obalmeanseal evelasaresul
tofanincreaseint
he
volumeofwat erintheworld’
soceans.

Cl
imat
eChangeAdapt
ati
on

Cli
mateChangeAdapt at
ionisanadj
ust
mentinnaturalandhumansystemsi n
responsetoactualorexpect
edclimat
esti
mul
iorthei
ref
fect
s,whichmoder
atesharm or
exploi
tsbenef
itopportuni
ti
es.

Cl
imat echangeadaptationhelpsindiv
idual
s,communiti
es,organi
zati
onsand
naturalsy st
emst odealwitht hoseconsequencesofclimatechangethatcannotbe
avoided.I tinv
olvestaki
ngpr acti
calact
ionstomanager i
sksfrom cli
matei mpacts,
protectcommuni ti
esandstrengthenther esi
li
enceoftheeconomy .Adaptati
oncan
i
nv olv
egr adualtr
ansfor
mati
onwi thmanysmal lst
epsoverti
me,ormajortr
ansfor
mation
withrapidchange.

Adaptat
ionisasharedresponsi
bil
it
y .Governmentsatalll
evels,busi
nessesand
househol
dseachhav ecomplementaryrolest oplay.Indi
vi
dualsandbusi nesseswil
l
oft
enbebestpl acedt
omakeadapt at
iondecisionsthatreduceclimater i
skstothei
r
asset
sandl i
vel
ihoods.

Adaptat
ionmeansant i
cipat
ingtheadv erseeff
ect
sofcli
matechangeandt aki
ng
appropriat
e action t
o pr ev
entormi nimize the damage t
heycan cause,ort aki
ng
advantageofoppor tunit
iesthatmayar i
se.Ithasbeenshownt hatwellpl
anned,earl
y
adaptationacti
onsav esmoneyandl i
veslater
.

Examplesofadapt at i
onmeasur
esi nclude:usingscarcewaterresour
cesmor e
eff
ici
ent l
y;adaptingbuil
dingcodest ofuturecl i
mateconditi
onsandext remeweat her
events;buildi
ngf looddefenses andraisingt helevelsofdykes;devel
opingdrought-
tol
erantcr ops;choosingtreespeci
esandf or
estrypracti
ceslessvulner
abletostorms
andfires;andsettingasi
del andcor
ri
dor
st ohelpspeci esmigr
ate.

Cl
imat
eChangeMi
ti
gati
on
Cl
i
mateChangeMiti
gat
ioni
saboutr
educi
ngt
her
eleaseofgr
eenhousegas

62
emi ssionsthatarewar mingourpl anet
.Itconsistsofacti
onst oli
mi tt
hemagni tudeor
rate of l ong-
ter
m cl imate change.Cl i
mat e change mi t
igat
ion generall
yi nvol
ves
reductions in human ( anthropogeni
c) emissions of greenhouse gases ( GHGs).
Mitigationmayalsobeachi evedbyincr
easingthecapacityofcarbonsinks,e.
g.,
through
reforestati
on.Mitigat
ionpol ici
escansubst antial
lyreducet herisksassociat
edwi th
human- i
nducedglobalwar ming.

Cli
mat eChangeMi ti
gationrefer
st oef for
tst or educeorpr eventemissionof
greenhousegases.Miti
gat
ioncanmeanusi ngnewt echnologiesandrenewabl
eener gies,
makingol derequipmentmoreener gyefficient,orchangi ngmanagementpr acticesor
consumerbehav ior.I
tcanbeascompl exasapl anf oranew ci tyorasasi mpl eas
i
mpr ovementstoacookst ovedesign.Effor t
sunder wayar oundthewor l
drangef rom
hi
gh-techsubwaysy st
emst obicycl
i
ngpat hsandwal kways.

I
mpact
sofCl
imat
eChange

 Dest ructi
onoft heecosy st em
 Growi ngunpr edi ctabili
tyandi ntensi
tyofr ainandt yphoon/Ext r
emeweat her
patternse. g.supert yphoons–l ossofl i
v es,propertyandr esources
 Extremef l
oodi ngandst or m surges
 Acidificat
ionofoceansl eadst odest r
uct i
onofseal ivingcr eatures– lossof
biodiversit
y
 Risi
ngseal evelswhi chmayaf f
ectsmal l isl
andf ormat i
onsl ikethePhi l
ippi
nes
 Increasei nout br eaksofdi seases-I ncreasei nmosqui to-biteorpar asi
te-
rel
ated
ail
ment sandai rqual it
y-respiratorydiseases
 Decr easeinagr iculturalout put–hunger ,threatstof oodsecur i
ty
 Higherdemandf orirri
gation; Decreaseinordest ructionofcr opy i
elds
 Erosionofbeaches-Lossofsur f
acewat er
 Lossofhabi t
atandspeci es
 Decr easeinwat ersuppl y

15.Vi
olentExt
remi
sm

TheCont
ext

Inrecenty ears,thewor l
dhaswi t
nessedanew wav eofv iol
entextremism that
hastakenthel i
vesofmanyi nnocentpeopleofdiff
erentfaiths,races,andnat i
onalit
ies.
Sincethebeginningoft he21stcenturytherehasbeenmor et hanani ne-
foldincreasein
thenumberofdeat hsfrom vi
olentextr
emi sm andt
errori
sm, from 3,329in200-to32, 685
i
n 2014.Al lthese act i
ons wer ei nspir
ed by ideologies v aryi
ng from r eli
gious
fundamentali
sm tosepar ati
sm, xenophobiaandradi
calnationalism.

Radi
cali
zati
on,ani mport
antprecursort
ov i
olentextr
emism,i
salsoont heri
se
globally
.Radical
izati
on i
mpacts diff
erentage cat
egories (
alt
hough y
outh are more
i
nv ol
v edthanothers),di
ffer
entfai
ths,theeducat
edaswel lasthenon-educat
ed,the
empl oyedandtheunempl oyed,
menaswel laswomen( alt
houghmoremenar einvol
ved
thanwomen) .

Violentext
remism i snotanew phenomenonandi snotassoci at
edonlywi th
radi
calrel
igiousbel
ief
s.1. 5mi l
li
onCambodi answer ekill
edasar esul
tofPolPot ’
sand
his KhmerRouge’ s brut al
,radicalpol i
cies t
o pur i
fyt he country and est
abli
sh a
communi stpeasantsociety.Theor i
ginof
WorldWarI IwasNazism,av i
olenttotal
it
ari
ani deol
ogyt hatcrossednat i
onalborders
andtookt heliv
esofmi l
lionsofci vi
l
iansaroundt hewor l
d.Ethnicall
ymot i
vat
edv i
olence
–ev enbet weencommuni t
iespracti
cingt hesamer el
igi
on–hascl aimedmi l
l
ionsof
l
ives(e.g.mostr ecenti nRwandaandBur undi).Butnew t odayar ef ourimpor t
ant
devel
opment
s.

a.Thegl
obal
i
zat
ionofv
iol
entext
remi
sm ort
hecr
oss-
bor
dernat
ureofa

63
group’ sr each,includingt heirspanofr ecrui
tmentandoper ations,whi ch
canbesub- regional,r
egional andf orsomegr oupsev engl obal.
b.Theabi li
tytousemoder ncommuni cat i
ont echnology ( socialmedi ai n
particul ar) in additi
on t ot hemor et radit
ionalnet works( univ
ersiti
es,
reli
giouscommuni ti
es,soci algroups)ideologicall
yt oseducegr oupsand
i
ndiv idual sinto carrying outact sofv i
olentext remism acr osswi dely
disper sedt err
it
or i
es.
c. The l ev elofunpr edictabili
tyofv i
olentext remistat tacks,due t ot he
random sel ecti
onoft argets( f
rom agi rl
s’schoolt oaconcer t,acl i
nic,or
anof ficepar t
y)andt hef actt hatanumberofv i
olentext remistscommi t
i
nadv ancet odiewhi l
eper petr
atingtheirrandom killi
ngs.
d.Anunpr ecedent edaccesst olethalweapons i ncludingdev icest hatcan
i
nf l
ictmassdest ructi
on.

Viol
entextr emism offer
scr i
ti
calchall
engesatt henati
onal
,r egi
onalandgl obal
l
evels,r endering inadequate many oft he tradi
tionaltools ofv i
olence preventi
on,
peacebui l
dinganddemocr ati
cgov er
nance.Itr
equirespol i
cymakersandpr acti
tioner
sto
appreciatet heuniquenat ur
eoft heseideol
ogies,manyoft hem seekingthewhol esale
destructi
onofci vi
cor derasopposedt oit
sreform orev enrest
ruct
uring.

Thegrowthofviol
entextremism ar
oundt heworld,andtheatt
endantr
isksto
devel
opment,have been linked to a set of wider phenomena t
hat i
nv aryi
ng
combinati
onsj
oint
lyf
aci
lit
atethespreadofvi
olentext
remism.

Therootcausesofviol
entextr
emi sm arecompl ex,multi
facetedandintertwined,
andr el
atetothest r
uctur
alenvir
onmenti nwhi chradical
izati
onandpossi bl
yv iolent
extr
emism canstar
ttotakehold.Vi
olentextremism istheproductofhi st
ori
cal,poli
tical
,
economicandsocialcir
cumstances,incl
udingthei mpactofr egionalandglobalpower
poli
ti
cs.

The f
ollowi
ng ei
ghtdr
iver
sthatcan l
ead t
oradi
calbehav
iorand r
esul
tinv
iol
ent
ext
remistact
ion:

(
1)Ther oleandi mpactofgl obal pol
it
ics;
(
2)Economi cexclusionandlimi t
edoppor tunit
iesf orupwardmobili
ty;
(
3)Polit
ical excl
usionandshr inkingcivi
cspace;
(
4)Inequality,i
njust
ice,corr
upt i
onandt hev i
olationofhumanr ight
s;
(
5)Disenchant mentwi thsocio-economi candpol i
tical
syst
ems;
(
6)Rejectionofgr owingdiversit
yi nsociety;
(
7)Weakst atecapaci t
yandf ail
ingsecur i
ty;
and
(
8)A changi ng gl obal cult
ure and banal ization of viol
ence in medi
a and
entertainment .

Inadditi
ont othese,peopl egetpulledi ntoradi
calandul ti
mat el
yv i
olentmov ement s
thr
oughwel l-
consideredmani pulat
ionandaccompany ingsoci ali
zati
onpr ocesses( v i
a
media,schools,fami l
y,reli
giousandcul turalorganizations)andenabl edbyper sonal,
emotionalorpsy chologicalfactorssuchasal ienat i
on,sear chforident i
ty,asenseof
i
njusti
ce,l
ossofaf amil
ymember ,previ
ousmi str
eat mentori mpri
sonment ,et
c.).Also
whensoci al
izati
onpr ocesst hataimt of ostersoci alcohesionf ail
,indi
v i
dualsbecome
morev ul
nerableandmaygetat t
ractedtomor eradicalandv iolentbel
iefsandat ti
tudes.

Scholar
lyanalysesoft hemanneri nwhi chi ndivi
dual sandgr oupsar eco-optedinto
violentextremism hav epoi ntedt othr eebr oadphases: i nit
ialal i
enat i
on f rom the
processesandi nsti
tut i
onst hatconf eri dent
ityoraut horit
yi nagi vensoci et
yandt he
efforttoseekadi fferenti denti
ty;subsequentr adicalizati
on,andt hent r
ansit
ionfrom
radicali
zat
iont otheconductof( oft
enmass)vi olence. Notal lali
enatedgr oupsor
i
ndi vi
dualsadoptr adicalat t
it
udesandi deologies,andnotal lradicalstravelaninevit
able
patht ov i
olentextremi sm.Cr uci
alfort hepr event i
onofext remi stv i
olenceist husan
under st
andingofthef actorsleadi
ngf rom eachphaset ot henext.

1. Al
ienat
ion. Al
i
enat
ioncanemer
gef
rom aper
sist
entpat
ter
nofexcl
usi
on,

64
humi li
ation,sel ect i
v emi st reat ment ,andpr ejudi cet owar dspar t
iculargr oups
ori ndi vidualsbyacommuni ty ,t hest ateandi tsi nst itut i
ons,ort hewi der
soci ety.Unequalaccess–orr ecour set o–essent ialser vicesandt her uleof
l
awbypar ti
cul armi nor i
tiesorgr oupscoul dal sobeacr iticalf act or.Al i
enat i
on
mayemer gef rom per cept ionsofgr ossi nadequacyatt hei ndiv i
dualorgr oup
l
ev elr esul ti
ngf rom t hei nabi lityt odealwi thwi despr eadorsuddensoci alor
demogr aphic change.I nt hisf i
rstphase,r elat i
ons bet ween a par ticul
ar
i
ndi vidualorgr oupandt hewi derst r
uct ur esoff ami l
y,soci etyandt hest ate
become char acter ized bywi thdr awal ,anomi e,gr iev ances and decr easi ng
political oreconomi cpar ticipat ion.
2. Radi calizat i
on.Asf rustrat ionandgr i
ev ancesgr ow,i ndi v i
dual sandgr oups
begi nt osear chf oror gani zat ionsori deol ogi est hatcanei therhel ptochannel
thosef rust r
at i
onsorcanbl amet hem onext er nalact or s.Radi cal i
zat i
onmay
thus emer ge f r om t he i nadequacy of wi der sy st ems f or di alogue,
communi cati
onandmedi at i
onamonggr oups,t heabsenceofi nclusi onand
tolerancewi t
hi nt hesoci al andpol i
t i
cal env i
ronmentofapar ticularcommuni ty,
ani nabi litytocont ainpr ov ocat eur sandr adi cal izingagent s,andt heabsence
ofv iableal t
er nat i
v esf orgenui neempower menti nbot ht heper sonalandt he
publ ic spher es.The weakeni ng oft he i nst it
ut ions oft he f ami lyand t he
communi tyasi nst rument sofsoci alcont rolpl atesar ol ei nt hi spr ocess.
Radi calr ecruitersf ocust hei rat tent i
on on v ul ner abl e al i
enat ed gr oupsi n
soci ety;andmani pulatet hei rf eel ingsoff rust rat i
onandanger .Non- v iol
ent
radicalbehav ior–especi allyi funder t
akenpur posi velywi t
ht heobj ect i
v eof
refor mingsy st emsorgener atingi nnov ation–canbeanassett osoci et yand
promot eposi tiv echange.Vi olentext remi sm emer geswhenr adi calbehav i
or
startst omakeuseofv i
olenceast hemeansofexpr essi on.
3. Adher encet oVi ol ence. Thef i
nalphasei swhatsepar atesr adical sf r
om
violentext r
emi sts.Radi cal schoosepeacef ulcont est at ion oradv ocacyt o
accompl isht hei robj ectives;v iol entext r
emi st sar et hosewhohav echosen
violence as a means f ori mposi ng t hei rwor ld-view on soci et y.Vi ol ence
gradual lymov esf rom bei ngi nst rument alt obecomi ngsy mbol ic.Ri tual i
zed
mur der ,suchaspr act i
cedbyI SIS,al -Shabaabort heKuKl uxKl an,becomesa
meansf orbr andi ngandf orpr ov idi ngcol lect i
v ei nspi rat ion.Thi st hirdphasei n
asenseal sor epr esent st hef ailur eofsy st emsf orear l
ywar ningandr esponse
withr egar dt o emer ging i nci dent s and si gns t owar ds ext reme v iolence.
Inabi l
ityt ocont ai nt hei mmedi at er aw mat erialsf orv iol ence–i ncludi ngt he
mov ementofi lli
citweaponsandper sons–andt hei nadequacyofessent ial
secur i
tyser vicesal sohel pt ocr eat eanenv i
r onmentenabl ingact sofv iol
ent
extremi sm.

65
FI
LIPI
NO
PERSONALITI
ES

Revi
ewer
:
Ms.Jowi
maReyes

66
Rev
iewCour
seOut
li
ne

Int roduct iont oPer sonalityTheory


 Psy chody nami cTheor ies
 Fr eud: Psy choanal ysis
 Adl er: I
ndi v i
dual Psy chology
 Jung: Anal ytical Psy chology
 Klein: Obj ectRel at i
onsTheor y
 Hor ney :Psy choanal yt
icSocialTheory
 Fr omm: Humani sti
cPsy choanaly
sis
 Sul li
van: Interper sonal Theor y
 Erikson: Post -Freudi anTheor yLear ni
ngTheori
es
 Skinner : Behav ior alAnalysis
 Bandur a: Soci al Cogni t
iveTheory
 Rot terand Mi schel :Cogni t
ive Social Lear
ning Theory
Disposi tional Theor i
es
 Cat tel andEy senck: TraitandFactorTheori
es
 All
por t:Psy chol ogy oft he Indiv
idualHumanist
ic/
Exi
stenti
al
Theor ies
 Kelly:Psy chol ogyofPer sonalConst r
ucts
 Roger s: Per sonCent eredTheor y
 Masl ow: Hol istic-Dynami cTheory
 May :Exist ential Psy chology

67
TheFourCl
assi
fi
cat
ionsofTheor
iesofPer
sonal
it
y

1.Psy chody namicTheories


Psychody namictheori
esf ocusont hei nnerwor ki
ngsofper sonali
ty,especiall
y
i
nternalconfl
ictsandst ruggl
es.SigmundFr eud,f at
herofpsy choanalysis,wasakey
fi
gureinthi
sf i
eld.Forhim,personali
tywasady nami csystem di
rectedbyt heconfli
cting
desi
resofthei nsti
nct
-basedid,therati
onalego, andtheideali
sti
candj udgment alsuper-
ego.Inabusi nesscontext,psychodynamictheor iesareofl i
mitedapplicati
onbecause
theyplacet oo much emphasi son sexualand aggr essiv
ei nsti
nctsand ar ehi ghly
subj
ectiv
e.Theyr emaininfl
uenti
aldespitei
nfrequentuse.

2.Tr ai
ts-basedTheor ies
Tr ai
ts-
based t heor i
esofper sonalit
yf ocuson st abl
equal i
ti
est hataper son
showsi nmostsi tuat
ions.Ther ear ehundr edsofpossi bletraits,suchassoci abil
i
ty,
orderl
i
ness,i ntell
i
gence,shy ness,sensi t
ivi
ty,rebel
l
iousness,cr eati
vit
yandobst i
nacy.
Howev er,mostt raitscanbet racedbackt o35basi ct r
ait
s,16sour cetrait
s,ort hefi
v e
core OCEAN t rai
ts:openness,consci enti
ousness,extroversion,agr eeableness and
neuroti
cism.Becauset heor i
esbasedont rai
tsmodel sareobj ectiveandgr oundedi n
resear
ch,t heyhav emul tiplepracti
calappl i
cati
onsandar eof tenusedast hebasisf or
psychologicaltestsinbusi nesssett
ings.

3.Soci alLearningTheor ies


Sociallearningt heor i
esf ocusonl earni
ngandnur t
uringi ncontrasttotraits-
basedt heories,whichst ressher edit
yandnat ure.Humanexper ience- -nothumannat ur e
--isconsi deredt hepr i
mar ycauseofper sonalitygrowt handdev elopment.Aswel ear n,
weal t
ert hewayweper ceiveourenv ir
onmentandt hewaywei nterpretincomingsti
mul i
,
whi chinfluencest hewaywei nteractorbehav e.Sociallearningt akest heconceptast ep
further,intr
oducingt hei deat hatwel earnthroughouri nteractionswi thsociety
.Societ y
play samuchl ar
gerr ol
ei nt hewaywet hinkaboutour selvesandt hewor l
dandhowwe
i
nt eractorbehav einthel argercont extofsoci ety.Sociallearningt heoriesareofint
erest
i
nbusi nessbecauset heydealwi t
ht helearningpr ocessandt heef fectofincenti
vesand
disincent i
vesonbehav i
ormodi f
icati
on.

4.Per sonalGr owt handHumani sm


Theor i
esinspiredbysel f-
growt handhumani sm st ressthepr ivateandsubj ecti
v e
experience.Per sonalityisconsideredanexpr essionoft heneedf orper sonalgr owth.
Dif
ferentper sonali
ties ar e mani f
estati
ons of di ffer
ing st ages and pat hs int he
i
ndividual'
squestt of ulf
illhi
si nnatecapabili
ties.Masl ow'shi erarchyofneedsi sa
parti
cularl
yi nf
luenti
almodeli nthisareaandoneoft hemul ti
plehumani sttoolsthatcan
beusedi nthedev elopmentofpat hsf orper
sonal ,aswel laspr ofessional,dev el
opment .
Maslow' st heorysuggest st hatpeopl ehavebasi cneedsf orsurv i
v al--food,shel t
er,
safety--t hatmustbemetbef orehi gherorderneeds,suchassel f-
esteenandsel f-
actuali
zation,canbef ulf
il
led.

I
NTRODUCTI
ONOFPERSONALI
TYTHEORY

Ov
erv
iewofPer
sonal
i
tyTheor
yPer
sonal
i
tyt
heor
ist
s:

68
(1)Makecont roll
edobser v
ationsofhumanbehav iorand( 2)speculateont he
meani ngoft hoseobser vati
ons.Dif
ferencesintheori
esar eduet omor ethandiff
erences
i
nt ermi nology;theyst em fr
om diff
erencesamongt heori
stsonbasi cissuesconcerning
thenat ureofhumani ty.WhatIsPersonalit
y?Thet erm per
sonalityhassev er
aldefi
nit
ions.
Inev erydayl anguage,t hewor dpersonalit
yreferstoone' ssocialski ll
s,chari
sma,and
popular i
ty.Howev er
,scienti
stsuset hetermt omeanmor ethanaper son'
spersona,or
publi
ci mage.To t hem,per sonali
tyi s a patt
ern ofr elat
ively permanentt rai
ts or
characteristi
cst hatgi vesomeconsi st
encyt oaper son'
sbehav i
or.WhatI saTheor y?
Theor i
esar et oolsusedbysci ent
iststogenerateresearchandor gani zeobservat
ions.

Theor yDef inedAt heor yisasetofr elatedassumpt ionst hatal l


owssci entiststo
use logicaldeduct i
ver easoning t of ormulatet est abl
e hy potheses.Theor yand I t
s
Relati
vesThet er mt heor yisof t enusedi ncorrect l
yt oi mpl ysomet hingot herthana
scienti
ficconcept .Al thought heor yhassomer elationshipwi thphi losophy ,speculation,
hypothesis,andt axonomy ,i
ti snott hesameasanyoft hese.Phi l
osophy -t
hel ov eof
wisdom- isabr oadert ermt hant heor y,butoneofi t
sbr anchesepi stemol ogy-rel
atest o
thenatur eofknowl edge, andt heor iesar eusedbysci entistsint hepur suitofknowl edge.
Theoriesr elyonspecul at i
on,butspecul ati
oni nt heabsenceofcont rol
ledobser vat i
ons
andempi ricalresear chi sessent i
all
ywor thless.Hy pothesi s,oreducat edguess,i sa
narrowert er
m t hant heor y.A si nglet heorymaygener atehundr edsofhy potheses.
Taxonomymeansacl assi f
icationsy stem,andt heor i
esof tenr el yonsomesor tof
classi
ficati
onofdat a.Howev er,taxonomi esdonotgener atehy potheses.WhyDi f fer
ent
Theories?Psy chol ogistsandot hersci ent i
stsgener ateav ar
iet yoft heoriesbecauset hey
hav ediff
erentli
feexper iencesanddi ff
er entway sofl ookingatt hesamedat a.

Theor i
sts'Per sonal
it
iesandThei rTheor iesofPer sonalit
yBecauseper sonali
ty
theories flow f rom an i ndivi
dualt heorist's per sonali
ty,some psy chologist
s hav e
proposed t he psy chology of sci ence,a di scipli
ne t hat Theor i
es Of Per sonali
ty
Summar izedst udi est heper sonalchar act eri
sticsoft heor ist
s.mot ives,whichper mit
varyi
ngexpl anationsf orthesameobser v
at ions.WhatMakesaTheor yUseful?Ausef ul
theorymust( 1)gener ateresearch-bot hdescr iptiveresear chandhy pothesi
st esti
ng,(2)
bef alsif
iable;thati s,researchf i
ndi ngsshoul dbeabl et oei t
hersuppor tofr ef
utethe
theory,(3)or gani zedat aintoani ntell
igi
blef r
amewor kandi ntegrat
enew i nformati
on
i
ntoi tsstructure;( 4)guideact i
on,orpr ovidet hepr actit
ionerwi thar oadmapf ormaking
day-to-day deci sions;( 5)be i nternally consi stentand hav e a setofoper at
ional
defi
ni t
ions;and( 6)bepar si
moni ous, orassi mpleaspossi bl e.

BiographyofSi gmundFr eudBor nint heCzechRepubl ici n1856,Si gmundFr eud


spentmostofhi sl if
einVi enna.I nhispr acticeasapsy chiat ri
st, hewasmor ei nterested
i
nl ear ningaboutt heunconsci ousmot iv
esofpat ientsthani ncur i
ngneur oses.Ear l
yin
hispr of essionalcar eer,Fr eudbel i
ev edt hathy steriawasar esultofbei ngseduced
duringchi l
dhoodbyasexual lymat ur eperson,of tenapar entorot herr elativ
e.I n1897,
howev er,heabandonedhi sseduct iont heor yandr epl
acedi twi thhi snot i
onoft he
Oedi puscompl ex,aconceptt hatr emainedt hecent erofhi spsy choanal yt
ict heor y.
Dimensi ons f ora ConceptofHumani t
y Per sonalit
yt heor i
st s hav e had di f
ferent
concept i
onsofhumannat ure,andt heaut hor sli
stsi xdimensi onsf orcompar ingt hese
concept i
ons.Thesedi mensi onsi ncl udedet erminism v er susf reechoi ce,pessi mism
versus opt imism, causal it
y v ersus t eleology, consci ous v er sus unconsci ous
determi nant s ofbehav ior,bi ologicalv ersus soci alinfluences on per sonal i
ty,and
uniqueness v ersus si milarit
ies among peopl e.Resear ch i n Per sonal i
t y Theor yI n
resear ching human behav i
or,per sonalit
yt heorists often use v ari
ous measur i
ng
procedur es,andt hesepr ocedur esmustbebot hreliabl
eandv alid.Rel i
abili
tyref er
st oa
measur ing i nstrument 's consi stency wher eas v ali
dit
yr eferst oi t
s accur acy or
trut
hf ulness.

PSYCHODYNAMI
CTHEORI
ESFREUD:PSYCHOANALYSI
S

Overv
iew ofFreud'
s Psy
choanal
yti
c Theor
y Si
gmund Fr
eud'
s psy
choanal
ysi
s has
endur
edbecauseit
:

69
1.Postulat
edtheprimacyofsexandaggr essi
on-twouni
versall
ypopularthemes,
2.Attr
actedagr oupoff ollowerswhowerededicat
edtospr eadi
ngpsy choanal
yti
c
doctrine, and
3.Advancedt henotionofunconsci ousLevelsofMentalLi f
eFreudsaw ment al
funct
ioning as operating on thr
ee l
evels:unconsci
ous,pr econscious,and
conscious.

Unconsci
ous.Theunconsci
ousi
ncl
udesdr
ivesandi
nst
inct
sthatar
ebey
ondawar
eness
butthatmot i
vatemosthumanbehav iors.Unconsciousdri
vescanbecomeconsci ous
onlyindisguisedordi stor
tedf orm,suchasdr eam images,sli
psoft hetongue,or
neurot
icsympt oms.Unconsciouspr ocessesorigi
nat efr
om t
wosources:
1.Repr ession,ort
heblockingoutofanxi ety-
fi
ll
edexperi
encesand
2.phy l
ogenet i
cendowment ,orinherit
edexperiencest
hatli
ebeyondanindivi
dual'
s
per
sonal experience.

Pr
econsci
ous.Thepr
econsci
ouscont
ainsi
magest
hatar
enoti
nawar
enessbutt
hatcan
become conscious eitherquit
e easil
yorwi th some lev elofdiff
icul
ty.Consci
ous
Consciousnessplaysar el
ati
vel
ymi norroleinFreudiant heory
.Consciousideasst
em
from ei
therthepercept
ionofexter
nalsti
muli(ourperceptualconsci
oussy st
em)orfr
om
theunconsciousandpreconsci
ousaf t
ertheyhaveev adedcensorshi
p.

Theori
esofPer sonal
ity
Summar izedProv i
ncesoftheMi ndFr
eudconceptual
izedthreeregi
onsoft he
mind:t
hei d,
theego, andt hesuper
ego.TheI
dTheid,whi
chi scompletel
yunconscious,
ser
vest hepleasureprinci
pleandcontai
nsourbasi
cinsti
ncts.Itoperat
esthroughthe
pri
maryprocess.

TheEgoTheego,orsecondar
yprocess,
isgov
er nedbyt
hereali
typrinci
pleandi
s
r
esponsi
blef
orr
econci
l
ingtheunreal
i
sti
cdemandsoft heidandthesuperego.

The Superego The super


ego,which ser
ves t
he i
deal
isti
c pri
nciple,has t
wo
subsystems- t
heconscienceandtheego-
ideal
.Theconsci
enceresul
tsfrom punishment
fori
mpr operbehavi
orwhereastheegoi
dealst
emsf r
om rewar
dsf orsocial
lyaccept
able
behavior.

Dy nami csofPer sonalityDy nami csofper sonal i


t yr eferst ot hosef orcest hat
mot i
vatepeopl e.Instinct sFreudgr oupedal lhumandr i
v esorur gesundert wopr i
mar y
i
nstincts-sex( Erosort hel i
feinst i
nct)andaggr essi
on( thedeat hordest ructivei nstinct).
Theai m oft hesexuali nsti
ncti spl easur e,whi chcanbegai nedt hrought heer ogenous
zones,especi al
lythemout h,anus,andgeni t
als.Theobj ectoft hesexuali nst i
ncti sany
personort hingt hatbr ingssexualpl easur e.Al linfant spossesspr i
mar ynar ci
ssi sm,or
self
-center edness,butt hesecondar ynar cissism ofadol escenceandadul thoodi snot
universal
.Bot hsadi sm ( receivi
ngsexualpl easur ef rom i nfl
icti
ngpai nonanot her )and
masochi sm ( receivi
ngsexualpl easur efr om pai nfulexper i
ences)sat isfybot hsexualand
aggressivedr ives.Thedest r
uctivei nstinctai mst or eturnaper sont oani nor gani cst ate,
butitisor di nar i
lydi
r ectedagai nstot herpeopl eandi scal l
edaggr ession.Anxi et yFr eud
beli
evedonl yt heegof eel sanxiet y,
butt hei d,super ego, andout si
dewor l
dcaneachbea
sourceofanxi ety.Neur oti
canxi etyst emsf rom t heego' sr elat
ionwi tht hei d;mor al
anxiet
yi ssi mi lartogui ltandr esultsf rom t heego' sr elationwi t hthesuper ego;and
real
isticanxi et y,whichi ssi milart of ear,i sproducedbyt heego' sr elati
onwi t
ht her eal
world.

Def
enseMechani
smsAccor
dingt
oFr
eud,def
ensemechani
smsoper
atet
opr
otectt
he
egoagainstthepainofanxiety
.
1. Repressioni
nvol
vesf orci
ngunwant
ed,anxi
ety
-loadedexper
iencesi
nto
the unconsci
ous. I
ti s the most basi c of all defense
mechanismsbecausei tisan acti
veprocessi neachoft he
others.
2. UndoingandIsolati
on.Undoingist
heego'sattempttodoawaywi thunpleasant

70
exper iencesandt heirconsequences, usuall
ybymeansofr epet i
ti
ouscer emoni al
actions.
3. Isolat ion,i ncont r
ast ,ismar kedbyobsessi vet hought sandi nvolvest heego' s
attemptt oi solateanexper iencebysur roundingi twi thabl acked- outr egi onof
i
nsensi bili
ty.
4. React ion For mat i
on i s mar ked by t he repression ofone i mpul se and t he
ostent atiousexpr essionofi tsexactopposi t
e.
5. Displ acementt akespl acewhenpeopl er edir
ectt heirunwant edur gesont oother
object sorpeopl ei nor dertodi sguiset heor i
ginal i
mpul se.
6. Fixat ionsdevel opwhenpsy chicener gyisblockedatonest ageofdev elopment ,
maki ngpsy chol ogical changedi fficult.
7. Regr essi onsoccurwheneveraper sonr evert
st oear li
er,mor einfant i
lemodesof
behav ior.
8. Proj ect i
on i sseei ngi not her st hoseunaccept ablef eelingsorbehav iorst hat
actual l
yr esidei none' sownunconsci ous.Whencar riedt oext reme,pr ojecti
on
canbecomepar anoi a, whi
chi schar acteri
zedbydel usionsofper secut ion.
9. Introject ionst akepl acewhenpeopl eincorporateposi ti
vequal i
tiesofanot her
personi ntot heirownegot or educef eeli
ngsofi nferiori
ty.
10.Subl imat ionsi nv olvet heelevat i
onoft hesexual instinct'
sai mt oa
higherl evel,whi chper mitspeopl et omakecont ri
but ionst o
soci et yandcul ture.

St
agesofDev
elopmentFr
eudsawpsy chosexualdev
elopmentaspr
oceedi
ngf
rom
bi
rt
htomatur
it
ythroughf
ourover
lappi
ngst ages.

I
nfant
il
ePer
iod

Theinf
ant i
lestageencompassest hefirst4t o5y earsofl if
eandi sdi
videdinto
thr
eesubphases:or al
,anal,andphal l
ic.Duringt heor alphase,ani nfanti spr i
maril
y
mot i
vatedtoreceivepl easuret hrought hemout h.Dur ingt hesecondy earofl i
fe,achi l
d
goest hroughananalphase.I fpar entsar etoopuni tivedur ingt heanalphase,t hechi l
d
maybecomean analchar acter,wi t
ht heanalt r
iad ofor der l
i
ness,st ingi
ness,and
obsti
nacy .Dur
ingt hephal l
icphase,boy sandgi rl
sbegi nt ohav edi ff
eringpsy chosexual
development.Att histi
me, boy sandgi r
lsexper i
encet heOedi puscompl exinwhi chthey
have sexualfeelings f orone par entand host i
lef eel i
ngs f ort he ot her.The mal e
castr
at i
oncompl ex ,whi chtakest hef orm ofcast rationanxi ety,breaksupt hemal e
Oedipuscompl exandr esul
tsi nawel l-f
ormedmal esuper ego.Forgi rls,howev er
,the
castr
at i
oncompl ex,int heform ofpeni senv y,precedest hef emal eOedi puscompl ex,a
sit
uationthatleadst oonl yagr adualandi ncompl eteshat t
eringoft hef emaleOedi pus
compl exandaweaker ,mor eflexibl
ef emalesuper ego.

LatencyPer iodFreudbel i
ev edt hatpsy chosexualdev elopmentgoest hr ougha
l
atencyst age-from aboutage5unt ilpuberty-i
nwhi chthesexuali nsti
ncti spar ti
all
y
suppressed.Geni talPeriodThegeni t
alperiodbegi nswi thpuber ty,whenadol escents
experi
encear eawakeni ngoft hegeni talaim ofEr os.Thet er m" geni
talper i
od"shoul d
notbeconf usedwi th"phalli
cper iod."Mat uri
tyFr eudhi ntedatast ageofpsy chol ogi
cal
mat ur
ityinwhi cht heegowoul dbei ncont roloft hei dandsuper egoandi nwhi ch
consciousness woul d play a mor ei mportant r ol ein behav i
or.Appl ications of
Psychoanal yt
icTheor yFreuder ectedhi stheoryont hedr eams,f r
eeassoci ations,slips
oft het ongue,andneur oticsy mpt omsofhi spat ientsdur i
ngt herapy.Butheal so
gatheredinformationf r
om hi story,li
teratur
e,andwor ksofar t.Freud'
sEar l
yTher apeut i
c
TechniqueDur i
ngt he1890s,Fr eudusedanaggr essi vetherapeutictechniquei nwhi ch
hest r
onglysuggest edtopat ientst hattheyhadbeensexual lyseducedaschi ldren.He
l
aterdr oppedt hist echniqueandabandonedhi sbel i
efthatmostpat i
entshadbeen
seduceddur i
ngchildhood.

Fr
eud'
sLaterTher
apeut
icTechni
queBeginni
nginthel
ate1890s,Freudadopt
ed
amuchmorepassivet
ypeofpsychot
herapy
,onethatr
eli
edheavi
l
yonf reeassoci
ati
on,

71
dream i nterpretation,andt ransference.ThegoalofFr eud'
sl aterpsy chot her
apywast o
uncov er r epressed memor i
es,and t he t herapi
stuses dr eam anal ysis and free
associ ati
ont odoso.Wi thfreeassoci ati
on, patient
sar erequiredt osaywhat evercomes
tomi nd, nomat terhowi rrel
ev antordistasteful.Successfult
her apyr estsont hepat i
ent'
s
transferenceofchi ldhoodsexualoraggr essivefeeli
ngsont ot het herapistandaway
from sy mpt om f ormat ion.Pat i
ents'resistancet o changecanbeseenaspr ogress
becausei tindicatest hatt herapyhasadv ancedbey ondsuper ficialconver sati
on.thelong
term,maxi mi zegr ati
fication,andhav ethel eastamountofdi stortionDr eam Anal y
sisIn
i
nt er
pret i
ngdr eams,Fr euddi ff
erenti
atedt hemani f
estcont ent( consciousdescr i
pti
on)
from thel atentcont ent( theunconsci ousmeani ng)
.

Near l
yal ldreamsar ewi sh- fulfil
lment s, althought hewi shi susual l
yunconsci ous
andcanbeknownonl yt hroughdr eam i nter pr etation.Toi nter pretdr eams,Fr eudused
bothdr eam sy mbol sandt hedr eamer '
sassoci ati
onst ot hedr eam cont ent .Cr i
tiqueof
FreudFr eudr egar dedhi msel fasasci entist, butmanycr it
icsconsi derhi smet hodst obe
outdated,unsci ent i
fic,andper meat edwi thgenderbi as.Ont hesi xcr iteriaofausef ul
theory,psy choanal ysisisr atedhi ghoni t
sabi li
tyt ogener ater esear ch,v er yl ow oni ts
opennesst of alsifi
cat i
on,andav er ageonor gani zingdat a,gui dingact ion,andbei ng
parsimoni ous.Because i tl acks oper ationaldef i
nit i
ons,i tr at es l ow on i nt ernal
consistency .Freudi anSl ipsFr eudbel ievedt hatpar apr axes,orsocal ledFr eudi ansl ips,
arenotchanceacci dentsbutr ev ealaper son' st r
uebutunconsci ousi ntent ions.Rel at ed
Resear chFr eudiant heoryhasgener atedal ar geamountofr el atedr esear ch,i ncludi ng
studiesondef ensemechani smsandor alfixat ion.Def enseMechani smsGeor geVal l
iant
hasaddedt ot hel istofFr eudiandef ensemechani smsandhasf oundev idencet hat
someoft hem ar eneur otic( react ionf or mat i
on,i deal izat i
on,andundoi ng) ,somear e
i
mmat ureandmal adapt ive( project ion, i
solat ion, deni al, displacement ,anddi ssoci at i
on) ,
andsomear emat ur eandadapt ive( subl i
mat i
on,suppr ession,humor ,andal t
ruism) .
Valli
antf oundt hatneur ot icdef ensemechani smsar esuccessf ulov ert heshor tt er m;
i
mmat uredef ensesar eunsuccessf ulandhav et hehi ghestdegr eeofdi stor tion; wher eas
mat ureandadapt ivedef ensesar esuccessf ulov erOr alFi xationSomer ecentr esear ch
hasf oundt hataggr essioni shi gheri npeopl ewhobi tet hei rfingernai lst hani tisinnon-
nailbit
ers,especi allyinwomen.Ot herr esear chf oundt hatpeopl ewhoar eor allyfixat ed
tendt oseet heirpar entsmor enegat i
velyt handi dpeopl ewhower elessor al l
yf i
xat ed.
ConceptofHumani tyFr eud' sconceptofhumani tywasdet ermi ni sti
candpessi mi stic.
Heemphasi zed causal ityov ert eleol ogy ,unconsci ousdet er mi nantsov erconsci ous
processes,andbi ologyov ercul tur e,buthet ookami ddl eposi ti
onont hedi mensi onof
uniquenessv ersussi milar i
tiesamongpeopl e.

ADLER:I
NDI
VIDUALPSYCHOLOGY

Ov ervi
ew ofAdl er'
sI ndividualPsy chol ogy An or i
ginalmemberofFr eud's
psy choanal yti
cgr oup,Al fredAdl erbr okef rom t hatgr oupandadv ocat edat heoryof
personal i
tythatwasnear lydi amet ri
callyopposedt othatofFr eud.Wher easFr eud'sv iew
ofhumani tywaspessi mi sticandr ootedinbi ology ,Adler'sv i
ewwasopt i
mi sti
c, ideali
st i
c,
andr oot edi nfami lyexper i
ences.Bi ographyofAl fredAdl erAl fr
edAdl erwasbor ni n
1870i nat ownnearVi enna,asecondsonofmi ddle-classJewi shpar ents.Li keFr eud,
Adlerwasaphy sician, andi n1902, hebecameachar t
ermemberofFr eud' sorgani zation.
Howev er,personalandpr ofessionaldi f
ferencesbet weent het womenl edt oAdl er'
s
depar tur efrom theVi ennaPsy choanal y t
icSoci etyin1911.Adl ersoonf oundedhi sown
group,t heSoci etyf orI ndividualPsy chology .Adl er'
sst rengt hswer ehi sener geti
cor al
present ati
onsandhi si nsight f
ulabi l
i
tyt ounder standf amilydy nami cs.Hewasnota
gift
edwr it
er,alimi tationt hatmayhav epr ev entedi ndiv i
dualpsy chol ogyf r
om at t
aining
wor ldr ecognit
ion equalt o Fr eud'spsy choanal ysis.I ntroduction to Adl eri
an Theor y
AlthoughAdl er
'si ndiv idualpsy chol ogyi sbot hcompl exandcompr ehensi ve,i t
smai n
tenet scanbest atedi nsi mpl ef orm.St ri
vingf orSuccessorSuper iorit
yThesol edy nami c
forcebehi ndpeopl e'sact i
onsi st hest ri
v i
ngf orsuccessorsuper iorit
y.TheFi nalGoal
Thef inalgoalofei thersuccessorsuper iorityt owardwhi chal lpeopl est riv eunif i
es
personal i
tyandmakesal lbehav iormeani ngful.TheSt r
ivi
ngFor ceasCompensat ion
Becausepeopl ear ebor nwi thsmal l
,inferiorbodi es,t heyf eelinferiorandat t
emptt o
over comet hesef eelingst hrought heirnat uraltendencyt omov etowar dcompl et i
on.The
stri
v i
ngf orcecant akeoneoft wocour ses:per sonalgai n( superiority)orcommuni ty

72
benefi
t(success)
.Stri
vingforPersonalSuper i
ori
tyPsychologi
call
yunhealthyi
ndi
vidual
s
str
iveforpersonalsuperiori
tywithli
tt
leconcer nf orot
herpeopl e.Al
thoughtheymay
appearto bei nt
erestedi notherpeopl e,thei
rbasi cmot i
vat
ioni spersonalbenefi
t.
Str
ivi
ngforSuccessI ncontrast,
psychological
lyhealt
hypeoplestriv
eforthesuccessof
al
lhumani t
y,butt
heydosowi thoutl
osingt hei
rpersonali
denti
ty.

Subj ecti
vePer cept i
onsPeopl e'ssubj ect i
veview ofthewor ld-
notreali
tyshapes
theirbehav ior.Fict i
onalism Fict
ionsar epeopl e'sexpectat
ionsoft hefuture.Adlerhel d
thatf i
ctionsgui debehav i
or,becausepeopl eactasi ft
hesef ict
ionsaret rue.Adl er
emphasi zedt eleol ogyov ercausalit
y,orexpl anat i
onsofbehav iorintermsoff uturegoal s
ratherthanpastcauses.Or ganInfer
iorit
iesAdl erbeli
evedthatal lhumansar e" blessed"
with organ i nferioriti
es,whi ch sti
mul at
esubj ecti
vef eel
i
ngsofi nfer
iori
tyand mov e
peopl etowar dper fecti
onorcompl eti
on.Uni tyandSel f
-ConsistencyofPer sonalit
yAdl er
believedt hatallbehav iorsaredirectedtowar dasi nglepurpose.Whenseeni nt helight
oft hatsol epur pose,seemi nglycont r
adictorybehav i
orscanbeseenasoper at i
ngi na
selfconsistentmanner .Or ganDialectPeopl eof tenuseaphy sicaldisordertoexpr ess
styleoflife,acondi ti
onAdl ercall
edor gandi alect.

ConsciousandUnconsci ousConsci ousandunconsci ouspr ocessesar euni fied


andoper atet oachi eveasi nglegoal.Thepar tofourgoalt hatwedonotcl ear ly
under stoodi sunconsci ous;t hepar tofourgoalt hatwef ai
lt of ull
ycompr ehendi s
consci ous.SocialInterestHumanbehav i
orhasv aluet otheex t
entt hatitismot iv
atedby
social i
nterest,t
hati s,afeel i
ngofonenesswi thallofhumani ty.Or i
ginsofSoci alInterest
Althoughsoci alinterestexi stsaspot enti
ali
tyinallpeopl e,i
tmustbef osteredinasoci al
env i
ronment .Adl erbel i
evedt hatthepar ent-
chil
dr elati
onshi pcanbesost r
ongt hati t
negat estheef fectsofher edity.ImportanceofSoci alInterestAccor di
ngt oAdl er,soci al
i
nteresti s" t
hesol ecr it
erionofhumanv al
ues,"andt hewor thinessofal lone'sact i
ons
mustbe seen byt his standar d.Wi thoutsociali nterest,soci eties could notexi st;
i
ndi vi
dualsi nant i
quitycoul d nothav esur vi
ved wi thoutcooper at i
ng withot her st o
protectt hemsel vesf rom danger .Event oday,ani nfant '
shel plessnesspr edi
sposesi t
towar danur t
uringper son.St y l
eofLifeThemannerofaper son'sst ri
vingiscal l
edst y l
e
oflif
e, apat t
ernt hatisrelativelywellsetby4or5y earsofage.

Howev er,Adl erbel ievedt hatheal thyi ndiv i


dual sar emar kedbyf l
exibl ebehav ior
andt hatt heyhav esomel imi tedabi litytochanget heirst yl
eofl i
fe.Cr eati
vePowerSt yle
ofl i
fei s par tially a pr oductofher edi ty and env ironment -the bui l
ding bl ocks of
personal i
ty-butul ti
mat elyst y
leofl ifeisshapedbypeopl e'scr eativ epower ,t hati s,by
thei
rabi li
tyt of reel ychooseacour seofact i
on.Abnor malDev elopmentCr eat ivepower
i
snotl imi tedt oheal thypeopl e; unhealthyi ndividual sal socr eatet hei rownper sonal i
ties.
Thus,eachofusi sf reet ochooseei therausef ulorausel essst y l
eofl ife.Gener al
Descr i
ption The mosti mpor tantf actori n abnor maldev el
opmenti slackofsoci al
i
nterest.Inaddi tion, peopl ewi thausel essst yl
eofl ifet endt o(1)sett hei
rgoal st oohi gh,
(2)hav eadogmat icst yleofl i
fe,and( 3)l i
v eint hei rownpr i
vatewor ld.Exter nalFact or s
i
nMal adj ustmentAdl erl istedt hreef act orst hatr elatet oabnor maldev el opment :( 1)
exagger ated phy sicaldef ici
enci es,whi ch do notby t hemsel ves cause abnor mal
development ,butwhi chmaycont ri
but et oi tbygener atingsubj ectiv eandexagger ated
feel
ingsofi nferior i
ty;( 2)apamper edst yleofl ife,whi chcont ribut est oanov erri
ding
dri
vet o est ablish aper manentpar asiticr elationshi p wi tht hemot heroramot her
substit
ut e;and( 3)anegl ect edst yleofl if
e,whi chl eadst odi strustofot herpeopl e.
Safeguar ding Tendenci esBot h nor maland neur oticpeopl ecr eat esy mpt omsasa
meansofpr ot ectingt hei rfragi leself-esteem.Thesesaf eguar dingt endenci esmai ntai
na
neuroticst y
leofl ifeandpr ot ectaper sonf rom publ i
cdi sgrace.Thet hr eepr inci
pal
safeguar dingt endenci esar e( 1)excuses,whi chal low peopl et opr eservet hei rinfl
ated
senseofper sonal wor th; (
2)aggr ession, whichmayt aket hef orm ofdepr eciat ingot hers'
accompl i
shment s,accusi ngot her sofbei ngr esponsi blef orone' sownf ailures,orsel f-
accusation;and( 3)wi thdr awal ,whi chcanbeexpr essedbypsy chological lymov ing
backwar d,st andi ngst ill
,hesi tating,orconst r
uct i
ngobst acles.Mascul i
nePr ot estBot h
menandwomensomet imesov eremphasi zet hedesi rabi li
tyofbei ngmanl y,acondi t
ion
Adlercal l
edt hemascul inepr otest .

73
Thef requent l
yfoundi nferiorstat usofwomeni snotbasedonphy siologybuton
hist
or icaldev elopment sandsoci allearning.Appl icationsofI ndivi
dualPsy chologyAdl er
appliedt hepr inciplesofindivi
dualpsy chologyt ofami l
yconst el
lati
on,earlyrecollecti
ons,
dreams, andpsy chotherapy.Fami lyConst ellati
onAdl erbeli
evedt hatpeopl e'
sper cept i
on
ofhowt heyf i
ti ntothei
rf amil
yi sr elat
edt ot hei
rst y
leofl i
fe.Hecl ai
medt hatfirstbor ns
arelikel ytohav est r
ongf eel
ingsofpowerandsuper ior
it
y,tobeov erprotecti
ve,andt o
havemor et hant hei
rshar eofanxi ety.Second- bornchi l
drenar el i
kelytohav est rong
sociali nter
est ,prov i
dedt heydonotgett rappedt ryi
ngt oov ercomet heiroldersi bling.
Youngestchi l
dr enar eli
kelyt obepamper edandt ol ackindependence,wher easonl y
chil
dr enhav esomeoft hechar act eri
sticsofbot htheol destandt hey oungestchi l
d.
Earl
yRecol lect i
onsAmor ereli
abl emet hodofdet er
mi ni
ngst yleoflifeist oaskpeopl e
forthei rearl
iestr ecoll
ecti
ons.

Adlerbel i
ev edt hatear lymemor i
esar et empl at esonwhi chpeopl epr ojectt heir
currentst y
leofl ife.Theser ecol l
ect ionsneednotbeaccur ateaccount sofear lyev ent s;
theyhav epsy chol ogi cali mpor tancebecauset heyr eflectaper son'scur rentv iewoft he
wor l
d.Dr eamsAdl erbel iev edt hatdr eamscanpr ovidecl uest osol vingf uturepr obl ems.
Howev er,dr eamsar edi sgui sedt odecei vet hedr eamerandusual lymustbei nterpr eted
by anot herper son.Psy chot her apy The goalofAdl erian t herapy i st o cr eat ea
rel
at i
onshi pbet weent her apistandpat i
entt hatfost erssoci al inter est.Toensur et hatt he
patient '
ssoci ali nter estwi llev ent uallygener alizet oot herr elationships,t het her api st
adopt s bot h a mat ernaland a pat ernalr ole.Rel ated Resear ch Al though f ami ly
const ell
at i
onandbi rthor derhav ebeenwi delyr esear ched,at opicmor eper ti
nentt o
Adleriant heor yisear lyrecol lections.Resear chshowst hatear l
yr ecol l
ectionsar er elated
toanumberofper sonalt raits,suchasdepr essi on,al cohol ism,cr iminalbehav i
or ,and
successi ncounsel ing.Ot herr esear chhasshownt hatachangei nst yleofl i
femaybe
capabl eofpr oduci ngachangei near lyrecol l
ections.
Stil
lot herr esear ch suggest st hatmade- up ear lyr ecol lecti
ons may be as
meani ngf ulasact ualones.Cr iti
queofAdl erI ndiv i
dualpsy chol ogyr ateshi ghoni ts
abil
ityt ogener at er esear ch,or gani zedat a,andgui det hepr actiti
oner .I trecei v esa
moder ater ati
ngonpar si mony ,butbecausei tlacksoper ationaldef i
niti
ons,i tr atesl ow
oni nternalconsi st ency.I tal sor at esl ow onf alsif
icat ionbecausemanyofi tsr elated
resear chf indingscanbeexpl ai nedbyot hertheor ies.ConceptofHumani tyAdl ersaw
peopleasf orwar dmov ing,soci alani mal swhoar emot i
vat edbygoal st heyset( bot h
consci ouslyandunconsci ousl y)f ort hef uture.Peopl ear eultimat elyresponsi blefort heir
ownuni quest y l
eofl i
fe.Thus, Adl er'stheor yrateshi ghonf ree- choi ce,soci alinfluences,
anduni queness;v er yhi ghonopt imi sm andt eleology ;andav erageonunconsci ous
i
nf l
uences.

JUNG:ANALYTI
CALPSYCHOLOGY

Ov er vi
ew ofJung' sAnal yticalPsy chol ogyCar lJungbel i
ev edt hatpeopl ear e
extremelycompl ex beings who possess a v arietyofopposi ng qual i
ties,such as
i
ntroversionandext raversion,mascul inityandf emi ninity,andr ati
onalandi rr
ational
dri
ves.Bi ogr aphyofCar lJungCar lJungwasbor ni nSwi tzerl
andi n1875,t heol dest
surviv
ingchi ldofanideal i
st i
cPr otest antmi nisterandhi swi f
e.Jung' sear lyexper ience
withparent s( whower equi teopposi teofeachot her )probablyinfluencedhi sownt heor y
ofper sonal ity.Soonaf terr eceivinghi smedi caldegr eehebecameacquai ntedwi t
h
Freud'swr itingsandev entual l
ywi thFr eudhi msel f.Notl ongaf t
erhet rav
el edwi t
hFr eud
totheUni tedSt at
es,Jungbecamedi senchant edwi thFr eud'spansexualt heor ies,br oke
withFreud, andbeganhi sownappr oacht otheor yandt her apy,whichhecal l
edanal ytical
psychology .From acrit
icalmi dlif
ecr isis, duri
ngwhi chhenear lylostcont actwi threal it
y,
Jungemer gedt obecomeoneoft hel eadingt hinker soft he20t hcent ury .Hedi edi n
1961atage85.Lev el
soft hePsy cheJungsawt hehumanpsy cheasbei ngdi videdi nto
aconsci ousandanunconsci ousl ev el,wi tht hel atterfur t
hersubdi v i
dedi ntoaper sonal
andacol lectiveunconsci ous.Consci ousI magessensedbyt heegoar esai dt obe
conscious.Theego t husr epresent st heconsci oussi deofper sonali
ty ,and i nt he
psychologi cally maturei ndivi
dual ,t he ego i s secondar yt o t he sel f.Per sonal
Unconsci ousTheunconsci ousr efer st ot hosepsy chici magesnotsensedbyt heego.

74
Someunconsci ouspr ocessesf low f rom ourper sonalexper i
ences,butot her sst em
Page8 of52 ASLagnadaI II/090213 Theor i
esOfPer sonal itySummar ized f rom our
ancest ors'exper ienceswi thuni v er salt hemes.Jungdi v i
dedt heunconsci ousi nt ot he
per sonalunconsci ous,whi chcont ainst hecompl exes( emot ional l
yt onedgr oupsof
relat edi deas)andt hecol lect iveunconsci ous,ori deast hatar ebey ondourper sonal
exper iences and t hator iginat ef rom t he r epeat ed exper iences ofourancest or s.
Col lect iveUnconsci ousCol lect iveunconsci ousi magesar enoti nher itedi deas, butr ather
theyr ef ert oouri nnat et endencyt or eacti napar ti
cul arwaywhenev erourper sonal
exper iences st imul ate an i nher i
ted pr edi sposi t i
on t owar d act i
on.Cont ent s oft he
collect iv eunconsci ousar ecal l
edar chet y pes.Ar chet ypesJungbel i
ev edt hatar chet ypes
originat et hr ought her epeat edexper iencesofourancest or sandt hatt heyar eexpr essed
i
ncer tai nt ypesofdr eams,f ant asi es,del usi ons,andhal luci nat ions.Sev er alar chet ypes
acqui ret hei rownper sonal ity ,andJungi dent i
fiedt hesebyname.Onei st heper sona- the
sideofourper sonal i
t yt hatweshowt oot her s.Anot heri st heshadow- thedar ksi deof
per sonal ity .Tor eachf ullpsy chol ogi calmat urity ,Jungbel iev ed,wemustf irstr eal izeor
acceptourshadow.Asecondhur dl ei nachi ev ingmat ur ityi sf orment oacceptt heir
anima,orf emi ni ne si de,and f orwomen t o embr ace t hei rani mus,ormascul i
ne
disposi tion.Ot herar chet y pesi ncl udet hegr eatmot her( t hear chet ypeofnour ishment
anddest ruct ion) ;thewi seol dman( thear chet ypeofwi sdom andmeani ng) ;andt heher o,
(thei magewehav eofaconquer orwhov anqui shesev il
, butwhohasasi ngl ef at alf l
aw) .
Themostcompr ehensi vear chet ypei st hesel f;t hati s,t hei magewehav eoff ulfill
ment ,
compl etion, orper fect ion.Theul timat ei npsy chol ogi calmat ur ityi ssel freal i
zat ion, whi ch
i
ssy mbol izedbyt hemandal a, orper fectgeomet ricf igur e.Dy nami csofPer sonal ityJung
believ edt hatt hedy nami cpr inci plest hatappl yt ophy sicalener gyal soappl yt opsy chi c
ener gy .These f or ces i ncl ude causal i
tyand t eleol ogyas wel las pr ogr essi on and
regr essi on.Causal ityand Tel eol ogyJung accept ed a mi ddl eposi tion bet ween t he
philosophi cali ssuesofcausal ityandt eleol ogy .I not herwor ds,humansar emot ivated
bot hbyt hei rpastexper iencesandbyt hei rexpect at ionsoft hef utur e.Pr ogr essi onand
Regr essi onToachi ev esel f-real i
zat i
on,peopl emustadaptt obot ht hei rext ernaland
i
nt er nalwor lds.Pr ogr essi oni nv ol vesadapt ationt ot heout sidewor l
dandt hef orwar d
fl
owofpsy chi cener gy ,wher easr egr essi onr efer st oadapt at iont ot hei nnerwor l
dand
thebackwar df lowofpsy chi cener gy .Jungbel i
ev edt hatt hebackwar dst epi sessent i
al
toaper son' sf or war dmov ementt owar dsel freal izat i
on.Psy chol ogi calTy pesEi ghtbasi c
psy chol ogi calt ypes emer ge f rom t he uni on oft wo at ti
tudes and f ourf unct i
ons.
At t
itudesAt t i
tudesar epr edi sposi tionst oactorr eacti nachar act erist icmanner .The
twobasi cat t i
t udesar ei nt rov er sion, whi chr ef erst opeopl e'ssubj ect i
v eper cept i
ons, and
extr av ersi on,whi chi ndi cat esanor ient at iont owar dt heobj ect ivewor ld.Ext rav er tsar e
i
nf luencedmor ebyt her ealwor ldt hanbyt hei rsubj ect iveper cept ion, wher easi ntr over ts
relyont hei ri ndi v i
dual i
zedv iew oft hings.I nt rov er tsandext rav ertsof t enmi strustand
mi sunder st and one anot her . Funct ions The t wo at titudes or ext rov ersi on and
i
nt rov er sioncancombi newi thf ourbasi cf unct ionst of orm ei ghtgener alper sonal ity
types.Thef ourf unct ionsar e( 1)t hi nki ng,orr ecogni zingt hemeani ngofst i
mul i
;( 2)
feeling,orpl aci ngav al ueonsomet hi ng;( 3)sensat ion,ort aki ngi nsensor yst i
mul i
;and
(4)i ntui tion, orper cei v i
ngel ement ar ydat at hatar ebey ondourawar eness.Jungr ef erred
tot hi nki ngandf eel ingasr at ionalf unct ionsandt osensat ioni rrationalf unct ions.and
i
nt uitionasDev elopmentofPer sonal ityNear lyuni queamongper sonal ityt heor ist swas
Jung' semphasi sont hesecondhal fofl ife.Jungsawmi ddl eandol dageast imeswhen
peopl emayacqui r et heabi lityt oat tai nsel f-real izat ion.St agesofDev el opmentJung
divideddev el opmenti ntof ourbr oadst ages:
1.Chi ldhood, whi chl ast sf r om bi rthunt il adol escence;
2.y out h,t heper iodf rom puber tyunt i
lmi ddl el ife,whi chi sat imef orext rav erted
dev el opmentandf orbei nggr oundedt ot her ealwor ldofschool ing,occupat ion,
cour tshi p, mar ri
age, andf ami ly;
3.mi ddl el ife, whi chi sat i
mef r om about35or40unt i
lol dagewhenpeopl eshoul d
beadopt ingani ntrov er t
edat titude; and
4.Ol dage, whi chi sat imef orpsy chol ogi calr ebi rth, sel freal izat i
on, andpr epar at i
on
fordeat h

Sel
f-
Real
izat
ion

75
Self-r
eali
zation,or i ndivi
duation,i nvolves a psy chol
ogicalr ebirt
h and an
i
ntegration ofv ari
ouspar tsoft hepsy chei nt
o a unified orwhol ei ndi
vidual.Self-
reali
zati
onr epresentsthehi ghestlev elofhumandev el opment .Jung' sMet hodsof
Investi
gationJung used t hewor d associ at
iont est,dreams,and act iveimagi nati
on
duringthepr ocessofpsy chot herapy,andal lthesemet hodscont ributedt ohi
st heoryof
personalit
y .Wor dAssoci ationTestJungusedt hewordassoci ationtestear l
yi nhis
careert ouncov ercompl exesembeddedi nt heper sonalunconsci ous.Thet echnique
requir
esapat ienttouttert hef ir
stwor dt hatcomest omi ndaf t
ert heexami nerreadsa
sti
mul uswor d.Unusual responsesi ndicateacompl ex.

Dream AnalysisJungbelievedt hatdreamsmayhav ebothacauseandapur pose


andt huscanbeusef ulinexpl ai
ningpastev entsandi nmaki ngdeci sionsaboutt he
futur
e." Bigdreams"and" t
ypi
caldr eams,"bot hofwhi chcomef rom t hecol l
ecti
ve
unconscious,hav emeani ngsthatl iebey ondt heexperiencesofasi ngleindiv
idual
.
ActiveImaginati
onJungal sousedact iveimaginationtoar r
iveatcoll
ecti
v eimages.This
techniquerequir
est hepat ientt
oconcent r
ateonasi ngl
ei mageunt i
lthatimagebegi ns
toappeari nadi fferentform.Ev entuall
y,thepat i
entshouldseef igurest hatrepr
esent
archetypesandot hercoll
ect i
veunconsci ousimages.

Psychother apyThegoalofJungi ant herapyist ohelpneuroticpat ient sbecome


heal t
hyandt omov eheal thypeoplei nthedirectionofself-
real
izati
on.Jungwasecl ecti
c
i
nhi schoiceoft herapeut ictechniquesandt reat edoldpeoplediff
erentlythant hey oung.
Relat edResear chAl thoughJungi anpsy chologyhasnotgener atedlar gev olumesof
resear ch,somei nvest igatorshaveusedt heMy ers-
Bri
ggsTy peIndicatort oexami net he
i
deaofpsy chologicalt ypes.Somer esear
chsuggest sthatextr
avertsandi ntrover tshav e
differentpr ef
erencesi nt hei
rchoi ceofpar t
ner s.Otherresearchershav er epor tedt hat
personal i
tyt ypei sr elatedt oacademi cper formanceandsuccess.Cr iti
queofJung
AlthoughJungconsi der edhi mselfasci entist,manyofhi swr it
ingshav emor eofa
philosophicalt hanapsy chologi
calf l
avor.Asasci enti
fi
ctheory,itratesav erageoni ts
abilit
yt ogener ater esear ch,butv erylow oni tsabil
it
yt owithstandf alsification.I tis
aboutav erageoni tsabi l
itytoorgani zeknowl edgebutl owoneachoft heot hercr iteri
a
ofausef ultheor y.

ConceptofHumani tyJungsawpeopl easext r


emelycompl exbeingswhoar ea
productofbot hconsciousandunconsci ousper sonalexper i
ences.Howev er,peoplear e
al
somot i
vatedbyi nheri
tedremnant st
hatspr ingf r
om t hecoll
ecti
veexperiencesoft hei
r
earl
yancest ors.BecauseJungi antheor yisapsy chologyofopposites,itr eceivesa
moder aterating on the issues off ree willv ersus determini
sm,opt imism v ersus
pessimism, andcausalit
yv ersustel
eology.Itratesv eryhighonunconsciousi nfluences,
l
owonuni queness, andl
owonsoci ali
nfluences.

KLEI
N:OBJECTRELATI
ONSTHEORY

Overv
iewofObj ectRelat
ionsTheor y .Manyper sonal i
tytheori
stshav eaccept ed
someofFr eud'
sbasi cassumpt ionswhi l
er ejecti
ngot her s.Oneappr oacht oextending
psychoanalyti
ctheoryhasbeent heobjectr elati
onst heoriesofMel ani
eKlei nandot hers.
UnlikeJungandAdl er,whocamet or ej
ectFr eud'sideas,Kl eintriedtov ali
dateFr eud's
theori
es.Inessence, Klei
nextendedFr eud'sdev el
opment alstagesdownwar dt othef i
rst
4t o6mont hsafterbirth.Bi
ographyofMel anieKl ei
nMel anieKl ei
nwasbor ninVi ennai n
1892,t heyoungestoff ourchil
dren.Shehadnei theraPh. D.noranM. D.degr eebut
becameananal ystbybei ngpsy choanalyzed.Asananal yst,shespeci al
i
zedi nwor ki
ng
withy oungchil
dren.In1927,shemov edt oLondonwher eshepr acti
cedunt ilherdeat h
i
n1960.

I
ntroducti
on to ObjectRelati
onsTheor yObj ectr elat
ionstheorydiff
ersf r
om
Fr
eudiantheoryinatleastthreeways:
1.Itplacesmor eemphasi soninterpersonalrel
ati
onshi ps,
2.Itstressestheinfant'
srel
ati
onshipwi ththemot herratherthant
hefather,and
3.Itsuggestst hatpeoplearemot i
vatedprimaril
yf orhumancont actrat
herthanfor

76
sexual pl
easure.Theter
m objectinobjectrel
ati
onstheoryrefer
st oanyper sonor
partofaper sonthati
nfant
sintroject
,ortakeintot
heirpsychicstruct
ureandt hen
l
aterpr ojectontootherpeople.Psy chicLif
eoft heI nfantKleinbelievedthat
i
nfantsbegi nli
fewithaninherit
edpr edi
spositi
ontoreducet heanxietythatthey
experienceasaconsequenceoft heclashbetweenthel i
feinst
inctandt hedeath
i
nstinct.

Fant asiesKl einassumedt hatver yyounginfant


spossessanact iv
e,unconsci ous
fantasyl i
fe.Thei rmostbasi cfantasiesar eimagesoft he"good"breastandt he"bad"
breast.Obj ectsKl ei
nagr eedwi t
hFr eudt hatdri
veshav eanobj ect
,butshewasmor e
l
ikelytoemphasi zet hechild'
sr el
ationshipwiththeseobj ects(parents'face,hands,
breast,peni s,et
c.),whichshesawashav ingalif
eoft hei
rownwi thi
nt hechild'
sfantasy
world.Posi t i
onsI ntheirattemptst or educetheconf li
ctproducedbygoodandbad
i
mages,i nfantsor ganizetheirexperienceintoposit
ions,orway sofdeal ingwi t
hbot h
i
nternalandext ernalobject
s.

Par
anoi
d-Schi
zoi
dPosi
ti
on

Thestr
uggl esthatinfantsexper i
encewi tht hegoodbr eastandt hebadbr east
l
eadt ot woseparateandopposi ngfeeli
ngs:adesi r
et oharborthebreastandadesi r
et o
bit
eordest r
oyit.Tot oler
atetheset wof eeli
ngs,theegospl i
tsit
selfbyretai
ningpart
sof
i
tslifeanddeat hi nsti
nctswhi l
epr ojecti
ngot herpartsont othebr east
.Itthenhasa
rel
ationshi
pwi t
ht heidealbreastandt heper secutorybreast.Tocont r
olthissi
tuati
on,
i
nfant sadoptthepar anoidschizoidposi t
ion,whichi sat endencytoseet heworldas
havingbothdestructiv
eandomni pot
entqual i
ti
es.

Depr
essi
vePosi
ti
on

Klei
nmeantt heanxietythatinfant
sexperiencear ound6mont hsofageov er
l
osi ngtheirmotherandyet,atthesamet ime,wantingt odestr
oyher.Thedepressi
v e
posi t
ionisresol
vedwheninf ant
sf antasi
zethattheyhav emadeupf orthei
rprevi
ous
transgressi
onsagainstt
hei
rmot herandal soreal
izet hatthei
rmotherwil
lnotabandon
them.

Psychi
cDef
enseMechani
sms

According to Klei
n,chi ldren adoptv ar
ious psy chi
c defense mechanisms t o
prot
ecttheiregoagai nstanxietyar ousedbyt heirowndest r
ucti
vefantasi
es.Int
roject
ion
Klei
ndefinedintrojecti
onast hef ant asyoftakingi nt
oone' sownbodyt heimagest hat
onehasofanext ernalobject,especi al
lythemot her'
sbr east
.Infantsusuall
yintroj
ect
goodobjectsasapr otect
ionagai nstanxiety,buttheyal sointr
ojectbadobjectsinorder
togaincontrolofthem.

Pr
oject
ion

Thef antasythatone'
sownf eeli
ngsandimpulsesr
esidewit
hinanotherpersonis
cal
ledpr oject i
on.Childr
enpr oj
ectbot hgoodandbadi mages,especial
l
yont ot heir
parents.Splitti
ngInfantstol
erat
egoodandbadaspect softhemselv
esandofext ernal
object
sbyspl it
ti
ng,orment all
ykeepingapart,i
ncompati
bleimages.Spli
tti
ngcanbe
benefi
cialtobot hchil
drenandadults,becauseital
lowsthem t
olikethemselveswhi l
e
sti
l
l r
ecogni zingsomeunl i
kablequal
iti
es.

Pr
oject
iveI
dent
if
icat
ion

Pr
oject i
veidenti
fi
cati
onisthepsy chi
cdef ensemechani sm wherebyinfant
ssplit
of
funaccept ablepar t
soft hemselves,projectthem ont oanot herobject
,andf inal
l
y
i
ntroj
ectthem i nanal t
eredform.Inter
nali
zationsAf terint
rojecti
ngexternalobj
ects,
i
nfantsor
gani zethem intoapsychol
ogicall
ymeani ngfulfr
amewor k,apr
ocessthatKlei
n

77
cal
l
edi
nter
nal
i
zat
ion.

EgoInter
nali
zat
ionsareaidedbyt heear lyego'sabi
li
tytofeelanxiet
y,touse
defensemechani sms,andtoform obj
ectr
el at
ionsinbothfant
asyandr eal
it
y.However
,
aunifiedegoemer gesonlyaft
erfi
rstspl
it
tingitsel
fintotwopart
s:t
hoset hatdealwi
th
theli
feinsti
nctandthosethatr
elat
etothedeat hinst
inct.
Super
ego

Kl
einbelievedt hatthesuper egoemer gedmuchear l
ierthanFreudhadhel d.To
her,thesuperegopr ecededr atherthanfoll
owedt heOedipuscomplex.Kl einal sosaw
thesuper egoasbei ngqui t
ehar shandcr uel.OedipusCompl exKlei
nbel ievedt hatthe
Oedipuscompl exbegi nsduringt hefir
stfew mont hsofl if
e,thenreachesi tszeni t
h
duri
ngt hegenitalst age,atabout3or4y earsofage,ort hesamet i
met hatFr eudhad
suggestedi tbegan.Kl einalsohel dthatmuchoft heOedipuscompl exi sbasedon
chi
ldren'sfeart hatt heirparentswi l
lseekr evengeagainstthem fort heirfant asyof
empt yi
ngt hepar ent'
sbody .Forheal t
hydev el
opmentdur i
ngt heOedipaly ears,childr
en
shouldretainposi t
ivefeeli
ngsf oreachparent.

Accor dingt oKl ein, t


hel itt
leboyadopt sa" femi nine"posi t
ionv eryear l
yi nli
feand
hasnof earofbei ngcast r
at edaspuni shmentf orhi ssexualf eeli
ngsf orhi smot her.
Later,hepr oject shisdest ruct i
vedr iveont ohi sf at
her ,whom hef ear swi l
lbiteor
castratehi m.Themal eOedi puscompl exi sr esol vedwhent heboyest ablishesgood
rel
ationswi t
hbot hpar ent s.Thel it
tlegi rlalsoadopt sa" feminine"posi t
iont owar dbot h
parentsqui teear lyinlife.Shehasaposi ti
vef eelingf orbot hhermot her '
sbr eastandher
fat
her '
speni s,whi chshebel iev eswi llfeedherwi thbabi es.Somet i
mest hegi rldevelops
hostil
ityt owardhermot her,whom shef ear swi llret ali
ateagai nstherandr obherofher
babies, butinmostcases, t
hef emal eOedi puscompl exi sresolvedwi thoutanyj ealousy
towar dt hemot her.Lat erVi ewsonObj ectRel ati
onsAnumberofot hert heor i
stshav e
expanded and al ter
ed Kl ein'st heor yofobj ectr elati
ons.Not able among t hem ar e
Mar garetMahl er ,OttoKer nber g,Hei nzKohut , andJohnBowl by .Mar garetMahl er'
sVi ew
Mahl er,anat i
veofHungar ywhopr act icedpsy choanal ysisinbot hViennaandNewYor k,
developedhert heoryofobj ectr elationsf rom car efulobser vationsofi nfantsast hey
bondedwi t
hthei rmot her sdur i
ngt heirf i
rst3y earsofl i
fe.

I
nthei
rpr
ogresstowar
dachiev i
ngasenseofi denti
ty,chi
ldrenpassthr
oughaseriesof
t
hreemaj
ordevel
opmentalstages.
1.Fi r
stisnormalautism,whichcoversthef i
rst3to4weeksofl i
fe,ati
me
wheninfant
ssat i
sfythei
rneedswithi
nt heall-
powerf
ulprot
ect
iveorbi
tof
thei
rmother'
scare.

2.Secondisnor
malsymbiosi
s,wheninf
antsbehav
easi
ftheyandt
hei
r
motherwasanomni
pot
ent,symbi
oti
cuni
t.

3.Thi
rdissepar
ati
on-indi
viduat
ion,
from about4monthsunt
ilabout3y ears,
ati
mewhenchi l
drenarebecomi ngpsychologi
cal
l
yseparatedfrom their
mothersandachi
ev i
ngindivi
duat
ion,orasenseofper
sonalident
ity
.

HeinzKohut '
sVi ew Kohutwasa nat ive ofVi enna who spentmostofhi s
professi onallifeint heUni ted St ates.Mor et hananyoft heot herobj ectr elati
ons
theorists,Kohutemphasi zedt hedev elopmentoft hesel f.Incaringf ort heirphy sicaland
psychol ogicalneeds,adul tst reati nfantsasi ft heyhadasenseofsel f
.Thepar ents'
behav iorsandat tit
udesev entual l
yhel pchi ldrenfor m asenseofsel fthatgi vesuni tyand
consist encyt otheirexperi
ences.Ot toKer nberg'sVi ewKer nberg, anat iveofVi ennawho
hasspentmostofhi sprofessi onalcar eeri ntheUni tedSt ates,bel ievest hatthekeyt o
under standingper sonalit
yist hemot her-chil
dr elationship.Chi ldrenwhoexper iencea
healthyr elati
onshipwi ththeirmot herdev elopani ntegratedego,apuni t
ivesuper ego,a
stablesel fconcept,andsat i
sfy i
ngi nter personalr elati
ons.I ncont rast ,
chi l
drenwhohav e
poorr elationswi ththeirmotherwi llhav edi ffi
cultyintegr ati
ngt heiregoandmaysuf fer
from somef orm ofpsychopat hologydur ingadul thood.

78
JohnBowl
by'
sAt
tachmentTheor
y

Bowl by,anativeofEngland,recei
vedt r
aininginchil
dpsychi
atr
yfrom Melani
eKlei
n.By
studyinghumanandot herprimateinfants,Bowlbyobser
vedthreestagesofsepar
ati
on
anxiety:
1.Pr ot
est,
2.Apat hyanddespair,and
3.Emot ionaldet
achmentf rom people,incl
udi
ngthepri
marycaregiv
er.

Chi ldren who r each t he t hir


d st age lack war mth and emot i
on int heirlater
rel
ationshi ps.Psychother apyThegoalofKl einiant herapywast or educedepr essive
anxietiesandper secutor yfearsandt ol essent hehar shnessofi nternali
zedobjects.To
dot his,Kl ei
nencour agedpat i
ent stor eexperienceear l
yf antasiesandpoi nt
edoutt he
diff
erences bet ween consci ous and unconsci ous wi shes.Rel ated Research Some
researchonat tachmentt heoryhasf oundt hatchi l
dr enwi t
hsecur eattachmenthav e
bothbet teratt
entionandbet termemor ythandochi l
drenwi t hinsecureat t
achment .
Otherr esearchsuggest st hatsecur elyat t
achedy oungchi ldrengr ow upt obecome
adolescent swhof eelcomf ortablei nf ri
endshi pgr oupst hatal l
ow new member st o
easil
ybecomepar toft hosegr oups.St il
lotherst udieshav eshownt hat8-and9- year
-old
chil
drenwho wer esecur elyat tacheddur i
ngi nfancypr oducedf ami l
ydr awingst hat
refl
ectt hatsecuri
ty.

Cr
iti
queofObj ectRel ationsTheor yObj ectrelati
onst heor yshareswi thFr eudian
theory an i nabi l
it
yt o be ei t
herf alsifi
ed orv erif
ied through empi ricalr esearch.
Nev er
theless, somecl i
niciansr egardt het heor yasbei ngausef ulguidetoact ionandas
possessingsubst ant i
alint er
nalconsi stency.Howev er
,thet heor ymustber atedlowon
parsimonyandal sol ow oni tsabi l
i
t ytoor gani zeknowl edgeandt ogener ateresearch.
ConceptofHumani tyObj ectr el
ationst heor i
st sseeper sonalit
yasbei ngapr oductoft he
earlymot her-childrelati
onshi p,andt hust heyst r
essdet ermi nism ov erfreechoi ce.The
power f
uli nfluence ofear l
y childhood al so gi ves these t heor i
es a l ow r at
ing on
uniqueness,av eryhighr ati
ngonsoci ali nfluences,andhi ghr ati
ngsoncausal ityand
unconsciousf orces.Kleinandot herobj ectr elati
onst heori
stsr at eaverageonopt imism
versuspessi mi sm.needsf oraffectionandcausepeopl etoov erv al
uelove.

HORNEY:PSYCHOANALYTI
CSOCI
ALTHEORY

Over
view of Hor ney's Psy choanal
y t
ic Soci al Theory Kar en Hor ney '
s
psychoanalyt
icsocialt heoryassumest hatsoci alandcul tur
alconditions,especi all
y
duri
ngchi l
dhood,hav eapower f
uleff
ectonl aterpersonalit
y.Li
keMel anieKl ein,Hor ney
acceptedmanyofFr eud'sobservati
ons,butsheobj ectedt omostofhi si nterpretat
ions,
i
ncludinghisnot i
onsonf emininepsychology.BiographyofKar enHor neyKar enHor ney ,
whowasbor ni nGermanyi n1885,wasoneoft hef i
rstwomeni nthatcount r
yadmi tted
tomedi calschool.There,shebecameacquai ntedwi t
hFr eudi
antheoryandev ent
ual l
y
becameapsy choanaly
standapsy chiatr
ist
.I nhermi d-
40s,Horneyl ef tGer manyt o
sett
leintheUni tedStates,fi
rstinChicagoandt heninNewYor k.Shesoonabandoned
ort
hodoxpsy choanalysi
si nfavorofamor esociall
yor i
entedtheory
-onet hathadamor e
posit
iveviewoff emini
nedev elopment.Shediedi n1952atage67.

Int
roducti
ont oPsychoanaly
ticSocialTheor yAlt
houghHor ney'
swr iti
ngsdeal
mostlywithneurosesandneuroticpersonali
ti
es,hertheori
esalsoappropri
atesuggest
mucht hatisappr opr
iat
et onormaldev elopment .Sheagreedwi t
hFr eudt hatearly
chi
ldhoodtraumasar eimport
ant,butshepl acedfarmor eemphasisonsoci alfact
ors.
Horney and Freud Compared Horney crit
icized Fr
eudian t
heory on atleastt hr
ee
accounts:

1.I
tsr
igi
dit
ytowar
dnewi
deas,

79
2.I
tsskewedv
iewoff
emininepsy
chology,and
3.I
tsover
emphasi
sonbi
ologyandthepleasur
epr
inci
ple.

TheI mpactofCul tureHor neyi nsistedt hatmoder ncul t


ur ei st oocompet it
iveand
thatcompet itionl eadst ohost i
lit
yandf eel i
ngsofi solation.Thesecondi ti
onsl eadt o
exagger atedTheI mpor tanceofChi l
dhoodExper i
encesNeur ot icconf l
ictst emsl argel y
from chi l
dhoodt raumas,mostofwhi char etracedt oal ackofgenui nel ove.Chi ldren
whodonotr ecei vegenui neaf fectionf eelt hreatenedandadoptr igi dbehav i
oralpat terns
i
nanat temptt ogai nlove.Basi cHost i
li
tyandBasi cAnxi etyAl lchi l
drenneedf eeli
ngsof
safet yandsecur ity,butt hesecanbegai nedonl ybyl ov ef rom par ents.Unf or t
unat ely,
parent sof tennegl ect,domi nate, r
eject,orov eri
ndul get hei rchildr en, conditionst hatl ead
tot hechi l
d'sf eel i
ngsofbasi chost ili
tytowar dpar ents.I fchi ldr enr epressf eeli
ngsof
basic host il
i
ty ,t hey wi l
ldev elop feelings ofi nsecur ity and a per vasi ve sense of
appr ehensi oncal ledbasi canxi ety.Peopl ecanpr ot ectt hemsel v esf rom basi canxi ety
throughanumberofpr otectivedev i
ces,incl uding( 1)af fect i
on,( 2)submi ssiveness,( 3)
power ,prestige,orpossessi on,and( 4)wi thdrawal .Nor malpeopl ehav et hef lexi
bilityt o
useanyoral l oftheseappr oaches, butneur oti
csar ecompel ledt or elyrigi
dl yononl yone.
Compul siveDr i
vesNeur oti
csar ef requent lyt r
appedi nav iciousci r
clei nwhi cht heir
compul siveneedt oreducebasi canxi etyl eadst oav arietyofsel fdefeat i
ngbehav iors;
thesebehav ior st henpr oducemor ebasi canxi ety,andt hecy clecont i
nues.Neur otic
Needs

Hor
neyidenti
fi
ed10cat egori
esofneur oti
cneedst hatmar
kneur
oti
csi
nthei
rat
temptt
o
r
educebasicanxi ety.Thesei ncludeneeds:
1.Foraf fectionandappr oval,
2.Forapower f
ul partner
3.Tor estrictone' sl i
fewithinnarr
owbor ders,
4.Forpower ,
5.Toexpl oitother s,
6.Forsoci alrecogni ti
onorpr esti
ge,
7.Forper sonal admi rati
on,
8.Forambi t
ionandper sonal achi
evement ,
9.Forsel f-suffi
ciencyandi ndependence,and
10.Forperfect i
onandunassai l
abil
it
y.

Neurot
icTr
endsLat
er,Horneygroupedthese10neurot
icneedsint
othreebasi
cneur
oti
c
tr
ends,whi
chapplytobot hnormalandneur ot
icindi
vi
dualsinthei
rattempttosol
ve
basi
cconfl
i
ct.Thet
hreeneurot
ictendsare
(1)Movi
ngt owar dpeople,inwhichcompl iantpeopl eprotectthemsel
vesagai
nst
feel
i
ngsofhel plessnessbyat t
achingthemsel vest ootherpeople;
(2)Moving agai nstpeopl e,in which aggr essive people prot
ectthemsel
ves
agai
nstperceivedhost i
li
tyofothersbyexpl oit
ingot her
s;and
(3)Movingawayf rom people,inwhi chdet achedpeopl epr ot
ectthemsel
ves
agai
nstfeel
ingsofi solat
ionbyappear i
ngar rogantandal oof.

I
ntr
apsychi
cConf
li
cts

Peopl
eal soexper i
enceinneri ntr
apsy chi
cconf
li
ctsthatbecomebeli
efsy st
em
andtakeonal i
feseparatefrom theinterpersonalcr
eat
edthem.tensi
onsorpartofthei
r
ofthei
rown, confl
ictsthatTheI deali
zedSel f-I
magePeopl
ewhodonotr ecei
veloveand
aff
ecti
ondur ingchildhoodar ebl ockedi nt hei
ratt
empttoacquireastabl
esenseof
i
dentit
y.Feeling alienated fr
om sel f,they creat
e an ideal
i
zed sel
f-
image,oran
ext
ravagant
lypositiv
epi ctur
eoft hemsel v
es.

Hor
neyr
ecogni
zedthreeaspect
soft heideal
i
zedself
-i
mage:
1.Theneur ot
icsear
chf orgloryoracompr ehensi
vedriv
et owardactual
i
zingt
he
i
deal
self
;
2.Neuroti
cclai
ms,orabeliefthatt
heyareenti
tl
edtospecial
pri
vil
eges;
and
3.Neuroti
cpr i
deoraf al
sepr idebasednotonr eal
i
tybutonadi stort
edand

80
i
deal
i
zedview ofsel
f.Sel
f-
Hatr
edNeur
oti
csdisl
i
ket
hemsel
vesbecauser
eal
i
ty
al
waysf
all
sshortoft
heiri
deal
i
zedvi
ewofsel
f.

Ther
efore,theylearnself
-hatr
ed,whichcanbeexpr
essedas:
1.Relentlessdemandsont heself,
2.Mer cil
esssel f
-accusati
on,
3.Self-
cont empt,
4.Self-
frustrati
on,
5.Self-
tormentorsel f-
tort
ure,and
6.Self-
dest ruct
iveacti
onsandi mpulses.

Femi ninePsy chologyHor neybel i


evedt hatpsy chologicaldi
fferencesbetweenmen
andwomenar enotduet oanat omybutt ocul t
ureandsoci alexpectati
ons.Herviewof
theOedi puscompl exdi ff
eredmar kedlyfrom Freud'sint hatsheinsistedthatanysexual
attr
actionorhost il
it
yofchi l
dt opar entwoul dbet her esultoflearningandnotbiology.
Psychot herapyThegoalofHor ney'spsy chotherapywast ohelppat i
entsgrow t
owar d
self
-reali
zation,giv
eupt heirideali
zedsel f-i
mage,r eli
nqui shtheirneuroti
csearchf or
glory,and change sel f
-hatred to self-acceptance.Hor neybel i
eved thatsuccessful
therapyisbui l
tonself-analysisandsel f-
understnding.

Rel at
ed Resear ch Hor ney '
s concept s of mor bid dependency and
hy percompet i
ti
venesshav ebot hst imul
atedsomer ecentresearch.Mor bidDependency
Thecur r
entconceptofcodependency ,whi chi sbasedonHor ney 'snot i
onofmor bid
dependency ,haspr oducedr esear chshowi ngt hatpeopl ewithneur ot i
cneedst omov e
towar dotherswi l
lgot ogr eatl engthstowi nt heappr ovalofot herpeopl e.Ast udyby
Ly onandGr eenberg( 1991)f oundt hatwomenwi thanal coholi
cpar ent,comparedwi th
womenwi t
houtanal cohol i
cpar ent,weremuchmor enur t
urantt owar daper sont hey
per ceived as expl oitati
vet han t oward a per son t hey per ceived as nur tur
ing.
Hy per competit
ivenessHor ney '
si deaofmov i
ngagai nstpeopler elatest otheconceptof
hy percompet i
ti
veness, at opict hathasr eceivedsomer ecentresear chinterest
.Someof
thisr esearchindicatest hat ,althoughhy percompet i
tiv
enessi sanegat ivepersonalit
y
trait,somet y
pesofcompet i
tivenesscanbeposi tive.Otherresear chhasf oundt hat
hy percompet i
ti
ve Eur opean Amer ican women f r
equent l
yhav e some t y
pe ofeat ing
disor der.

Crit
ique ofHor ney Al though Horney painted a v i
vid portr
ayaloft he neur oti
c
personali
ty,hertheoryr atesv eryl
owi ngeneratingresearchandl owoni t
sabi l
i
tytobe
fal
sifi
ed,toor gani
zedat a,andt oserveasausef ulguidetoact i
on.Hertheoryisr ated
aboutav erageoni nt er
nalconsi stencyandpar simony.ConceptofHumani t
yHor ney '
s
conceptofhumani tyisr atedv er
yhighonsoci alfactor
s,highonf reechoi
ce,optimi sm,
andunconsci ousinfluences, andaboutaverageoncausal ityversustel
eol
ogyandont he
uni
quenessoft heindivi
dual .

FROMM’
SHUMANI
STI
CPSYCHOANALYSI
S

Overview ofFr omm' s Humani sti


c Psy choanal ysis Erich Fromm' s humani sti
c
psy choanalysisl ooks atpeopl ef rom t he per spective ofpsy chology,history,and
ant hropology.I nfl
uencedbyFr eudandHor ney ,Fr omm dev elopedamor ecult ur
all
y
orient edtheor ythanFr eud'sandamuchbr oadert heorythanHor ney '
s.Biographyof
ErichFr omm Er i
chFr omm wasbor ni nGermanyi n1900,t heonl ychi l
dofor t
hodox
Jewi shparents.At hought fulyoungman, Fromm wasi nfluencedbyt hebibl
e, Fr
eud, and
Mar x,aswel lasbysoci al
istideology.Afterreceiv i
nghi sPh. D.,Fromm beganst udy i
ng
psy choanalysisandbecameananal ystbybeinganal yzedbyHannsSachs,ast udentof
Freud.I n1934, Fromm mov edtot heUni t
edSt atesandbeganapsy choanalyti
cpr acti
ce
i
nNew Yor k,wher eheal sor esumedhi sfri
endshi pwi thKar enHor ney,whom hehad
knowni nGer many .Muchofhi sl at
ery earswer espenti nMexi coandSwi t
zerland.He
diedi n1980.Fr omm' sBasi cAssumpt i
onsFromm bel i
evedt hathumanshav ebeent orn
awayf r
om theirpr ehistor i
cunionwi thnatureandl eftwithnopower f
ulinsti
nctstoadapt

81
t
oachangi ngwor l
d.Butbecausehumanshaveacqui
redtheabi
l
ityt
oreason,t
heycan
t
hinkaboutthei
risol
atedcondi
ti
on-
asit
uati
onFromm cal
ledt
hehumandil
emma.

HumanNeedsAccor dingt oFromm,ourhumandi lemmacannotbesol vedby


sati
sfyi
ngourani malneeds.Itcanonl ybeaddr essedbyf ulf
il
li
ngouruni quelyhuman
needs,anaccompl i
shmentt hatmov esust owar dar eunionwi t
ht henat uralwor ld.
Fromm identi
fi
edf i
veofthesedi st
inct
ivel
yhumanorexi stenti
alneeds.RelatednessFi rst
i
sr el
atedness,whichcantaket hef or
m of(1)submi ssi
on,(2)power,and( 3)lov e.Love,
ortheabili
tytounitewit
hanot herwhi l
eretai
ningone'sowni ndiv
idual
ityandi ntegrit
y,is
theonlyrel
atednessneedthatcansol veourbasichumandi l
emma.

TranscendenceBei ngt hrowni nt


ot hewor l
dwi t
houtt heirconsent ,humanshav e
totranscendt heirnaturebydest royingorcr eat i
ngpeopl eort hings.Humanscandest roy
throughmal ignantaggr ession, orkil
lingforreasonsot hert hansur v i
val
,butt heycanal so
createandcar eaboutt heircreations.Root ednessRoot ednessi st heneedt oest abl
ish
rootsandt of eelathomeagai ni nt hewor ld.Pr oductively,r
oot ednessenabl esust o
growbey ondt hesecur ityofourmot herandest abl
ishtieswi tht heout si
dewor l
d.Wi th
thenonpr oduct i
vestrat egy,webecomef i
xat edandaf raidtomov ebey ondt hesecur it
y
andsaf etyofourmot heroramot hersubst itute.SenseofI dent it
yThef ourthhuman
needi sforasenseofi dent it
y,oranawar enessofour selvesasasepar ateper son.The
driveforasenseofi dent i
tyisexpr essednonpr oducti
velyasconf ormit
yt oagr oupand
productiv
elyasi ndivi
dual it
y .FrameofOr i
ent ationByf rameofor ientati
on, Fromm meant
ar oadmaporconsi stentphi l
osophybywhi chwef i
ndourwayt hrought hewor ld.This
needi sexpressednonpr oduct i
velyasast ri
v ingf orir
rationalgoal sandpr oducti
v el
yas
mov ementt owar drational goals.

TheBur denofFr eedom Ast heonl yani malpossessi ngsel f-


awar eness,humansar e
whatFr omm cal ledt he" fr
eaksoft heuni ver se."Hi storical l
y,aspeopl egai nedmor e
politicalf reedom,t heybegant oexper i
encemor ei solationf rom ot her sandf rom t he
wor ldandt of eelf reef rom t hesecur it
yofaper manentpl acei nt hewor ld.Asar esult,
freedom becomesabur den,andpeopl eexper iencebasi canxi ety ,oraf eeli
ngofbei ng
alonei nt hewor ld.Mechani smsofEscapeTor educet hef ri
ght eni ngsenseofi solation
andal oneness, peopl emayadoptoneoft hreemechani smsofescape:
1.Aut horitariani sm, orthet endencyt ogi veupone' si ndependenceandt ouni t
ewi th
apower ful par tner ;
2.Dest ruct i
veness,anescapemechani sm ai medatdoi ngawaywi thot herpeopl e
orthings; and
3.Conf ormi t
y ,orsur r
ender ingofone' si ndi vidualityinor dert omeett hewi shesof
other s.
Posi ti
veFr eedom Thehumandi l
emmacanonl ybesol v edt hroughposi ti
vef reedom,
whi chi st hespont aneousact i
vit
yoft hewhol e,i ntegrat edper sonal ity,andwhi chi s
achi ev edwhenaper sonbecomesr euni tedwi thot hers.Char act erOr i
ent ati
onsPeopl e
relatet ot hewor ldbyacqui ringandusi ngt hings( assimi lat i
on)andbyr el
atingt osel f
andot hers( soci alizat i
on) ,andt heycandosoei thernonpr oduct ivelyorpr oduct ively
.
Nonpr oduct i
v eOr ient ati
onsFr omm i dent i
fi
edf ournonpr oduct i
v est r ategiest hatf ailto
mov epeopl ecl osert oposi t
iv efreedom andsel f-reali
zat ion.Peopl ewi t
har ecept ive
orient ationbel ievet hatt hesour ceofal lgoodl iesout sidet hemsel vesandt hatt heonl y
wayt heycanr elat et ot hewor l
di st or eceiv et hi ngs,i ncl udingl ov e,knowl edge,and
mat er ialobj ect s.Peopl ewi thanexpl oi
tativeor ient ati
onal sobel iev et hatt hesour ceof
goodl iesout sidet hemsel ves,butt heyaggr essi v elyt akewhatt heywantr athert han
passi v elyrecei v i
ngi t.Hoar dingchar act erst r
yt osav ewhatt heyhav eal r
eadyobt ained,
i
ncl udi ngt hei ropi nions,f eelings,andmat er ialpossessi ons.Peopl ewi t
hamar keting
orient ationseet hemsel v esascommodi ti
esandv aluet hemsel vesagai nstthecr i
terion
oft hei rabilit
yt osel l t
hemsel ves.

Theyhav efewerpositiv
equal i
ti
est hant heotheror ientat
ionsbecausetheyare
essenti
all
yempt y.The Producti
ve Orientat
ion Psychologicall
yhealt
hypeople work
towardpositi
vefr
eedom throughproductivework,love,andr easoni
ng.Product
ivel
ove
necessi
tatesapassi
onat
el oveofalll
if
eandi scall
edbi ophi
lia.

82
Personal
i
tyDi sordersUnheal t
hypeopl ehav enonproductiveway sofwor ki
ng,reasoning,
andespeciall
yloving.Fromm r ecogni
zedt hreemajorper sonalit
ydisor der
s:
1.Necr ophili
aort heloveofdeat handt hehatr
edofal lhumani ty;
2.Mal ignantnar cissi
sm,orabel iefthatevery t
hingbel ongingt oone'ssel fisof
gr
eatv al
ue and any t
hing belonging t
o ot hersis wor thless;and incestuous
symbiosis,oranext remedependenceonone' smot herormot hersur
rogate.

Psychot
her
apy

ThegoalofFr omm' spsy chot herapywast owor kt owar dsatisfacti


onoft hebasi c
humanneedsofr elatedness,t ranscendence,r oot edness,asenseofi denti
ty,anda
frame of or i
ent ati
on. The t her api
st t ri
es t o accompl i
sh t his through shar ed
communi cationi nwhi cht het her apistissi mpl yahumanbei ngratherthanasci ent
ist.
Fromm' sMet hodsofI nvestigati
onFr omm' sper sonal i
tyt heor yrestsondat ahegat hered
from a v ar
iety of sour ces,i ncluding psy chot herapy ,cul t
uralant hropology ,and
psychohi stor
y .Soci alChar acteri naMexi canVi ll
ageFr omm andhi sassoci atesspent
severaly earsi nvestigati
ngsoci alchar acteri nai sol atedf armingv i
ll
agei nMexi coand
found ev i
dence of al lthe char act
er or ientations exceptt he mar keti
ng one.A
Psychohi stori
calSt udyofHi t
lerFr omm appl iedt het echni quesofpsy chohistoryt othe
studyofsev eralhi stori
calpeopl e,i ncludingAdol fHi tler
t heper sonFr omm r egar dedas
thewor ld'smostconspi cuousexampl eofsomeonewi tht hesy ndromeofdecay ,thatis,
necrophilia,mal i
gnantnar cissism, andi ncestuoussy mbi osi s.

RelatedResear chFr omm' st heoryr anksneart hebot t


om ofper sonalit
ytheor ies
withr egardt ost imulat i
ngr esearch.Recent l
y,ShaunSaunder sandDonMunr ohav e
developed t he Saunder s ConsumerOr i
ent ati
on Index ( SCOI )t o measur e Fromm' s
mar keti
ngchar acter.Todat e,muchoft heirwor khasconsi stedi nestabli
shingt he
vali
dityoft hisi nstr
ument .Ingener al
,Saunder shasf oundthatpeopl ewi t
hast rong
consumeror ientati
ont endt opl acel owv al ueonf reedom,i nnerhar mony ,equali
ty,sel f
-
respect,andcommuni ty.Crit
iqueofFr omm Thest rengthofFr omm' stheoryishisl ucid
writi
ngsonabr oadr angeofhumani ssues.Asasci enti
fi
ct heory,howev er,Fromm' s
theoryratesv erylowoni tsabil
itytogener ateresear chandt olendi tselft
of al
sifi
cat i
on;
i
tr atesl ow onusef ulnesst ot hepr actiti
oner ,i
nt er
nalconsi stency,andpar simony .
Becausei tisqui tebr oadi nscope,Fr omm' st heoryr ateshighonor gani
zingexi sti
ng
knowl edge.ConceptofHumani tyFr omm bel ievedt hathumanswer e" f
reaksoft he
universe"becauset heyl ackedst rongani mali nsti
nctswhi lepossessi ngtheabi l
ityt o
reason.I n brief,hisv iew isr ated av erage on f ree choice,opt i
mism,unconsci ous
i
nf l
uences, anduni queness; lowoncausal ity ;
andhi ghonsoci al infl
uences.

SULLI
VAN:I
NTERPERSONALTHEORY

Ov ervi
ew ofSul li
van'sInter personalTheor yAl t
houghSul li
v anhadal onelyand
i
sol atedchi l
dhood, heev olvedat heor yofper sonal i
tythatemphasi zedt hei mportanceof
i
nt erpersonalr el
at i
ons.Hei nsistedt hatper sonal it
yi sshapedal mostent irel
ybyt he
relati
onshi pswehav ewi thotherpeopl e.Sul li
v an'sprincipalcont ri
but i
ont oper sonalit
y
theor ywashi sconcept i
onofdev elopment alst ages.Bi ographyofHar rySt ackSul li
van
Har rySt ackSul l
i
v an,t hef i
rstAmer icant odev elopacompr ehensi veper sonalit
yt heory,
wasbor ni n asmal lf arming communi t
yi n upst ateNew Yor ki n 1892.A soci all
y
i
mmat ure and i sol ated chi l
d,Sul l
ivan nev ertheless f ormed one cl ose interpersonal
relati
onshi pwithaboyf iv
ey earsol dert hanhi msel f.Inhi sinterpersonalt heory,Sulli
van
believedt hatsuchar elati
onshiphast hepowert otransf or
m ani mmat urepr eadolescent
i
nt oapsy chological l
yheal thyindi vi
dual .Sixy ear safterbecomi ngaphy sician,andwi t
h
no t raining in psy chiatry,Sulli
v an gai ned a posi ti
on atSt .Elizabeth's Hospi talin
Washi ngton, D.C.,asapsy chiatr
ist.Ther e,hisabi l
it
ytowor kwi thschi zophrenicpat i
ents
wonhi m ar eputationasat herapeut icwi zard.Howev er, despiteachi evi
ngmuchr espect
from ani nfl
uentialgr oupofassoci ates,Sullivanhadf ew closei nterpersonalr el
at i
ons
wi t
hanyofhi speer s.Hedi edal onei nPar i
sin1949, atage56.

83
TensionsSul l
ivanconcept ualizedper sonalityasanener gysystem,wi thener gy
existi
ngei therast ension( potenti
al i
tyf oract i
on)orasener gytransformations( the
actionsthemsel v es).Hef urt
herdi vi
dedt ensionsi ntoneedsandanxi ety.NeedsNeeds
canr elat
eei thert othegener alwell-beingofaper sonort ospecifi
czones,suchast he
mout horgeni t
als.Gener alneedscanbeei therphy siol
ogical,
suchasf oodoroxy gen,or
theycanbei nterpersonal ,
suchast ender nessandi nti
macy .Anxi
etyUnlikeneeds- which
areconj unctiveandcal lforspeci f
icact i
onst or educet hemanxietyisdisjuncti
v eand
callsfornoconsi stentact i
onsf oritsr eli
ef.Allinfantslearntobeanxi oust hr
ought he
empat hicrelati
onshi pthattheyhav ewi t
ht hei
rmot heri
ngone.Sul l
i
vancal l
edanxi etythe
chiefdisrupti
v eforceininterpersonal relati
ons.Acompl eteabsenceofanxi etyandot her
tensionsiscal l
edeuphor i
a.

Dynami smsSul l
ivanusedt het erm dy nami sm t orefert oat y picalpat ternof
behav i
or.Dy namismsmayr elateei thert ospeci f
iczonesoft hebodyort ot ensions.
Malev ol
enceThedi sjunct i
vedy nami sm ofev i
landhat rediscal l
edmal ev olence, defined
bySul li
vanasaf eelingofl iv
ingamongone' senemi es.Thosechi ldrenwhobecome
malev ol
enthav emuchdi ff
icul
t ygivingandr eceivingtender nessorbei ngi nti
mat ewi th
otherpeopl e.Intimacy The conj unct i
ve dy nami sm mar ked by a cl ose per sonal
rel
ati
onshi pbet weent wopeopl eofequalst at usiscal ledintimacy .Intimacyf acili
tates
i
nterpersonaldev el
opmentwhi l
e decr easi
ng bot h anxiety and l onel i
ness.LustI n
contrasttobot hmal ev olenceandi ntimacy ,l
usti sanisol at
ingdy nami sm.Thati s,lustis
aself-centeredneedt hatcanbesat isfi
edint heabsenceofani nti
mat ei nter
per sonal
rel
ati
onshi p.Inotherwor ds,althoughi nti
macypr esupposest endernessorl ove,l ustis
basedsol elyonsexual gratifi
cat i
onandr equiresnoot herper sonf oritssat isfaction.

Self-System t hemosti ncl


usiveofal ldynamismsi st hesel f
-system,ort hat
patternofbehav i
or sthatpr otectsusagai nstanxietyandmai ntainsouri nt
erpersonal
secur i
ty.Thesel f
-system i saconj unct
ivedy namism,butbecausei t
spr imar yjobi sto
protectt hesel ffr
om anxi ety
,ittendstost i
fl
eper sonalit
ychange.Exper i
encest hatare
i
nconsi stentwi t
hoursel f-
system threatenoursecur it
yandnecessi tateouruseof
secur i
ty oper ati
ons,whi ch consistofbehav i
ors designed tor educe i nt
erpersonal
tensions.One such secur i
ty operati
on i s dissoci
ation,whi ch includes al lt hose
exper i
encest hatwebl ockf rom awar eness.Anot heri sselectiveinattention,whi ch
i
nv olvesbl ockingonl ycer t
ainexper i
encesf rom awar eness.Per sonif
icationsSul li
van
believed t hatpeopl e acqui r
e cer t
ainimages ofsel fand ot herst hroughoutt he
dev el
opment al st ages, and he r efer
red t o t hese subj ective per cepti
ons as
personificati
ons.

Bad-
Mot
her
,Good-
Mot
her

Thebad- motherper sonifi


cationgrowsoutofi nfants'experi
enceswi t
hani pple
thatdoes notsat i
sfyt heirhungerneeds.Al li nfants exper i
ence the bad- mother
per soni
ficat
ion,ev ent hought hei
rr ealmot her smaybel ovingandnur t
uring.Lat er,
i
nf ants acquire a good- mot herper soni
ficati
on as t heybecome mat ure enough t o
recognizet het enderandcooper ativebehav i
oroft heirmot heringone.St il
llater,these
twoper sonif
icationscombi net of orm acompl exandcont r
asti
ngi mageoft her eal
mot her
.MePer sonif
icat i
onsDur i
ngi nf
ancy,childrenacqui rethree"me"per sonificati
ons:
1.Thebad- me,whi chgr owsf rom experiencesofpuni shmentanddi sapprov al,
2.Thegood- me, whi chresultsfrom experienceswi t
hr ewardandappr oval,and
3.Thenot -me,whi chal lowsaper sont o dissoci at
eorsel ecti
velyi nattendt he
experiencesrel atedtoanxi ety.

EideticPer sonif
icati
onsOneofSul l
ivan'smosti nterestingobser vati
onswast hat
peopl eof tencr eateimagi naryt r
ait
st hatt heypr oj
ectont oot hers.Includedi nthese
eideticper sonifi
cati
onsar et heimaginar yplaymatest hatpreschool-agedchi ldr
enoften
have.Thesei maginaryf r
iendsenabl echi l
drent ohaveasaf e,secur erelati
onshipwith
anot herper son,ev ent hought hatpersoni si magi
nar y
.Lev el
sofCogni t
ionSulli
van
recogni zedt hr
eel evelsofcogni ti
on,orway sofper ceivi
ngt hings-
prototaxic,parat
axic,
andsy ntaxic.PrototaxicLev elExperi
encest hatareimpossi bletoputi ntowor dsort o
communi catet o others are called prototaxic.Newbor ni nfants experience images

84
most
lyonaprot
otaxi
clevel
,butadul
ts,t
oo,f
requentl
yhav
epr
ever
balexper
iencest
hat
ar
emomentar
yandincapabl
eofbeingcommunicated.

Chi
l
dhood

Thest aget hatlastsf rom thebegi nningofsy ntaxi


clanguageunt iltheneedf or
play mat es ofequalst atus is called chi ldhood.The chi ld'
s pr i
mar yi nterper
sonal
relationshipcont inuest obewi t
ht hemot her,whoi snow di f
ferent i
atedf rom ot her
per sonswhonur t
urethechi l
d.ParataxicLev elExper i
encesthatarepr elogicalandnear ly
i
mpossi bletoaccur at
elycommuni catet oot hersarecal l
edparataxic.Includedi nthese
areer roneousassumpt ionsaboutcauseandef fect,whichSul l
ivant ermedpar ataxic
distor t
ions.Juv enil
eEr aThej uv
enilest agebegi nswi ththeneedf orpeer sofequal
stat usandcont i
nuesunt i
lt hechil
ddev elopsaneedf oraninti
mat er elat
ionshipwi tha
chum.Att hi
st ime,chi ldrenshoul dl ear nhow t ocompet e,tocompr omi se,andt o
cooper ate.

Theset hreeabili
ti
es,aswel lasanor ientat
iont owar dl i
v i
ng,helpachi lddev el
op
i
nt i
macy ,t he chiefdy nami sm oft he nextdev elopment alst age.Sy nt
axic Lev el
Experiencest hatcanbeaccur atel
ycommuni catedtoot her sar ecalledsy nt
axic.Childr
en
becomecapabl eofsy ntaxiclanguageatabout12t o18mont hsofagewhenwor ds
begint o hav ethe same meani ng f orthem t hatt hey do f orot hers.St ages of
Dev el
opmentSul l
ivansawi nterpersonaldevelopmentast akingpl aceov ersevenst ages,
from infancyt omat ureadulthood.Per sonali
tychangescant akepl aceatanyt i
mebut
aremor el i
kelytooccurdur i
ngt ransiti
onsbet weenst ages.I nfancyTheper iodfrom birt
h
untiltheemer genceofsy ntaxi clanguagei scalled infancy ,at i
mewhent hechi l
d
receiv
est endernessf r
om t hemot heringonewhi leal sol ear ni
nganxi et
yt hroughan
empat hiclinkagewi t
hthemot her.

Anxietymayi ncreaset ot hepointoft error,butsucht errori scont rol


ledbyt he
built-
inpr otect i
onsofapat hyandsomnol entdet achmentt hatallow t hebabyt ogot o
sleep.Dur i
ngi nfancychi ldrenuseaut i
sticlanguage, whicht akespl aceonapr ototaxicor
par at
axicl ev el.Pr eadolescencePer hapst hemostcr ucialstagei spr eadol escence,
becausemi stakesmadeear liercanbecor recteddur i
ngpr eadol escence,buter ror s
made dur ing pr eadol escence ar e near lyi mpossi bl
et o ov er come i nl ater life.
Preadol escencespanst hetimef r
om t heneedf orasi nglebestf r
iendunt ilpuber ty.
Chi l
dren who do notl earni nti
macydur ing pr eadolescence hav e added di ffi
culti
es
relati
ngt opot enti
alsexualpar tnersduringl at
erst ages.Ear lyAdol escenceWi thpuber ty
comest hel ustdy nami sm andt hebeginningofear l
yadol escence.Dev el
opmentdur ing
thisst agei sor dinaril
ymar kedbyacoexi st enceofi nti
macywi thasi nglef ri
endoft he
samegenderandsexuali nterestinmanyper sonsoft heopposi tegender .Howev er,if
childrenhav enopr eexistingcapaci t
yforint imacy ,theymayconf usel ustwi t
hl oveand
dev el
opsexual relati
onshi psthataredev oi
doft ruei nti
macy .
Lat
eAdol
escence

Chr onologi
call
y,lateadolescencemayst artatanytimeaf teraboutage16,but
psychologi cal
ly,i
tbeginswhenaper soni sabletofeelbothint
imacyandl ustt
owardthe
sameper son.Lat eadol escencei scharacter
izedbyast ablepat t
ernofsexualactiv
ity
andt hegr owthoft hesy nt
axicmode, asy oungpeoplelear
nhowt oliv
eintheadul
twor ld.
AdulthoodLat eadolescencef lowsintoadul t
hood,at imewhenaper sonestabl
i
shesa
stablerelationshipwit
hasi gnifi
cantotherpersonanddev elopsaconsi st
entpat
ternof
vi
ewi ngt hewor l
d.Psy chologi
calDisordersSul l
i
vanbel i
evedt hatdisor
deredbehavior
hasani nterpersonalor i
gin,andcanonl ybeunder stoodwi t
hr ef
erencetoaper son's
socialenv i
ronment .

PsychotherapySul li
v anpioneeredt henotionoft het herapistasapar t
ici
pant
observer,who est abl
ishes an i nter
personalrelati
onshi
p wi tht he pat i
ent.He was
pri
mar i
lyconcer nedwi thunder st
andingpat i
entsandhel pingt hem dev elopfor
esight
,
i
mpr oveinterpersonalrelations,andrestorethei
rabili
tytooper atemost l
yonasy nt
axic
l
evel.RelatedResear chInr ecentyears,anumberofr esearchershav estudiedthei
mpact
oftwo-personr el
ationships, i
nvolv
ingboththerapyandnon- therapyencount er
s.

85
Ther
api
st-
Pat
ientRel
ati
onshi
ps

Hans St rupp,Wi l
liam Henr y
,and associ ates atVander bi
ltdev eloped t he
Struct uralAnal ysi sofSoci alBehav i
or,aninstrumentf orst udyi
ngt hedy nami csbetween
ther apistandpat ient
.Thi sgr oupofr esearcher sf oundt hatpat ient
st endedt ohav e
relativelyst ablebehav iorst hatwer econsi stentwi t
ht hewayt heirther api ststreated
them.Lat er,t hese r esear chersr eported therapi sts'pr ofessionalt r
aini ng was l ess
i
mpor t
antt osuccessf ul t
her apythant hetherapists' owndev elopment alhist or y.I
nti
mat e
Rel ati
onshi pswi thFr iendsEl i
zabet hYaughnand St ephenNowi ckist udi ed inti
mat e
i
nt erper sonalr elat i
onshi psi nsame- genderdy adsandf oundt hatwomen- butnotmen-
hadcompl ement ar yi
nt erpersonalst yl
eswi tht heircl osewomenf ri
ends.Al so,women
wer emor elikelyt hanment oengagei nawi dev ar i
etyofact i
vit
ieswi tht heirinti
mat e
fri
end, afindingt hatsuggest sthatwomendev elopdeepersamegenderf riendshi pst han
domen.I magi nar yFri
endsOt herresearchershav est udiedSul l
ivan'snotionofi maginary
play mat esandhav ef
oundt hatchil
drenwhohav eident ifi
ableeideticplay mat estendt o
bemor esoci alized,lessaggr essive,mor ei ntell
igent ,andt ohav eabet t ersenseof
humort hanchi ldr enwhodonotr eporthavingani magi naryplaymat e.

Cr i
ti
que of Sul l
ivan Despi te Sul li
van's insights into t he impor t
ance of
i
nter
per sonalrel
ations,histheoryofper sonal i
tyandhi sapproacht opsy chotherapyhav e
l
ostpopul ari
tyinrecenty ears.Insummar y ,hi
st heoryratesv erylowinf al
sifi
ability
,low
i
nitsabi l
it
yt ogenerateresear ch,andav eragei nit
scapaci tytoor gani
zeknowl edgeand
toguideact i
on.Inaddi ti
on,itisonl yaveragei nsel f-
consistencyandl owi npar simony.
ConceptofHumani t
yBecauseSul l
ivansawhumanper sonal i
tyasbeingl argel
yf ormed
fr
om interpersonalrel
ations,histheor yratesv eryhighonsoci alinfl
uencesandv erylow
onbiologicalones.I naddi t
ion,itrateshighonunconsci ousdet erminants,aver ageon
fr
eechoi ce,opti
mism, andcausal ity,
andl owonuni queness.

ERI
KSON:POST-
FREUDI
ANTHEORY

Over vi
ew ofEr i
kson'sPost -FreudianTheor yEr iksonpost ulatedei ghtst agesof
psychosoci aldev el
opmentt hroughwhi chpeopl eprogr ess.Althoughhedi ffer
edf r
om
Freudinhisemphasi sont heegoandonsoci alinf
luences, histheoryisanext ension,not
arepudiati
on, ofFreudianpsy choanalysi
s.Page21of52ASLagnadaI II
/090213Theor i
es
OfPer sonal i
tySummar izedBi ographyofEr ikEriksonWhenEr i
kEr iksonwasbor nin
Germanyi n1902hi snamewasEr i
kSal omonsen.Af terhismot hermar r
iedTheodor
Hombur ger ,Erikeventual l
ytookhi sstep-father '
sname.Atage18hel efthomet opur sue
thelif
eofawander i
ngar t
istandt osearchf orself-i
dent it
y.Hegav eupt hatlifetot each
youngchi ldreni nVi enna,wher ehemetAnnaFr eud.St il
lsearchingf orhi sper sonal
i
dent i
ty,hewaspsy choanal yzed byMs.Fr eud,an exper i
encet hatal l
owed hi m to
becomea psy choanalyst.I n mid-li
fe,Er ikHombur germov ed t ot heUni ted St ates,
changedhi snamet oEr ikson,andt ookaposi ti
onatt heHar vardMedi calSchool .Later,
het aughtatYal e,t
heUni versit
yofCal if
orniaatBer keley ,andsev eralotheruni versi
ties.
Hedi edin1994, amont hshor tofhis92ndbi rthday.

TheEgoi nPost -
FreudianPsy chologyOneofEr ikson'schi efcont ri
butionsto
per sonali
tytheorywashi semphasi sonegor atherthani df unctions.Accor dingto
Erikson, t
heegoi sthecent erofper sonal i
tyandi sresponsi bleforauni fi
edsenseofsel f.
Itconsi stsofthreeint er
relat
edf acet s:t
hebodyego,t heegoi deal,andegoi denti
ty.
Soci ety'
sInfl
uenceTheegodev elopswi t
hinagi vensoci etyandi sinf l
uencedbychi ld-
rear i
ng practi
ces and ot hercul tur alcust oms.Al lcultures and nat ions develop a
pseudospeci es,oraf icti
onalnot iont hattheyar esuper iort oot hercul t
ures.Epigenetic
PrincipleTheego dev el
opsaccor ding tot heepi geneti
cpr i
nci pl
e;t hatis,itgr ows
accor ding to a genet i
call
y est abl ished r ate and i naf i
xed sequence.St ages of
Psy chosocialDev el
opmentEachoft heei ghtst agesofdev elopmenti smar kedbya
conf li
ctbetweenasy ntonic(harmoni ous)el ementandady stonic(di sr
upti
ve)el ement,
whi chpr oducesabasi cstrengthoregoqual ity
.Al so,fr
om adol escenceon,eachst age

86
i
scharacteri
zedbyani dent
it
ycrisi
sort urni
ngpoi nt,
whichmaypr oduceeitheradapti
ve
ormaladapti
veadjust
ment .I
nfancyErikson'sviewofi nf
ancy(t
hef i
rstyearoflif
e)was
si
mil
artoFr eud'
sconceptoftheor alstage,exceptthatEri
ksonexpandedt henotionof
i
ncor
porationbeyondthemout htoincl
udesenseor ganssuchastheey esandears.

Thepsy chosexualmodeofi nfancyi soralsensory, whichischar acteri


zedbybot h
recei
v i
ngandaccept ing.Thepsy chosoci alcri
sisofi nfancyi sbasi ctrustversusbasic
mistrust.From thecr i
sisbetweenbasi ct r
ustandbasi cmi st
rustemer geshope,t he
basicstrengthofi nfancy.I
nfantswhodonotdev elophoper etreatf r
om t hewor l
d,and
thi
swi thdrawalist hecor epathologyofi nfancy .Earl
yChi l
dhoodThesecondt othi
rd
yearofl i
feisear l
ychi l
dhood,aper iodt hatcompar est oFr eud'sanalst age,buti tal
so
i
ncludesmast eryofot herbodyf unctionssuchaswal king,ur i
nating,andhol ding.The
psychosexualmodeofear l
ychil
dhoodi sanal -
urethral-
muscul ar,andchi ldrenofthisage
behav ebothimpul si
v el
yandcompul sively.Thepsy chosoci alcrisisofear l
ychildhoodis
autonomyv er
susshameanddoubt .Thepsy chosoci alcrisi
sbet weenaut onomyont he
onehandandshameanddoubtont heot herpr oduceswi l
l,thebasi cst r
engthofear l
y
chil
dhood.

Thecor epat hologyofear l


ychi l
dhoodi scompul sion.PlayAgeFr om aboutt he
thi
rdt ot hef i
ft
hy ear,chi l
drenexper i
encet hepl ayage,aper i
odt hatpar allelsFreud'
s
phall
icphase.Unl ikeFr eud,howev er,Eri
ksonsaw t heOedi puscompl exasanear l
y
model ofl i
fel
ongpl ayfulnessandadr amapl ayedouti nchi l
dren'smi ndsast heyattempt
tounder standthebasi cf actsoflif
e.Thepr imar ypsy chosexualmodeoft hepl ayageis
genit
allocomot or,meani ngt hatchil
drenhav ebothani nterestingeni talactivi
tyandan
i
ncreasingabi li
tytomov ear ound.Thepsy chosocialcr i
sisoft hepl ayagei sini
ti
ati
ve
ver
susgui lt
.Theconf lictbetweeni nit
iati
veandgui lthelpschi l
drent oactwi thpurpose
andt osetgoal s.Buti fchildrenhavet oolit
tlepur pose,theydev elopi nhibit
ion,thecore
pathologyoft heplayage.

SchoolAgeTheper iodf rom about6t o12or13y earsofagei scall


edt heschool
age,atimeofpsy chosexuall atency ,butiti
salsoat i
meofpsy chosocialgrowt hbeyond
thefamily
.Becausesexualdev elopmenti slat
entduringtheschoolage, chil
drencanuse
thei
renergiestolearnthecust omsoft hei
rcultur
e,incl
udingbothf ormalandi nfor
mal
educati
on.Thepsy chosocial crisisofthisageisindustr
yv er
susinferi
orit
y.Childrenneed
tolearntowor khard,butt heyal somustdev elopsomesenseofi nferi
ori
ty.From the
confl
ictofindust
ryandi nferior i
tyemer gescompet ence,thebasi cstrengthofschool
agechildr
en.Lackofindust ryleadst oi ner
ti
a,thecorepathologyofthisstage.

Adol
escence

Adolescencebegi nswi thpuber t


yandi smar kedbyaper son'sstruggl etof ind
egoi denti
ty.Itisat i
meofpsy chosexualgrowth,buti tisalsoaper i
odofpsy chosoci al
l
atency .Thepsy chosexualmodeofadol escencei spuber tyorgeni talmat uration.The
psychosoci alcrisi
sofadol escencei sident
ityversusi denti
tyconfusion.Psy chol ogically
healt
hyi ndividualsemer gef r
om adol escencewi thasenseofwhot heyar eandwhat
theybel i
eve;butsomei denti
tyconf usionisnormal .Theconf l
ictbet weeni dent i
tyand
i
dent i
tyconf usionproducesf ideli
ty,orfai
thinsomei deologicalvi
ewoft hef uture.Lack
ofbel i
efinone' sownsel fhoodr esult
sinrolerepudiation,oraninabili
tyt obringt ogether
one'sv ar
ioussel f-
images.

YoungAdul
thood

Youngadul thoodbegi nswiththeacqui si


tionofi nti
macyataboutage18and
endswi ththedev elopmentofgener ati
vit
yataboutage30.Thepsy chosexualmodeof
youngadul t
hoodi sgeni tali
ty,whi
chi sexpressedasmut ualtrustbetweenpar t
nersina
stablesexualrelationship.Itspsychosocialcr
isi
sisi nt
imacyv ersusisol
ation.Inti
macyis
theabi l
it
ytof useone' si denti
tywiththatofanot herwithoutf earoflosingit;whereas
i
solationisthefearofl osingone'sidenti
tyinanintimaterelati
onship.Thecr i
sisbetween
i
nt i
macyandi solat ionr esultsinthecapaci tytol ove.Thecor epathologyofy oung
adulthoodisexcl usi vi
ty,orinabil
it
yt olove.Adult
hoodTheper iodfrom about31t o60

87
yearsofagei sadult
hood,ati
mewhenpeopl emakesi gni
f i
cantcont r
ibuti
onstosociety.
Thepsy chosexualmodeofadult
hoodisprocreat
ivi
ty,
orthecar i
ngf orone'schi
ldr
en,the
chil
drenofothers,andthemater
ialpr
oductsofone'ssociety.Thepsy chosoci
alcri
sisof
adult
hoodi sgenerati
vi
tyver
susstagnat
ion,andthesuccessf ulresoluti
onofthiscrisi
s
resul
tsincare.

Er
iksonsaw car east akingcar eoft heper sonsandpr oductsthatonehas
l
earnedt ocar ef or
.Thecor epat hol
ogyofadul t
hoodi sr ejectivit
y,orther ej
ecti
onof
cert
ainindividualsorgr oupsthatonei sunwi ll
i
ngt otakecar eof .OldAgeThef i
nalstage
ofdevelopmenti soldage, fr
om aboutage60unt i
ldeath.Thepsy chosexualmodeofol d
ageisgener al
izedsensual it
y;thatis,takingpleasureinav arietyofsensat i
onsandan
appreciat
ionoft hetraditi
onallif
estyl
eofpeopl eoft heothergender .Thepsy chosocial
cri
sisofol dagei sthest r
ugglebet weeni nt
egrit
y( t
hemai ntenanceofego- i
denti
ty)and
despair(t
hesur r
enderofhope) .Thest rugglebetweeni ntegri
tyanddespai rmaypr oduce
wisdom (thebasi cst r
engthofol dage), butitmayal soleadt odi sdain(acorepathology
markedbyf eeli
ngsofbei ngf i
nishedorhel pl
ess).

Er i
kson' s Methods ofI nv estigati
on Er i
kson r eli
ed most ly on ant hr opology ,
psy chohi st or y,and pl ay const ruction t o expl ain and descr ibe human per sonal i
ty.
Ant hropol ogi calSt udi
esEr i
kson' st womosti mpor tantant hropol ogicalst udieswer eof
theSi ouxofSout hDakot aandt heYur okt ribeofnor t
her nCal if
or nia.Bot hst udies
demonst rat edhi snotiont hatcul tureandhi stor yhel pshapeper sonal it
y .Psychohi story
Erikson combi ned themet hodsofpsy choanal y sisand hi storicalr esearch t o st udy
sev eralper sonal i
ti
es,mostnot ablyGandhiandLut her .Inbot hcases,t hecent ralfigure
exper ienced an i denti
t ycrisist hatpr oduced a basi c strengt hr athert han a cor e
pat hology . Pl ay Const ruction Er ikson'st echni que of pl ay const ructi
on became
cont rov ersialwhen he f ound t hat10-t o 12- year-old boy s used t oy sto const ruct
elongat edobj ectsandt opr oducet hemesofr i
singandf alli
ng.Incont rast,girl
sar r
anged
toysi nl ow and peacef ulscenes.Er i
kson concl uded t hatanat omi caldi ff
erences
bet weent hesexespl ayar ol einper sonalit
ydev el
opment .Rel at edResear chEr i
kson's
theor yhasgener atedamoder atelylargebodyofr esear ch,mustofi tinv estigat i
ngt he
conceptofi dent i
ty.Inaddi ti
on,somer esearcher shav el ookedatEr i
kson' sconceptof
gener at iv
ity .I dentityin Ear lyAdul thood A l ongi t
udi nalst udybyJenni ferPal s and
Rav ennaHel sonf oundt hati dentityest abli
shedi near lyadul thoodi sassoci atedwi th
stablemar riageandhi ghl ev elsofcr eati
vit
y .Addi t
ionalr esear chbyHel sonandPal s
foundt hatwomenwhohadsol idident i
tyandhi ghcr eati
v epot entialatage21wer e
mor elikelyt hanot herwoment ohav ehadachal lengi ngandcr eat iv
ewor kexper ienceat
age52.

Gener
ati
vi
tyi
nMi
dli
fePeopl
e

Highi ngener ati


v i
tyshoul dhav eal if
est
ylemar kedbycr eati
ngandpassi ngon
knowl edge,v alues, andi dealstoay oungergener ati
on, andshoul dbenef i
tfr
om apat ter
n
ofhelpingy oungerpeopl e.Resear chbyDanMcAdamsandcol l
eaguesf oundt hatadul t
s
atmi dli
fewhocont ributedt ot hewel l
-beingofy oungpeopl ehadacl earsenseofwho
theywer eandwhatl i
fehadt oof f
ert hem.Ot herr esearchf oundt hatpeopl ehi ghin
generativi
tyar et ypicall
yconcer nedwi t
ht hewell-
beingofot her s.Cr i
ti
queofEr ikson
AlthoughEr ikson' swor ki salogi calextensi onofFreud' spsychoanal ysis,i
tof f
ersanew
wayofl ookingathumandev elopment .Asausef ultheor y,i
trateshi ghoni tsabi lit
yto
generater esear ch,andaboutav erageoni tsabil
it
ytobef al
sifi
ed, toorganizeknowl edge,
andt ogui det hepr act i
tioner.Itr ateshighoni nt
ernalconsi st
encyandaboutav erageon
parsimony .ConceptofHumani tyEr i
ksonsawhumansasbasi callysocialanimal swho
hav elimitedf reechoi ceandwhoar emot i
vat
edbypastexper iences,whi chmaybe
eit
herconsci ousorunconsci ous.I naddi t
ion,Eri
ksoni sratedhighonbot hopt i
mism and
uniquenessofi ndiv i
dual s.

LEARNI
NGTHEORI
ESSKI
NNER:BEHAVI
ORALANALYSI
S

88
Over v
iew ofSki nner '
sBehav i
oralAnal y sisUnl ikeanyt heor ydi scussedt ot his
point,t her adicalbehav iorism ofB.F.Ski nnerav oidsspecul at
ionsabouthy pothet i
cal
const ructsandconcent ratesal mostexcl usiv
el yonobser vabl
ebehav ior.Besi desbei nga
radicalbehav iori
st,Ski nnerwasal soadet ermi nistandanenv i
ronment alist;thati s,he
rej
ect ed thenot i
on off reewi l
l,and heemphasi zed t hepr i
macyofenv i
ronment al
i
nf l
uences on behav i
or .Bi ogr aphy ofB.F.Ski nnerB.F.Ski nnerwas bor ni n
Susquehanna,Pennsy l
v aniai n1904,t heol deroft wobr others.Whi leincol l
ege,Ski nner
want edt obeawr iter,butaf terhav ingl i
tt
lesuccessi nt hisendeav or,het urnedt o
psychol ogy .Af terear ning a Ph. D.f rom Har vard,he t aughtatt he Uni versit
ies of
Minnesot aandI ndianabef or er eturni
ngt oHar v ard,wher eher emai nedunt ilhisdeat hin
1990.Pr ecursorst oSki nner '
sSci enti
fi
cBehav i
or i
sm Moder nlearningt heor yhasr oot sin
thewor kofEdwar dL.Thor ndikeandhi sexper iment swi t
hani malsdur i
ngt hel astpar tof
the19t hcent ury.Thor ndi ke'slawofef fectst atedt hatr esponsesf ollowedbyasat i
sf i
er
tendt obel earned, aconceptt hatant i
ci patedSki nner'suseofposi ti
ver einforcementt o
shapebehav ior.Ski nnerwasev enmor einfluencedbyJohnWat son,whoar guedt hat
psychol ogymustdealwi t
ht hecont r
olandpr edictionofbehav i
orandt hatbehav ior-not
i
ntrospect ion, consci ousness, ort hemi nd- isthebasi cdat aofsci entifi
cpsy chol ogy.

Scienti
fi
cBehav iori
sm Skinnerbelieved thathuman behav ior,l
ike anyot her
naturalphenomena, issubjecttothelawsofsci ence,andt hatpsychologi
stsshouldnot
att
ributeinnermot i
vati
onstoit.Alt
houghher eject
edinternalstates(t
houghts, emoti
ons,
desires,etc.
)asbeingout si
det hereal
m ofscience,Skinnerdidnotdenyt heirexist
ence.
Hesi mplyinsist
edt hattheyshoul dnotbeusedt oexpl ainbehav i
or.Philosophyof
Sci
enceSki nnerbeli
evedthat,becausethepur poseofsci enceistopr edi
ctandcont rol
,
psychologistsshouldbeconcer nedwithdeterminingthecondi ti
onsunderwhi chhuman
behav i
oroccur ssothattheycanpr edi
ctandcont r
olit
.

Charact
eri
sti
csofScienceSkinnerheldthatsciencehasthr
eeprinci
plechar
act
eri
sti
cs:
1.Itsfi
ndingsar
ecumul ati
ve,
2.Itrest
sonanat ti
tudethatvaluesempi r
icalobser
vat
ion,
and
3.Itsearcher
sfororderandlawf ul
relat
ionships.

Conditi
oningSki nnerr ecognizedt woki ndsofcondi t
ioni
ng:cl assicalandoper ant.
Classi
calCondi tioni
ng In classicalcondi ti
oning,a neut r
al( conditi
oned)st i
mul usi s
pair
edwi thanuncondi t
ionedst i
mul usunt i
litiscapableofbr ingingaboutapr evi
ously
unconditi
onedr esponse,nowcal l
edt heconditionedresponse.Forexampl e,Wat sonand
Raynercondi t
ioned ay oung boyt of earawhi t
er at(thecondi tioned sti
mul us)by
associat
ingitwi t
hal oud,suddennoi se(anuncondi ti
onedst i
mul us).Eventual
ly
, thr
ough
theprocessofgener ali
zation,theboyl earnedt ofearsti
mulithatresembl edthewhi terat.
OperantCondi t
ioningWi thoper antcondi ti
oning,rei
nforcementi susedt oincreasethe
probabil
i
tythatagi venbehav iorwill
recur.

Thr
eef
act
orsareessenti
alinoperantcondi
ti
oning:
1.Theantecedent
,orenvir
onmenti nwhichbehav
iort
akespl
ace;
2.Thebehavior
,orresponse;and
3.Theconsequencethatfoll
owst hebehavi
or.

Psy chol ogistsandot hersuseshapi ngt omol dcompl exhumanbehav ior.Diff


erent
hi
stor i
es ofr einforcementr esultin oper antdi scr i
minat i
on,meani ng thatdi ff
erent
organismswi llresponddi ff
erentl
yt ot hesameenv ir
onment alcontingencies.Peopl e
mayal sor espondsi mil
arlytodi ff
erentenv ironment alstimul i
,apr ocessSki nnercalled
sti
mul usgener ali
zation.Any thi
ngwi thintheenv ironmentt hatstrengthensabehav ioris
ar einforcer.Posi ti
v ereinforcementi sanyst i
mul ust hatwhenaddedt oasi t
uation
i
ncr easest hepr obabi l
it
yt hatagi venbehav iorwi l
loccur .Negat iverei
nforcementi st he
str
engt heningofbehav i
ort hr
ought her emov alofanav ersi
v estimulus.Bothposi ti
veand
negat i
ver einforcementst r
engthenbehav ior
.Anyev entthatdecr easesabehav i
oreither
bypr esent i
nganav ersi
vest i
mul usorbyr emov ingaposi ti
v eonei scalledpunishment .
Theef fectsofpuni shmentar emuch l esspr edictabl
et han thoseofr ewar d.Bot h
punishmentandr einforcementcanr esultfrom ei thernat uralconsequencesorf rom
humani mposi ti
on.Condi ti
onedr einforcersar et hosest imul ithatar enotbynat ure

89
sat
isf
ying(e.g.
,money )
,butthatcanbecomesowhent heyar
eassoci at
edwitha
pri
maryrei
nforcer
,suchasfood.General
izedr
einforcersar
econdit
ionedr
einfor
cer
sthat
havebecomeassociatedwi
thseveralpri
maryreinforcer
s.

Reinf
orcementcanf oll
owbehav ioronei theracont inuousschedul eoronani ntermitt
ent
schedule.Therear ef ourbasicintermi t
tentschedul es:
1. Fixedratio,onwhi chtheor ganism isr ei
nforcedi nter
mitt
entlyaccor di
ngt othe
numberofr esponsesi tmakes;
2. Variabl
e-ratio,on whi ch the or ganism isr einforced afteran av erage ofa
predeterminednumberofr esponses;
3. Fixed-i
nterval,on whi ch t he or ganism i sr ei
nforced fort he fi
rstr esponse
foll
owingadesi gnatedper i
odoft ime; and
4. Variabl
ei nterval ,onwhi cht heor ganism isreinf
or cedafterthelapseofv ar
ied
periodsoft ime.

Thet endencyofapr evi


ousl
yacquiredr esponset obecomepr ogressi
vel
yweakened
upon nonreinf
orcementi s cal
l
ed extinction.Such eliminati
on orweakening ofa
responseiscalledclassi
calexti
nct
ioni nacl assi
calcondit
ioni
ngmodelandoper ant
exti
ncti
onwhent heresponsewasacquiredt hroughoperantcondit
ioning.

TheHumanOr gani
sm Ski nnerbel i
ev edt hathumanbehav iorisshapedbyt hreef or ces:
(
1)Nat uralsel ecti
on,( 2)cul turalpr actices,and ( 3)t he indiv i
dual's histor y of
rei
nf orcement ,whi chwedi scussedabov e.NaturalSelectionAsaspeci es,our
behav iorisshapedbyt hecont i
ngenci esofsur vi
val;thati
s, thosebehav iors( e.
g.,
sexandaggr ession)t hatwer ebenef i
cialt othehumanspeci est endedt osur vi
ve,
wher east hoset hatdi dnott endedt odr opout .CulturalEvolutionThosesoci eti
es
thatev olvedcer taincul turalpr acti
ces( e.g.toolmaki ngandl anguage)t endedt o
surv i
ve.Cur rentl
y ,thel ivesofnear l
yal lpeoplear eshaped,i npar t,bymoder n
tools( comput ers,medi a,v ariousmodesoft ransportati
on,et c.)andbyt heiruse
oflanguage.Howev er,humansdonotmakecooper ati
vedeci sionst odowhati s
bestf ort heirsoci ety,butt hose soci eti
es whose member s behav ei na
cooper ative mannert ended t o sur vi
v e.I nnerSt ates Skinnerr ecogni zed the
existenceofsuchi nnerst at esasdr i
vesandsel f
awar eness,buther eject edthe
notiont hattheycanex plainbehav ior.

ToSki nner ,dr iv


esr efert ot heef f
ect sofdepr ivationandsat iationandt husar e
rel
at edt ot hepr obabil
ityofcer tainbehav iors,butt heyar enott hecausesofbehav ior.
Skinnerbel i
ev edt hatemot ionscanbeaccount edf orbyt hecont ingenci esofsur vival
andt hecont ingenci esofr einforcement ;butl ikedr ives,t heydonotcausebehav ior.
Simi l
ar l
y,pur poseandi ntentionar enotcausesofbehav i
or ,
al t
hought heyar esensations
thatex i
stwi thint heskin.Compl exBehav iorHumanbehav iori ssubj ectt othesame
pri
nci plesofoper antcondi ti
oning assi mpl eani malbehav ior,buti tismuchmor e
compl exanddi ffi
culttopr edictorcont rol.Ski nnerexpl ai
nedcr eat ivi
tyast heresultof
random oracci dentalbehav iorst hathappent ober ewar ded.Ski nnerbel i
ev edthatmost
ofourbehav iori s unconsci ous oraut omat ic and t hatnott hinking aboutcer tai
n
exper i
encesi sr einfor
cing.Ski nnerv i
eweddr eamsascov ertandsy mbol i
cf or
msof
behav iort hatar esubj ectt ot hesamecont ingenci esofr einforcementasanyot her
behav ior.Cont rolofHumanBehav i
orUlti
mat ely,allofaper son'sbehav i
ori scontroll
ed
byt heenv ironment .Societi
esexer ci
secont rolov erthei rmember sthr oughl aws,rules,
andcust omst hattranscendanyoneper son'smeansofcount ercont rol.

Therearefourbasi cmethodsofsoci al control


:
1.Oper ant condi ti
oning,i ncl
udi ng posi ti
ve and negat
iver ei
nfor
cement and
punishment ;
2.Descr ibi
ng cont ingencies, or usi ng language to inf
orm people of the
consequenceoft hei
rbehav i
or s;
3.Depr ivat
ionandsat i
ation,t
echni quest hatincr
easethel
i
keli
hoodthatpeopl
ewil
l
behaveinacer tainway ;
and
4.Phy sicalrestr
aint,i
ncludingthej ail
ingofcriminal
s.

90
Alt
hough Ski nnerdeni ed the exi st
ence offr
ee wil
l
,he didrecognize t
hatpeopl
e
mani pul
atevar i
ableswi thi
nt hei rownenvi
ronmentandthusexer
cisesomemeasureof
sel
f-contr
ol,whichhassev eral techni
ques:
1.Phy si
cal restraint,
2.Phy si
cal aids,suchast ools;
3.Changi ngenv i
ronment al st
imuli
;
4.Ar rangingt heenv ir
onmentt oall
owescapefr
om aver
siv
estimuli
;
5.Dr ugs; and
6.Doi ngsomet hingel se.

The Unheal thy Personali


ty Soci alcontroland sel f-
controlsomet i
mes pr oduce
counteracti
ngst rat
egi
esandi nappropri
atebehav i
ors.Counteracti
ngStrategiesPeopl e
cancount er
actexcessivesoci alcontrolby(1)escapingfrom i
t,(2)r
evol
tingagai nstit
,or
(3)passivelyresist
ingit.Inappr opr
iateBehav i
orsInappropri
atebehaviorsf oll
ow f r
om
self
-defeati
ngtechniquesofcount er
actingsocialcontrolorfr
om unsuccessfulat t
empt s
atself-
control
.

Psy chot her apy Ski nner was not a psy chot herapist,and he ev en cr it
ici
zed
psy chot herapyasbei ngoneoft hemaj orobst aclest oasci ent i
ficst udyofhuman
behav i
or .Nev er theless,ot her s hav e used oper antcondi ti
oni ng pr i
nci ples t o shape
behav i
ori nat her apeut i
cset ti
ng.Behav iortherapi stspl ayanact iver ol
ei nt het r eatment
process,usi ng behav ior modi fi
cat ion t echni ques and poi nt ing out t he posi tive
consequencesofsomebehav i
orsandt heav er siveef f
ect sofot hers.Rel at edResear ch
Skinner '
st heor yhasgener at edmor er esear cht hananyot herper sonal i
tyt heor y.Muchof
thisr esear chcanbedi vi
dedi ntot wo quest ions:( 1)How doescondi tioningaf fect
per sonal i
ty? and ( 2)How does per sonal i
ty af fectcondi ti
oni ng? How Condi ti
oni ng
Affect sPer sonal i
tyApl ethor aofst udi eshav edemonst ratedt hatoper antcondi ti
oni ng
canchangeper sonal i
ty( thati s,behav ior).Forexampl e,ar ecentst udybySt ephen
Higgensetal .demonst ratedt hatacont i
ngentmanagementpr ogr am canbesuccessf ul
i
ndecr easingcocai neuse.How Per sonal ityAf f
ect sCondi t
ioni ngResear chhasal so
found t hatdi fferentper sonal i
tiesmayr eactdi fferentlyt ot he same env i
ronment al
stimul i
.Thi smeanst hatt hesamer einforcementst rategieswi l
lnothav et hesame
effectonal lpeopl e.Forexampl e,Al anPi ckeringandJef f
reyGr ayhav edev elopedand
test edar einf or cementsensi t
ivi
tyt heor yt hatsuggest st hati mpul sivity,anx iety,and
i
nt roversion/ ext raver si
onr elatet oway speopl er espondt oenv ironment alr einforcer s.
CritiqueofSki nnerOnt hesi xcrit
er i
aofausef ult heor y
,Ski nner 'sappr oachr at esv er y
highoni tsabi litytogener ater esear chandt ogui deact i
on,hi ghoni tsabi litytobe
falsifi
ed, andaboutav erageoni tsabi lityt oorgani zeknowl edge.I naddition, i
trat esv er y
highoni nter nal consi stencyandhi ghonsi mpl i
ci ty.

ConceptofHumanitySki
nner'
sconceptofhumani
tywasacompl etel
ydetermi
nist
ic
andcausalonet hatemphasizedunconsci
ousbehavi
orandtheuni quenessofeach
per
son'shistor
yofr ei
nfor
cementwi thi
n amostl
ysocialenv
ironment.Unlikemany
det
erminist
s,Ski
nneri
squit
eopt i
mist
icinhi
svi
ewofhumanit
y.

BANDURA:SOCI
ALCOGNI
TIVETHEORY

Ov ervi
ewofBandur a'sSocialCogni
ti
veTheoryBandur a'
ssocialcognit
ivet
heory
t
akesanagent icper specti
ve,meaningthathumanshav esomel imi
tedabili
tytocontr
ol
t
heirl
i
ves.I ncont rasttoSkinner
,Bandura
1.Recogni zest hatchanceencount ersandf or
tuit
ousev entsoftenshapeone' s
behav i
or;
2.Pl acesmor eemphasi sonobser v
ati
onall
earni
ng;
3.St ressest heimpor t
anceofcogniti
vefact
orsinlearni
ng;
4.Suggest st hathumanact iv
ityisafuncti
onofbehav iorandpersonv ar
iabl
es,as
wel lastheenv ir
onment ;
and
5.Bel ievesthatr ei
nforcementismediat
edbycogni t
ion.

91
BiographyofAl bertBanduraAlbertBandurawasbor ninCanadain1925,buthehas
spenthisent ir
epr ofessi
onalli
feintheUni tedStat
es.Hecompl et
edaPh. D.i nclini
cal
psychologyatt heUni ver
sit
yofIowai n1951andsi ncethenhaswor kedal mostent ir
ely
atStanf ordUni v
er si
ty,wherehecont inuest obet hemostact i
veofal lper sonali
ty
theor
istsi ninvestigat
inghisownhy potheses.HumanAgencyBandur abelievest hat
humanagencyi st heessenceofhumanness;t hati
s,humansaredefinedbyt heirabili
ty
to organize,regulate,and enactbehav i
orst hattheybeli
evewillpr oducedesi rable
consequences.

Humanagencyhasf ourcoref eat


ur es:
1.Intentionality
, orapr oacti
vecommi t
menttoacti
onsthatmaybri
ngaboutdesi
red
outcomes;
2.For esight,ort heabili
tytosetgoal s;
3.Self-reactiveness,whi ch includes peopl
e monit
ori
ng thei
rprogr
ess toward
ful
fil
l
ingt heirchoices; and
4.Self-refl
ectiveness,whi challowspeopletothi
nkaboutandeval
uatet
hei
rmot i
ves,
val
ues, andl i
fegoal s.

Reci procalDeter mini


sm Soci alcogniti
vet heor
yhol dsthathumanf uncti
oningi s
mol dedbyt hereciprocalinter acti
onof( 1)behav i
or;(2)per sonv ari
ables,including
cognition;and( 3)env ir
onment aleventsamodelBandur acal l
sr eciprocaldet erminism.
Diff
erent i
alCont ri
but i
ons Bandur a does notsuggestt hatt he t hree factorsi nt he
reci
pr ocaldet erminism modelmake equalcont r
ibuti
ons t o behav ior
.The r elati
ve
i
nf l
uenceofbehav ior,envir
onment ,andpersondependsonwhi chf actorisst r
ongestat
anypar ti
cularmoment .ChanceEncount er
sandFor t
uit
ousEv ent sThel ivesofmany
peoplehav ebeenf undament all
ychangedbyachancemeet ingwi thanot herper sonor
byaf ortuit
ous,unexpect edev ent .Chanceencountersandf ortuitousev ent sentert he
reci
pr ocaldet er
minism par adigm att heenv i
ronmentpoi nt
,af t
erwhi chtheyi nfl
uence
behav iorinmucht hesamewayasdopl annedev ent
s.

Self-System Thesel f-
system gi v
essomeconsi stencyto per sonali
tybyal l
owi ng
peoplet oobser veandsy mbol i
zetheirownbehav i
orandt oevaluateitont hebasisof
anti
cipatedf utureconsequences.Thesel f-
syst
em includesbot hself-ef
ficacyandsel f
-
regul
ation.Self-Eff
icacyHowpeopl ebehaveinaparticularsi
tuati
ondependsi nparton
thei
rsel feffi
cacyt hatis,thei
rbeliefsthatt
heycanorcannotexer ci
set hosebehaviors
necessar ytobr i
ngaboutadesi redconsequence.Ef f
icacyexpect ati
onsdi f
ferfr
om
outcomeexpect ations,whichr ef
ert opeopl
e'spredi
ctionoft helikel
yconsequencesof
thei
rbehav ior.

Sel
fef
fi
cacycombi
neswi
thenv
ironment
alv
ari
abl
es,pr
evi
ousbehav
ior
s,and ot
her
personalvar i
ablestopr edictbehav i
or.Iti
sacquir
ed,enhanced,ordecreasedbyanyone
orcombi nationoff oursour ces:
1.Mast er
yexper i
encesorper formance,
2.Soci almodel i
ng, orobser vi
ngsomeoneofequal abil
it
ysucceedorf ailatatask;
3.Soci alpersuasion,orl i
steni
ngt oatrust
edperson'
sencouragingwor ds;and
4.Phy sicalandemot ionalstates,suchasanxiet
yorfear,whichusuallyl
owersself-
effi
cacy .

High sel f
-ef f
icacy and a r esponsive env ironmentar et he bestpr edictors of
successfulout comes.Pr oxyAgencyBandur ahasr ecentl
yrecogni zedthei nf l
uenceof
proxyagencyt hroughwhi chpeopleex ercisesomepar ti
alcont roloverev erydayliving.
Successfullivingi nthe21stcent uryrequirespeopl etoseekspr oxi
estosuppl yt heir
food,del
iverinf ormation,provi
det r
ansportation,et c.Wit
houtt heuseofpr oxi es,moder n
peoplewoul dbef orcedtospendmostoft hei rt
imesecur i
ngt henecessitiesofsur v i
v al
.
Coll
ecti
veEf f
icacyCol l
ectiveeff
icacyist hel evelofconf idencet hatpeopl ehav ethat
thei
rcombi ned ef for
tswi l
lproducesoci alchange.Atl eastf ourfactorscanl ower
coll
ecti
veef fi
cacy .
1.Ev entsinot herpartsofthewor l
dcanl eavepeopl ewi thasenseofhel plessness;
2.Compl ext echnologycandecr easepeopl e'sperceptionsofcont rolov ert heir
env i
ronment ;

92
3.Entr
enchedbur eaucraci
esdiscouragepeopl
efr
om att
empti
ngtobr
ingabout
soci
alchange;andf ourt
h,t
hesizeandscopeofworl
dwidepr
obl
emscont
ri
bute
topeopl
e'ssenseofpower l
essness.

Sel
f-
Regul
ati
onbyusi
ngr
efl
ect
ivet
hought
,humanscanmani
pul
atet
hei
renv
ironment
s
andproduceconsequencesoft hei
ractions,gi
vi
ngt hem someabili
tytoregulat
ethei
r
ownbehav i
or.Bandurabel iev
est hatbehav i
orstemsf rom areci
procalinf
luenceof
ext
ernalandi nt
ernal
factors.Twoext er
nalfact
orscontri
butet
oself
-r
egulat
ion:
1.St andardsofevaluati
on,and
2.Ext ernalr
einf
orcement .

Exter
nalf
actorsaffectself -
regul
ati
onbypr ovi
dingpeoplewithstandar
dsf
orev
aluat
ing
thei
rownbehav i
or.Inter
nal requi
rementsforsel
fregul
ati
oninclude:
1.Self-
observationofper for
mance;
2.Judgingorev al
uatingperfor
mance; and
3.Self-
reacti
ons, i
ncludingself
-r
einf
orcementorself-
punishment.

Internal i
zedsel fsanct ionspr eventpeopl ef r
om v iolatingtheirownmor alstandar ds
eit
hert hr ough sel ect ive act i
vation ordi sengagementofi nternalcont r
ol.Sel ective
acti
vationr eferst ot henot i
ont hatsel f-regul atoryi nfluencesar enotaut omat i
cbut
operate onl yi fact i
v ated.I tal so means t hatpeopl er eactdi f
ferentl
yi n different
sit
uations,dependi ngont heirev aluationoft hesi t
uat i
on.Di sengagementofi nternal
controlmeanst hatpeopl ear ecapabl eofsepar atingt hemsel vesf rom thenegat ive
consequences oft hei rbehav i
or .Peopl ei n ambi guous mor alsi tuat
ions-who ar e
uncertaint hatt hei
rbehav i
ori sconsi st
entwi t
ht heirownsoci alandmor alstandar dsof
conductmaysepar atet hei rconductf rom i tsi njur i
ousconsequencest hrough f our
generalt echni quesofdi sengagementofi nter nalst andar dsorsel ecti
veact iv
at i
on.First
i
sr edef ining behav ior,orj ustif
y i
ng ot her wise r epr ehensi ble acti
ons by cogni ti
vely
rest
ructur i
ngt hem.
Peoplecanuser edef ini
tionofbehav iort odi sengaget hemsel vesf rom repr ehensible
conductby :
1.Just ify
ingot her wisecul pablebehav ioronmor al grounds;
2.Maki ngadv ant ageouscompar i
sonsbet weent heirbehav iorandt heev enmor e
repr ehensibl
ebehav i
orofot hers; and
3.Usi ngeuphemi sticl abelst ochanget hemor alt oneoft heirbehavior.Asecond
met hodofdi sengagementf rom i nt ernalst andar dsi st odistortorobscur et he
relationshipbet weenbehav i
orandi tsi njuriousconsequences.

Peoplecandot hisbymi nimizi


ng,disregarding,ordistort
ingt heconsequencesof
theirbehav i
or.At hi
rdsetofdi sengagementpr oceduresinvolvesblami ngt hev i
cti
ms.
Finall
y ,peoplecandi sengaget heirbehav i
orf rom it
sconsequencesbydi splacingor
diff
usi ngresponsibi
l
ity.Lear
ningPeopl elearnthroughobser vi
ngot hersandbyat tendi
ng
totheconsequencesoft hei
rownact ions.AlthoughBandur abelievest hatr ei
nf orcement
aidsl earni
ng,hecont endst hatpeoplecanl earni ntheabsenceofr ei
nf orcementand
even ofa r esponse.Obser vati
onall ear
ning.Thehear tofobser v
at i
onall earning i
s
model i
ng,whi ch is mor et han simplei mi t
ation,because i tinv olves addi ng and
subt r
actingfrom observedbehav i
or.

Atl
eastt
hreeprinci
plesi
nfluencemodeling:
1.Peopl earemostl i
kelytomodelhighst at
uspeopl
e,
2.Peopl ewhol ackskil
l,power,
orstatusaremostli
kelyt
omodel,and
3.Peopl etendtomodel behav
iort
hatt heyseeasbeingr
ewar
dingtothemodel
.

Bandur arecogni
zedfourpr ocessesthatgov er
nobser v
ati
onallearning:(1)att
ent
ion,
ornot i
cingwhatamodeldoes;( 2)representati
on,orsy mboli
callyrepresenti
ngnew
responsepat ter
nsinmemor y;(3)behaviorproduct i
on,orproducingt hebehav i
ort
hat
oneobser ves;and(4)motivati
on; t
hati
s,theobser vermustbemot i
vatedtoper f
ormthe
observedbehav i
or.Enact
iveLear ni
ngAllbehavi
ori sfoll
owedbysomeconsequence, but
whethert hatconsequencer ei
nforcesthebehav i
ordependsont heper son'scogni
tiv
e

93
evaluat
ionoft hesituat
ion.Rel atedResear chBandur a'sconceptofsel f-eff
icacyhas
generatedagr eatdealofr esear chdemonst r
atingthatpeopl e'sbeli
efsar erelatedto
theirabil
i
tytoenactawi dev arietyofper formances,i ncl
udingst oppi
ngsmoki ngand
academi c perf
ormance.Dy sf
unct i
onalBehav iorDy sfunctionalbehav i
ori sl earned
throughthemut uali
nter
acti
onoft heperson( i
ncludi
ngcogni tiv
eandneur ophysiological
processes),theenvi
ronment( includinginterpersonalrelat
ions),andbehav ior
alf act
ors
(especial
lyprev
iousexperi
enceswi threi
nforcement )
.

Self-
Eff
icacyandSmoki ngCessat i
onSaulShi ffmanandhi scol l
eaguesst udi
edt he
effectsofdai l
yfluct
uat i
onsinsel feff
icacyonsmoki nglapsesandr elapsesamongex-
smoker swhohadqui tont heirownf oratl east24hour s.Theyf oundthatwhent hese
partici
pants smoked ev en a si ngle cigarette,theirdail
ysel feffi
cacybecame mor e
variable,l
eadingt ofuturelapsesand,wi thsomeexsmoker s,acompl eter elapse.Ex-
smoker swho bel i
eved int heirabi l
it
yt o quitsmoking wer eabl et o mai ntai
n hi gh
selfeffi
cacyandt oavoidlapsesandr elapse.Depr essi
onPeopl ewhodev el
opdepr essive
reactionsoften(1)underestimatet hei
rsuccessesandov eresti
mat etheirfai
lur es,
( 2)set
personal st
andardstoohi gh,or(3)t r
eatt hemsel v
esbadlyf ortheirfaul
ts.

Phobi
as

Phobi asar elearnedby( 1)di rectcontact,(


2)inappr opriategener ali
zation, and( 3)
observationalexper iences.Oncel earnedt heyaremai ntainedbynegat iver ei
nfor cement ,
ast heper soni sreinforcedf orav oi di
ngf ear-
producingsi t
uat i
ons.Aggr essiveBehav iors
Whencar riedtoext remes, aggressi vebehav i
orscanbecomedy sfunctional.Inast udyof
childr
enobser vingliveandf il
medmodel sbeingaggr essi ve,Bandur aandhi sassoci ates
foundt hataggr essiont endst of ostermor eaggr essi on.Ther apyThegoalofsoci al
cogniti
vet herapyi sselfregul at
ion.Bandur anotedthreel evel
soft reatment :(
1)i nduct ion
ofchange,( 2)gener alization ofchange t o otherappr opr i
ate situations,and ( 3)
mai nt
enance ofnewl y acqui red f unctionalbehav iors.Soci alcogni t
ivet her apists
somet i
mesusesy st emat i
cdesensi t
izati
on,at echniqueai medatdi mi ni
shingphobi as
throughr elaxation.Sel f-
Ef fi
cacyandAcademi cPer for manceBandur aandagr oupof
It
alian resear chers st udied lev els ofsel f
effi
cacy and t heirr elat
ion t o academi c
performancei nmi ddle-school childrenl i
vingnearRome.

Theyf oundt hatchi ldrenwhobel ievedt hattheirparentshadconf idencei nt heir


academi cabi li
tywer elikelyt ohav ehi ghacademi caspirati
ons,hi ghacademi csel f-
efficacy ,andhi ghsel f
-regulatoryef f
icacy,andt hateachoft hesefact orsr el
atedei t
her
directlyori ndirectl
yt ohi ghacademi cperformance.Cr i
ti
queofBandur aBandur a'stheor y
receiv esthehi ghestmar ksofanyi nthet extlargelybecausei twasconst ructedt hrough
acar ef ulbalanceofi nnov ati
v especulati
onanddat afrom r
igorousresear ch.I nsummar y
,
the t heor yr ates ver yhi gh on i ts abil
ityt o generater esearch and on i tsi nternal
consi stency .Inaddi t i
on,i trateshi ghonpar si
monyandoni tsabi l
it
yt obef alsif
ied,
organi zeknowl edge,andgui det hepr actiti
oner .ConceptofHumani tyBandur asees
humansasbei ngrelativelyfluidandf l
exible.Peopl ecanstorepastexper iencesandt hen
uset hisinfor mationt ochar tfutureactions.Bandur a'stheoryratesneart hemi ddleon
tel
eol ogyv er suscausal i
tyandhi ghonf reechoi ce,opt i
mism,consci ousi nf l
uences,and
uniqueness.Asasoci alcogni ti
v etheory,itrat esveryhighonsoci aldet erminant sof
per sonal i
ty.

ROTTERANDMI
SCHEL:COGNI
TIVESOCI
ALLEARNI
NGTHEORY

Overvi
ew ofCogni ti
veSoci alLearningTheor yBot hJulianRott
erandWal t
er
Mischelbeli
evet hatcogni
ti
vef act
ors,moret hani mmediaterei
nfor
cements,deter
mine
how peoplewillreacttoenvir
onment alf
orces.Eachsuggest sthatourexpectati
onsof
fut
ureeventsar emajordeterminantsofperformance.BiographyofJuli
anRot t
erJuli
an
Rott
erwasbor ni nBrookly
nin1916.Asahi gh-schoolst
udent,hebecamef amil
iarwi
th
someoft hewr iti
ngsofFr eudandAdl er,buthemaj oredi nchemist
ryr at
herthan

94
psychologywhil
eatBrooklynColl
ege.I
n1941, herecei
vedaPh. D.incl
ini
calpsy
chology
fr
om IndianaUniv
ersi
ty.Af
terWorldWarI I
,hetookapositi
onatOhioState,wher
eoneof
hi
sst udentswasWalterMischel
.In1963,hemov edtotheUniversi
tyofConnect
icutand
hasremai nedt
heresi
nceretir
ement.I
ntroduct
iontoRotter
's

Soci alLear ni ngTheor yRot ter'


sinteract i
onistposi ti
onhol dsthathumanbehav ior
i
sbasedl ar gel yont heint eractionofpeopl ewi ththei rmeani ngfulenvironment s.Rot ter
beli
ev est hat ,althoughper sonal itycanchangeatanyt i
me,i thasabasi cunitythat
preser vesi tf rom changi ngasar esultofmi norexper i
ences.Hi sempi ricallawofef f
ect
assumes t hatpeopl e choose a cour se ofact i
on t hatadv ances them t oward an
anticipat ed goal .Pr edicting Speci fi
cBehav iorsHuman behav iorismostaccur ately
predict ed by an under standi ng off ourv ariables:behav i
orpot ent ial,expectancy ,
rei
nf orcementv alue,and t he psy chologicalsi tuat i
on.Behav i
orPot entialBehav ior
potent iali st hepossi bi
li
tyt hatapar t
icularresponsewi lloccuratagi vent i
meandpl ace
i
nr elationt oi tsl ikelyr einforcement .Expect ancyPeopl e'sexpect ancyi nanygi ven
sit
uat ion i st heirconf i
dence t hata par t
icul arr einforcementwi l
lf ollow a speci fic
behav iori naspeci fi
csi tuationorsi tuati
ons.Expect anciescanbeei thergener alor
speci fi
c,andt heov eralllikeli
hoodofsuccessi saf unctionofbot hgener al
izedand
speci fi
c expect anci es.Rei nfor cement Val ue Rei nforcement v al
ue i s a per son' s
preferencef oranypar ti
cul arreinf orcementov erot herr ei
nf orcementsi fallareequal ly
l
ikelyt ooccur .Internalreinf orcementi st heindi vi
dual '
sper cept ionofanev ent,
wher eas
external r einfor cementr efer stosoci ety'
sev aluat i
onofanev ent .

Rei
nfor
cement
Reinforcementsequencessuggestt hatt hev alueofanev entisaf unctionof
one' sexpect ationt hatapar t
icularr einforcementwi l
ll eadt of ut
urereinforcement s.
Psy chol ogicalSi t
uationThepsy chologi calsi tuationist hatpar toft heext er
naland
i
nt er nalwor l
dt owhi chaper sonisr espondi ng.Behav i
ori saf unct i
onoft heinteracti
on
ofpeopl ewi tht heirmeani ngf
ulenv ir
onment .BasicPr edictionFor mul aHypotheticall
y, i
n
anyspeci fi
csi tuat i
on,behav i
orcanbepr edictedbyt hebasi cpr edicti
onformul a,whi ch
stat est hatthepot ent i
alforabehav i
ort ooccuri napar ticularsi tuati
oninr elat
iont oa
givenr einforcementi saf uncti
onofpeopl e'sexpect ancyt hatt hebehav i
orwi l
lbe
followedbyt hatr einforcementint hatsi t
uat ion.Pr edi
cti
ngGener alBehaviorsThebasi c
predi cti
oni st oo speci ficto gi
vecl uesabouthow aper sonwi llgenerall
ybehav e.
Gener ali
zedExpect anciesTomakemor egener alpr edictionsofbehav ior,onemust
know peopl e'
sgener al
izedexpect ancies,ort heirexpect ati
onsbasedonsi milarpast
exper i
encest hatagi venbehav i
orwi llber einforced.Gener ali
zedexpect anciesi ncl
ude
peopl e'
sneeds- t hatis,behavi
orsthatmov et hem t owardagoal .

Needs
Needsr efertofunctionall
yrel
atedcat egori
esofbehav i
ors.Rot t
erli
stedsixbroad
cat
egoriesofneeds,wi t
heachneedbei ngr elat
edtobehav i
orst hatleadtot hesameor
si
milarrei
nf orcement s:
1.Recogni t
ion-
statusr eferstotheneedt oexcel,toachiev e,andt ohav eot hers
recogni zeone'swor th;
2.Domi nancei stheneedt ocontrolthebehav i
orofot hers,tobei ncharge,ort o
gainpowerov erothers;
3.I ndependencei stheneedt obef reefrom thedominati
onofot hers;
4.Pr otect i
on-dependencyi stheneedt ohav eot
herstakecar eofusandt oprotect
usf rom har m;
5.Lov eandaf fect
ionar eneedst obewar mlyaccept
edbyot hersandt obehel din
fri
endl yregard;and
6.Phy sicalcomf ortincludesthosebehav i
orsai
medatsecur ingfood,goodheal t
h,
andphy sicalsecurit
y.

Thr
eeneedcomponent sar
e:
1.Need potent
ial
,ort hepossibl
eoccur rencesofasetoff uncti
onal
lyrel
ated
behavior
sdir
ectedtowardthesati
sfact
ionofsimi l
argoal
s;
2.Freedom ofmov ement
,oraper son'
sov eral
lexpectat
ionofbeingrei
nfor
cedfor
perfor
mingthosebehav i
orsthatar edirect
edt owardsati
sfyi
ngsomegener al

95
need; and
3.Needv alueort heex t
entt owhi chpeopl epr ef eronesetofr einf
or cement sto
anot her.Needcomponent sar eanal ogoust ot hemor especi ficconcept sof
behav iorpot ential
,expect ancy,and r einforcementv alue.Gener alPr edicti
on
For mul aThegener alpr edicti
onf ormulast atest hatneedpot entialisaf uncti
on
off reedom ofmov ementandneedv al
ue.Rot ter'stwomostf amousscal esfor
measur inggener ali
zedexpect anciesaret heI nternal
-Ext
ernalCont rolScal eand
theI nterpersonalTr ustScal e.I
nternalandExt ernalCont r
olofRei nfor cementThe
Internal-External Cont r
ol Scale(popularl
ycal l
ed" locusofcont r
ol scale")attempts
tomeasur et hedegr eet owhi chpeopl eper cei veacausalr el
at i
onshi pbet ween
theirownef f
ortsandenv ir
onment alconsequences.I nterpersonalTr ustScale
TheI nter personal TrustScal emeasur estheext enttowhichaper sonexpect sthe
wor dorpr omi seofanot herpersont obet rue.
Mal
adapt
iveBehavi
or
Rotterdef
inedmaladapt
ivebehav
iorasanypersi
stentbehav i
orthatfail
stomove
apersoncl osert
oadesi r
edgoal.Iti
susuall
ytheresul
tofunr eal
i
stical
l
yhi ghgoal
sin
combinati
onwi thlow abi
lit
ytoachievethem.PsychotherapyI ngeneral,thegoalof
Rott
er'
st herapyi
st oachieveharmonybetweenacl i
ent'
sf reedom ofmov ementand
needvalue.

Thether
api
stisacti
velyinvol
v edintryi
ngto
1.Changethei mportanceoft hecli
ent
'sgoalsand
2.Eli
minatetheirunreal
isti
cal
lylowexpectanci
esforsuccess.

Changi
ngGoal sMaladapt i
vebehav
ior
sfol
l
ow f
rom t
hreecat
egor
iesofi
nappr
opr
iat
e
goal
s:
1.Confli
ctbetweengoal s,
2.Destruct
ivegoals,and
3.Unreali
sti
cal
lyloft
ygoals.

Eli
mi nat i
ngLowExpect anciesInhelpingcl i
ent schangel owexpect anci esofsuccess,
Rotterusesav ar
iet
yofappr oaches,includi ngr einforcingposi ti
vebehav i
ors,ignor ing
i
nappr opriatebehav i
ors,givi
ngadv i
ce,model i
ngappr opriat
ebehav iors,andpoi ntingout
thelong-rangeconsequencesofbot hposi ti
v eandnegat i
vebehav iors.I nt
roduct iont o
Mischel's Cogni ti
ve-Af
fective Personalit
ySy stem Li ke Bandur a and Rot ter,Mi schel
beli
evest hatcogni t
ivefactors,suchasexpect anci
es,subj ect i
veper ceptions,v al
ues,
goals,andper sonalstandards,ar eimpor tanti nshapi ngper sonalit
y .Inhi sear l
yt heor y,
Mischelser i
ouslyquestionedt heconsi stencyofper sonali
ty,butmor erecent ly,heand
YuichiShodahav eadv ancedt henot i
ont hatbehav iorisal soaf unct i
onofr elati
v ely
stable per sonaldi spositi
ons and cogni t
iveaf f
ecti
v e processes i nteracting wi t
ha
parti
cularsi tuati
on.BiographyofWal t
erMi schelWal t
erMi schelwasbor ni n1930,i n
Vienna,thesecondsonofupper -mi ddl
e-classpar ents.Whent heNazi si nvadedAust ri
a
i
n1938,hi sf ami l
ymov edt ot heUni tedSt atesandev ent ual
lyset tledi nBr ookl yn.
Mischelr ecei v
edanM. A.f r
om Ci tyCollegeofNew Yor kandaPh. D.f rom Ohi oSt ate,
wher ehewasi nfl
uencedbyJul i
anRot ter.Hei scur r
entl
yapr ofessoratCol umbi a
Universi
ty.

Backgr
oundoft
heCogni
ti
ve-
Aff
ect
ivePer
sonal
it
ySyst
em

Mischelor i
ginallybeliev edt hathumanbehav i
orwasmost l
yaf unctionoft he
sit
uation,butpr esentlyhe has r ecognized t he i
mpor tance ofr el
ativ
elyper manent
cogniti
ve-af fect
ive units.Nev er t
heless,Mi schel'stheor ycont i
nues t or ecogni ze the
apparenti nconsi stency ofsome behav i
or s.Consi stency Par adox The consi stency
paradoxr ef erstot heobser vationt hat,al
thoughbot hlay peopleandpr ofessionalst end
tobelievet hatbehav iorisqui teconsi st
ent ,researchsuggest sthati tisnot .Mi schel
recognizest hat
,indeed, somet raitsareconsi stentovertime, buthecont endst hatthere
i
sl it
tl
eev idencet osuggestt hatt heyar econsi stentf r
om onesi t
uati
ont oanot her
.
Person-Situat i
onI nter
act i
onMi schelbel i
ev est hatbehav iorisbestpr edictedf rom an
understandi ngoft heper son,t hesi t
uation,andt hei nteracti
onbet weenper sonand

96
si
tuati
on.Thus,
behav
iorisnott
heresul
tofsomeglobal
per
sonal
i
tyt
rai
t,butbypeopl
e'
s
percept
ionsoft
hemselv
esinapart
icul
arsi
tuat
ion.

Cogni ti
ve-Affect ivePer sonalitySy stem Howev er,Mi scheldoesnotbel ievethat
i
nconsi st
enci es in behav iorar e due sol elyt ot he si tuation;he r ecognizes that
i
nconsi st
entbehav ior sr efl
ectst ablepat ternsofv ariationwi t
hinaper son.HeandShoda
seet hesest ablev ariationsi nbehav iorint hef oll
owingf r
amewor k:IfA,t henX;buti fB,
thenY.Peopl e'
spat ternofv ariabil
it
yi sthei rbehav i
or alsi gnat ureofper sonali
ty,orthei
r
unique and st able pat ter
n ofbehav ing di f
fer
entlyi n di fferentsi tuati
ons.Behav i
or
Predi cti
onMi schel'sbasi ct heoreti
calposi tionforpr edi ctingandexpl aini
ngbehav i
oris
asf oll
ows:I fper sonal i
tyi sast abl esy stem thatpr ocessesi nfor mationaboutt he
sit
uat ion,theni ndividual sencount eringdi fferentsit
uat ionsshoul dbehav ediff
erentl
yas
sit
uat ionsv ar y.Ther ef ore,Mi schelbel iev est hat,ev ent houghpeopl e'sbehav iormay
reflectsomest abili
tyov ertime,itt endst ov aryassi tuat ionsv ary.Si t
uationVar i
ables
Situat i
onvar i
abl esincl udeal lthosest i
mul i t
hatpeopl eat t
endt oinagi vensituati
on.

Cognit
ive-
Affecti
veUnitsCogni
ti
ve-
aff
ectiv
eunitsincl
udeall
thosepsychologi
cal
,
soci
al,and physi
ologicalaspectsofpeoplethatper mitthem tointer
actwitht hei
r
envi
ronmentwithsomest abi
l
ityi
nthei
rbehavi
or.Mischel
identi
fi
edfi
vesuchunits.

1.First,ar eencodi ngst rategies,orpeopl e'sindiv i


dualizedmannerofcat egorizing
i
nf ormat i
ont heyr ecei vef r
om ext ernal stimuli.
2.Second,ar e compet enci es and sel f-regulator yst rategies.One oft he most
i
mpor tantoft hese compet enci es i si nt
elligence,whi ch Mi schelar gues i s
responsi blef ort heappar entconsi st encyofot hert raits.Inaddi ti
on,peopl euse
self-regul ator yst rategi est ocont rolt heirownbehav i
ort hroughsel f-formulat ed
goal sandsel f-producedconsequences.
3.Thet hir
d,cogni tive- aff ecti
veuni tsar eexpect anciesand bel i
ef s,orpeopl e's
guessesaboutt heconsequencesofeachoft hedi fferentbehav ioral possi bi
liti
es.
4.Thef our thcogni tive- af fecti
ve,uni ti ncl udespeopl e'
sgoal sandv al ues,whi ch
tendt or enderbehav iorf ai
rlyconsi stent .Mischel 'sf if
thcogni tive-affect i
veuni t
i
ncl udesaf fectiver esponses,i ncludi ngemot ions,f eelings,andt heaf fectst hat
accompanyphy siologi calr eactions.Rel ated Resear ch The t heor ies ofbot h
Rot terandMi schelhav espar kedanabundanceofr elatedr esearch, wi thRot ter's
l
ocusofcont rolbei ngoneoft hemostf requent lyresear chedar easi npsy chol ogy
and Mi schel 's not ion ofdel ay ofgr atifi
cat i
on and hi s cogni tive-affect i
v e
per sonal i
t ysy stem al sor eceivi
ngwi deat t
ent ion.LocusofCont rolandHeal th-
Rel atedBehav i
orsOneadj unctoft hel ocusofcont r
olconcepti st heheal thlocus
ofcont r
ol ,andr esear chi nthisar easuggest st hatsel fmast eryofheal thand
peopl e'sbel iefaboutt hei rpersonalcont r
olov erheal threlatedbehav iorspr edi ct
subsequentheal thst atus.

Thi sbodyofr esear ch hasi ncluded such health-related behav i


orsassmoki ng,
abusi ngal cohol,andunwi seeat ing.Ingeneral,thisresear chi ndicatest hatpeopl ehi gh
oni nternallocusofcont r
ol,compar edwi t
ht hosehighonext ernallocusofcont rol,are
mor el ikelytoenactheal th-r
elatedbehav i
ors.AnAnal y sisofReact i
onst ot heO.J.
SimpsonVer dictMischel ,Shoda, andt wooftheircoll
eaguesusedt hecogni t
ive-aff
ect iv
e
personal it
ysy stem t oanal yzethev erdi
ctintheO.J.Si mpsonmur dert ri
al.Theyf ound
thatEur opeanAmer icansandAf ricanAmer icanshaddi f f
erentway sofl ookingatt he
Simpson v erdict.Al t
hough t heirr eacti
ons t ended t of oll
ow al ong r aciallines,
participants'r ace itselfwas notas i mpor t
antas t hei rt hought s and f eeli
ngs i n
deter miningt heirreact ionst ot hev erdi
ct.Mor especifi
cal ly,Eur opeanAmer icanswho
agreedwi t
ht hev er dicthadt hought sandemot i
onsv er ysi milartot hoseofAf rican
Amer i
canswhower eel atedbyt hev er
dict.

Moreover
,Afri
canAmericanswhodi sagr
eedwiththev erdictt
houghtandf el
tmuch
thesameasEur opeanAmericanswhower edismayedbyt henot -
guil
tyverdi
ct.Cri
tique
ofCogni t
iveSoci
alLear
ningTheoryCogniti
vesoci
allearningt heor
ycombi nestherigors
ofl ear
ningtheorywiththespeculati
veassumpt i
ont hatpeopl earef orward-
looking
beings.Itrat
eshighongener ati
ngresearchandoni nternalconsist
ency,andi trates

97
aboutav erageoni tsabili
tytobefalsi
fi
ed,toorganizedata,andtoguideact i
on.Concept
ofHumani tyRotterandMi schelseepeopleasgoal -dir
ected,cognit
iveanimalswhose
percepti
onsofev entsaremor ecruci
althant heev entsthemselves.Cogniti
vesoci al
l
earningt heoryrat esv er
yhi ghonsoci alinf
luences,andhi ghonuni quenessoft he
i
ndividual,f r
ee choi ce,tel
eology,and conscious processes.On t he dimension of
optimism v er
suspessi mism, Rott
er'
sviewissli
ghtlymor eoptimist
ic,whereasMischel'
s
i
sabouti nt hemiddl e.

DI
SPOSI
TIONALTHEORI
ESCATTELANDEYSENCK:TRAI
TANDFACTORTHEORI
ES

Ov erview ofFact orAnal y


ticTheor yRay mondCat tellandHansEy senckhav e
eachusedf act oranaly sist oidentif
yt rai
ts( t
hatis,relati
velyper manentdi spositionsof
people).Cat tellhasi dent if
iedal argenumberofper sonalitytrai
ts,whereasEy senckhas
extr
act edonl yt hreegener alfactors.BiographyofRay mondB.Cat tel
lRay mondB.Cat tel
l
wasbor ninEngl andi n1905, educat edatt heUni v
ersit
yofLondon, butspentmostofhi s
professionalcar eerint heUni tedSt ates.Hehel dpositi
onsatCol umbiaUni versit
y ,Clark
University,Har vardUni v ersit
y,andt heUni ver
sityofI l
l
inois,wher ehespentmostofhi s
acti
v ecar eer.Dur i
ngt hel ast20y earsofhi sl if
e,hewasassoci atedwi tht heHawai i
SchoolofPr of essionalPsy chology .Hedi edin1998,af ew weeksshor tofhi s93r d
bir
thday .Basi csofFact orAnal y
sisFact oranal ysi
si samat hemat i
calpr ocedur ef or
reducing a l ar ge numberofscor es toaf ew mor e generalv ari
ables orf actors.
Correlati
onsoft heor iginal,speci f
icscor eswi ththef actorsarecal l
edf actorloadi ngs.
Trait
sgener at edt hroughf act oranalysismaybeei theruni polar(scal
edf r
om zer ot o
somel argeamount )orbi polar(hav i
ngt woopposi ngpol es,suchasi ntroversionand
extr
av ersion).

Forfactorstohav epsy chologicalmeani ng,theanal ystmustr otatetheaxeson


whicht hescor esar epl ott
ed.Ey senckusedanor thogonalr otat
ionwher easCat t
ell
favoredanobl i
quer otati
on.Theobl i
quer otat
ionpr ocedur eor dinari
l
yr esul
t si nmor e
trai
tsthant heor t
hogonalmet hod.Int
r oducti
ont oCat t ell
'sTraitTheoryCat t
ellusedan
i
nduct i
veappr oacht oidenti
fyt r
ait
s;thati s,hebeganwi t
hal argebodyofdat athathe
coll
ectedwi thnopr econceivedhy pothesisort heor y.PTechni queCat t
ell'
sPt echnique
i
sacor rel
ati
onalprocedur ethatusesmeasur escol lect edf r
om oneper sononmany
diff
erentoccasi onsandi shi sattemptt omeasur ei ndi vi
dualoruni que,r athert han
common,t rai
ts.Cattel
lalsousedt hedR( dif
ferentialR)t echnique,whichcorr elatest he
scores ofa l arge numberofpeopl e on manyv ariables obt ai
ned att wo di fferent
occasions.Bycombi ning these two t echniques,Cat tellhas measur ed bot h st ates
(tempor arycondit
ionswi t
hinani ndivi
dual )andt r
aits( relati
vel
yper manentdi sposi tions
ofani ndivi
dual)
.

Medi
aofObser vati
onCat tel
lusedt hreediffer
entsour cesofdatathatent erthe
correlati
onmat rix:(1)Ldat a,oraper son' sl i
ferecordt hatcomesf rom obser vat
ions
madebyot hers;( 2)Q dat a,whi charebasedonquest ionnair
es;and( 3)Tdat a,or
i
nfor mat i
on obtained f r
om obj ecti
vet ests.Sour ceTr ai
tsSour cetrai
tsref ertot he
under l
yingfactororf actorsresponsibl
ef ort heintercorr
elati
onamongsur facet r
aits.
Theycanbedi stinguishedf r
om t rai
ti ndicators,orsur facet r
ait
s.Personalit
yTr ai
t s
Personal i
tytr
ait
si ncludebot hcommont raits(sharedbymanypeopl e)anduni quetrai
ts
(peculiartooneindi vi
dual).

Personal i
tytrai
tscanal sobecl assifi
edi ntotemper ament,mot ivati
on( dynami c),and
abil
ity
.
Temper amentt r
ait
sar econcer nedwi thhowaper sonbehav es.Oft he35pr imary
orf ir
st-ordertrait
s Cat t
ellhas i denti
f i
ed,allbutone ( i
ntell
igence)i s basi call
ya
temper amentt rait
.Oft he23nor malt rai
ts,16wer eobtainedt hroughQ medi aand
composeCat tell
'sfamous16PFscal e.Theaddi t
ional sevenfactorst hatmakeupt he23
normalt rai
ts were origi
nall
yi dentifi
ed onl yt hrough L dat a.Cat t
ellbelieved that
pathologicalpeoplehavet hesame23nor mal tr
aitsasot herpeopl e,but,i
naddi t
ion, t
hey
exhibi
toneormor eof12abnor malt rait
s.Al so,aper son'
spat hologymaysi mplybedue
toanor mal tr
aitthatiscarri
edtoanext reme.

98
Second- Or derTr ai
tst he35pr i
mar ysour cet raitst endt ocl ustert oget her , formi ng
eightcl earl
yi dent i
fiabl esecond- or dert r
ai t
s.Thet wost rongestoft hesecond- or dert r
aits
mi ghtbecal ledext rav er
sion/ i
nt roversionandanxi et y.Dy nami cTr aitsI naddi ti
ont o
temper amentt raits,Cat t
ellr ecogni zedmot ivationalordy nami ct rait
s,whi chi nclude
attitudes,ergs,andsems.At t
it
udesAnat t
ituder efer st oaspeci fi
ccour seofact i
on,or
desi retoact ,i nr esponset oagi v ensi tuat i
on.Mot iv ationi susual lyqui tecompl ex,so
thatanet wor kofmot i
ves,ordy nami cl attice,i sor di nar i
lyi nvolvedwi thanat titude.I n
addi ti
on,asubsi diationchai n,oracompl exsetofsubgoal s,under li
esmot ivat ion.Er gs
Ergsar einnat edr i
v esormot i
ves,suchassex,hunger ,loneliness,pi ty,f ear ,cur iosity
,
pride,sensuousness,anger ,andagr eedt hathumansshar ewi thot herpr imat es.Sems
Semsar elear nedoracqui reddy nami ct r
aitst hatcansat isfysev eraler gsatt hesame
ti
me.Thesel f-
sent imenti st hemosti mpor tantsem i nt hati tint egratest heot hersems.
TheDy nami cLat t
iceThedy nami cl atticei sacompl exnet wor kofat t
itudes,er gs,and
semsunder lyingaper son'smot i
v ational struct ure.Genet icBasi sofTr ait
sCat t ellandhi s
colleaguespr ov i
dedest imat esofher i
tabi l
ityoft hev arioussour cet raits.Her itabi l
it
yi s
anest i
mat eoft heext entt owhi cht hev arianceofagi vent raitisduet oher edi t y.Cat tel
l
hasf oundr elativelyhi ghher itabil
ityv aluesf orbot hf luidi ntelli
gence( t
heabi li
t yt oadapt
to new mat eri
al )and cr ystall
ized i nt el
ligence ( whi ch depends on pr iorl earning),
suggest i
ngt hati ntelligencei sduemor et oher edityt hant oenv ironment .I ntr oduct iont o
Eysenck' sFact orTheor yCompar edt oCat tell,Ey senck( 1)wasmor el ikelyt ot heor ize
bef orecollect i
ngandf actoranal y zingdat a;( 2)ext ract edf ewerf act ors;and( 3)useda
widerv ari
et yofappr oachest ogat herdat a.Bi ogr aphyofHansJ.Ey senckHansJ.
Eysenckwasbor ni nBer l
ini n1916,butasat eenager ,hemov edt oEngl andt oescape
Nazit y
rannyandmadeLondonhi shomef ormor et han60y ears.Ey senckwast rainedi n
thepsy chomet ri
cal l
yor i
entedpsy chologydepar t
mentoft heUni versityofLondon,f rom
whi chher ecei vedabachel or'sdegr eei n1938andaPh. D.in1940.

Eysenckwasper hapst hemostpr oli


fi
cwr i
terofanypsy chologisti
nt hewor l
d,
andhisbooksandar ti
clesoftencausedwor ld-wi
decont r
oversy.Hedi edinSept ember
of1997.Measur ingPer sonali
tyEy senckbel i
evedt hatgeneti
cf act
orswer ef armor e
i
mpor tantthanenv ir
onment alonesi nshapingpersonalit
yandt hatpersonaltrai
tscould
bemeasur edbyst andardi
zedper sonalit
yi nvent
ories.Cri
teri
af orIdenti
fyi
ngFact ors
Eysencki nsist
edt hatpersonalit
yf actor
smust( 1)bebasedonst rongpsy chomet r
ic
evi
dence,( 2)mustpossessher i
tabil
it
yandf i
tanaccept ablegeneti
cmodel ,(3)make
senset heoreti
cal
l
y ,and(4)possesssoci alrel
evance.

HierarchyofMeasur esEy senckr ecogniz edaf our-lev elhi er archyofbehav ior


organi zation:( 1)speci f
icactsorcogni tions;(2)habi tualact sorcogni tions;( 3)t raits,or
per sonaldi sposi t
ions;and ( 4)types orsuper factors.Di mensi ons ofPer sonal i
ty
Eysenck' smet hodsofmeasur ingper sonalitylimitedt henumberofper sonal it
yt y pest o
ar elat
ivelysmal lnumber .Al
thoughmanyt rait
sexi st,Eysencki dent i
fiedonl ythr eemaj or
types.WhatAr et heMaj orPersonali
tyFact ors?Ey senck'st heor yr ev olv esar oundonl y
three gener al bi polar types: extrav er
sion/ i
ntroversion, neur oticism/ stabi l
it
y , and
psy choticism/ super egof uncti
on.Allthreehav east ronggenet i
ccomponent .Ext raver ts
arechar acterizedbysoci abi
li
ty,i
mpul si
v eness, j
ocular i
ty,l
iveliness, opt i
mi sm, andqui ck-
wittedness,wher eas i ntr
overts are qui et,passi ve,unsoci abl e,car eful,r eser v ed,
thought ful,pessi mi st
ic,peaceful
,sober ,andcont roll
ed.Ey senck,howev er,bel i
ev est hat
thepr incipal differencesbet weenext ravertsandi ntr
ov ert
si soneofcor ticalar ousal lev el.
Neur otict r
aitsi nclude anxiety,hysteria,and obsessi v e compul siv e di sorder s.Bot h
nor maland abnor mali ndivi
dualsmayscor ehi gh on t heneur oticism scal eoft he
Eysenck' sv ari
ousper sonali
tyinventories.Peopl ewhoscor ehi ghont hepsy chot i
cism
scal eareegocent r
ic,cold,nonconforming, aggr essive,impul sive, host il
e, suspi cious, and
ant i
social.Ment endt oscor ehigherthanwomenonpsy chot icism.

Measuri
ngSuperfact
orsEy senckandhi scol leaguesdevel
opedf ourpersonali
ty
i
nv ent
ories to measure superf
actors,ort ypes.The t wo mostPage 36 of 52
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equent
lyusedbycur rent
resear
cher saretheEysenckPersonalit
yI nv
entory( whichmeasuresonl yEandN)and
theEy senckPersonal
ityQuesti
onnaire( whichal someasur esP).BiologicalBasesof
Personalit
yEysenckbeli
evedthatP,E,andNal lhaveapower fulbi
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99
andheci tedasev idencet heexistenceoft heset hreet ypesi nawi dev ari
etyofnat i
ons
andl anguages.Per sonali
tyandBehav i
orEysenckar guedt hatdifferentcombi nati
onsof
P,EandN r elatet oal argenumberofbehav i
orsandpr ocesses,suchasacademi c
performance, creati
vit
y,andant isocialbehavior.Hecaut ionedt hatpsy chol ogist
scanbe
misledi ft heydonotconsi dert hev ari
ouscombi nationsofper sonal i
tydi mensions.
Personal i
tyandDi seaseFormanyy ears,Eysenckr esear chedt her el
ationshipbet ween
personal i
tyfact orsanddi sease.Het eamedwi thRonal dGr ossar th-
Mat icekt ostudythe
connect i
onbet weenchar acteri
sticsandbot hcancerandcar diovascul ardiseaseand
foundt hatpeopl ewithahel pless/hopelessat t
itudewer emor elikel
yt odi efrom cancer,
wher easpeopl ewhor eact edtof r
ustrati
onwi thangerandemot ionalar ousalwer emuch
mor elikel
yt odi efrom cardiovasculardisease.

RelatedResear cht het heor iesofbot hCat tellandEy senckhav ebeenhi ghly
product ivei nt erms ofr esear ch,due i n par tt o Cat tel
l'
s 16 PF quest i
onnai r
e and
Eysenck' sv ari
ous per sonalityi nv entor ies.Some oft hi
sr esear ch has l ooked at
per sonal it
yf actorsandt hecr eativ i
tyofsci ent i
st sandar ti
st s.Inaddi tion,someof
Eysenck' sr esearchat tempt edt oshowabi ologicalbasi sofper sonal ity.Personal i
ti
esof
Creat iveSci enti
stsand Ar ti
stsEar lyr esear ch usi ng t he16 PF f ound t hatcr eative
scient istscompar edwi thei t
hert hegener alpopul at ionorl esscr eativesci ent i
sts,wer e
mor ei ntell
igent,out going,adv ent urous,sensi t
iv e,sel f
suffi
cient ,domi nant,anddr i
ven.
Otherr esearchf oundt hatf emal esci ent ists,compar edt oot herwomen,wer emor e
domi nant ,confident, i
ntell
igent,radi cal,andadv ent urous.Resear chont heper sonalit
yof
artistsf ound thatwr i
tersand ar tist swer emor ei ntelli
gent,domi nant,adv enturous,
emot ionallysensi t
ive, r
adical,andsel f-
suf ficientt hanot herpeopl e.Lat erresear chfound
thatcr eativear ti
stsscor edhi ghonEy senck' sneur oti
cism andpsy choticism scal es,
i
ndi cat ingt hatt heywer emor eanxi ous,sensi tiv
e,obsessi ve,i mpul sive,host il
e,and
willingt otaker iskst hanot herpeopl e.Bi ol ogyandPer sonalit
yIfper sonalityhasast r
ong
biologi calf oundat i
on,t henr esear cher sshoul df indv erysimi larper sonal i
tyt ypesi n
variouscul turesaroundt hewor l
d.
Studi esi n24count ri
esf oundahi ghdegr eeofsi mi lar it
yamongt hesedi ff
erentcul t
ures.
Eysenck' slaterwor ki nvestigatedper sonal ityfact orsacr oss35Eur opean, Asi an, Afri
can,
and Amer i
cancul turesand f ound t hatper sonal ityf actorsar equi t
euni ver sal
,thus
suppor tingt hebi ologicalnat ureofper sonal it
y .Cr itiqueofTr aitandFact orTheor ies
Cat telland Ey senck' st heoriesr at ehi gh on par si mony ,on t heirabi l
it
yt o gener ate
resear ch,and on t heirusef ulness i n or ganizing dat a;theyar e aboutav erage on
falsifi
abi li
ty,usefulnesst ot hepr actitioner ,andi nter nal consistency .

ConceptofHumani t
yCat tellandEy senckbel i
evet hathumanper sonal i
tyis
l
ar gel yt hepr oductofgenet i
csandnott heenv ironment .Thus,bot harer atedv eryhigh
onbi ologi cali nfluencesandv eryl ow onsoci alf act
ors.I naddi ti
on,bot hr ateabout
av er ageonconsci ousv ersusunconsci ousi nfluencesandhi ghont heuni quenessof
i
ndi v idual s.Theconcept soff reechoi ce,opt i
mi sm v ersuspessi mism,andcausal it
y
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Accor dingt oAl lport,t hebasi cuni tsofper sonal ityareper sonaldi spositionsandt he
propr ium. ALLPORT: PSYCHOLOGY OF THE I NDIVIDUAL Ov er
v i
ew of Al lport'
s
Psy chol ogy oft he Indi vidualGor don Al l
por t,whose maj oremphasi s was on t he
uni quenessofeachi ndi vidual,builtat heor yofper sonali
tyasar eacti
onagai nstwhathe
regar dedast henon- humani sticposi tionsofbot hpsy choanal ysisandani mal -based
l
ear ningt heory .Howev er,Al l
portwasecl ecti
ci nhi sapproachandaccept edmanyoft he
i
deasofot hert heorists.Bi ographyofGor donAl lpor
tGor donW.Al lportwasbor nin
Indi anai n1897.Her ecei vedanunder graduat edegr eei nphi l
osophyandeconomi cs
from Har vard,andt aughti nEur opef oray ear .Whi l
ei nEur ope,hehadaf ort
uitous
meet i
ngwi t
hSi gmundFr eudi nVienna,whi chhel pedhi m deci det ocompl eteaPh. D.in
psy chol ogy .Af terr ecei vinghi sPh. D.f rom Har vard,Allportspentt woy ear sst udy i
ng
undersomeoft hegr eatGer manpsy chol ogists, buther eturnedt oteachatHar vard.Two
year sl aterhet ookaposi tionatDar tmout h,butaf terfoury earsatDar tmout h,heagai n
retur nedt oHar vard,wher eher emai nedunt ilhi sdeat hi n1967.Al l
port'
sAppr oacht o
Per sonal ityAl lpor tbel iev ed thatpsy chol ogi callyheal thyhumans ar e mot ivat
ed by
present ,most l
yconsci ousdr i
vesandt hatt heynotonl yseekt oreducet ensi onsbutt o
est abl ishnew ones.Heal sobel ievedt hatpeopl ear ecapabl eofpr oact i
vebehav i
or,

100
whi
chsuggest
sthatt
heycanconsci
ousl
ybehav
einnewandcr
eat
iveway
sthatf
ost
er
t
hei
rownchangeandgrowt
h.

Hecal ledhi sstudyoft heindivi


dualmor phogenicscienceandcont rast editwi th
traditionalnomot heticmet hods.Per sonalityDef i
nedAl l
portdef inedpersonal it
yas" the
dy nami c or gani zati
on wi thint he indivi
dualoft hose psy chophysi
calsy stems t hat
det ermi ne his char acter
istic behav i
orand t hought .
"Per sonalDi spositions Al lpor t
distingui shedbet weencommont rait
s,whi chper mitinter-
indivi
dualcompar isons,and
per sonaldi sposi ti
ons,whi ch ar e peculiartot he indivi
dual .He r ecogni zed thr ee
ov erlappi nglev elsofper sonaldi spositi
ons,t hemostgener alofwhi char ecar dinal
disposi tionst hatar esoobv iousanddomi nat
ingt hattheycannotbehi ddenf rom ot her
peopl e.Notev eryonehasacar dinaldisposit
ion,butal lpeopl ehav e5t o10cent ral
disposi tions,orchar act
eri
st i
csar oundwhi chthei rl
ivesrevolve.Inaddit
ion,ev eryonehas
agr eatnumberofsecondar ydi sposit
ions,whichar elessr eli
ableandl essconspi cuous
thancent ral
traits.

All
portfurtherdi vi
dedper sonaldi spositionsi nto( 1)mot i
vati
onaldisposi t
ions,
whichar est r
ongenought oi niti
ateact ionand( 2)st yli
sti
cdi sposit
ions,whichr efert o
themanneri nwhi chani ndividualbehav esandwhi chguider at
herthani ni
tiateact ion.
Proprium Thepr opr i
um r eferst oal lt hosebehav i
orsandchar act
erist
icsthatpeopl e
regar
daswar m andcent ralint hei
rlives.Al lportpr efer
redthet er
m proprium ov ersel for
egobecauset helattertermscoul dimpl yanobj ectort hi
ngwi thinaper sonthatcont rols
behavior,whereaspr opri
um suggest st hecor eofone' sper sonhood.Mot i
vationAl lport
i
nsistedt hatanadequat et heor yofmot i
v ati
onmustconsi dert henot i
onthatmot ives
changeaspeopl emat ureandal sot hatpeopl ear emot ivatedbypr esentdr iv
esand
wants.React i
veandPr oactiveTheor iesofMot ivationToAl lpor t,
peoplenotonl yr eactt o
thei
renv ir
onment ,butt heyal soshapet heirenv ironmentandcausei ttoreactt ot hem.
Hispr oacti
veappr oachemphasi zedt hei deat hatpeopl eoftenseekaddi ti
onalt ensi on
andthatt heypurposef ull
yactont heirenv i
ronmenti nawayt hatfostersgrowt ht owar d
psychologicalhealth.

Funct i
onalAut onomyAl lport'
smostdi sti
nctiveandcont roversialconcepti shi s
theoryoff uncti
onalaut onomy ,whi chhol dsthatsome( butnotal l
)humanmot i
v esar e
functi
onal lyindependentf rom t heor iginalmot i
ver esponsi blef orapar ti
cularbehav i
or .
All
portr ecognized t wo l evels off unctionalaut onomy :( 1)per sever ati
vef unctional
autonomy ,whichi sthet endencyofcer tainbasicbehav i
ors( suchasaddi ctivebehav i
or s)
tocont inuei nt heabsenceofr ei
nforcement ,and( 2)pr opr i
atef unctionalaut onomy ,
which ref erst o selfsust ai
ning mot ives (such as i nterests)t hatar er elated tot he
propri
um.Consci ous and Unconsci ous Mot i
vation Al though Al l
por t emphasi z
ed
consciousmot ivati
onmor ethananyot herpersonal itytheor i
st,hedi dnotcompl etel y
overl
ookt hepossi bleinfluenceofunconsci ousmot i
v esonpat hologicalbehav ior
s.Most
people,howev er,ar eawar eofwhatt heyar edoi ngandwhyt heyar edoi ngi t.The
Psychologi call
yHeal thyPer sonal it
yAl lportbeli
evedt hatpeopl ear emot ivatedbybot h
theneedt oadj usttot heirenv ironmentandt ogr owt owardpsy chologicalheal th;thati s,
peoplear ebot hr eactiv
eandpr oactive.Nev ert
heless,psy chologicall
yheal thyper sons
aremor el ikel
yt oengagei npr oact i
vebehav i
ors.

Al
lportlistedsi xcri
ter i
af orpsy chologicalheal t
h:( 1)anextensi
onoft hesenseof
self
,(2)war mr el ati
onshipswi t
hot her s,(3)emot ionalsecur i
tyorself
-accept ance,(4)a
real
ist
icv i
ew oft hewor l
d,( 5)insightandhumor ,and( 6)auni f
yingphilosophyofl if
e.
TheSt udyoft heI ndivi
dualAl l
por tstrongl yfeltthatpsy chologyshoulddev el
opanduse
researchmet hodst hatstudyt hei ndividualr at
hert hangr oups.Mor phogeni cScience
Tradit
ionalpsy chol ogyreliesonnomot het i
csci ence,whi chseeksgener all awsf rom a
studyofgr oupsofpeopl e,butAl l
portusedi diographicormor phogenicpr ocedurest hat
studyt hesinglecase.Unl ikemanypsy chologists,All
por twaswi l
li
ngt oacceptsel f
-
report
satf acev alue.

TheDi ar
iesofMar i
onTaylorI
nt hel at
e1930's,All
portandhiswi febecame
acquai
ntedwithdiar
ieswri
tt
enbywomant heycall
edMar i
onTaylor
.Thesediari
es-
along
wit
hdescript
ionsofMarionTay
lorbyhermot her
,youngersi
ster
,fav
ori
teteacher
,fr
iends,

101
andanei ghbor -
prov idedt heAl l
portswi thal ar gequant i
tyofmat er i
alt hatcoul dbe
studi edusi ngmor phogeni cmet hods.Howev er ,theAl l
portsnev erpubl ishedt hismat erial
.
Letter sf r
om JennyEv ent houghAl lpor tnev erpubl isheddat af rom Mar i
onTay lor'
s
dairies,hedi dpubl i
shasecondcasest udy -thatofJennyGov eMast er son.Jennyhad
wr i
ttenaser i
esof301l etterst oGor donandAdaAl lpor t
,whosesonhadbeena
roommat eofJenny '
sson.TwoofGor donAl l
por t'sst udent s,Al f
redBal dwi nandJef frey
Paigeusedaper sonalst ruct ureanal y sisandf act oranal ysisr espect i
v ely,whileAl lpor t
usedacommonsenseappr oacht odi scer nJenny '
sper sonal i
tyst ructur easr evealedby
her l et
ters.Al lt hree appr oaches y i
elded si mi l
ar resul ts,whi ch suggest st hat
mor phogeni cst udiescanber el
iable.Rel at edResear chAl l
por tbel iev edt hatadeep
reli
giouscommi tmentwasamar kofamat ur eper son, butheal sosawt hatmanyr egul ar
chur chgoer sdi dnothav eamat urereligiousor ient ati
onandwer ecapabl eofdeepr aci al
andsoci alpr ejudice.I not herwor ds,hesaw acur vil
inearr elati
onshi pbet weenchur ch
attendanceandpr ejudice.TheRel i
giousOr ient ationScal eThi si nsightl edAl l
por tt o
dev elopanduset heRel i
giousOr i
entat ionScal et oassessbot hani ntrinsicor i
entat ion
andanext rinsicor i
ent ati
ont owar drel igion.Al l
por tandRossf oundt hatpeopl ewi than
extrinsicor ientati
ont owar dr eli
giont endt obequi tepr ejudiced,wher east hosewi than
i
nt r
insi corientationt endt obel ow onr acialandsoci alpr ejudice.Rel igiousOr i
entat ion
and Psy chol ogicalHeal t
h Resear ch hasf ound t hatpeopl ewho scor ehi gh on t he
Intri
nsi cscal eoft heROSt endt ohav eov erallbet terper sonalf unct ioningt hant hose
whoscor ehi ghont heExt rinsicscal e.I ngener al,thesest udieshav ef oundt hatsome
highlyr eli
gi ouspeopl ehav est rongpsy chol ogicalheal t
hwher easot her ssuf ferfrom a
varietyofpsy chological disor ders.

Thepr i
ncipaldi f
ferencebet weent het wogr oupsi soneofi ntri
nsicorex t
ri
nsic
rel
igi
ous or i
entati
on;t hat is,peopl e wi th an i ntri
nsic or ientati
on t end t o be
psychologi
call
y healthy,butt hose wi th an extrinsic ori
entat i
on suf ferf rom poor
psychologi
calhealth.Criti
queofAl lportAllporthaswr i
tteneloquent l
yaboutper sonal
it
y,
buthisv i
ewsarebasedmor eonphi l
osophi calspeculati
onandcommonsenset hanon
sci
entif
icstudi
es.Asaconsequence, histheoryisverynar r
ow, beinglimitedmost l
ytoa
modelofhumanmot ivati
on.Thus,i tratesl ow oni t
sabi l
i
t ytoor ganizepsy chologi
cal
dataandt obef alsif
ied.Itrateshighonpar simonyandi nternalconsi stencyandabout
averageonitsabil
itytogener ateresearchandt ohelpthepr acti
tioner .

ConceptofHumani t
yAl l
portsawpeopleast hi
nki
ng,proacti
ve,pur
poseful
bei
ngs
whoar egenerall
yawareofwhatt heyaredoingandwhy .Ont hesixdimensi
onsfora
conceptofhumani ty,Allportr at
es hi
ghert han any othert heor
iston consci
ous
i
nfluencesand on t heuni quenessoft heindivi
dual.Her ateshigh on fr
eechoice,
optimism,andt el
eol
ogy,andaboutav er
ageonsoci ali
nfl
uences.

HUMANI
STI
C/EXI
STENTI
ALTHEORI
ESKELLY:PERSONALCONSTRUCTTHEORY

Ov erview ofKel l
y's PersonalConst ructTheor y Kel l
y'
st heory ofper sonal
constructscanbeseenasamet atheor y,orat heor yaboutt heori
es.I tholdsthatpeopl e
anti
cipateev ent sbyt hemeani ngsori nterpretationst hattheypl aceont hoseev ents.
Kell
ycal ledt hesei nter
pret
ationsper sonalconst ructs.Hisphi l
osophi calpositi
on,cal l
ed
constructiveal ternati
vi
sm,assumest hatal t
ernativei nt
erpretat
ionsar ealway sav ailabl
e
topeopl e.Biogr aphyofGeor geKellyGeor geKel l
ywasbor nonaf ar mi nKansasi n1905.
Duringhi sschooly earsandhi searlypr ofessi
onalcar eer,hedabbledi nawi devarietyof
j
obs,butheev entuall
yrecei
v edaPh. D.i npsy chol ogyfrom theSt ateUni versi
tyofI owa.
Hebeganhi sacademi ccareeratFor tHay sSt ateCol legeinKansas,t henaf terWor l
d
WarI I
,het ookaposi ti
onatOhi oState.Her emai nedt hereunt i
l1965whenhej oinedt he
facult
yatBr andei s.Hediedtwoy earsl ateratage61.

Kelly
's Phil
osophicalPosi ti
on Kelly bel
ieved that people const r
ue events
accordi
ngt otheirpersonalconst r
uctsratherthanr eal
i
ty.PersonasSci enti
stPeople
general
l
yat tempttosol v
eev erydayproblemsi nmucht hesamef ashionassci enti
sts;
thati
s,theyobserve,askquestions,for
mulatehypotheses,i
nferconclusions,andpredi
ct
futur
eev ent
s.Scient
istasPer sonBecausesci enti
stsarepeople,t
heirpr onouncements

102
shouldber egardedwi t
ht hesameskept icism asanyot herdat a.Ever yscientif
ictheory
canbev i
ewedf r
om anal ternateangle,andev er
ycompet entsci
enti
stshoul dbeopent o
changinghi sorhert heory.Page40of52ASLagnadaI I
I/090213Theor i
esOfPer sonalit
y
Summar i
zedConst ructiveAl t
ernativi
sm Kel l
ybeliev
edt hatallourinter pretat
ionsoft he
wor l
dar esubjectt or ev i
sionorr epl
acement ,anassumpt ionhecal ledconst ructi
ve
alt
ernativi
sm.Hef urtherst r
essedt hat,becausepeopl ecanconst ruet heirworldf r
om
diff
erentangles,obser vationsthatar ev al
idatonet imemaybef al seatal atertime.
Personal Const
ructsKel lybelievedthatpeopl elookatthei rworl
dthrought emplatesthat
theycr eateandt henat temptt ofitovert her eal
it
iesoft hewor ld.Hecal l
edt hese
templates ort ranspar entpat terns personalconst ructs,whi ch he bel i
eved shape
behav i
or.

BasicPost ulateKel l
yexpr essedhi st heoryi nonebasi cpost ulateand11suppor ting
corol
lar
ies.Thebasi cpost ulat eassumest hathumanbehav i
ori sshapedbyt heway
peopleanticipatet hef ut ure.Suppor ti
ngCor ol l
ariesthe11suppor ti
ngcor ol l
ar i
escanal l
beinfer
redf rom t hisbasi cpost ulate:
1.Al thoughnot woev ent sar eexact lyal i
ke,weconst ruesi milarev ent sasi ft hey
wer et hesame, andt hisi sKel l
y '
sconst ructioncor ollary.
2.Thei ndiv i
dual i
tycor ol l
ar yst atest hatbecausepeopl ehav edifferentexper iences,
theycanconst ruet hesameev entindi fferentway s.
3.The or gani zation cor ol lary assumes t hat peopl e or ganize t heir per sonal
const ructsi nahi er ar chi calsy stem,wi t
hsomeconst ructsi nasuper or dinate
positionandot her ssubor dinat etot hem.
4.Thedi chot omycor ollar yassumest hatpeopl econst rueev ent si nanei ther/or
manner ,e.g.,goodorbad.
5.Kel ly'
schoi cecor ol l
ar yassumest hatpeopl et endt ochooset heal ternativ eina
dichot omi zedconst ructt hatt heyseeasext endi ngt her angeoft heirf uture
choices.
6.Ther angecor oll
ar yst at est hatconst r
uct sar elimi tedt oapar t
icul arr angeof
conv enience; t
hati s, theyar enotr elev antt oallsituat i
ons.
7.Kel ly'
sexper iencecor ol larysuggest st hatpeopl econt i
nual l
yr ev i
set hei rper sonal
const ructsast her esul toft hei rexper iences.
8.The modul at i
on cor ollar yassumes t hatonl yper meabl e const ruct sl ead t o
change; concr eteconst ruct sr esistmodi fi
cat i
ont hroughexper ience.
9.Thef ragment ationcor ollaryst atest hatpeopl e'
sbehav iorcanbei nconsi stent
becauset hei rconst ructsy stemscanr eadi l
yadmi tincompat ibleel ement s.
10.Thecommonal it
ycor ol l
ar ysuggest st hatourper sonalconst r
uct st endt obe
similart ot heconst ruct ionsy stemsofot herpeopl et ot heext entt hatweshar e
exper i
enceswi tht hem.
11.Thesoci al i
tycor ollaryst atest hatpeopl ear eabl et ocommuni cat ewi thot her
peopl e because t hey can const rue t hose peopl e's const ructions.Wi tht he
socialitycor oll
ar y,Kel l
yi ntroducedt heconceptofr ole,whi chr eferst oapat tern
ofbehav iort hatst emsf rom peopl e'sunder standingoft heconst ruct sofot her s.
Eachofushasacor er ol eandnumer ousper i
pheral roles.

Acor er olegivesusasenseofi denti


tywher easper ipheralrolesar el esscent ralto
oursel f-
concept .Appl i
cat i
onsofPer sonalConst ructTheor yKel ly'
smanyy earsof
cli
nicalexper i
ence enabl ed hi m to ev ol
v e concept sofabnor maldev elopmentand
psy chother apy ,and t o dev elop a Rol e Const ructReper tory( Rep)Test .Abnor mal
Dev elopmentKel l
ysaw nor malpeopl easanal ogoust ocompet entsci entistswhot est
reasonabl ehy potheses,obj ectivel
yv iew ther esults,andwi ll
ingl
ychanget heirtheories
whent hedat awar rantit
.Si mi l
arl
y,unhealthypeopl ear eli
keincompet entsci entist
swho
testunr easonabl ehy potheses,r ej
ectordi stor tl
egi ti
mater esult
s,andr efuset oamend
outdat edt heor i
es.Kel l
yident if
iedfourcommonel ement si nmosthumandi sturbances:
(1)t hreat,ort heper ceptiont hatone'sbasi cconst r uctsmaybedr asti
callychanged;( 2)
fear,whi chr equir
esani ncidentalrathert hanacompr ehensiver estructuringofone' s
const ructsy stem;( 3)anxi ety,orther ecognitionthatonecannotadequat elydealwi t
ha
new si t
uat i
on;and ( 4)gui lt,defined as" the sense ofhav i
ng l ostone' scor er ole
structure."

103
PsychotherapyKel l
yinsistedthatcl i
entsshoul dsett heirowngoal sf ortherapyand
thattheyshoul dbeact ivepar t
ici
pantsint het herapeut i
cpr ocess.Hesomet imesuseda
procedurecal ledfixed-r
olet herapyi nwhi chcl i
entsactoutapr edeterminedr olef or
severalweeks.Bypl ayi
ngt hepar tofapsy chologicall
yheal t
hyper son,cl ient
smay
discoverpreviouslyhiddenaspect soft hemsel v es.TheRepTestThepur poseoft heRep
testistodiscov erway sinwhi chclientsconst ruesi gnif
icantpeopleinthei rl
ives.Cl i
ents
placenamesofpeopl etheyknowonar epertor ygridinor dertoidenti
fybot hsimilarit
ies
anddi f
ferencesamongt hesepeopl e.RelatedResear chKel l
y'spersonalconstructt heory
andhi sRept esthav egener atedasubst anti
alamountofempi ri
calresear chinbot ht he
UnitedStatesandt heUnitedKi ngdom.

TheRepTestandChi l
drenUseoft heRept estwi t
hchi l
drenr ev ealst hatthesel f-
const ruct sofdepr essedadol escent sar emar kedbyl owsel festeem, pessi mism, andan
externall ocusofcont rol.Ot herr esear chwi thchi l
drenandt heRept estshowst hat
preadol escent sconst ruet hemsel vesandot hersi nway sconsi st entwi tht heBigFi ve
personal i
tyfact ors(ext r
av ersion,agr eeabl eness,consci entiousness,emot i
onalstabil
ity,
and i ntell
igence) ,thus demonst rat ing t hatt he Bi g Fiv
ef act or s can come f rom
i
nst rument sot hert hanst andar dper sonal i
tyt ests.TheRepTestandt heRealSel f
Versust heI dealSel fOt herr esear chhasf oundt hattheRept estwasusef ulin( 1)
predict ingadher encet oaphy sicalact i
vitypr ogram,( 2)det ectingdi fferencesbet ween
ther eal selfandt heideal self,and( 3)measur ingneur oti
cism.TheRepTestandt hePai n
PatientAnumberofst udies,i ncludi ngt heLar geandSt rong( 1997)st udy,hav efound
thatt heRept estcanbear el
iableandv al
idi nstrumentf ormeasur i
ngpai n.Crit
iqueof
KellyKel ly'
st heor yprobabl yi smostappl icablet or el
ati
velynor mal ,i ntell
igentpeopl e.
Unfor tunat el
y,i tpay sscantat tent iont o pr oblemsofmot i
vat i
on,dev el
opment ,and
culturali nfl
uences.Ont hesi xcr iteriaofausef ultheory,itratesv er yhi ghonpar simony
andi nt ernalconsi stencyandaboutav erageoni tsabili
tytogener at eresear ch.Howev er,
i
tr at esl ow oni tsabi li
tyt obef alsifi
ed,t ogui det hepr actiti
oner ,andt oor ganize
knowl edge.

ConceptofHumani t
yKell
ysawpeopl easanticipati
ngt hefut
ureandl i
vi
ngt heirl
i
v es
i
naccordancewi ththoseantici
pat i
ons.Hisconceptofel aborati
vechoicesuggest sthat
peopl
eincreaset hei
rrangeoff uturechoicesbyt hepr esentchoicestheyfreelymake.
Thus,Kell
y'stheoryratesveryhi ghint el
eologyandhi ghinchoi ceandopt imism.I n
addi
ti
on,itreceiveshighrati
ngsf orconsciousinfluencesandf orit
semphasi sont he
uni
quenessoft heindivi
dual
.Fi nall
y,personalconst r
uctt heor
yi saboutav erageon
soci
ali
nfluences.

ROGERS:PERSON-
CENTEREDTHEORY

Ov erv
iew ofRoger s'sPer son- Cent ered Theor yAl t
hough Car lRoger si sbest
knownast hefounderofcl ient-
cent eredt her apy,heal sodev elopedani mpor tantt heory
ofper sonalit
yt hatunderscoreshi sappr oacht ot herapy .Bi
ogr aphyofCar lRoger sCar l
Rogerswasbor ni ntoadev outl
yr eligi
ousf ami l
yi naChi cagosubur bi n1902.Af t
ert he
familymov edt oaf arm nearChi cago,Car lbecamei nterestedi nscienti
fi
cf armingand
l
earnedt oappr eciatethescienti
f i
cmet hod.Whenhegr aduat edf r
om t heUni versit
yof
Wisconsi n,Roger si nt
endedt obecomeami nister
,buthegav eupt hatnot ionand
compl etedaPh. D.inpsychologyf rom Col umbi aUni versityi
n1931.I n1940, aft
ernear l
y
adozeny ear
sawayf r
om anacademi cl i
fewor kingasacl i
ni cian,het ookaposi ti
onat
OhioSt at eUni versi
ty.Later,hehel dposi tionsatt heUni v ersityofChi cagoandt he
Universit
yofWi sconsin.I
n1964,hemov edt oCal iforniawher ehehel pedf oundt he
Centerf orSt udiesoft hePer son.Hedi edi n1987atage85.Per son-Cent eredTheor y
Rogerscar efull
ycr aft
edhi sper son- center edt heoryofper sonal i
tyt omeethi sown
demandsf orast ruct
uralmodelt hatcoul dexpl ai
nandpr edictout comesofcl i
ent-
centeredt herapy.

However,thet heoryhasi mpl


icati
onsfarbeyondthetherapeuti
csetti
ng.Basi
c
AssumptionsPerson-centeredtheor
yr est
sontwobasicassumpt i
ons:(1)thefor
mativ
e
tendency
,whichstatest hatallmatt
er,bothor
ganicandinor
ganic,tendstoevolv
efrom

104
simpl ert omor ecompl exfor
ms, and(2)anact ualizingtendency ,whichsuggest sthatal l
l
ivi
ng t hings,including humans,t end to mov et oward compl etion,orf ulfi
l
lmentof
potent ials.Howev er,inorderforpeopl e(orplantsandani mal s)tobecomeact ualized,
certaini dentif
iabl
econdi ti
onsmustbepr esent.Foraper son, t
hesecondi t
ionsi ncludea
rel
ationshi pwi thanot herpersonwhoi sgenuine,orcongr uent,andwhodemonst rates
compl eteaccept anceandempat hyforthatper son.TheSel fandSel f-Act ual
izationA
senseofsel forpersonal i
denti
tybeginstoemer gedur i
ngi nfancy ,and,onceest abl
ished,
i
tal lowsaper sont ost ri
vet owardself-act
ualizat i
on,whi chi sasubsy stem oft he
actual i
zat i
ont endencyandr ef
erstot hetendencyt oact ualizethesel fasper ceivedi n
awar eness.

Thesel fhast wosubsy stems:( 1)t hesel f-concept ,whi chi ncludesal lthose
aspect sofone' si dentit
yt hatareper ceivedi nawar eness,and( 2)t hei dealsel f,orour
view ofoursel faswewoul dli
ket obeoraspi r
et obe.Oncef or med,t hesel f-
concept
tendst or esistchange, andgapsbet weeni tandt heidealsel f-
resultini ncongr uenceand
various l evels of psy chopathology .Awar eness Peopl e are awar e of bot ht heir
selfconceptandt hei ri
dealself,althoughawar enessneednotbeaccur at eoratahi gh
l
ev el.Roger ssawpeopl eashav i
ngexper iencesont hreel evelsofawar eness:( 1)those
thatar esy mbol izedbel owt hethreshol dofawar enessandar eei therignor edordeni ed,
thati s,subcei ved,ornotal lowedi ntot hesel fconcept ;( 2)thoset hatar edi stortedor
reshapedt of iti
tint oanexi sti
ngsel fconcept ;and( 3)t hoset hatar econsi stentwitht he
self-conceptandt husar eaccuratelysymbol i
zedandf r
eel yadmi ttedt ot hesel f-
structur e.
Anyexper i
encenotconsi stentwi tht hesel fconcept -ev enposi tiveexper i
ences-wi llbe
distorted ordeni ed.Needs The t wo basi c human needs ar e mai ntenance and
enhancement ,butpeopl ealsoneedposi tiveregar dandsel f-r
egard.Mai ntenanceneeds
i
ncl udet hosef orf ood,air,andsaf ety
,butt heyal soi ncludeourt endencyt or esist
changeandt omai ntai
noursel f-
conceptasi tis.Enhancementneedsi ncludeneedst o
growandt or eali
zeone' sfullhumanpot ent i
al.

Asawar enessofsel femer ges,ani nfantbegi nstor eceiveposi tiv eregar dfrom
anot herperson- thatis,tobel ov edoraccept ed.Peopl enatural
lyv aluet hoseexper i
ences
thatsat isfythei rneedsf orposi tiver egar d,but ,unf or
tunatel
y ,thi sv al uesomet imes
becomesmor epower fulthant her ewar dt heyr eceivef ormeet ingt heiror ganismi c
needs.Thi sset supt hecondi tionofi ncongr uence,whi chi sexper iencedwhenbasi c
organismi cneedsar edeniedordi stortedi nf av orofneedst obel ov edoraccept ed.Asa
resultofexper ienceswi thposi t
iver egar d,peopl edev eloptheneedf orsel f-
regard,whi ch
theyacqui reonl yaf t
ert heyper cei vet hatsomeoneel secar esfort hem andv al
uest hem.
Onceest abli
shed,howev er,self-regar dbecomesaut onomousandnol ongerdependent
onanot her'
scont inuousposi t
iveev aluation.Condi t
ionsofWor thMostpeopl ear enot
uncondi ti
onallyaccept ed.Inst ead, t
heyr ecei vecondi ti
onsofwor th; thati s,theyf eelthat
theyar el ovedandaccept edonl ywhenandi ftheymeett hecondi t
ionssetbyot her s.
Psy chologicalSt agnationWhent heor gani smi cselfandt hesel fconceptar eatv ari
ance
withoneanot her ,aper sonmayexper i
encei ncongr uence,whi chi ncl udesv ulnerabil
ity,
threat,defensiveness, andev endi sor gani zat i
on.

The gr eater the i ncongr uence bet ween sel f-


concept and t he or ganismic
experi
ence,t hemor ev ulnerablet hatper sonbecomes.Anxi etyexi st
swhenev erthe
personbecomesdi mlyawar eoft hediscrepancybet weenor ganismicexper i
enceand
self
-concept, whereast hreatisexper iencedwhenev erthepersonbecomesmor eclearl
y
awareoft hisi ncongruence.Topr eventincongruence,peopl er eactwithdef ensiveness,
typi
call
yi nthef ormsofdi stortionanddeni al
.Wi thdistort
ion,peopl emi sinterpretan
experi
encesot hatitfit
si ntot heirself
-concept;withdeni al
,peopl erefuset oal l
ow the
experi
ence i nto awar eness.When peopl e's defenses failto oper ate properly,their
behaviorbecomesdi sorganizedorpsy choti
c.Wi thdisorganization,peoplesomet imes
behaveconsi stentlywiththeiror ganismicexper i
enceandsomet i
mesinaccor dancewi t
h
thei
rshat t
eredsel f-
concept .

Psychot
herapy for cl
i
ent-cent
ered psychother
apy to be eff
ecti
ve,cert
ain
condi
tionsarenecessar
y:Avulner
ablecli
entmusthav econt
actofsomedurati
onwit
ha
counselorwhoiscongruent
,andwhodemonst ratesuncondi
ti
onalposi
ti
veregar
dand

105
l
istenswi thempat hyt o acl ient.Thecl ientmusti nt urnper ceivet hecongr uence,
uncondi ti
onalposi t
iver egard,andempat hyoft hetherapist
.I fthesecondi tionsar e
present,thent hepr ocessoft herapywi lltakeplaceandcer t
ainpr edict ableout comes
willresult
.ConditionsThr eecondi ti
onsar ecr uci
altocli
entcenteredt herapy ,
andRoger s
calledthem t henecessar yandsuf fi
cientcondi t
ionsfortherapeuticgr owt h.Thef i
rstis
counsel orcongruence,orat herapistwhoseor ganismicexperiencesar emat chedbyan
awar eness and by t he abili
ty and wi l
li
ngness t o openly express t hese f eeli
ngs.
Congr uenceismor ebasi cthant heot hertwocondi ti
onsbecausei ti sar elati
velystable
char act
erist
icoft hetherapist,
wher east heot hertwoconditi
onsar el i
mi tedt oaspeci f
ic
therapeuticrelat
ionship.Uncondi ti
onalposi ti
veregardexist
swhent het herapistaccept s
thecl i
entwithoutcondi t
ionsorqual i
fi
cations.

Empat
hicl
i
steni
ngi
sthet
her
api
st'
sabi
l
ityt
osenset
hef
eel
i
ngsofacl
i
entandal
sot
o
communicat
et hesepercept
ionsso thatthecl
ientknowst hatanotherperson has
ent
eredi
ntohisorherworl
doff eel
i
ngswit
houtpr
ejudi
ce,pr
oject
ion,
oreval
uati
on.

Pr
ocessRoger ssawt heprocessoft herapeut i
cchangeast akingplacei
nsevenstages:
Cl
ient
sar eunwill
ingtocommuni cateany thingaboutt hemselves;
1.Theydi scussonlyexter
nalev entsandot herpeople;
2.Theybegi ntotalkaboutthemsel ves, butsti
llasanobject;
3.Theydi scussstr
ongemot i
onst hatt heyhav efel
tinthepast;(
4.Theybegi ntoexpresspresentf eeli
ngs;
5.Theyf reelyal
lowintoawar enesst hoseexper i
encesthatwereprev
iousl
ydenied
ordi
storted;t
heyexperi
encei rr
ev ersibl
echangeandgr owth.

Outcomes when cl ient-


cent er
ed t her
apy is successful,cli
ents become mor e
congruent
,l ess defensive,mor e open t o experi
ence,and mor er eali
sti
c.The gap
betweent heiridealselfandt heirt r
uesel fnar r
owsand,asaconsequence,cl i
ents
experi
encel essphy si
ologicalandpsy chologicaltension.Fi
nall
y,cl
ients'int
erper
sonal
rel
ati
onshipsi mprovebecauset heyar emor eaccept ingofselfandot her
s.ThePer son
ofTomor r
owRoger swasv ital
l
yi nterestedint hepsychologi
call
yhealthyperson,call
ed
the"f
ullyf
unct i
oningperson"ort he" personoft omorrow."

Roger
sli
stedsevenchar acteri
sti
csoftheper sonoftomorr
ow.Theper
sonoftomorr
ow:
1.Isabl
etoadjustt ochange;
2.Isopentoexper i
ence;
3.Isabl
etolivef ull
yi nthemoment ;
4.Isabl
etohav ehar moniousrel
ationswi thot
hers;
5.Is morei ntegr ated wi t
h no ar t
if
icialboundari
es bet
ween consci
ous and
unconsci
ouspr ocesses;
6.Hasabasi ctrustofhumannat ure;and
7.Enjoysagreaterr ichnessinl
if
e

Thefactorshav eimplicat
ionsbot hf orthei ndivi
dualandforsociety.Philosophyof
ScienceRoger sagr eedwi t
hMasl owt hatscientistsmustcareaboutandbei nvolvedin
thephenomenat heystudyandt hatpsy chologistsshouldlimitthei
robj ectivi
tyand
precisi
on t ot heir methodology ,not t ot he cr eat
ion of hypotheses or t ot he
communi cation ofr esearch findings.The Chi cago Study When he t aughtatt he
Universi
tyofChi cago,Rogers,alongwi thcolleaguesandgr aduatest
udent s,conduct eda
sophisti
catedandcompl exstudyont heef fect
ivenessofpsy chot
herapy .Hy potheses
Thisstudytestedf ourbroadhy potheses.

Asaconsequenceoftherapy:
1.Cl i
entswil
lbecomemor eawareoftheirfeeli
ngsandexper iences,
2.Thegapbet weentherealsel
fandthei dealselfwil
llessen;
3.Cl i
ents'
behav i
orwil
lbecomemor esoci al
izedandmat ur
e;and
4.Cl i
entswillbecomebot hmoresel f
-acceptingandmor eaccept i
ngofothers.
MethodPar t
ici
pantswereadult
swhosoughtt her
apyatt heUniversi
tyofChi
cago
counsel
ingcent er
.Experiment
ersaskedhal foft hem t owai t60day sbef
ore

106
receivi
ngt her
apywhi lebegi
nni ngther apywi ththeot herhalf.I
naddi ti
on,they
testedacont rolgroupof"normal s"whower emat chedwitht hetherapygroup.
Thiscont rolgroupwasal sodi vi
dedi ntoawai tgr oupandanonwai tgroup.
FindingsRoger sandhisassociatesf oundthatt hetherapygroup-butnotthewait
groupshowedal esseni
ngoft hegapbet weenr ealselfandidealself.Theyalso
foundt hatclientswhoi mprov eddur ingt herapy-
butnott hoser atedasl east
i
mpr oved-showedchangesi nsoci albehav i
or,asnotedbyf r
iends.

Summar yofResul tsAl t


houghcl ient-centeredt her apywassuccessf ulinchangi ng
cli
ents,itwasnotsuccessf uli nbr ingingt hem tot hel ev
eloft hef ull
yf unctioning
personsorev ent othel ev
elof" nor mal "psy chologicalheal th.Rel at edResear chMor e
recentl
y,ot herr esearchers hav ei nvest i
gated Roger s'
sf acili
tati
v e conditions bot h
outsidetherapyandwi thintherapy .Facili
tativeCondi tionsOut sideTher apyInt heUni ted
Kingdom,Duncan Cr amer has conduct ed a ser ies of st udies i nvesti
gat i
ng t he
therapeuti
cqual iti
esofRoger s'sf acil
itativecondi ti
onsi ninterper sonalrelationships
outside oft herapy.Cr amerf ound posi ti
v er el
ationshi ps bet ween sel f-
est eem,as
measur edbyt heRosenber gSel f-Esteem Scal e,andt hef ourfacili
tat i
vecondi ti
onst hat
makeupt heBar ret
t-
Lennar dRel at i
onshi pI nventory-
lev elofr egard,uncondi tionalit
yof
regard,congruence,andempat hy.Mor eov er,thedi rect i
onoft her elati
onshipst rongly
suggestedthatRoger s'
sf aci
li
tativecondi tionspr ecedet heacqui sit
ionofhi gherl evel
sof
self
esteem.

Faci li
tative Condi t
ionsand Coupl esTher apyI n Bel gium,Al fonsVanst eenwegen
(1996)usedar ev i
sedf orm oft heBar rett-
Lennar dt odet ermi neifRoger s'sf acil
it
at ive
conditionsr el at
edt osuccessdur ingcoupl est herapy .Hef oundt hatcl ient-centered
couplest her apycanbr i
ngaboutposi ti
vechangesi ncoupl es,andt hatsomeoft hese
changes l ast ed f or at l east sev en y ears af ter t herapy . Page 45 of 52
ASLagnadaI II
/ 090213Theor iesOfPer sonalitySummar izedCr iti
queofRoger sRoger s's
person- center ed t heor yisone oft he mostcar efull
yconst ructed ofal lper sonal i
ty
theories,andi tmeet squi t
ewel leachoft hesi xcr i
teri
aofausef ult heory.I tratesv ery
highoni nter nalconsi st
encyandpar simony ,hi ghoni tsabi l
itytobef alsifi
edandt o
gener ater esear ch, andhi gh-averageoni tsabi l
itytoor ganizeknowl edgeandt oser veas
agui det ot hepr act i
tioner.ConceptofHumani tyRoger sbel ievedthathumanshav et he
capaci t
yt ochangeandgr ow- provi
dedt hatcer t
ainnecessar yandsuf fi
cientcondi tions
arepr esent .Ther efore,hist heoryratesv eryhi ghonopt i
mism.I naddi t
ion,i trateshi gh
onf r
eechoi ce, teleol ogy,consciousmot ivati
on, soci
ali nfl
uences, andt heuni quenessof
theindiv i
dual .

MASLOW'
SHOLI
STI
C-DYNAMI
CTHEORY

Overvi
ew ofMasl ow' s Holi
stic-
Dynami c Theor y Abr aham Masl ow' s holist i
c-
dynami ctheoryholdst hatpeopl earecontinuall
ymot i
vatedbyoneormor eneeds,and
that,underthepr operci r
cumst ances,theycanr eachal evelofpsychol ogicalheal t
h
call
edsel f-
actual
izati
on.Biogr aphyofAbr aham H.Masl ow Abr aham H.Masl ow was
borninNew Yor kin1908,t heol destofsev enchildrenofRussi anJewishi mmi grant s.
Aftertwoort hreemedi ocrey earsasacol l
egest udent ,hiswor kimprovedataboutt he
ti
mehewasmar r
ied.Her eceivedbothabachel or'
sdegr eeandaPh. D.from t he
Universi
tyofWi sconsinwher ehewor kedwi t
hHar ryHar l
owconduct i
ngani malst udi es.
Mostofhi sprofessionalcareerwasspentatBr ooklynCol legeandatBr andei sUniver sity
.
Poorhealthforcedhi mt omov et oCali
forni
awher ehedi edin1970atage62.

Masl
ow'sView ofMot i
vati
onMasl ow'stheoryrestsonf i
v ebasi
cassumptionsabout
moti
vat
ion:
1.Thewhol eorganism ismotiv
atedatanyonet i
me;
2.Mot ivat
ioniscompl ex,andunconsciousmotivesoftenunder
li
ebehavi
or;
3.Peopl earecontinuall
ymot i
vatedbyoneneedoranot her
;
4.Peopl eindif
ferentcultur
esareallmotiv
atedbyt hesamebasicneeds;and
5.Needscanbear rangedonahi er
archy.Hierar
chyofNeedsMasl ow hel
dthat

107
l
owerlevelneedshaveprepot
encyoverhi
gherl
evelneeds;t
hati
s,t
heymustbe
sat
isf
iedbefor
ehigherneedsbecomemoti
vator
s.

Masl
ow'shier archyi ncludes:
1. Physiol ogicalneeds, suchasoxy gen,food,water,andsoon;
2. Safetyneeds,whi chi ncludephy sicalsecuri
ty,stabil
i
ty,dependency,protection,
andf reedom f r
om danger ,
andwhi chresul
tinbasicanxietyifnotsati
sfi
ed;
3. Loveandbel ongingnessneeds,i ncludingthedesireforfri
endship,t
hewi shf ora
mat eandchi ldren, andt heneedt obelong;
4. Esteem needs,whi chf oll
ow f rom t hesatisfact
ionofl oveneedsandwhi ch
i
ncludesel f
-conf idenceandt her ecogniti
ont hatonehasaposi t
ivereputation;
and
5. Selfact ualizat i
on needs,whi ch ar e sati
sfied only by the psychologically
healthiestpeopl e.Unl i
keot herneedst hatautomat i
call
yareactivat
edwhenl ower
needsar emet ,sel f-
actualizat
ionneedsdonoti nevit
ablyfoll
ow thesati
sfact i
on
ofest eem needs.

Onlybyembr acingsuchB- valuesastruth,beaut y


,oneness,andj ust
ice,canpeople
achievesel f
actual
izati
on.Thef iveneedsonMasl ow'shierarchyar econat i
veneeds.
Otherneedsi ncl
udeaest heti
cneeds,cogni tiveneeds,andneur oti
cneeds.Aest heti
c
NeedsAest heti
cneedsi ncludeadesi reforbeaut yandor der,andsomepeopl ehav e
muchst r
ongeraest heti
cneedst handoot hers.Whenpeopl ef ailtomeett hei
raestheti
c
needs,theybecomesi ck.CognitiveNeedsCogni ti
veneedsi ncludet hedesiretoknow, t
o
understand,andt obecur ious.Knowl edgeisapr erequisi
teforeachoft hefiveconati
ve
needs.Al so,peoplewhoar edeni edknowl edgeandkepti ni gnorancebecomesi ck,
paranoi
d, anddepressed.

Neur ot
icNeedsWi t
heachoft heabov et hr
eedi mensi onsofneeds,phy si
calor
psychol ogicalill
nessr esultswhent heneedsar enotsatisfi
ed.Neur oti
cneeds, howev er,
l
eadt opat hologyr egardlessofwhet hert heyaresat i
sfi
edornot .Neur oticneedsi nclude
suchmot i
vesasadesi retodomi nat e,t
oi nfl
ictpain,ortosubj ectonesel ftot hewi llof
anotherper son.Neur oticneedsar enonpr oductiv
eanddonotf ost erheal t
h.Gener al
Discussi onofNeedsMasl ow believ edt hatmostpeopl esat i
sfyl owerl ev elneedst oa
greaterext entt hant heydohi gherl ev el
sneeds,andt hatthegr eat ert hesat i
sfact i
onof
oneneed,t hemor ef ullythenexthi ghestneedi sli
kelytoemer ge.I ncer tainrarecases,
theor derofneedsmi ghtber eversed.Forexampl e,astar v
ingmot hermaybemot ivated
byl oveneedst ogiveupf oodi nor dert of eedherst arvi
ngchi l
dr en.Howev er,ifwe
understoodt heunconsci ousmot ivat i
onbehi ndmanyappar entr eversals,wewoul dsee
thatt heyar enotgenui ner eversalsatal l
.Thus,Masl ow insistedt hatmuchofour
surfacebehav iorisact uall
ymot ivatedbymor ebasi candof tenunconsci ousneeds.

Maslowalsobel i
ev edt hatsomeexpr essiv
ebehav i
orsar eunmot i
vated,event hough
allbehav i
orshav eacause.Expr essi
vebehav i
orhasnoai m orgoalbuti smer elya
person'smodeofexpr essi on.Incompar i
son,copi ngbehav ior
s( whicharemot ivated)
deal wi
thaper son'sattemptt ocopewi ththeenv ir
onment .Theconat iveneedsor dinari
ly
callfor
thcopingbehav iors.Depr ivati
onofanyoft heneedsl eadstopat hologyofsome
sort.Forexampl e,peopl e'
si nabil
itytoreachsel f-
act uali
zationresultsinmet apathology,
definedasanabsenceofv alues,al ackoff ulf
il
lment ,andal ossofmeani ngi nl if
e.
Masl owsuggest edthati nstinctoidneedsar einnatelydet erminedev enthought heycan
bemodi f
iedbylearning.Masl owal sobeli
evedt hathi gherlevelneeds( l
ove,esteem, and
self-
actuali
zat
ion)ar el ateront heev oluti
onaryscal ethanl owerl evelneedsandt hat
theyproducemor egenui nehappi nessandmor epeakexper i
ences.

Sel
f-Actual
izati
onMasl owbel i
evedthatav erysmallper
centageofpeoplereachan
ul
ti
mat elevelofpsy chol
ogicalhealthcalledself-
actual
i
zati
on.ValuesofSel
f-
Actuali
zers
Maslow hel dt hatsel f
-actuali
zers are met amotivat
ed by such B-val
ues as trut
h,
goodness,beauty,j
ust i
ce,andsi mpli
cit
y.Cr i
ter
iaforSelf
-Act
ual
izati
onFourcri
ter
iamust
bemetbef oreaper sonachi evesself
-actuali
zati
on:
1.Absenceofpsy chopathology,

108
2.Sati
sfacti
onofeachofthefourl
owerlevel
needs,
3.AcceptanceoftheBval
ues,and
4.Ful
lreali
zati
onofone'
spotenti
alsf
orgrowth.Char
act
eri
sti
csofSel
f-
Act
ual
i
zing

Peopl
eMaslowli
sted15quali
ti
esthatchar
act
eri
zesel
f-
actual
izi
ngpeopl
e,al
thoughnot
al
lsel
f-
act
uali
zer
spossesseachofthechar
act
eri
sti
cst
ot hesameextent
.

Thesechar act er i
sticsar e:
1.Mor eef f
icientper cept ionofr eality,meani ngt hatsel f-
act uali
zer sof t enhav ean
almostuncannyabi li
tyt odet ectphoni nessi not her s,andt heyar enotf ooledby
sham;
2.Accept anceofsel f,other s, andnat ur e;
3.Spont anei ty,si mpl icit
y,andnat ural ness,meani ngt hatsel f-
act ualizer shav eno
needt oappearcompl exorsophi sticat ed;
4.Pr obl em cent eredwhi chi st heabi lityt ov iew age- oldpr oblemsf rom asol id
phi losophi cal posi tion;
5.Theneedf orpr i
v acyoradet achmentt hatal l
owssel f-
act uali
zi ngpeopl et obe
alonewi thoutbei ngl onel y;
6.Aut onomy ,meani ngt hatt heynol ongerar edependentonot herpeopl ef ort heir
sel f-est eem;
7.Cont inuedf reshnessofappr eciat ionandt heabi li
tyt ov iewev ery dayt hingswi th
af reshv isionandappr eci ation;
8.Fr equentr epor tsofpeakexper iences,ort hosemy sticalexper i
encest hatgi vea
per son a sense oft ranscendence and f eel ings ofawe,wonder ,ecst asy,
rev er ence, andhumi l
ity;
9.Gemei nschaf t
s,t hati s,soci ali nter estoradeepf eelingofonenesswi thal l
humani ty;
10.Pr of oundi nt erpersonalr el ati
ons, butwi thnodesper ateneedt ohav eamul ti
tude
off riends;( 11)t hedemocr at icchar acterst ructure,ort heabi lityt odi sregar d
super f
icial differencesbet weenpeopl e;
11.Discr imi nat i
onbet weenmeansandends,meani ngt hatsel f-act ualizingpeopl e
hav eacl earsenseofr i
ghtandwr ong,andt heyexper i
encel i
ttleconf l
ictabout
basi cv alues;
12.Aphi losophi calsenseofhumort hati sspont aneous,unpl anned,andi ntrinsict o
thesi tuat ion;
13.Cr eat iveness, wi thakeenper cept i
onoft ruth,beaut y ,andr eal
ity;
14.(Resi stancet oencul turation, ort heabi li
tytosetper sonalst andar dsandt or esist
themol dsetbycul t
ure.Lov e,Sex,andSel f
-Act ualizationMasl ow compar edD-
l
ov e( def iciencyl ov e)t oB- l
ov e( lov ef orbei ngoressenceofanot herper son) .Self
-act ual izing peopl e ar e capabl e ofB- l
ov e because t hey can l ov e wi thout
expect ingsomet hi ngi nr et urn.B- lov ei smut ual lyfel tandshar edandnotbased
on def i
cienci es wi thint he l ov er s.Phi losophy ofSci ence Masl ow cr iti
cized
tradi tionalsci enceasbei ngv aluef ree,wi thamet hodol ogyt hati sst er i
leand
nonemot i
onal .He ar gued f ora Taoi sti
c at t
itude f orpsy chol ogy i n whi ch
psy chol ogi stsar ewi l
li
ngt or esacr alizet heirsci ence,ort oinst illitwi t
hhuman
val uesandt ov iewpar ti
cipant swi thawe, j
oy ,wonder ,rapt ure,andr it
ual .

Measur i
ngSel f
-Actuali
zati
onMasl ow'smet hodformeasur ingself-
act uali
zat i
onwer e
consistentwit hhisphil
osophyofsci ence.Hebeganhi sstudyofsel f-
act uali
zingpeopl e
wit
hl i
ttleevidencet hatsuchacl assifi
cat ionofpeopl eev enexi sted.Hel ookedat
healt
hypeopl e,learnedwhatt heyhadi ncommon,andt henest abli
shedasy ndr omef or
psychologicalhealth.Next ,heref
inedt hedef init
ionofselfact uali
zation,studi edother
people, andchangedt hesy ndrome.Hecont inuedt hisprocessunt i
lhewassat i
sf i
edthat
he had a cl eardef i
nit
ion ofsel f
-actualizat i
on.Ot herr esearchers hav e dev eloped
personal i
tyi
nv ent
oriesformeasur i
ngsel f-act uali
zati
on.Themostwi delyusedoft hese
i
sEv erettShost r
om' sPersonalOr i
entationI nventory(POI )
,a150- i
tem f orced-choice

109
i
nventorythatassesses a v
ariet
yofself-
actual
izat
ion f
acet
s.The Jonah Compl ex
Becausehumansar ebornwit
hanat ur
alt
endencytomov etowardpsy
chologicalheal
th,
anyfai
lur
etoreachself
-act
ual
izati
oncant
echnical
l
ybecal l
edabnor
mal devel
opment .

Onesuchabnor malsy ndromei st heJonahcompl ex,orfearofbeingordoi ngone's


best,acondi tionthatal lofushav et osomeext ent .Maslowbel i
evedthatmanypeopl e
all
ow f alsehumi li
tyt ost i
fl
et heircreat i
vi
ty,whichcausest hem t ofallshor
tofsel f
-
actualizati
on.Psy chot herapyThehi erarchyofneedsconcepthasobv i
ousr amif
icati
ons
forpsy chotherapy.Mostpeopl ewhoseekpsy chotherapyprobabl ydosobecauset hey
hav enotadequat elysat isfi
edt heirloveandbel ongingnessneeds.Thi ssuggeststhat
muchoft herapyshoul dinv ol
veapr oductivehumanr el
ati
onshi pandt hatthejobofa
therapistist ohel pcl i
entssat isf
yl ov eandbel ongingnessneeds.Rel atedResearch
Resear chers hav ei nvest i
gated Masl ow's concept of sel f
-actual
izati
on in many
divergence set t
ings and f ora v ar i
etyofpur poses.Sel f-
Act ual
izat
ion and Int
imate
InterpersonalRelationsMi chaelShef f
ieldandhi scol l
eaguesusedt hePOIasameasur e
ofsel factual
izati
onandf oundt hathi ghscor esont hePOIwer einverselyr
elatedto
i
nter personalrel
ations.

Mor e speci f
ical
ly, people who appr oached self-
actual
izati
on tended t o be
sel
fmot i
vated,accept edfeeli
ngsofaggressi
on,andwer eabletosust ai
ni nti
macy.Self
-
Actual
izati
onandCr eativ
ityMar kRuncoandhiscoll
eaguesusedt heShor tIndexofSelf
-
Actual
izati
ont oassesssel f
-actual
i
zati
onandf oundaposi ti
ver el
ati
onshipbet ween
sel
factual
izati
onscor esandt womeasuresofcreati
vit
y.Alt
hought herel
ationshipswere
notstrong,theysuggestt hat,asMaslow'shypothesi
zed,creativi
tyisatl eastpartl
y
rel
atedtoself-actual
izati
on.

Self
-Actualization and Sel f
-Accept ance Some r esearcher shavet ested Maslow's
assumpt i
on thatsel f
-actual
i
zing peopl eacceptt hemsel v es.Onest udy( Sumerli
n&
Bundri
ck,2000)wi thAf ri
can-Americanbusi nessmenf oundt hatthosewhoscor edhi gh
onself-
actualizat i
ont endedt ohav ei ncreasedhappi nessandsel f-
fulfi
ll
ment .Another
studybyWi l
li
am Compt onandhi scol l
eaguesf oundt hatsel fact
ualizati
onr el
atedt o
opennesst oexper ienceandt oseeki ngoutnew andexci tingexperi
ences.Cr i
ti
queof
MaslowMasl ow'st heoryhasbeenpopul ari
npsy chologyandot herdiscipli
nes,suchas
management ,nur sing,and educat ion.Thehi erar
chyofneedsconceptseemsbot h
elementaryandl ogical,whichgivesMasl ow'stheorytheillusionofsimpl icit
y.Howev er
,
thetheoryissomewhatcompl ex,wi t
hf ourdimensionsofneedsandt hepossibil
it
yof
unconsciousl
ymot ivatedbehavior.

Asasci enti
fi
ct heory,Masl ow'smodelr ateshighingeneratingresearchbutl ow i
n
falsi
fi
abil
ity
.Oni t
sabi l
it
yt oor ganizeknowl edgeandgui deaction,thetheoryratesquit
e
high;on i t
s simplici
tyand i nternalconsistency,itrates onlyav erage.Conceptof
Humani tyMasl owbel i
evedt hatpeopl earest ruct
uredinsuchawayt hattheiracti
vat
ed
needsar eexact l
ywhatt heywantmost .Hungr ypeopledesiref ood,fri
ghtenedpeople
l
ookf orsaf et
y,andsof ort
h.Al thoughhewasgener al
lyopti
misticandhopef ul,Maslow
sawt hatpeoplear ecapableofgr eatevilanddest r
ucti
on.Hebel ievedthatasaspeci es,
humansar ebecomi ngmor eandmor efullyhumanandmot i
vatedbyhi gherlevelneeds.
Insummar y,Maslow'sv iewofhumani tyr ateshighonf reechoice,optimism,teleol
ogy,
anduni quenessandaboutav erageonsoci al i
nfl
uences.

MAY'
SEXI
STENTI
ALTHEORY

Overview ofMay 'sExi stentialTheoryExi stenti


alpsy chol
ogybegani nEur ope
shortl
yaf terWor l
dWarI Iandspr eadt otheUni tedSt ates,whereRolloMaypl ayeda
l
argepar ti npopulari
zingi t.Acl inicalpsychologistbyt r
aining,Maytookt heview that
moder npeopl efrequent l
yr unawaybot hf rom maki ngchoi cesandfrom assumi ng
responsibil
ity.Bi
ographyofRol loMayRol l
oMaywasbor ni nOhi oi
n1909,butgrewupi n
Michigan.Af tergraduatingf rom Ober l
i
nCol l
egei n1930,hespentt hr
eey earsroami ng
throughouteast er
nandsout hernEur opeasani t
inerantar ti
st.Whenher etur
nedt ot he
UnitedSt ates,heent eredt heUni onTheol ogicalSemi nary,from whi
chher eceiv
eda

110
Mast erofDivi
nit
ydegree.Het henser v
edf ortwoy earsasapast or,butquiti
norderto
pursueacar eeri
npsychology.Her ecei
vedaPh. D.incl i
nicalpsychologyfr
om Columbia
i
n1949att heageof40.Dur i
nghi sprofessionalcareer,heservedasl ect
urerorvisi
ti
ng
professoratanumberofuni v
er si
ti
es,conductedapr ivat
epr acti
ceasapsy chot
herapi
st,
andwr oteanumberofpopul arbooksont hehumancondi ti
on.Maydi edin1994atage
85.

Backgr oundofExi stenti


alism Sør enKi erkegaard,t heDani shphi losopherand
theologi an,isusual lyconsi deredt obet hef ounderofmoder nexistentiali
sm.Li kel ater
existentialists,heemphasi zedabal ancebet weenf reedom andr esponsi bil
ity.Peopl e
acqui r
ef reedom ofact ion by expandi ng t hei
rsel f-
awar eness and by assumi ng
responsi bi l
it
yf ort heiractions.Howev er,thisacqui si
ti
onoff reedom andr esponsi bil
it
yi s
achiev edatt heexpenseofanxi etyanddr ead.WhatI sExi stent i
ali
sm?Thef ir
stt enetof
existentialism i st hatexi stencet akepr ecedenceov eressence,meani ngt hatpr ocess
andgr owt har emor eimpor t
antt hanpr oductandst agnat i
on.Second,exi stent i
alists
opposet hear tif
icialsplitbetweensubj ectandobj ect.Third, theystresspeopl e'
ssear ch
formeani ngi nt heirliv
es.Four t
h,t heyi nsi stthateachofusi sresponsi bleforwhowe
areandwhatwewi llbecome.Fi f
th,mostt akeanant i
theoreticalposi ti
on,believingt hat
theoriest endt oobj ecti
fypeopl e.Basi cConcept sAccor dingt oexistentiali
sts,abasi c
unityexi stsbet weenpeopl eandt heirenv ir
onment s,auni tyexpr essedbyt het erm
Dasei n,orbei ng-in-t
he-wor ld.

Thr eesi mul taneousmodesoft hewor ldchar acterizeusi nourDasei n:Umwel t,


or
theenv ir
onmentar oundus; Mitwelt
,orourwor l
dwi thot herpeopl e; andEigenwel t,orour
relati
onshipwi thoursel f
.Peopl earebot hawar eoft hemsel vesasl i
vingbeingsandal so
awar eoft hepossi bili
tyofnonbei ngornot hingness.Deat hi sthemostobv iousf orm of
nonbei ng,whi chcanal sobeexper i
encedasr etreatf rom life'
sexper i
ences.TheCaseof
Phi l
ipRolloMayhel pedi l
lustratehisnotionofexi stentiali
sm wi tht hecaseofPhi li
p,a
successf ular chitecti nhi smi d-50s.Despitehi sappar entsuccess,Phi l
ipexper ienced
sev ereanxi et
ywhenhi sr elati
onshipwi t
hNi cole( awr it
eri nhermi d40s)tookapuz zli
ng
turn.Uncer tai
nofhi sf utureandsuf f
eri
ngf rom l owsel f
-esteem, Phili
pwenti nt otherapy
withRol l
oMay .Ev ent uall
y,Phi l
ipwasabl etounder standt hathisdi ffi
cult
ieswi thwomen
wer erelatedt ohi sear lyex peri
enceswi thamot herwhowasunpr edictableandanol der
sisterwhosuf feredf rom sev erement aldisor der s.Howev er
,hebegant or ecov eronly
afterheaccept edt hathi s" need"totakecar eofunpr edictableNi colewasmer elypartof
hisper sonalhi storywi thunst ablewomen.Anxi etyPeopl eexper ienceanxi etywhent hey
becomeawar et hatt heirexi st
enceorsomet hingi dent i
fi
edwi thitmi ghtbedest r
oy ed.

Theacqui sit
ion off r
eedom i nev it
ablyl eadst o anxiety,whi ch can beei ther
pleasur able and const ructive orpai nfuland dest r
uct i
ve.Nor malAnxi et y Growt h
producesnor malanxi ety,definedast hatwhi chispr opor t
ionat
et ot het hreat,doesnot
i
nv olver epression,andcanbehandl edonaconsci ousl evel
.Neur oticAnxi etyNeur ot i
c
anx i
et yisar eactiont hati sdispr oportionatet ot het hreatandt hatl eadst or epr
essi on
anddef ensivebehav iors.Itisf el
twhenev erone' sv aluesar etransf ormedi ntodogma.
Neur ot i
canxietybl ocksgr owt handpr oduct i
veact ion.Gui l
tGuil
tar iseswhenev erpeopl e
denyt hei
rpot enti
alit
ies, f
ailtoaccur atelyper ceivetheneedsofot hers, orremai nbl i
ndt o
theirdependenceont henat uralwor l
d.Bot hanxietyandgui l
tareont ological;thatis,they
refert ot he nature ofbei ng and nott of eeli
ngs ar isi
ng from speci fi
c si t
uations.
Intentionalit
yThest ructurethatgi vesmeani ngt oexper ienceandal lowspeopl etomake
decisions aboutt he futurei s cal l
ed i ntentionali
ty.Maybel iev ed t hati ntenti
onal it
y
per mitspeopl etoov ercomet hedi chot omybet weensubj ectandobj ect,becausei t
enabl est hem t oseet hatt heirintentionsar eaf unct ionofbot ht hemsel vesandt heir
env i
ronment .

Care,Love,andWi l
lCarei sanact i
vepr ocesst hatsuggest sthatt
hingsmatter
.
Lovemeanst ocar e,t
odelightinthepr esenceofanot herperson,andt oaffi
rmthat
per
son'
svalueasmuchasone' sown.Car eisalsoani mpor t
anti
ngr edi
enti
nwi l
l
,defi
ned
asaconsciouscommi tmenttoact i
on.UnionofLov eandWi l
lMaybel i
evedthatour
modernsociet
yhasl ostsi
ghtoft hetruenatureofl oveandwi l
l
,equat i
nglovewithsex
andwil
lwithwillpower.Hef ur
therheldthatpsy chologicall
yhealthypeopleareableto

111
combineloveandwi llbecausebot himplycar e,choice,act i
on, andr esponsi bi
lit
y.For ms
ofLoveMayi dent i
fi
edf ourki ndsofloveinWest er ntraditi
on: sex, eros,phil
ia,andagape.
Maybel i
evedt hatAmer icansnol ongerv i
ew sexasanat uralbi ologicalfunction,but
havebecomepr eoccupi edwi t
hitt othepoi ntoft rivi
alizat i
on.Er osi sapsy chological
desir
ethatseeksanendur ingunionwi thalov edone.I tmayi ncludesex, butitisbui l
ton
careandtenderness.Phi lia,aninti
mat enonsexualf riendshi pbet weent wopeopl e,takes
ti
met odev el
opanddoesnotdependont heact i
onsoft heot herper son.Agapei san
alt
rui
sti
corspirituall
ov et hatcarr
ieswi t
hitther iskofpl ay ingGod.Agapei sundeser ved
and unconditi
onal .Fr eedom and Dest i
ny Psy chologi cally heal thy individuals are
comfort
ablewit hfreedom, abletoassumer esponsi bil
it
yf ort heirchoices, andwi ll
ingto
facetheirdestiny.Fr eedom Def inedFr eedom comesf rom anunder standingofour
desti
ny.

Wear ef r
eewhenwer ecognizet hatdeat hisapossi bi
l
ityatanymomentand
whenwear ewi ll
i
ngt oexperiencechanges,ev eni nthef aceofnotknowi ngwhatt hose
changeswi llbr i
ng.FormsofFr eedom Mayr ecognized t wo formsoff reedom:(1)
fr
eedom ofdoi ng,orfreedom ofact i
on,whichhecal ledexi st
enti
alfreedom,and( 2)
fr
eedom ofbei ng,orani nnerfreedom,whi chhecal ledessent i
alfreedom.Dest i
ny
DefinedMaydef i
neddestinyas" t
hedesi gnoft heuni versespeaki ngthrought hedesi
gn
ofeach one ofus. "In otherwor ds,ourdest iny includes the li
mi t
ations ofour
environmentandourper sonalqualiti
es,incl
udi ngourmor t
ali
ty,gender,andgenet i
c
predisposi
ti
ons.Fr eedom anddest i
nyconst it
ut eapar adox,becausef r
eedom gains
vi
talit
yfrom desti
ny,anddest i
nygainssignifi
cancef r
om f reedom.

Phil
ip'sDest inyAf t
ersomet imeint her apy,Phil
ipwasabl et ostopbl aminghi s
mot herfornotdoi ngwhathet houghtsheshoul dhav edone.Theobj ectivefactsofhi s
chil
dhoodhadnotchanged, butPhili
p'
ssubj ectivepercepti
onshad.Ashecamet oter
ms
withhisdest iny,Phi l
ipbegant obeabletoexpr esshisanger ,tof eellesstrappedinhi s
rel
ationshipwi thNi cole,andt obecomemor eawar eofhispossi bil
it
ies.Inotherwor ds,
hegai nedhi sf reedom ofbei ng.ThePowerofMy thAccordingt oMay ,thepeopl eof
contempor aryWest ernci vi
lizati
onhaveanur gentneedf ormy t
hs.Becauset heyhav e
l
ostmanyoft heirtraditi
onalmy t
hs,theyt ur ntor el
igi
ouscul ts,dr ugs,andpopul ar
cult
ur etof i
llthev acuum.TheOedi pusmy thhashadapower fulef f
ectonourcul t
ur e
becausei tdeal swi thsuchcommonex istentialcri
sesasbi rth,separat i
onfrom parents,
sexualuni onwi thonepar entandhost il
it
yt owardt heot her,independencei none' s
searchf ori
dent ity
,and, fi
nally,deat
h.

Psy chopat hol ogyMaysaw apat hyandempt i


ness-notanxi etyandgui l
t-ast he
chiefexi stent i
aldi sor dersofourt i
me.Peopl ehav ebecomeal i
enatedf rom t henat ur al
wor ld( Umwel t),f rom ot herpeopl e( Mit
wel t)
,and f rom t hemsel ves ( Eigenwel t).
Psy chopat hologyi sal ackofconnect ednessandani nabi l
i
tyt of ulfi
llone' sdest i
ny .
Psy chot her apyThegoalofMay '
spsy chotherapywasnott ocurepat ientsofanyspeci fi
c
disor der ,butt o make t hem mor ef ull
y human.May sai dt hatt he pur pose of
psy chot her apyi st osetpeopl efree,toal l
ow t hem tomakechoi cesandt oassume
responsi bilityfort hosechoi ces.RelatedResear chMay 'stheoryofper sonal it
ydoesnot
l
endi tsel ft oeasi lyt establehy potheses,and,t her
efore,ithasnotgener atedmuch
resear ch.Nev ertheless,Jef fGr eenberg and hi s coll
eagues hav ei nv estigated t he
conceptoft errormanagement ,whichi sbasedont henot ionofex istentialanxi ety.In
gener al,Gr eenber g'sf indingsar econsistentwi thMay '
sdef i
niti
onofexi st entialanxiet y
asanappr ehensi onoft hreat
st oone' sexistence.Howev er,thisresear chcanal sobe
expl ainedbyot herpsy chologicaltheories.Crit
iqueofMayMay 'spsy chologyhasbeen
l
egi timat el
ycr iti
cized asbei ng ant i
theoreti
caland unj ustl
ycr it
icized asbei ng ant i-
i
nt ellectual .

May'santi
theoreticalapproachcal lsforanewki ndofsci ence-
onet hatconsiders
uniqueness and personalf reedom as cr ucialconcept s.Howev er,Page 51 of52
ASLagnadaI I
I/
090213Theor i
esOfPer sonal
itySummar izedaccor di
ngt othecr i
teriaof
presentscience,May '
st heoryratesl owonmostst andards.Current
ly,hi
st heor
yi sv ery
l
owoni tsabil
it
ytogener ateresearch,t obefalsi
fi
ed,andt oguideaction;l
owoni nt ernal
consist
ency( becausei tlacksoper ationall
ydef i
nedt er
ms) ,av
er ageonpar simony ,and

112
highoni t
sorganizationalpowersduetoit
sconsiderati
onofabr oadscopeoft hehuman
conditi
on.ConceptofHumani tyMayv i
ewedpeopl eascompl exbeings,capableofboth
tremendousgoodandi mmenseev il
.Peoplehav ebecomeal i
enatedfrom thewor ld,
from otherpeople,and,mostofall,f
rom t
hemsel v
es.Onthedi mensionsofaconceptof
humani ty
,Mayr ateshighonf r
eechoice,t
eleol
ogy,soci
ali
nfluences,anduniqueness.On
theissueofconsci ousorunconsciousfor
ces,histheor
ytakesami ddlepositi
on.

Cor
ev ueorKapwa(
al shar
edi
nnersel
f)

Kapwai s t he cor e const r


uct of Fi l
ipino Psy chology .Kapwahas t wo
cat
egor
ies,I
bangTaoandHi ndiIbangTao.
 IbangTao( "outsider")Ther ear ef i
vei nteractionl evelsundert hiscat egory:
 Paki kitungo:ci vil
it
y -I n Conf ucian et hi cs,r i
ght behav ior meant right
demeanort owar dsaut hor it
ies( Parents,El der s,
etc.).
 Paki kisalamuha:actofmi xing -Thi si s a soci alv alue t hati s pr
imari
ly
communi t
arianandConf ucian.Itespousest heabili
tyt oadapt .
 Paki kilahok:actofj oining-Thi st ranslat est o par ti
cipat i
onoft heent i
re
communi t
yt ohel paper son.
 Paki kibagay:conf ormi ty-Thi sr unsi ntoconf li
ctwi t
hi ndividualit
ywhi chmany
Fil
ipinosi nf actwi l
li
ngl yt hrowawayi nf av orofconf ormi tywi thdemandsof
thosewhoar einchar ge.
 Paki kisama:bei nguni tedwi ththegr oup.
 HindiI bang Tao( "
one- of-us" )Ther e ar et hree i nteracti
on l evel
s undert his
category:
 Paki kipagpal agayang- loob:actofmut ual trust
 Paki kisangkot :actofj oiningot hers
 Paki kipagkai sa:beingonewi thother s

Pi
vot
ali
nter
per
sonalval
ue
 Pakir
amdam:Shar ed i
nnerper
cept
ions.Fi
l
i nos usedamdam,ort
pi he i
nner
percept
ionofot
her
s'emot
ions,asabasi
ctoolt
ogui
dehi
sdeal
i
ngswi
thot
her
people.

Li
nki
ngsocio-
personalval
ue
 Kagandahang-
Loob:Shar
edhumani
ty.Thi
sref
erst
obei
ngabl
etohel
pot
her
peopl
eindir
eneedduet
oaper
cept
ionofbei
ngt
oget
herasapar
tofoneFi
l
ipi
no
humanit
y.

Accommodat
ivesur
faceval
ues
 Hi
ya:Loosel
yt r
ansl
atedas'
shy
ness'bymostWest
ernpsy
chol
ogi
st Hi
s, yai
s
actual
ly'
senseofpr opr
iet
y'.
 Utangnal oob:Norm ofrecipr
oci
ty.Fi
li
pinosareexpectedbyt hei
rneighborst o
ret
urnfavors—whetherthesewereaskedforornot—wheni ti
sneededorwant ed.
 Pakiki
samaandPaki ki
pagkapwa:SmoothI nter
personalRel
ati
onship,orSIR,as
coinedbyLy nch(1961and1973).Thisatti
tudeisprimari
l
yguidedbyconf ormity
withthemaj or
it
y.

Confr
ont
ati
vesur
faceval
ues
 Bahal
aNa:Bahal
aNat r
ansl
atesl
i
ter
all
yas"
leav
eitupt
oGod(
Bat
hal
a)"andi
tis
usedasanexpr ession,almostuni versal
ly,i
nFil
ipinoculture.Fil
i
pinosengagein
thebahal anaat t
it
udeasacul t
ure-i
nfl
uencedadapt ivecopi ngstrat
egywhen
facedwi thchall
engingsituati
ons.
 LakasngLoob: Thisattit
udei schar acter
izedbybeingcour ageousinthemidstof
problemsanduncer tai
nti
es.
 Pakikibaka:Li
teral
lyinEnglish, tmeansconcur
i rentclashes.Itrefer
stotheabi
li
ty
oftheFi l
ipi
notounder takerev olut
ionsandupr i
singsagainstacommonenemy .

113
Soci
etalvalues
 Kar angal
an:Loosel
ytr
ansl
ated t
o di
gni
ty,t
hisact
ual
l
yref
erst
o whatot
her
peopl eseeinaper sonandhow t heyuset hatinfor
mationtomakeast andor
j
udgeabouthi s/herwor t
h.
 Pur i:t
heext ernalaspectofdi gnity.Mayr ef
ert ohow otherpeoplejudgea
personofhi s/herwor th.Thiscompel sacommonFi l
i
pinot oconformt o
social
norms, regardl
esshowobsol etet heyare.
 Dangal :t
hei nternalaspectofdi gnity.Mayr efertohow aper sonjudgeshis
ownwor th.
 Katarungan:Loosel ytransl
atedt ojustice,thisactuall
yrefer
st oequityingivi
ng
rewar dstoaper son.
 Kalayaan:Freedom andmobi li
ty.I
ronicall
y ,
thismaycl ashwiththelessimport
ant
valueofpakikisamaorpaki ki
bagay(conf ormi t
y).

Appr
oachesandmet
hods

Approaches,orl
apit
,andmet hods,orpamamaraan,i
nFili
pinoPsy chol
ogyare
di
ff
erentfrom t hatofWest ernPsychology.InFi
li
pino Psy
chol
ogy ,t
hesubj ect
s,or
par
ti
cipant
s, edkal
cal
l ahok,areconsi
deredasequali
nstatustot
heresearcher.

Theparti
cipant
sareincludedintheresearchasagr oup,andnotasindi
vi
dual
s-
hence,anumpukan,ornat uralcl
uster
,isrequir
edt oser
veast hepart
ici
pant
s,perse.
Ther esearcheri
si ntr
oducedt oanat ur
alclusterbyatulay(bri
dge)
,whoi sapartof
theumpukanandi sawell-
respectedmanint hecommunity.

Someoft heappr oachesandmet hodsusedi nFi l


ipinoPsy chologyar e:
1. Pakiki
pagkuwent uhan:I nt hismet hod,t her esear cherengagesi nast ory-
tel
l
ing
with anumpukan.The r esearchermer ely ser ves as t he f acili
tator,whi l
e
thekalahokorpar t
icipantsar et heonewhoar et ot al
k.Thet erm kwent o,fr
om
theSpani shwor dcuent o,l
iteral
lymeans' tot ellast ory'
.
2. Panunul uyan:Int hi
smet hod,t her esear cherst aysi nthehomeofhi skal ahokor
part
icipantwhi leheconduct st her esear chwi t
hconsentbyt hehostf amily,
whoseheadser vesast het ulaytoanumpukan.Thet ermt uloy,whi chi stheroot
wordoft heterm panunul uyan, li
terall
ymeans' togoi n'.
3. Pagdadal aw-dal aw:I nt hi
smet hod,t her esear cheroccasi onal l
yv i
sitst hehouse
ofhishostort ulay,asopposedt ost ay i
ngi nt hehouse.Thet erm dal awl i
ter
all
y
means' v i
sit'
.
4. Pagtatanung- tanong:I nt his met hod,t he r esear cherunder goes a ki nd of
questioningsessi onwi thhi skal ahokorpar t
icipants.Int hismet hod,howev er,
'
leadquest i
ons'( thosequest ionswhi chdi rectl
yr efertot het opicbei ngst udi
ed)
arenotsupposedt obeasked, i
nst eadt hequest i
onst obeaskedar esupposedt o
have been der ived f rom t hekal ahok's answer s t hemsel v es. The
wordt anongl iterall
ymeans' quest i
on'.
5. Pakiki
ramdam:I nt his appr oach,t he r esear cheruses ent i
rely his/ herown
feel
ingsoremot i
onst ojust i
fyifhi spar ticipant sorkal ahokar ereadyt obepar t
ofhi sresear chornot .Thet erm damdam l i
terallymeans' innerper cepti
onof
emot i
ons' .

Psy
chopat
hol
ogy

Fil
ipino psy chopathology , orsikopatol
ohiyain Fil
ipi
no, from
Spanishpsicopatologia,ist hest udyofabnor malpsy chologyint heFi l
i
pinocont ext
.
Severalment aldisordershav ebeeni dentif
iedthatcultur
e-boundsy ndromes,andcan
ther
eforebef oundonl yint hePhi l
ippinesori nothersocieti
eswi t
hwhi chFili
pinosshar e
cult
uralconnecti
ons.Exampl esofsuchar e:
 Amok:Mal ayanmooddi sorder ,mor eaptlycal
led"AustronesianMoodDi sorder"
,
inwhi chaper sonsuddenl yl osescont rolofhimselfandgoesi nt oakill
ingfrenzy,
afterwhichhe/ shehal l
ucinat esandf all
sintoat r
ance.Af t
erhe/ shewakesup, he
hasabsol utel
ynomemor yoft heev ent.

114
 Bangungot:Ar el
ati
velycommonoccur r
encei nwhi chapersonsuddenlyl oses
controlofhi
sr espi
rati
onanddigesti
on,andfallsintoacomaandul t
imatelyto
death.Thepersonisbelievedt
odream offall
i
ngi ntoadeepaby ssattheonset
ofhisdeath.Thi ssyndromehasbeenr epeatedlylinkedt
oThailand'
sBrugada
syndromeandtot heingesti
onofri
ce.However,nosuchmedi caltieshavebeen
proven.

Mani
fest
ati
onofuni
ver
salment
aldi
sor
der
s
Fil
ipinopsychopathologyalsorefer
st ot
hedif
fer
entmani
fest
ati
onsofment al
di
sorders i n Fili
pino peopl e. One example of such is the manifest
at i
on
ofdepressionandschizophreniainFi
li
pinos,whi
char
e,fort
hemostpart,l
essv i
olent.
Psycho-medi ci
neandfait
hheal er
s

Fil
ipi
no psy chomedicine, orsi
komedikal na sikol
ohiyain Fili
pino, i
s the
appl
icati
on ofbasic psy chol
ogyt o nati
ve heali
ng pr
acti
ces loosel
yconsi der
ed as
'
medicine'
.Thesepr acti
cesarecloselyti
edtot hefai
thheal
ers,aswellast othenat
ive
pagan priest
esses l i
ke thebabay l
anorkat
alonan,who wer e suppressed by the
Spaniar
dsdur i
ngtheircol
onizati
onofthePhil
ippines.

Exampl
esofsuchpr acticesi ncl ude:
1.Hilot:Theuseofmassaget oai dapr egnantmot herint hedel i
veryofherchi ld.
2.Kulam: Hexorbewi t
chment .
3.Lihi:An i ntensecr av ing f orsomet hing orsomeonedur ing pregnancy .Fai t
h
healersormanghi hi
lott est i
fyt hatift hecr avingi snotsat i
sf i
ed,abnor mal i
tyof
thechi ldmayr esult.
4.Pasma:A conceptt hatexpl ainshowi nit( heat)andl ami g(cold)t oget hercan
resultini ll
ness, especi al lyr heumat i
sm.
5.Sust o: Soul-fli
ght.Der ivedf rom Lat i
nAmer icant r
adi t
ions.
6.Pagt atawas:A met hod ofdi agnosing i llness wher einal um (caledt
l awas)i s
ri
tualisticallyusedbyt heal bul aryoormedi cinemanf ordi agnosi sofav ar i
etyof
healthcondi tons.Thet
i awasi susedt o'cross'( signoft hecr oss)t hef or ehead
andot hersuspi ciousorai li
ngpar tsoft hebodyaspr ay er sar ebei ngwhi spered
(bulongoror acion) .Itist henpl acedongl owi ngember s,r emov edwheni tstart
s
tocr ack, thent ransf erredt oasmal lrecept acleofwat er .Asi tcools, i
tssof tened
form spr eadsont hewat ersur faceandassumesashapet hatmaysuggestt he
causeoft hei ll
ness,of tenoneofsev erali ndigenousf orces:dwar fs,dev i
lsor
otherev ilspi ri
ts( na-nuno, na-kul am,na- demonyo) .Thewat erint hev ehicleis
thenusedt oanoi ntt heai li
ngpar torpar tsoft hebodyt ocount eractt heev il
forcesori l
lness.Thet awasi st hendi scar dedandt hr ownwest war d,pr eferabl
y
i
nt otheset tingsun.
7.Usog:Aconceptt hatexpl ainshow ababywhohasbeengr eetedbyast r
anger
acqui resamy ster i
ousi llness.Appar ent l
yder i
vedf rom t heSpani sht raditi
on
ofMal deOj o.
8.Gabâorgabaa: TheVi say anconceptofnegat i
v eKar ma.

Si
kol
ohi
yangPi
l
ipi
no-Vi
rgi
l
ioEnr
iquez

Hakbangtungosapaggi
singngdiwangPili
pinomulasakanil
angkolony
alnakaranasan-
-
i
toaylabansasikol
ohiy
anglumagosamgai ndust
ri
ali
zedcount
ri
esnapili
ti
nil
alapatsa
i
sangThi
rdWor l
dnabansy agay
angPili
pinas.

1.Anobat alagaangSP?
Ang SP ay hi ndiisang reaksyunar
yong disi
pli
nang ini
mbentong mga anti
-
Kano.AngSPaynakaugatsaat i
ngkasay sayan.Bagopadumat i
ngangmgaKast i
laay
maysi kolohi
yanat ay
o.Nasaanyoi tongmgaal amat,sal
awikai
n,atbp.Naki
ki
tasamga
i
toangpandai gdigangpananaw( worldvi
ew)ngat i
ngmgani nuno.Angatingki
nagi
snang
si
kolohiyaayisangbat ayanngSP.

115
2.Saan- saanmaki kit
aangSPsapagbabagongpanahon?
May SP r in sa mga akda ni na Rizal,Jaci
nto,Luna,atbp.Sapanahon ng
pagbabagong- isip,i
sinulongnilaanginteresngmgaPili
pinoatit
inuwi
dangmgamal i
ng
pag-aakala.
Samgapag- aaralnaginawanoongpanahonngmgaAmer i
kano.
Pakiki
l
ahok
ngmgasi kol
ohi stasapagl utasngsuli
raninngl
ipunansapanahonngsigal
ot.
Makiki
tari
n
sawi ka,kul
turaatpananawngmgaPi li
pino.

3.Hi
ndibabagoangSP?
Sakaranasannat
in,hi
ndi
.
Sapor
malnaakademy
a,masasabi
ngsanggolpaang
SP.

4.Paanonaangi bangteyorya(Kanlur
anin)?
Huwagi basur
aangmgai to,maysi l
bipar i
nsil
asapagpapaliwanagngpagkil
os
ngt
ao.
Maging kr
it
ikalpagdati
ng sa pagt anggap ng mga t eyory
ang .Kanl
urani
n.Masusi
munangsuri
inbagogami t
in.
"Cri
ti
calrej
ecti
oni sasdangerousatuncri
ti
cal
accept
ance.
"

5.AngSPbaayi sangagham?
Oo,dahi lit
oaykaal amangt agapagt anda,tagapal
iwanagat minsa'
yt agal
utasng
mga sul i
ranin nat i
ng mga Pi l
i
pino.Scienti
fic ang SP dahi l mer on di n i t
ong
sistemat i
kongpr osesongsi nusunodsapagkal apngmgadat os.
It
oaysi kolohi
y alna
teorya,met odo atapl i
kasyongpi
nauunl ad sa pamamagi tan ng kultur
ang Pi lipi
no
bilangbatay an.Tunguhinpar inngSPangmakahanapngmgauni ber
salnateoryaukolsa
pagkat ao.Angpokusngal amangaysapagkat aongPi l
i
pino.Mulasapagbubukl odng
mga si kolohiyang bat ay sa bawatkultura,mas makat otohanan ang uni bersalna
sikolohiyangmat at
amo.

6.Anoangmaaarikonggawi
nparasaikauunl
adngSP?
a)Pagi
gingkri
ti
kal
.
b)Paki
ki
lahoksamgaisy
ungkinakaharapngmgaPi
l
ipi
no

Hinihikayatangmgasikolohi
stanglumabassakani
langmgal aborator
yoatmakibagagi
nangmaki t
anil
aangkalagayanngmasnakar ar
amingPili
pino-
-pagbabamulasat oreng
garing.
Paanokagagawangpag- aaralkunghi
ndimonaii
nti
ndihanonararanasanangkani
lang
kalagay an?

c) Gumawa ng pananali
ksikukolsa mga kat utubong konseptot
ulad ng
tampo,lambi
ng,
sali
ng-pusa,atbp.Sapaggawang pananal iksi
k,huwag
kal
imutannaangmgat aongki nukunanngimpor masyonaydi l
amang
subj
ect
skundidapatkalahoksainyongpag-
aaral

d)Maki
bukl
odsaibapangnanini
walasaSPatsama-
samang
i
sul
ongangdi
wangPili
pinoatmaka-
Pil
i
pino

7.Anu-
anoangmgabat ayanngSPsakul turaatkasaysayan?
a)Kinagi
snangsikolohiya
 Mgaar al
,ri
twalngmgabaaby l
anatkatalonan,
mgadal angi
n,kuwent
ong-
bayan,alamat ,epi
ko
 Lit
erat
urangmgaPi li
pino,
pasali
tamanopasul at
 Mgakaugal i
angmi nanangmgaPi l
ipi
no
 Mgaugaliatpani ni
walatungkolsapag-aarugangbata

b)Angtaoatangkany angdiwa
 Nagt atagposabatayangitoangSPatangSikolohiy
asaPi l
i
pinas
 AngSPaybahagi atkabahagingsi
kol
ohiy
asadai gdig
 Ang t eorya ng dalawang kalul
uwanapi
naniniwalaan ng kat
utubo sa
Pi
li
pinasayon

116
 kaySal azar(1974)aybi nubuongdi waatngkakambal nito
 Ang pag- uugat ng si kol
ohiya bi lang di
siplinangakademiko ay may
mahabang kasay say an saUnibersidad ng San Car los na kung saan
angsikolohiyangteoreti
kalaybi ni
gy anngpagpapahal agani Goer
tz( 1965)
 Layunin di t
o ang makabuo ng i sangpangkal ahatang lar
awan ng mga
kaalamanat bat
aspangkai si
pan
 Naritoangi mpluwensi y
angAl emannanag- ugatsapananal i
ksi
kniWundt ,
nagdaan sa kamay ni Kulpe, at nanul ay sa pagt uturo ni
JohannesLi ndwurskyhanggangsamgakasal ukuy angpag-aaralniGoertz
 Ang si stemang i t
o ng si kolohi
y a na may mal aki
ngimpluwensy a sa
kal
agi t
aang Pi l
ipi
nas ay ki l
alar insa taguri
ng si kol
ohia ng "tanso at
pompy ang. "

c) Angpanahonngpagbabagong- i
sip
 Hi ndidapatmangi ming hanapi
n ang ugatngsi
kol
ohi
ya ng wi
ka sa
l
eksikogr
apiya ni PerdoSerr
ano Laktaw o sa mga gi nawa ng
poklor
ist
angsiI
sabel
odel osReyes

 Maramingmabubuongkaal amangsikol
ohikalmul
asamgaakdangmga
Pil
i
pinong t umatalakay samga paksang makabuluhan para sa
mgasikol
ohista,t
uladngpag- i
bigsakalikasan(
del
Pil
ar,1988)omga
sal
oobintungkolsakamatayan(
delPi
lar
,1907).

d)Angpanahonngpagpapahal agasaki l
osatkakay ahanngt ao
 Agust i
nAlonzo--angkauna- unahangPi l
i
pinongnagt aposngMast erado
saSini
ngngSikolohiyasaUP
 Kapanahon ni ya siHar tendorp na isa sa mganunang Amer i
kanong
nagpaki
tanginteressasikolohiy
aditosaatin
 Teor yaniOsi
as( 1940)tungkolsakaugnay anngwi kasal i
punanayi sang
hal
imbawangpag- uugnaysakaal amangpangl i
nggwi st
ikasakilosngtao.
 Mgagawai nninaI si
doroPanl ai
gui(1952),
SinforosoPadill
a( 1961,1963)
atAlf
redoLagmay (1964)napawangnagpapahal agasaki l
osat kal
agayan
ngtao.

e) Ang panahon ng pagpapahal aga sa sul iranin ng l i


punan nat umat alakay
sapagpapanaogngmgasi kol
ohistangPilipinomul asakani langt
orenggar ing
 Bukod- tangiangpagpapahal agangibi nigayni Aldaba-Lim( 1938,1957m
1963, 1966b, 1969) samga sul i
ranin sa l ipunan. Si ya ang
pinakamadal ashumi
kay atssa mga si kolohistang bumaba sakani lang
torenggar i
ngatmakinigsamgasul i
rani nngbay an.
 Ang pagpapahal aga sa mga sul ir
ani n ng lipunan ay habang- buhayna
uukilki
lsai sipanngbawat si
kolohi
stangnai smagt agosakat ahi
mi kan
ngkany angpagsuringdat os( dat
apr ocessi ng)or pag-eeksperiment o( l
ab
control).

f
) Angwi ka,kultur aatpananaw ngmgaPi l
i
pinonasi yangpinakapundament al
nasali
ganngi bapangbat ayangnabanggit.
 Pi nakapundament al na sal igan ng mga bat ayangit
o ay ang
pagpapahal agasawi ka,kult
uraatpananawngmgaPi l
ipino
 Napakahal agangbat ayanngSPangwi kangkatutubosaPi l
ipi
nasdahi l
"angkasay say anngsi
kolohiyasaPili
pinasayssaksisanapakar ami
ngpag
-aaralnai sinagawasamgawi kangday uhan.I
toaymapangani bkung
kabaligtar
an ngkat ot
ohanan ang maki t
ang resulta ng pananali
ksiksa
i
sangkul t
ur anai si
nasagawaay onsapananawatwi kangi bangkult
ura."
 Angwi kaayi sangmahal agangdaluyangmaaar i
ngbaguhi nbil
angsali
gan
ngpananal iksik.

117
8.AnoangIskal
angMananal i
ksi
k?
 Mga met odong gi nagami t ng i
sang mananaliksi
k sasikolohi
ya sa
pagtatarok ng diwa ng kal ahok.
It
o'y mga metodong subok na ang
kakayahangl umikom ngi mpormasyonsakult
urangPi l
i
pino,atangkolsa
pag-uugali
atpangar aw-araw napamumuhayngmgaPi li
pino.
Inayosit
o
ayonsaant asngpagkamasal imuotngmgaparaan( mulasapinakasimpl
e
hanggangsapi nakamasalimuot)
 Pagmamasi d(mal ay
o,mababaw)
 Pakiki
ramdam
 Pagtatanung-tanong
 Pagsubok
 Pagdalaw-dalaw
 Pagmamat yag
 Pagsubay bay
 Pakiki
alam
 Pakiki
lahok
 Pakiki
sangkot( verypart
icipat
ory
,malal
im,mal
apit
)

9.AnoangIskalangPagt utunguhanngMananal i
ksikatKalahok?
 Mga met odong i minumungkahi ng dapatgami ti
n ngmananal iksi
k sa
kany angpag- aaralngdi wangPil
ipinosapamamagi tanngkalahok
 Ang ant as ng pagt utunguhan ay siayar i
ng ant as ngi
mpor masyong
makukuha
 Sa si kolohi
sya,i minumungkahing ang pagt ut
unguhan ay parat
ingi
n sa
antasngpaki kipagpalagayang-
loob,sapagkatsagani t
ongpar aanlamang
mat atarokangt unayna
 kaloobanngkal ahok

Ant
asngpakiki
pag-ugnay an/pakikipagkapwa
a)Ibangtao:
 Paki kitungo-ibangt ao
 Paki kisalamuha-madal asnangmaki t
a
 Paki kil
ahok-act ivepar ticipati
on
 Paki kibagay-adj ustmentwi t
hothers
 Paki kisama-nat ur alrelati
on
b)Hindiibangt ao:
 Paki kipagpalagay ang-loob-pal agayangloob
 Paki kisangkot-mayki nalaman/ empathy
 Paki kii
sa-pagi i
sangdi bdib

10.Anoangiba'
t-i
bangaspet o/
dimensy
onngpaki
ki
pagkapwa
 Levelofcomf ort
 Sharedexperiences
 LevelofDiscl
osure
 Concern
 PhysicalDi
stance

11.Anoangmgakat angi
anngisangmaka-Pi
li
pinongpananal
iksi
k?
a)Mahalagaangugnay anngmananal
iksikatkal
ahok
b)Pant
ayangkal ahokatmananal
i
ksik(omasunapaangkal ahok)

12.Anoangmgabat ay
anngpar amasabingangisangbagayay
maka-
Pil
i
pino?
a)Nakaugatsakai
sipanatkar
anasangPili
pino
b)Maypagpapahal
agasakul t
urangPil
i
pino
c) Nagl
alay
onggi
singi
nangdiwangPili
pino

118
13.Saanongmgaaspet onai
sa-
Pil
i
pinoangSP?
 Tey orya-
metodo
 Ni l
alaman
 Pr akti
satgamit

14.Anoangapatnat r
adisyonngSikol
ohi
ya?
 Akademiko-siyent
ipi
ko
 Akademiko-pil
osopiko
 Taalnasikolohia
 Si
kolohi
yangsi ko-medi
kal
15.AnoangcoreconceptsaSP?
Kapwa(mul asamgasal it
angkal
uluwa+kat
uwang)

16.Anoangtat
longuringdibi
syongpanl
ipunan?
 Economic
 Poli
ti
cal
 Cult
ural-
->GreatCult
ural
Divi
deoGCD

17.Anu-
anoangmgaur
ingpagt
ulong?

a)Kawanggawa-t empor aryo,


nauubos( hali
mbawa: cannedgoods,pera)
b)Technol ogicalt
ransfer-wal angfoll
owt hrough(hal
imbawa:bahaypar asa
mganasal antanglahar);maaar i
nghindiangkopsasitwasyon(hali
mbawa:
pagtutur
ongmagbasasamgabat a,ngunithindingkompr ehensyonat
hindinamanpalanilanai i
nti
ndihanangkani l
angbinabasa.
)
c) Empower ment - pi nakamat aas na ur ing pagt ulong;angklasikong
halimbawa:huwagbi gyanngi sdaangi sangtaongnagugutom,bagkusay
turuansiy
akungpaanomangi sda

18.Anoangmgapr oblemasapaggami tngbany agangwi


ka?
 Marginal
izati
on-pagkukul
angsapagunawa
 Di
storti
on-hindiangkopnapagbibigaykahul
ugan
 Al
ienati
on-masy adongnapapalayoangkonseptopar
amaunawaan

19.Anu-
anoangmgakar anasangPi
li
pinosawi
ka?
 Katutubongkonsepto
 Pag-aandukha
 Pagbibinyag
 Pagtatakdangkahulugan
 Banyagangkonsept o
 Impluwensyangligaw

20.Buodngpagkakai bangKanl ur
aningSi kolohi y
aatSPKSSP
a)Sinoangnaki kinabangmananal iksikkal
ahok
b)Saan nakabat ayang t agumpayhusayng mananal iksikr
elasyon ngng
mananali
ksik?mananal i
ksikatkal ahok
c) Anoangmahal aga?Resultaproseso
d)Sinoangmaykapangy ar
ihan?Mananal iksi
kkal
ahok
e) Wikangginagami t
?Mananal iksikkalahok
f) Kali
kasanngpapel naginagampanancl ear
lydefi
nedi
nterchangeabl
e

21.Met
odol
ohi
yangmaka- Pi
li
pino:
Lapi
t/Met
odo
 Paki
kipagkuwentuhan
 Panunuluyan
 Pagdadalaw-dal
aw

119
 Pagtat
anung- t
anong
 Paki
kiramdam
 Pakapa-kapa
 Paki
kipagpalagayang-
loob
 Paki
kisama
 Paki
kipanayam

22.Met
odol
ohiyangmaka-Pil
ipi
no:mai
nst
ram met
hods(
"t
ool
s")
 Pagtatanung-t
anong
 Pagmamasi d
 Ginabay angTal
akayan
 Pakikipagkuwent
uhan

JUNGIANTHEORYANDSOCI ALWORKPRACTI
CE
Her
manBorenzwei
g
UNTVERSTTYOFSOUTHERNCALIFORNI
A
SCHOOLOFSOCI ALWORK

I
ntr
oduct
ion

Car
lJung’s contr
ibut
ions to psychol
ogy,psycho-
ther
apy,andsoci
alsci
ence
havehadlit
tl
eimpactuponsoci alwor kpract
ice.Soci
alWorkAbstr
actt
oli
stsonl
yone
art
icl
ewhereJungi
ant heoryi
sutil
izedbysocialworker
s.McBroom hasr
ecentl
ywri
tt
en

120
anarti
cle
"TheCollect
iveUnconsci
ousasaUni f
yingConcepti nTeachingHumanBehav iorCr
oss
Cult
ural
ly:”I
fonlytwoar ti
clesaboutJungi anpsychologyhaveappearedint hesocial
workl i
terat
ureint he l
astt welve-y earsi tseemssaf et o assume either that
the ,
Jungian ori
ented socialwor
kers pr act
ice t
heirJung underground andf ai
lt o
publi
shont hatJungr emainsanathemat otheprofessi
on.

In pantone oft his art


icl
e an attemptwi llbe madeto under
stand why
socialwork haschosen t oignore Jung’steachi
ngs.Thecompati
bil
it
y ofJungian
andsocialwor ktheoryist he contentoft he secondpartofthe paper
.Thepaper
proposesthat the incorpor
ation ofJungian theoryint
o soci
alwonkt heory may
i
nspireourf ut
urecr eat
ivegrowthasapr ofessi
on.

ThePol
it
icsofPopul
ari
ty

Inoneofhi smor eintimateinter


changeswi thacol l
eagueFr eudspokeabout
hissecr etambitiont o bemor ethewr it
erthant hepsy chotherapi
st.4 Fr
eudut ili
zi
ng
the gr eatGerman aut hors Lessing andGoet he as hi slit
erarymodel s,was an
excell
entwr it
er;Jung’s wr it
ingwascumber some and at t i
mes uni ntel
ligibl
e.As
Rober tBlythe contempor ary poet who i s a Jungian put i t,”
Jungwi th al lhi s
greatness was notgood wi th words.Iam sorryaboutthat.Ani maandAni musar e
notver ygoodwor dstoconv eyJung'sconcepts."Part
lybecauseofhi sexcellentwr i
ti
ng
skil
lFr eud overshadowed Jung i nt he publi
shed polemics aboutt heirt heoreti
cal
dif
ferences.

Jungbecamedi
sreput
abl
ebecauseofal
l
egedsuppor
toft
heNazipar
tydur
ing
Wor
ldWarI
I.

I
n1933Jungt ookov ertheedi
tor
shi
poft heZent
ral
blattf
urPsy chotherapy.In
hisfi
rstedi
tor
ialcommentJungst at
ed: "
Thatther
eareact ualdif
ferencesbet ween
GermanicandSemi t
icpsychologyhaslongbeenknownt ointel
li
gentpeopl e. These
dif
fer
encesarenolongergoingtobeobli
ter
ated,
whichcanonlybet otheadv antageof
sci
ence."

To take a commentsuch as t he preceding one outofcont extwi thout


understandi
ngJungasahumanbei ngdoeshi m agr av einj
ust
ice.Jungbel i
evedt hat
thepsy cheofeachmember ,ofeachet hnicgroupcont ainedthecoll
ecti
veunconsci ous
my t
hologyoft hegroup. Withi
nJung' sv iew Germani candSemi t
icmy t
hologies;and
cult
uresdiff
er .Lungwasut terl
ybewi lderedandt akenabackbyt hestormt hathehad
gatheredabouthi mself
.Heaskedwhyi twasi nor derf orhimtodiscussdi ff
erencesi n
FrenchandEngl i
shpsychol
ogyorWest ernand-Chi nesepsy chol
ogywith-outreprisalbut
couldnotdoaboutJews.Hi sdisciplesmanyoft hem Jewsf el
thisremar kswer et rul
y
i
nnocentofanyder ogat
oryormal i
ciouspol i
ti
cali
ntent.

Unfor
tunat
elyJungalsobel
iev
edanancientmyt
hthatagreatRei
chwoul
dri
sein
Ger
many.Hewast ooslowt or
ecognizeThatt
hegov
ernmentofAdolphHi
tl
erwasnot
t
heful
fi
ll
mentofthi
smy th.

Ci r
cumst ant i
alev i
dencewasgat heredbysomeFr eudi
ansasammuni tionfor
theirt heor eti
calbat tl
e wi t
ht he Jungi ans designed to associate Jung wi t
ht he
Reichsf uhreroft heNaziPsy chother
apySoci et
y.Appear ingsi mult
aneouslytoJung’ s
editori
al statementi nthe
Zent r
alblattment ionedabov ewasRei chsfuhrer'
sProfessorDr .M.H.Goring'
sst atement
tot he Nazichapt er
,"thesocietyassumesofal lmember swhoar eacti
veaswr it
ersor
speaker s t hatt hey hav ewor kedt hrough i n allscientif
icearnestAdol phHi tl
er'
s
fundament alwor k“ MeinKamf "andthatt heyacknowl edgeitasthebasisoft heirwork.
"
Itisironict hatJung' scontactwithDr .M.H.Gor i
ng,acousi nofthenot ori
ousHer man
Goring,wasf ort hepur poseorpr ot
ect i
nghi sJewi shcolleaguesinGer manyandt o

121
pr
ovi
det
hem wi
thsomei
nter
nat
ional
stat
usi
fexpel
l
edf
rom Ger
many
.

Our r etr
ospective knowl edge about Jung as a humani tarian makes i t
i
nconcei vabl ethathewoul dsuppor ttheMazi butchers.Jung' st heor yacknowl edgest he
i
mper f
ectionofman,humanf all
ibil
it
y .Jungconf essedhi sowner rorsaboutt heNazi s.
JustasJungaccept edt heshadowbehav i
orofhi scl ientsandt huscur edt hem,Letus
trytounder standandf or gi
veJungf orhisselfacknowl edgeder rors.Jung' sopt imistic
cli
nicalbentmadehi m slowt ocondemnt heNazi s.Hehadanopt imi stichopet hatthe
Nazi swer ecapabl eofr eli
nquishingt heirmadness.Heconf essesi nal etterdat edApr i
l
20, 1946t hathehadi ll
usionsaboutpeopl ewheni tcamet oNazi sm.Jungconf essedt o
thegal lantRabbiLeoBaeck:" Islippedup. "(Ont hesl ipperyGr oundsofPol it
ics. )Jung's
mi stakeaccor di
ngtoj af f
e( andi nhi sownopi nionaf tertheev ent )layi nt alkingt oo
much. Jaf feemphasi zest hef actt hatJungwast ooopt i
mi st i
candgoesont osay ,
"whichpr ov esonceagai nthet ruism t hatagr eatsci enti
stisnotnecessar il
yagood
politi
cian."WhenRabbiBaeckhear dJung' ssideoft hest oryatameet i
ngt heyhadi n
Zur i
chi mmedi at
elyaf t
ert hewarRabbiBaeckbecamecompl etelyr econci ledt oJung
andannouncedt hi
sf actpubl i
cly.Af termeetingt heNazil eader sJungr ecogni zedt hat
theywer ei ndeedmadmen.Tor epeatJungr egrettedt hathewassl owt or ecogni zethe
Nazi barbarityandslowt odecl ar
ehi sant i
-Nazism.

Jung'
sr eput
ati
onandi nfluencei nAmer i
caint he1930'
s,1940'sandpostwar
yearssuf f
eredt r
emendouslygivent heant i
-f
asci
standpol i
ti
calcli
mateoft hi
ser a.Of
equalimpor tancetwoaspectsoft hecontentJung’stheor
yhadt oawai tt
heirti
mef or
acceptance. Jungr ei
ntr
oducest hef emini
nepr i
ncipl
eandt heGodcompl exf orthe
achievementofpsy chol
ogicalwhol eness.Bothconcept sf
oundinfert
il
egroundt otake
rootandf l
our i
shinasocialcul
turalcli
mat esubsumedbypr edominantl
ypatri
archaland
scient
ifi
cwor ldvi
ews.

Theaforement
ionedaspect
sofJung'stheor
ymadehim unpopularandy etthis
paperproposesthatitispreci
sel
ytheseconceptsthatcur
rentl
yhaver el
evancef or
soci
alworkpracti
ce.Thefemini
nepri
nci
pleandtheCodcomplexther
efor
ecanser veas
l
ogicaltr
ansit
ionsint
ot hesecondpartoft hi
spaperwheret heywil
lbemor efully
di
scussed.

ThePot
ent
ialCont
ri
but
ionofJungi
anTheorytoSoci
alWor
kTheor
yandt
oSoci
alWor
k
Pract
ice

Forsoci alworkersdispleasedwithlabel
ingpersonswit
hindiagnosti
ccat egori
es
Jungof fer
st henotionofwhol enessasopposedt opat hol
ogy
.Eachofus,say sJung,
achieveswhol enessbyintegratingourpersonaandshadow.Theper sonaisourmask
tothewor ld:how wechooset oappeart oot hersandhow wechooset ointegr
ate
ourselvesi nto societ
yv iaoursoci alrol
es. Per l
man’sPersonai mmedi atel
yof f
ers
congruencebet weenJungi anandsoci alwor k.
theory.InhertextPerl
manemphasi zes
assisti
ngt heper sonswewor kwi t
ht odevelopthei
rwor kandloverolesipsof actoto
developast r
ongper sona.

Incontr
ast
,theshadowcont
ainsaspect
sofour
-sel
vesequival
entt
owhatHarry
Stack Sul
li
van would cal
l"notme”RobertBlv'
simagery aboutitcan assi
stour
underst
andingoft
heshadow:

Wecomei nt
ot hewor l
dwi ththr
eehundr edsi xtydegr eesofper sonali
ty,afull
circle.Theni magi neal i
tt
leblackbagnextt oyoupl aceal ltheaspect sofyourself
thaty ou’
rePar ents,teachers,andothersignif
icantper sonst rainy out odisown.
Ify ouar eamany oumayputy ourappropriater age,y ourt ender nessintothe
black bag. I fy ou're a woman y ou may puty ou’re aggr essi v
e scienti
fi
c
propensi ti
esi ntot hebl ackbag. Bef or
el ong t heman’ sper sonalit
ycanbe
repr esentedbyapi eceoft hecircl
esobi g;Essent ialaspect sofbot ht heir
per sonalit
iesar eplacei ntotheblackbag,ar el ostint heshadow.Mostofus
spendei ghteeny earsofourl iv
esburyingpartsofour selv esintot heshadowand

122
spendt
henextfift
yyear
stry
ingt
or ecovert
hem.
Intheprocessofeachspouserediscover
inghi
sorhershadow,amari
talpai
r
mayspendhundr edsofhoursf
indingoutwhotheyr
eall
yareandift
heyreall
y
bel
ongtogether
.

Not
ethedial
ect
icstr
uct
ureofJung'sconcept
s.Thesel
fist
hei
ntegr
ati
onoft
he
uni
tyofopposi
tesnamel
ythepersonaandshadow.

Mor ei mportantforourdiscussi onFr eudandmanyofhi sf ol


lowersv iewedt he
shadow ast hesickpartofour sel
ves.Jungsay si tisonlywhenwet r
yt oli
v eoutour
shadow t hatwe may geti nto dif
ficul t
y withoutsoci ety. Viewing one's shadow
nonpejor ati
velyasanunconsci ousundev elopedpar tofoneselfi
ssubt l
yy etsignif
icantl
y
dif
ferentt handisowni ngtheshadowasasi ckpar tofoneself.Whenwecount eractthe
depleti
onofourener gyrequir
edt oguar dagai nstourer r
oneousf ear
soft heshadow' s
energy, whenwei ncorporat
etheener gyav ai
lablefrom theshadowi nt
ooursel fsystem,
wer ediscov erournatural
lycur
ious,l
ustf ul
l,vi
talselvesandbecomef r
eet oexpl or
e,love,
andcr eativelyengageourwor l
d.Rober tBlydescr i
beshisi ncor
porati
onofhi sshadows.

Iam fif
tyy ear
soldandIf
eel
moreal
iv
enowt hanwhenIwasyounger
.Whenyou
accepty ourshadow when y
ou no l
ongerguard agai
nstit
s ener
gy y
our
depressionlif
ts.

Blygoesontodescr
ibeJung'
scapacit
ytolaughf
rom thedept
hsofhi
sbeing,
an
exampl
arofwhatoccur
swhenoneonl ongerf
earsandaccent
shisownshadow.

Freud'sconceptoft hei dsoundssi mi lart oJung'sconceptoft heshadow.The


subt l
edifferencesbet weent het woar epr of ound.Tor epeatforemphasi s,toFr eudthe
shadow equi val
entoft hei dwast obedef endedagai nstthr
oughi solati
on,repression,
denial,andot hermechani smsofdef ense.Fr eud' sconceptofsubl i
mat i
on,thecapaci ty
oft heegot oi ncorporateidi mpul sesanddi ver tthem intohi ghersoci alact scomes
closesttoJung' sviewaboutt heshadow.Adl ersumsupt hemaj ordiff
erencei nFreud
andJung' smaj oremphases.Adl erspeaksofFr eud'st hr
ustascausat ive-
-reducti
vev s.
Jung'st hrustassy nthet
iccr eative.Fr eudi nter pretedmanyaspect sofpsy chological
phenomenaasbei ng" nothi
ngbut "some- thingt hatcouldber educedt oal owerl evel
phenomena.Fr eudr educedmuchofdy sfunct ionalpsy chologicalphenomenat othe
negat i
vei dwhi chhev i
ewedast hesewerofoursexualandaggr essivedr i
ves. In
cont r
astJungv iewst heunconsci ous,incl usiv eofi t
sshadow asapr i
orisourceofour
essence,ofourl if
e'staskandourcr eativ
eener gy .Acur soryunder standingofJungi an
theorymayhav ealr
eadyal ert
edt her eadert ot hepr acti
ceimplicationsofat heor ywhere
the maj ort hrusti st o under stand whata cl ient'
s communi cations por t
end when
cont r
asted wi that heorywher et he maj ort hrusti st o under stand whata cl i
ent's
communi cationstellusabouthi spast .

Jung'stheor
yofpersonalit
ytypesof f
ersanothersourceforachievingwhol
eness
ofself
.Thet heoryofpersonal
it
yt ypeshast hepotenti
altoofferusanothermethodfor
assessingtherapi
stcl
ientcompat ibil
i
ty.I naddit
ionper sonali
tytypet heor
yhast he
potent
ialto assistus int he understandi
ng ofmar italincompatibi
li
tyand marital
compat i
bil
i
ty.

Junghy pothesizest hattheego,t he"li


tt
lelight'whichhel psusadaptt oour
env
ironmentat tempt st hisadapt at
ionbymeansoff ourbasi cformsofpsy chi
cact i
vit
y
ormajorf unct i
ons.VonFr anzsuccinctlydescri
bestheseasf oll
ows:
1.The sensat ion f unction which consciouslyr egister
si nnerand out erf acts,
i
rrat i
onally;
2.Thet hinking funct ion bymeansofwhi ch ourconsci ousego est ablishesa
rational (
thatisinaccor dwithreasoni ngeneral),l
ogicalorderamongobj ects;
3.The f eeli
ng funct ion,whi ch rati
onally est
abl i
shes or,al t
ernati
vely" select
s"
hierarchiesofv al ue( t
hisismor epleasant,morei mportant,et
c.thanthat);
4.Thei ntuit
ivefunct ionwhi chlikesensat i
onisi r
rati
onal,whichappear st obea
kindofper cepti
onv i
at heunconsciousandwhi chseemst obemai nlyconcer ned

123
wi
tht hef
uturepossi
bil
it
iesofwhati
sathand.(I
ntui
ti
onisnotident
icalwit
h
f
antasywhichJungregardsasahumancapaci
tyi
ndependentoft
hefuncti
ons,
j
ustaswil
li
s.)

Jung al so hy pothesi zest hateach ofusi n ourdev elopmentcul ti


vatesand
diff
erenti
atesonef unctionmor et hant heot her sandt ends-toov erdev el
opt hi
sf uncti
on
forhisadapt ation.Under girdingt hef ourf unct i
onsi sJung' smor ebasi cdichotomyof
i
ntrov er
sion--ext r
av ersi
on.Thesecanbedef inedi nshor thandmannerbyusi ngDav id
Riesman' st erms i nnerand out erdi rect
edness,r espect
ively. The under dev el
oped
functionsJungcal louri nferiorfunctions.Thi si snott osayf orexampl ethatsensat i
on
i
si nferi
ortot hinkingort osayt hatext raversioni smor edesir
abl ethani ntr
oversion.I n
factweof t
enpr oj
ectbot hourneedsanddef icitsuponot herper sons.Opposi tesmay
attr
actandmar ryormaynotbeabl et oendur eoneanot her.Acl i
entwi lloft
enpr oject
hispoor l
ydev elopedf unct i
onsupont het her apist,asour ceoft ransference. Thef i
t
betweencl ientandt herapist,theat tr
act i
onandr epulsi
on,orbot hofmar i
talpartnerscan
beexpl ai
nedbyJung' sper sonalitytypology .

Againhel pingcl i
ent sachievetheirwholenessandi psof actomor eadequate
socialadapt ati
onsmayr equir
et hatwebeal er
t-totheirundevel
opedf uncti
ons.Iti
sof
i
nter esttothiswr it
erwhowasbot hamemberofaset tl
ementhouseandr eceivedhi
s
basicpr ofessionalt r
aining in settl
ementhouseshow Jungi an theor ywasputi nt
o
pract i
cewithoutr ecognizingitassuch.Muchofsoci alworkwithgr oupsdescr i
bedby
Wi l
sonandRy l
andcanber econceptual
izedasut i
li
zi
ngpr ogram (e.g.dr ama,dances,
crafts,andgames)asmet hodsf orhel
pingcli
entsgeti ntouchwit handdev el
opboth
theirsuperiorandi nf
eri
orf unctions.Par toft
het herapeut
icimpactoft hesettl
ement
mayhav ebeent oassi stcl i
entstobecomeawar eofandi nt
egrat
et heirshadows;aswe
changepar tnersi nasquar edanceeachofourpar t
nersbecomest hemi rr
orofa
projectedshadoworper sonali
tytypeaspectofourselv
es.

Tosummar ize,Jung'sconceptofwholenesshonorssoci
alwor
k'scommi t
ment
tothecl
ient
'sst
rengthsratherThanweaknesses.Theshadowandundevelopedaspect
s
ofone'
spersonal
ityrequi
redevelopmentrat
herthandenunci
ati
on.

Jungr egar
dssoci et
yasasuper ordinatet othei ndivi
dual
,anotherar enaof
compatibi
li
tybetweenhisandourprof
ession'sperspectiv
es.I twasprobablybecauseof
hi
sownneedt oparti
ali
ze,toworkouthisownar enaofcogni ti
vemast erythatJung
chosetof ocusupont hepsychesi
multaneousl yrecogni
zingt hesurer
-or
dinateapr i
ori
i
mportanceofsociety.Iti
ssurpr
isi
ngtodiscov ert
hat…

“…Jungisi nter
estedpr i
mar i
lyint
heindivi
dual;butfrom thelar
gerperspectiveof
thestudyofmanher egardssocietyast hepr i
orfact.Soci etyandt hesocial
experi
encesofhi storyareulti
matelythemai nsupplier
soft heindivi
dualpsyche.
Itcomesaboutt hent hatwhi l
ehisprimaryfocusisont heindi
vidualpersonali
ty,
theconceptionofi ndi
viduali
tyisnotagivenf actforhim butonlyader ivat
iveof
themoref undament alcategoryofsociet
y.”

Simi
l
art oMead' sview,Jungseessoci et
yasst rongestandmostv i
talwhenthe
i
ndivi
dualswithi
nitcanexpr essthearchetypesoftheircollect
iveunconsciousinthe
symbolsoftheirparti
cul
arsoci et
y.Soci
alWor k'
ssocialacti
onor ient
ati
onwhenv iewed
fr
om aJungianper specti
verequireschangingoursocietyandi t
sconcomi t
antsymbols
sothroughthesesy mbolseachoft hepersonswewor kwi thcanexpr essthemeaning
o&hisorherli
fe.

Anot
hermajorcontr
ibuti
onofJungrelatedtodi
scoveri
ngourwholenessisthe
i
ntegr
ationofbot
hourmascul i
nit
yandfeminity.Hereagainasubtl
etydist
ingui
shes
JungandFreud.Thissubtlet
yhasmajorimplicati
onsfort
heunderst
andi
ngofment al
angui
shanditsal
l
eviat
ion.

Fr
eud'
sPatr
iar
chytendst
odevaluethefemini
neaslesser
,atti
mespathol
ogical
.
Simi
l
artodi
sowni
ngtheshadowitisprefer
abl
ef ormentodisowntheirf
emini
nit
yand
forwomen t
o di
sown thei
rmasculi
nit
y.Through hi
sanima-ani musconcepts,the

124
femini
neessencei nmanandt hemascul ineessencei nwomen,Junkpost ul
atesthat
becomingawhol eper sonrequir
est hatweacceptandi ntegrat
etheoppositesexwi thi
n
us. Timeandspacepr ev
entaf ulldi
scussionaboutt her oleoftheafore-mentioned
i
ntegrat
ionintheenr ichmentofourcr eati
vi
tyandsel f
hood.Ther eaderi
sencouragedt o
readJuneSinger'
s" Boundar i
esoft heSoul"foraf ull
erexposi ti
on.Iti
smor ecomf orti
ng
andmor etherapeuticall
yhelpfultopersonst oper cei
v eandacceptt hei
rinneropposi t
e
sexatti
tudesandf eelingsaspar tofthei
rwhol enessr atherthanashomosexual ,orsick,
orboth.

The r eli
giousness ofJung' st heor y,t heret of
orev iewed pej orati
vely,has t he
potentialforbei ngt hesour ceofouri nnerper sonalandpr ofessionalspi ri
tualrenewal .
"Allt
hepowerofcr eationar einusandwear ei nt hem"say sTilli
ch.Wehav elookedt o
ourext ravertedempi r
icism tohelpusf i
ndhow wecanbestser v
et heper sonswho
consultus wi t
ht hei rdi ff
icul
ti
es. " Mi ghty casewor k has st r
uck out ,”ext r
av er
ted
empi r
icism hast hrownbacki nt
o ourf aces. Jungwoul dsuppor tl ogicalposi ti
vi
st
research. Hepr idedhi msel fforrepudi ati
ngei ther -
orposi t
ionsi nf avorofbot h-and
positi
ons.Per hapst het imehascomet oaccel er atelookingi nwardt othecol lecti
ve
unconsci ous,tot heobj ecti
v er
eali
tywi thin,forpr act i
cepr i
nciples.Manyofoursoci al
wor ktheor eti
ciansi mpl y,ifnotexplicit
lyst ate,thei rbeli
eft hatwepossessani nnate
autonomousapr iorisel fwhosedi ctatesar eequalt osoci alandcul turalinput sto
personal i
tydev elopment . WeacceptmanyofFr eud'steachingbutf i
ndi tdiff
icultto
acceptt hatitwasFr eudwhof i
rstconcept uali
zedt hecol l
ectiveunconsci ous.I tisJung
whobr ingst heconceptt othecoll
ecti
v eunconsci oust oitslogicalconcl usi
on.

TheGodcompl ex,say sJung, i


sanempi ricalcrosscultur alreal
i
ty.Disbel
iefinthe
sacredispartial
lyaby productofbel iefinlogi
calposi ti
vistscient i
fi
cmet hod.Scienti
f i
c
met hoditsel
fhasbecomer eli
gion.Atitsworstsci enti
ficmet hoddev oidofthef eel
i
ng
functi
onoft heegol edt ot heNazihol ocaust.Ati tsbestmanyt opr anki
ngcr eat
ive
scienti
ststal
kaboutt heirmor espiri
tualhuncheswhi chl eadt hem t odiscovery
.Rober t
JasTrowf ounderanddi rectorof
NASA' sGoddar dInst
it
utef orSpaceSt udi
es,atheor eti
calphy sicistandast r
onomerwi th
highcredenti
alsexpressest heaf orementionedpoi nti
nt hefollowi ngmanner :

“..
..
..
..
.iti
simpossi blet oev erf
indbysci ent
if
icreasoningwhatt hecreati
veforce
or-theprimemov eroft heenergywast hatbroughtt hi
suni ver
seof :oursinto
being…Sot hesci entist
shav epaintedt hemselvesintoacor nerbypr ovi
ngby
theirownmet hodst hattherear
ef orcesinthi
swor ld-
-andy oucancal lt
hem God
orthef orcesofphy si
cs--t
hatarefor -
everbeyondt hereachofsci enti
fi
cinquiry
.
Andt hat’
sjustmi ndbl owingtome.Thi sapointofcont actbetweenscienceand
reli
giousthinkingt hatgoesbey ondt hesuperfi
cialresembl anceofthef l
ashof
l
ightt oafewpassagesi nt heBi
ble."

Whet herone' sfait


hr estsi nSpinoza’ santheasm- -
Godornat ur etakey ourpi ck,-
-
Darwin’
snat ur
al selecti
on,ort heDei ty,
itisthisauthor'
sbel i
efthatthesel fexi stsapr i
ori
,
beitcausedby l awsofnat ure,inheri
tedmut at
ions,oraGodgi v
enessenceonecan
chooset or ej
ectorf ul
fi
ll
.Thi saut horalsoagr eeswi thJung' sv i
ewt hatt hepsy chei s
theproductoft hei mpactofext ernalnat uralandsoci alphenomenauponapr e-formed
humanessence.Jungr eaffi
rmst henecessi tyforreexploringandr ediscov eringouri nner
essence. Whi l
e Fr eud hel ped us t ol ook wi thi
nt o discoverhow ourper sonal
unconscious,ourear lyexperienceswi t
ht hesignif
icantot hersinourl ives, cant ripusup
orbeasour ceofi nspir
ation,Jung' scollectiveunconsci ous,cont ainingt he wi sdom of
eter
nity
,mayal sobeanobj ect i
vesour ceofourcr eativei nspir
ati
onandcr eativegr owt h.

Thei mageryoftwosocialwor kexampl esmayhel pthereadermakecont actwith


Jung'si deas. Imaginet hebrutal
izedchi ldmov i
ngi ntoadol escenceandadul t-
hood
searching wi t
hinforhi s orhersexuali dentit
yi fhe orshe has gr own up i na
predomi nantl
ysinglesexcor r
ecti
onalfaci l
i
ty,orinasi ngleparentfamily.Kaganst ates
thatsuchchi l
drenmayhav eencount eredsi gni
ficantot her
swhocanser veasr ole
model sf orhealt
hyenvironment.Insomeci r
cumst ancest heper sonalenv i
ronmentsof
suchchi ldr
enar esopoort hatisdiffi
culttoconv incinglyexplai
nt heindi
v i
dual'
ssour ce
ofinnerst rengthbysignifi
cantpersonsi nhi sorhersoci alenv i
ronment .Thiswr i
ter'
s

125
cl
inicalexper i
encehasf orcedhim tof acet hepossibil
it
yt hatthei ndivi
dual
sinner
capacitytogr ow mayr esi
deint heperson'sabil
it
yt omakecont actwith- t
heanima-
animusandar chet
y pesofhi sorhercollecti
veunconscious.Theper sonbat ter
edasa
chil
d,theper sondepr iv
edofanopposi teorsamesexr ol
emodel maybehel pedtomake
contactwi t
ht hear chetypeoft hewiseol dmanort hegr eatmot herwithintheaprior
i
coll
ectiveunconsciousofhi sorherpsyche.Thi si
nnerimago,inadditi
ont oexter
nalr
ole
model s,perhapsev eni nsteadofexter
nalr ol
emodel smayi ndeedbet hesour ceofthe
person’sgrowt h.

Concl
usi
on

Topar aphraseBel l
ow' sr
est at
ementofSpi noza'sphilosophyi n" Humbol dt'
sGift ,
"
oncey ougr antaf l
yi
ngst oneconsci ousnessy ou'v
egr antedi tfreewi l
l.Jung' sbelief
thatspiritisgr ant
edt ousapr ioriinthecol lectiv
eunconsci ousdeser v esahear ing.
Consistentwi t
hJung' s"bothand"posi t
ionper hapswehav eswungt hependul um asf ar
asitcangoi nthedi r
ectionofext ra-v
ertedlogicalposi t
ivi
sm.Per hapsi tist i
mewemi ne
i
ntrovertedphenomenol ogyf orthet r
uthswi t
hinour selvesasbot hper sonsandheal er s.
Perhapsi tistimewehel ptheper sonswewor kwi thmi nethet ruthswi t
hint hemselves.
Theseexpl orati
onsmaybet hearenaoft hef uturegr owthoft hepr ofessi on.Si ncethi s
paperbel ongst oJungletmeal lowhi mt ospeakf orhimselfabouthav inganopenmi nd
sohisideascanbegi v
enar eceptiveheari
ng:

Iwasof tenamazedt othepoi ntofdespairatt hepr esumpti


onofthe
organizedknowl edgeanddi scipli
neofmydayandt hei
rcommonat t
it
ude
ofal lknowi ngness which Ien- counter
ed ev erywher
e among men in
commandofr eli
gious,scienti
fi
c,andphilosophicheights.Iwasenr
aged
bytheirlackofjustor di
nary,natural
,heal
thycuriosit
yinwhattheydi
dnot
know andt heirinstantdismissalasi r
rel
evant,supersti
ti
ous,ormysti
cal
rubbi
shofwhatseemedt omepoi nt
erstowar dsincreasedknowl
edge
andnewar easforinvesti
gat i
on.

Jungsay sthatthereissomet hi
ngabov eandbey ondour selvesyetpresentwit
hin
ourselveswhichi fignoredcancauseuspsy chicdi st
ress.Fr eudl ookedt oJungashi s
l
ogicalsuccessor . Jungr efusedt olosehisi denti
tybybecomi ngasy mbioti
cnon-
i
ndiv i
duated shadow ofFr eud. I tist hi
s writer'
s opinion thatFr eud,as in many
ci
rcumst ancesi sagainpr ovenemi nentl
ycorrect,inpar ti
fnoti nt oto.I nthi
swr i
ter
's
vi
ew Junghaspi ckedupFr eud'stor
chandhasbr oughtmanyofhi sment or'
sand
bel
ov edcollaboratorspioneerexplorat
ionstotheirnextst agesofdev elopment.Onei s
advisedt obeopent ot hepossi bi
l
ityt
hatJung'si deasar ethet ransit
ionsbetweenour
currentandahi gherstageofconsci ousness.

InthispaperIhav eendeav oredt oexpl ai


nwhyJungwasr epudi
ated.McBr oom
pointsoutt hatMaddiwasf orced t oi nclude Jung in hisbookaboutsy stemsof
psychotherapybecauseofstudentpr essur e.1hav ealsoattemptedtodemonst rat
ethat
Jung'sv i
ewsaboutt hepre-eminentr oleandi mportanceofsoci et
y,hi
sv iewsabout
wholenessr at
herthanpat hologyorpat ri
archalperfect
ion,hisviewsabouti nt
egrat
ing
one'smascul i
nit
yandf emininit
yr athert hanv iewi
ngt heopposit
esexwi thi
nusassi ck,
andhisf ai
thintheunconsciousar eal lpartofandcompat ibl
ewithsoci
alwor kpract
ice
andv al
ues.Wehav ebeenopent omanyper specti
ves.Letusbeopent oav iew t
hat
att
empt stoputusi ntouchwi t
ht hespi ritwithi
nus.
LetusallowJung'snoblespirittoenr ichourpr ofessi
on.

1
Abst
ract
sforSoci
alWor
ker
s(NewYor
k:Nat
ionalAssoci
ati
onofSoci
alWor
ker
s,1965-
75).
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R.
J.Madero,andC.F.Mart
inez
,Lat
inoDr
eam Anal
ysi
s:Oppor
tuni
tyf
orConf
ront
ati
on.
"
Soci
alCasework55(B)469,
1974.

126
3
El
i
zaethMcBr oom,"TheColl
ect
iveUnconsciousasaUni fy
ingConceptinTeachi
ng
HumanBehav i
or,
"(Sant
aBarbar
a,Cal i
for
nia:Fi
rstRegi
onal1 Conf
erenceofSocial
Psychi
atr
y,September
,1977(
unpubl
ished).
4
Hendri
k,Rui
tenbeck,"
FreudasWeKnewi
-i
m,"TheLi
brar
yofPsy
choanal
ysi
s,Vol
.1,
No.4,
(Ri
dgef
iel
d,NewJersey)
.
5
Rober
t,Sl
y,PoemsandTal
k,(
LosAngel
es:
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teLi
brar
y,1977.
)
6
Wi
lhel
m,Rei
ch,
TheFunct
ionofTheOr
gasm,
(NewYor
k:Wor
ldPubl
i
shi
ngCo.1971.
)p.
127
7
Laur
ensv anderPost
,Jungandt
heSt
oryofOurTi
me(
New Yor
k:Pant
heonBooks,
1975,p.195.
8
l
bid.p.194.
9
Rei
ch,
op.ci
t.
10
v
anderPost
,op.ci
t.p.196.
11
CarlGust
aveJung,Let
ter
s,Vol
.1,p.425(
Pri
nce-
town:Pr
incet
ownUni
ver
sit
ypr
ess)
1973.
12
P.Mari
eLouiseVonFr
anz,
C.G.
,Jung,
HisMy
thi
nOurTi
me(
NewYor
k:G.P.Put
nams
Sons,
1975)p.63.
13
I
bid,
p.63.
14
1bi
d,1.
15
v
anderPostop.ci
t,p.196.
16
Hel
enHar
ri
sPer
lman,
Per
sona(
Chi
cago:
Uni
ver
sit
yofChi
cagoPr
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1968.
17
Bl
y,o.ci
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I
bid
19
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udi
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nAnal
yti
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Psy
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,o.ci
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onFr
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,op.ci
t.pp.46-
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esman,
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eUni
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Ger
trudeWil
sonand Gl
ady
sRy
land,
Soci
alWor
kPr
act
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on:Hought
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ff
in
Co.1942).
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Ir
aProgof
fJung'
sFsy
chol
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tsSoci
alMeani
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Gar
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t,Neadon
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alPsy
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.
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Pr
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sPsy
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127
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Pau1Ti
l
li
ch,
"TheRi
ghtt
oHone,
"Uni
ver
sit
yof
Chi
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alWor
k(New Yor
k:Nat
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alWorker
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.18,
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,1973)
.
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he ar
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i
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Wil
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am Ov er
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"The Los Angel
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Wednesday
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ameKagan, "
Acqui
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McBr
oor
n,op.ci
t.

128
OVERVI
EW OFTHEORI
ESOF
HUMANBEHAVIOR&THESOCIALENVIRONMENT
APPLI
CATI
ONSTOSOCI ALWORKGENERALISTPRACTI
CE

Thefoll
owi ngisav erygeneraloutl
inesummar i
zingt hetheoriescoveredint heNCSSSf oundati
onclassesofSSS
571:HumanBehav i
or&t heSocialEnv i
ronment.Theor yapplicati
on&i ntegrati
onwithpracti
cearedemonst rated.
Thisoutl
inei sonlyasummar yofhighli
ghts;al
ltheor i
sts,i
deas, andconcept sarenotincl
uded.
Becausehumanbehav iori
scompl exandt hesoci alworkpr ofessi
oni sbroad,numer oustheori
esar euti
li
zedf orsoci
alwor kpract
iceatthemicr
o-meso-
macrolev els.Thesetheoriesfocusonhumangr owt handdev elopment ,psychol
ogicalandsocialfuncti
oning,andsocialservi
cedeliv
ery.Sometheor
ies
emphasizesoci alandeconomi cjustice.Allt
heor i
esar evalue-l
adenandcomeoutofasoci o-hi
stor
icalcontext.Thus,
alltheor
iesshouldbecri
ti
quedwith
att
enti
onpai dtothei
rcross-cul
tur
al appli
cabil
i
ty.

DEFINITI
ONS:
Theory—int
err
elatedsetsofconcept
sandpr
oposi
ti
ons,
organi
zedi
ntoadeduct
ivesy
stem t
oexpl
ainr
elat
ionshi
psaboutcer
tai
naspect
soft
hewor
ld(
e.g.
,
thet
heoriesli
stedbelow).

Per
spect
ive—anemphasi
sorpoi
ntofv
iew;concept
satanear
li
erl
evelofdev
elopment(
e.g.
,a“
str
engt
hsper
spect
ive”
)oratabr
oaderandhi
gherl
evelof
abst
ract
ion(
ex:
a“humani
sti
cper
spect
ive”ora“
dev
elopment
alper
spect
ive”
)

Par
adi
gm—anar
chet
ypeormodeoft
hought
;agener
alwayofseei
ngt
hewor
ld(
e.g.
,“moder
nism”or“
post
-moder
nism”
)

Pr
act
iceModel
—agui
def
orpr
act
it
ioneri
nter
act
iont
hatoper
ati
onal
i
zest
heor
y;i
ncl
udesconcr
eteact
ionsandt
echni
ques(
not
e:somet
heor
ieshav
emor
e
wel
l
-dev
elopedpr
act
icemodel
sthanot
her
s)

Di
mensi
on—af
eat
uret
hatcanbef
ocusedoni
ndi
vi
dual
l
yorsepar
atel
y,butcanonl
ybeunder
stoodi
nrel
ati
ont
oot
herf
eat
ures(
asi
n“di
mensi
onsof
humanbehav
ior
”ora“
mul
ti
-di
mensi
onal
appr
oach”t
ohumanbehav
ior
)

129
130
131
132
133
134
ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY

SOCI
ALDEVI
ATI
ON

Rev
iewer
:
Asso.Prof
.Glory
JeanG.Leonin,
RSW,MSW

The def
ini
ti
on of t
he

135
wordabnormalissi
mpleenough:devi
ati
ngfrom t
henorm.However
,appl
yi
ngthisto
psy
chologyposesacompl
exproblem:whati
snormal?Whosenor
m?Forwhatage?For
whatcult
ure?

Somewoul dsimplyclassi
fywhatis" good"asnormalandwhati
s" bad"as
abnor
mal ,butthi
sisav agueandnarrow defi
nit
ionandbri
ngsupmanyofthesame
quest
ionsforthedef
ini
ti
onof"good"asdoesthedefini
ti
onf
or"nor
mal
".

Ther
ear
emanymor
eway
sofdet
ermi
ningamor
eobj
ect
iver
efer
encepoi
nt.

One way of def


ini
ng abnormal
i
tyis stat
ist
ical dev
iat
ion. Most human
char
act
eri
sti
csar
eni
cel
ydist
ri
but
edalongasmoot
hbell-
shapedcurve.

Thosewhost r
aytoofarfrom theav er
ageonthi
scurvearet henconsideredabnor
mal .
Thisdef
init
ion,however,hasitsproblems.I
tdoesnotr ecognizevaluableder
ivat
ions,
suchasgeni us,nordoesitrecognizecommonbutmal adaptivebehaviorli
kesmoking
anddri
nking.Nonethel
ess,thi
smet hodisbot
hobject
iveandscienti
fi
c.

Av erysi
mpl ei
deathatcanbeusedtoclassi
fyabnormalbehav
i sper
ori sonaldist
ress.
Basical
ly
,ifapersoniscont
entwit
hthei
rli
fe,t
hentheyareofnoconcer
nt othement al
healthfi
eld.However
,ifaper st
son' houghtsorbehavi
orsarecausi
ngt hem personal
di
scomf
ortorunhappi
ness,
thent
heywi
l
lbeconsi
der
edabnor
mal
.
Themostcommoncr i
ter
ionfordefi
ningabnor
mal
i
ty,howev
er s mal
,i adapt
iveness.
Ther
ear
etwoaspect
sofmaladapt
ivebehav
ior
:

1.Maladapt
ivet
oone'
sself-inabil
it
ytor eachgoals,toadapttothedemandsof
l
if
eand
2.Maladapt
ivet
osoci
ety-i
nter
feres,di
sruptssoci
algroupfunct
ioni
ng.

Thist ypeofdef ini


tional l
owsmuchf lexi
bili
ty.Itprov i
desroom f orconfor
mi ng
behav i
orto society'
snor msaswel lasdev i
antbehav iorasl ong asi tisnotsel f
-
damagi ng.Itmakesabnor malt herelat
ivetermi tneedst obe,dependentuponeach
i
ndividual'
sli
feandcircumst ances.Therearecertaincategoriesofbehav i
orthatsuggest
thepresenceofpsy chologicaldi
sorderswhichar e,i
nonewayoranot her,maladapt
ivein
thattheythreatenthewel l
-bei
ngoft heindiv
idual.Thesecat egor
iesincludelongperiods
ofdiscomf ort
,impair
edf uncti
oning,bi
zarrebehav i
or,anddisrupt
ivebehav ior
.

CATEGORI
ESOFABNORMALI
TY

A.LongPer
iodsofDi
scomf
ort
Gi
ven,ever
yoneexperi
encessomeki ndofpsy chol
ogicaldiscomf or
tdur ingt hei
r
l
ife.Thiscouldbeany t
hingassimpleaswor ryingaboutacal culust esttogriev i
ngt he
deathofal ovedone.Thi sdi
str
ess,however,isr el
atedtoar eal,ort hr
eatenedev ents
andpassesawaywi t
ht i
me.Whensuchdi stressingfeel
ings,howev er
,persistf oran
extendedperiodoftimeandseem t obeunr elat
edt oeventssur roundingtheper son,
1
theywouldbeconsideredabnormalandcouldsuggestapsy chol
ogi caldi
sorder.

B.I
mpai
redFunct
ioni
ng
Here,agai
n,t
her
emustbemadeadi st
inct
ionbet
weensimpl
yapassi
ngperi
odof
i
nef
fi
ciencyandprol
ongedi
nef
fi
ciencywhi
chseemsunexplai
nabl
e.Fori
nst
ance,aver
y

136
br
il
li
antpersonwhoconsi
stent
lyf
ail
scl
assesorsomeoneconst
ant
lychangi
ngj
obsf
or
noreason.

C.Bi
zar
reBehavi
or
Therear emanyt hingspeopl edot hatot herswouldfindst r
ange.Thev ar
ious
pi
ercingst oday'syoungergener ati
onchoosest ogetandt hei
rst yl
eofdressmayseem
bi
zarret oadul ts,buttheirmot ivati
onsar enothar dt ounderstand,whichkeepsthem
fr
om bei ngconsi deredcl i
nicall
yabnor mal.Bizarrebehaviort
hathasnor ati
onalbasis,
howev er,seemst oindicatet hatthei ndi
vidualisconfused.Thepsy chosesfrequentl
y
bri
ngonhal lucinati
ons( baselesssensor yper cepti
ons)ordelusions(beli
efswhichare
patentl
yf al
sey etheldast ruthbyt heindiv
idual).

D.Di
srupt
iveBehavi
or
Disr
upt
ivebehavi
ormeansi mpulsiv
e,apparent
lyuncontrol
l
ablebehavi
orthat
disruptstheli
vesofother
sordepr ivesthem ofthei
rhumanrightsonar egul
arbasi
s.
Thist y
peofbehaviori
scharacter
ist
icofasev er
epsychol
ogi
caldisorder
.Anexampleof
thisistheanti
soci
alper
sonali
tydi
sorder.

Al
lofthesetypesofbehavi
oraremal
adapt
ivebecausetheydi
rect
lyaf
fectt
hewell
-bei
ng
oftheindiv
idualandthosearoundt
hem,andbl ockthegrowthandf ul
fi
ll
mentofthe
i
ndi
v i
dual
'spotent
ial
.

CLASSI
FYI
NGPSYCHOLOGI
CALDI
SORDERS

Classi
ficati
onofpsy
chologi
caldi
sorder
srequi
rest
hatsy mpt
omsbeident
ifi
ed;
set
sofsy mptomsf or
m asyndrome.Sever
alofthemostprev
alentoft
heDSM-I
V's16
cat
egor
iesofdi sor
der
saref
oll
owing.

1.Anxi
etyandEgo-
Def
enseMechani
sms

Anxi
ety i
s a di
ff
use, ext
remel
y unpl
easant f
eel
i
ng of v
ulner
abi
l
ity
,
apprehensi
on,and fear.Symptoms ofanxi et ydisordersi ncl
ude motortensi
on
(tr
embling,jumpi
ness,inabil
i
tytor el
ax ),hy per
activ
ity( raci
ng hear
t,dizzi
ness,
perspir
ati
on),andapprehensi
on( dist
urbingt houghts).Thef ol
lowi
ngfive(ofthe
thi
rteenintheDSM-I
V)typesofanxietydisordersarewel lknown.

Anxi
etyNeur
osi
sTypes

TheDiagnost
icandStat
ist
ical
Manual
ofMent
alDi
sor
der
scl
assi
fi
esanxi
etydi
sor
der
s
i
ntothefol
lowingcat
egori
es:

Specifi
cphobi asandsoci alanxi
etydisor
der saret hecommonestamongstal l
theset
ypes.Posttraumaticstressdisor
dersandgener al
izedanxiet
ydi sorder
sarenext
commonest.Oftentheseconditionsremainunderdiagnosedbecausepat i
entsgener
all
y
donotapproachthephy si
cianorthepsychiat
ri
stforthetr
eat mentofthesecompl ai
nts.

1. Pani
cdi
sor
derwi
thorwi
thoutAgor
aphobi
a

Apanicdisor
derischaract
eri
zedbyachr oni
cstateoftensionthatcanerupti
n
suddenepi
sodesofintensepanicordreadt
hatlastsev
eralminutes(orhours)andmay
i
ncludeavar
ietyofsymptomssuchaschestpains,tr
embli
ng,anddizziness.

137
Pani
cattacksarecharacteri
zedbyi nt
ensef eel
ingoft err
orwhi
chgener al
lyst
rikes
suddenl
yandi sincapaci
tati
ngt ot hepatient.Theseepi sodesmayl astforvari
able
peri
odsandattai
napeakby10mi nutesgenerall
y.Rarely
,theymaylastupt oonehour.
Inbetweentheattacksthepat i
enti sconstantl
ywor ri
edaboutgetti
nganot herpanic
att
ack and hence avoi
ds situati
ons thatmay pr ovoke a pani
c attack.Common
symptomsofapani cat
tackareasf oll
ows:

Pani
cat
tacksy
mpt
oms:

 ChestPai ns
 Poundi ngHeart
 Fearofdy ing
 Sweat i
ng
 Shor tnessofbreathorafeel
ingofsmother
ingorchoki
ng
 Shaki ngort r
embling
 Feelingsofunr eal
ity
 Terror
 Tinglingornumbi ng
 Af eelingofbeingoutofcontrol
orgoi
ngcrazy
 Li
ght -headednessordizzi
ness
 Nauseaorst omachpr obl
ems
 Fl
ushesorchi ll
s

 Patient
sgener all
yseekmedi caladviceconsi deringthistobesomemedi cal
cri
sisonlytobet oldthatthispr obl
em i spsy chologicalandnotmedi cal.Many
pati
entsoftenseekanot heropi ni
onbutt heyar etoldthesamet hi
ngagai n.Such
peoplelandupsel f-
medicatingthemsel veswhi chi sharmfulint helongr un.
 Patientmaysuf ferfrom discretepanicsy mpt omsbutt hiswoul dbet ermedas
Panicdisorderonlywhent heat tacksbecomef requentandt hepat i
entdev elops
fearofgetti
nganot heratt
ackorf earstheconsequencesoft heat t
ack.
 Panicat t
acksmayoccurassuchormaybeaccompani edbyAgor aphobi a.
Patient
swi thagoraphobiaar eafraidofpl acesorsi t
uati
onsi nwhi chtheymi ght
haveapani cattackandbeunabl etoleav eort ofindhelp.Suchpat i
entsgener ally
fearbeinginplaceswher et heyant i
cipatet hattheymaygetapani cat tackand
theymaynotbeabl etohel pthemsel vesi nt heev entofanat t
ack.I nclinical
sett
ings,agoraphobiaisusuallynotadi sorderbyi tself
,butist y
picall
yassoci ated
withsomef orm ofpanicdisorder.

138
2. Acut estr essdi sorder
Thisi sacondi t
ionthatispr ecipit
atedbyexposur et oast ressfulortraumatic
eventr ecent lyandt heresponsei sofi ntensef ear, helplessnessorhor ror.Aft
er
suchanev entthepat i
entexperiencesasenseofemot ional numbness, has
reducedawar enessaboutt hesur r
oundi ngs( asifi nadaze)andi softenunable
torecal lani mpor t
antaspectoft het r
auma.Thepat i
entper sistentlyr
e-
experiencest het r
aumat iceventandt r
iest oav oidany thingthatr emindshi m of
thetrauma.Ther ear ealsomar kedsy mpt omsofanxi etyori ncreasedar ousal
(e.
g.ir r
it
abi l
i
ty ,poorconcentration, di
ffi
cul t
yinsl eepi ng,hyper vigi
lance,
exagger at edst artl
er esponse,restlessness, etc).Thi scausesmuchdi ffi
cult
yin
functioningnor mal lyathomeandatwor k.Thepat ientget sthesesy mptoms
gener all
ywi thinfewday stoabout4weeksaf t
ert hest ressful event.Thisphase
mayl astany wher eupt o4weeks.

3. Post
-t
raumat
icst
ressdi
sor
der

Post -t r
aumat i
cst ressdi sor der( PTSD)i sananxi etydi sordert hatdev elopsaf t
er
exposur et o at raumat icorf right eni
ng ev ent .Sy mpt omsoft hisdi sordergener all
y
devel opabout3mont hsorl ateraf t
ert hestressf ulort raumat icev ent.Thesesy mpt oms
usual lylastf ormor ethanamont h.Somepat i
ent sr ecov erwi thi
n6mont hswher eas
someoft hem maydev elopachr oni ccoursel astingf ory ear s.
Thet r
aumacanbei nt heform ofnat uraldi sasters, war , v
iolence, acci dents, etc.Few
mont hsaf terthet raumat icev ent ,t hepat i
entt ypi
callyexper i
encesst rongf eelingsof
fear,hor rorandhel plessness.Thepat ientrepeat edlyr eli
v est het raumat icev enti nt he
form off lashbacksandni ghtmar es.Oftent her ei saf eel i
ngast hought heyar ere-
exper iencingt het r
aumaal lov eragai n.Flashbacksar egener allytrigger edbycer t
ain
sit
uat ions whi ch br i
ng back memor ies oft he t raumat ic ev ent.I n some pat i
ents
fl
ashbackscanev enoccurspont aneousl yorwi thoutanyr ecogni zabl et rigger .The
patientbegi nst oav oidsi tuati
onsorexper iencest hatremi ndt hem oft heor i
ginal trauma
and t his can l ead t of airl
ysev erer estr
iction i nt hei ract i
vit
y .Sl eep di stur bances,
depr ession,f eeli
ng det ached ornumb ( dereal i
zation) ,easyst artl
ing ar e commonl y
exper ienced.Of t
en t here ar ef eelingsofl ossofpl easur e ori nter esti n pr ev i
ously
enjoy ableact ivi
ti
es( anhedoni a).Womenappeart obeatgr eaterr iskt hanmenf or
devel opingPTSDaf t
ert raumat i
cexper iences.

Apost-tr
aumat icstressdi sorderischar act
erizedbyt her eexper i
encingofa
traumat icevent,sy mpt omsof i
ncreasedar ousal,av oi
danceofr emindersoft he
origi
nalt rauma,anddi mi ni
shedi nterestindailyacti
vities. Manywarv eter
ansr etai
n
vividmemor iesof( f l
ashbacks)andni ghtmaresaboutt r
aumat i
cev entsexper i
enced
dur i
ngbat tl
e.Whi l
et hecausesofanxi et
ydi sor
dersarenotcompl etel
yunder stood,i
ti s
gener all
ybelievedt hatsomeoft hedi sorders(suchasspeci fi
cphobi as,obsessi ve-
compul si
vedisorders,andpani cdi sorders)mayhav eagenet i
cbasi s.Onecausemaybe
theinadequat eactionoft heneur otransmi t
tergamma- ami nobutyri
caci d(GABA) .Certai
n
drugs, suchasVal i
um andLi bri
um, whichincreasethesensi ti
vi
tyoft heGABAr eceptors,
helpr educeanxiety.

4. Soci
alphobi
a

Soci
alAnxi
etyDi sor
derorsocialphobiai
scharact
eri
zedbymar kedandper si
stent
fearinoneormor esocialsit
uati
ons.Apersonsuf
fer
ingfr
om phobiawi l
lavoidorwil
lbe
extremel
ydistr
essedi nsocialsett
ingsandthi
sisthemaj ordif
fer
encebet weenashy
personandasoci alphobic.Ashyper sonmaybeuncomfortabl
einsocialsi
tuat
ions,but
hissymptomsar enotdisabli
ng.

Basicall
yasoci alphobichasf earofnegat i
veevaluationandhei si nt
enselywor ri
ed
thathewi lldoorsaysomet hi
ngt hatwi l
lmakeot hersthinkpoor lyofhim.Theyt endto
thi
nkt hattheyar elesssociall
ycompet entthanothers.Theyof t
enbelievethateveryone
noti
cessmal lestmistakeswhi cht heymakeandmaygr eat l
yexaggeratethesev erit
yof
thenegat i
vej udgmentsaboutt hosemi stakes.Whenanev entsuchasapr esentat i
onor
apar t
yi sunav oidabl
ef orsuchaper son,hemaywor r
yf orday sorev enweekspr i
orto

139
theev ent.Commont hingsthatmakeasoci alphobicanxiousarepubli
cspeaking,
i
nformalconv ersat
ionsi nsmallorlargegroups, dati
ng,i
nter
act
ingwit
hauthor
ityf
igur
es,
eati
ng,wr i
ti
ng,orotherpublicperformances.
Heredi
tymaypr edisposeaper sontodev el opsoci
alphobiabutinmostcasesi t
requir
esat ri
ggerfr
om t heenvironmentforfullblowndev el
opmentofthedi
sorder
.

5. Speci
fi
cphobi
as

Fearofv ar
iousthingsisacommonphenomenonbutanexcessi v e,persist
ent
andirr
ati
onalfearofcer t
aint hi
ngsorsituationsister
medasphobi a.Whent he
phobi
aisaboutsomespeci fi
cobjectorsi
tuation,i
tist
ermedasspeci
ficphobi a.The
i
ndivi
duali
sof t
ennotabl etofindoutther
ationalebehi
ndthi
sfearbuthej ustcannot
seem tofacetheseorov ercomet hesefears.Somecommont hi
ngswhi chcause
suchphobiasareli
stedbelow:

 Aphobi cdi sorderi smar kedbyacont inual ,irrati


onalf earofaspeci fi
csituation
orobj ectsuchassnakes,hei ght s,bei ngcl osedi nasmal lpl ace,orl eavi
ngt he
homeenv ironment .Eachphobi ahasadi f
f erentnamedependi ngont het hing
fear ed, suchas
 acr ophobi a, afearofhi ghpl aces;
 agor aphobi a,af earofopenspaces; and
 soci al phobi a, a f ear of soci al or per formance si t uations i n whi ch
embar rassmentmayoccur
 Ani mal s:Spi ders,li
zards,cockr oaches, rats, dogs, snakes, insect s, etcaref ewof
themostcommonani malst owhi chpat ientsr eportphobi as.
 Env ironment al:Fearofwat er,height s, fire,st or ms,dar kness, et c
 Situat ional :Fearofgoi ngi nel evat or s,cl osedpl aces,cr owdedpl aces,tunnel s,
bridges,et c Fearofi nj
ect i
ons,i nj ury ,sightofbl ood,et car ef ew common
phobi as; suchpat i
entsusual lyfaintatt hesi ghtofbl oodori njur y.
Usual lyf ormanyi ndividualst hephobi cst i
mulusi seasyt oav oid.Whent he
fear edobj ectiseasyt oav oid,peopl ewi thphobi asmaynotf eeltheyneed
treat ment .Incer tai
ncases,howev er,speci f i
cphobi ascanbecomei mpairingor
i
ndi v i
dual smaygot oexcessi vel engt hst oav oidexposur et ot hef earedobjector
situat ion.I nt hese cases,t reat menti sr ecommended.Thi si s parti
cul arl
y
i
mpor tant ,asi ndivi
dualswi thasi ngl eSpeci ficPhobi aar el i
kel yto dev elop
addi tional phobi asofsi milarobj ect sorsi t
uat i
onsov eraper iodoft ime.

Speci
fi
cphobiastendtor uninf
amili
esandv er
yoftenf
amil
ymember shave
fearofsimilarobj
ectsorsituati
onsi.
e.acommon“ t
heme”off ear
.Ingeneral
,
phobiasappeari nadolescenceandadul t
hood.Adult
-onsetphobiastendt o
showamor establecourse,wit
honlyasmal lper
cent
ageofthesedisappear
ing
withouttr
eatment.

6. Obsessi
vecompul
sivedi
sor
der

Obsessi
ve compulsive disorder( OCD)i s charact
eri
zed byt he presence of
obsessionsandcompul sions.Obsessi onsandcompul si
onsar eunreasonableandin
excessandt heycausemar keddi stresstothepati
ent.
Alt
houghObsessive-Compul siveDi sor
derusual
lybeginsinadolescenceorearly
adulthood,i
tmaybegini nchildhood.Gener al
lytheonsetisgradual,butoccasi
onal
ly
acuteonsethasbeennot edinsomecases.Themaj ori
tyofi ndivi
dual
shav ea
chronicwaxingandwani ngcour se,wi t
hexacerbat
ionofsy mptomst hatmaybe
rel
atedt ost
ress.

Obsessi
onsi
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng:
 Recurr
entandper si
stentt
hought
s,impul
ses,ori
magesthatar
eint
rusi
ve
andinappropr
iat
eandcauseanxietyordi
str
ess
 Thoughts,impul
ses,ori magesthatarenotsimplyexcessi
veworri
es

140
aboutproblemsi nrealli
fe
 Pati
entmakesat tempt stoignor
eorsuppr essthesethought
sortr
iesto
neutr
ali
zet hem bythinkingaboutotherthi
ngs
 Pati
entr ecogni
zest hattheset houghts,impulses,ori magesar
et he
productofhismi ndandnoti mposedf rom outsi
de

Anobsessive-compulsivedisorderisanext remepr eoccupati


onwi t
hcertain
thoughtsandcompul siv
eper formanceofpar t
icul
arbehav i
ors.Anobsessi onisthe
unsoli
cit
edreoccur
renceofdi stur
bingthoughts;acompul si
onisar epeti
ti
vebehavior
(suchascheckingdoorlocks)orment alacti
vi
ty( counti
ng,prayi
ng,etc.
)thatonefeels
compelledt
odo,ev enagainstone'swill
.Anexampl eofthedisorderisthecompulsi
on
towashone'shandsrepeatedl
y ,of
tentotheextentofmaki ngthem sore

 Compul
sionsi
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng:

Repetit
ivebehav i
our s,suchaswashi nghandsr epeat edly ,order i
ng,andchecki ng
l
ocksanddoor sagai nandagai n, etc.Thepat ientf eel sdr i
vent or epeatt heseact i
ons
andthesemustbecar r
iedouti nor dert or eli
ev et heanxi et
y.
 Anyot hert ypi
calbehav i
ourorment alact st hatt hepat ientcar ri
esouti nordert o
reducedi str
essoranx iety .
Thepoi ntt obenot edi st hatt hepat ientr eal i
zest hatt heseobsessi onsand
compul si onsar eunr easonabl eandi nexcess( excepti ncaseofchi ldren).These
obsessi onsandcompul sionscausemar keddi stresst ot hepat ientandar etime
consumi ng( t
akingmor et hananhourdai l
y )andcausemar kedi nterferencei n
the pat ient'sr out i
ne f unct ioning.Fore. g. :pat i
entmay be obsessed wi th
cleanli
nessandmayspendhour sdai lyi nwashi nghimsel fandt akingbat hsat
l
engt h.Hemaybekkspendi ngl otoft i
mewashi nghi shandsbecausehef eels
thattheygetdi rtyev enifhedoesnotdoany t hingt odi r
t ythem.Compul sionsar e
notr eal
ist i
callyconnect edt ot het hingswhi cht heyar ekdesi gnedt oneut rali
ze.
Theyar emeantt or educet heanxi etyordi stressoft hepat ientandnott opr ovide
anypl easur eorgr atif
icat ion.Themostcommoncompul sionsi nvolvewashi ng
andcl eani ng,count ing, checki ng, r
equest ingordemandi ngassur ances, repeating
actions,et c.Whenat tempt ingt or esistacompul sion,t hepat ientmayhav ea
senseofi ncreasi nganxi et yort ensiont hati sof t
enr el i
evedbyy i
eldingt ot he
compul si on.I nthecour seoft hedi sor der ,af terr epeat edf ailuret oresistt he
obsessi onsandcompul sions,t hepat ientmaygi veint ot hem;henol onger
exper i
encesadesi ret or esistt hem,andmayi ncorpor atet hecompul sionsi nto
hisorherdai l
yrout ine.

7.Gener
ali
zedanxi
etydi
sor
der
s
Ageneralizedanxi etydisorder( GAD)isacondi tionchar acter
izedbyexcessi v
e
anxietyandwor rying,occurri
ngmor eday sthannotf oraper i
odofatl eastsixmont hs.
Anxietyisnottriggeredbyanypar ticularobj
ectorev entbutseemst obewhatFr eud
caledf
l r
ee-
fl
oatinganxi ety,anxi
etythati sgeneralandper vasive.
Theonseti sgener all
yar oundchi ldhoodoradol escencebutcaseswi thlate-onset
anxietysymptoms ar e also seen.Gener ali
zed anxietydi sorderi s characteri
zed by
excessiveanxi
et yandwor r
y.Thisoccur sformostoft heday sf oratl east6mont hs,
aboutanumberofev ent
soract i
vi
ties.Generallytheanxi etyi
saboutwor k,dail
yev ent s
orper f
ormances.Thepat ientfi
ndsi tdiffi
cul
ttocont r
olt heanxi etyaboutv ari
oust hings
andt hi
sisoft
enassoci at
edwi t
hfewormostoft hefollowi ngfeatures:

 Restlessness
 I
rri
tabili
ty
 Dif
ficult
yinconcentr
ati
ng
 Sl
eepdi sturbances(
dif
fi
cul
tyi
nfal
l
ingasl
eep,
frequentwaki
ngi
nthemi
ddl
e)
 Easyf ati
gue

141
The anxi ety causes si gni f
icantdi st
ress and i mpair
menti nv ari
ous areas of
functi
oning.Thecour seofgener al
i
zedanxi etydi sorder
si schr onicandusual l
yget s
worsedur i
ngperiodsofst ress.Thei ntensit
y,dur ati
on,orfrequencyoft heanxietyand
worryisf aroutofpr opor t
iont ot heactualli
keli
hoodori mpactoft hef earedevent.The
personf indsitdi ff
icul tto keepwor r
isomet hought sfrom interfer
ingwi thhi sdai l
y
acti
vit
iesandhasdi fficultyst oppingthewor r
y .Duringthecour seoft hedisorder,the
focusofwor r
ymayshi ftf rom oneconcer nt o another.Inchi l
drensuf feri
ng from
Generali
zed Anxiet yDi sorder,t hereisa t endencyt o worryexcessi velyaboutt hei
r
compet encewi t
ht heirf ri
endsort hequalit
yofthei rperfor
mance.Hy steri
calNeurosis

Itisanill
nessknownf r
om thet i
meofGr eeks,al
thoughdownthroughagesithas
changeditsmeaninganddimension.Origi
nal
l
yi twasthoughtt
obeawomen' sdisease,
asthewor dhy st
eri
asigni
fi
es'uterus'
,theut
erusmov edfrom onepartoft
hebodyt o
anotherbecauseofsexual
frust
rati
on.

Thehyster
icalr
eactioninmodem psychopathologyisexplai
nedasser vi
ngdefensiv
e
functionbywhi chthei ndi
vi
dualescapesorav oidsstressfulsi
tuati
ons.Asaneur oti
c
disorder,t
hesy mpt
omsofhy st
eriacantaketheform ofwi destvari
ety.Al
thoughatone
pointoft i
methedi agnosisofhyster
iawasnott hatfrequentperhapsbecausemedi cal
knowl edgehadnotadv ancedsomuch, t
hesamehasconsi derabl
ychangednowaday s.

Hy st
eri
acanbecl i
nical
l
ygr oupedundert
wot ypes:conversi
onanddi ssoci
at e-i
n
conversi
onhysteri
atheaffl
ict
edpersoncanpresentphysi
calsymptom ofpsychologi
cal
ori
gin.Intheabsenceoforganiccause,t
hesy mptomsandf eatur
esareintri
guingand
eni
gmat ic.

Featur
esoftheHy steria:
1.Therecanbehy ster
icalconv ul
sion(f
it)
.
2.Sensorydisturbances- l
ossofsensi ti
vi
ty.
3.Hypoesthesis( parti
allossofsensi t
ivi
ty)
.
4.Hyperesthesis( excessivelossofsensiti
vit
y).
5.Analgesia(l
ossofsensi ti
v i
tytopain)
6.Parestheni
a( except i
onal sensati
on,suchastingl
i
ng)

Iti
ncludes bl
urofv isi
on,photophobi
a,doublev i
sion,nightbli
ndness,and
def
ect
ivester
opsi
s.Theheartdistur
bancesfrom t
otaldeafnessto'sel
ecti
veonehas
al
sobeenfoundasconver
sionsymptoms.

Thev i
sceralsympt omsoft hi
sdi sor
derareheadache,l umpsi nthethroat,
choki
ngsensation,coughingspells,bl
eachingnausea,sneezing,diff
icul
tyinbreathi
ng
etc.Anotherenigmatic conver
sion syndr
ome.i s pseudociasi
s( false pr
egnancy)in
women who dev elop morning si
ckness,absenceofper i
od,f ul
l
nessofbr east,and
bulgi
ngbell
ywithoutbeingpregnant.

Thedi ssociatehysteria,onot herhand,isalsoamani f


est ati
onofunder l
yi
ngconf li
ct.
Thisisanescapebehav i
ori nwhicht heindivi
dualgrati
fieshi surgesbutdeniest he
personalr esponsibi
lit
yofhi sunaccept abl
ebehav i
or.Ther eisadi ffer
encebetween
hysteri
calamnesi aandamnesi acausedbybr ai
npathology .Inthelat
ertheregi
str
ation
andst orageofi nfor
mat i
onar eimpairedwhereasi nthef ormert herecal
lofregi
stered
i
nformat ionisaffectedalthoughthef or
gott
enmat eri
alisint act
,beneaththeconscious
l
evel.

Somnambul
ism i
sal
soanot
hert
ypeofdi
sor
derwher
ethei
ndi
vi
dualwal
ksi
nsl
eepbut
whenheget supt hef ol
lowi
ngmor ni
ngdoesnotr emembert heev ent
.Faguecal l
edit
"spli
tpersonali
ty"
.Thet wopersonal
it
yworksindependentlyinthesamei ndiv
idual,one
having no knowl edge oft he other.Mult
ipl
e per sonal
it
y has si mil
arf eatures of
dissoci
ativ
ehy steria.Theremaybeoneormor et woper sonali
ti
esi nani ndi
vidualbut
theirf
unctionsdiff
erf r
om oneanother,
andnoawar enessofexistenceoftheot her.

142
Hi
stor
yofHy
ster
ia

Thest udiesofhy steri


abyChar cot ,aFr enchneur ologistwhowor kedatt he
Salpetr
ier
ehospi talinPar is,wer eparti
cularlyi nfluenci ali nthel ate19t hcent ur
y .He
beli
evedt hathysteriawascausedbyaf uncti
onaldi sor deroft hebr ainwhi chcaused
symptoms,and whi ch also rendered pat i
ents sucept iblet o hy pnosis so t hatnew
symptomscanbepr oducedbysuggest ion.Char cot ,Lat erbecamemor eint er
estedin
theprobablit
yofapsy col
ogicalcauseasar esul tofcl i
ni calstudiesbyhi spupi l
,Pierr
e
Janet,whopr oposedt hatthedi sor
derinhy steriahasat endencyt odi ssoci at
e,i.
e.to
l
ooset henor malintegrati
onbet weenv ari
ouspar tsofment alfunctioning,togetherwi t
h
ar est
rict
ionofper sonalawar enesssot hatt heper sonbecameunawar eofcer tai
n
aspectsofpsy chologicalf
unctioningthatwoul dot herwi sebewi thinhisawar eness.

Hy
ster
ia-
Conv
ersi
onTy
pe:

Duri
ngt heWor l
dWarIandI I
,conversi
onr eactionwast hemostf r
equenttypeof
psychiatr
icsy ndrome.Exampl esofcommon conv er si
on sy
mpt omsi n soldi
ersare
paraly
sisinlegsandi nabil
i
tytost r
engthent heirback.Thesesy mpt omsar ebecause
thereisaconf l
ictbet
weent hei
rloyal
tytotheirnationandt hei
rli
v es.Todayitconsti
tut
es
only5% oft heneur oses.Increaseineducat ioni soneoft her easonswhyi thas
decreased.Thisdisordercanbeseenamongt heill
it
eratesandlow-i ncomegr oup.

Themostcommonhy steri
caldisturbancesofspeechi s-Aphonia,herethepersoni s
abl
et ospeakonlyinwhispers.Mut i
sm anothertypeofspeechdisor
derthoughr
ar e.For
psychoneurot
icdi
sordersthedifferenttr
eatmentmet hodsuggestedarechemotherapy,
shocktherapy;
psychoanaly
ticandbehav iort
herapy.

8. Anxi
etyduet
omedi
calcauses

Anxietymaybeasy mpt om ofanumberofmedi calcondit


ionsaswel land
henceitisnecessaryt
or ul
eoutthesecondi
ti
onsbeforewet est
ifythepat
ientto
besuff
er i
ngfrom anxi
etydi
sorder.Fewoft
hem hav
ebeenl ist
edbelow:

a) Neurologi calillnessescancausesympt omssi mi l


art ot hosef oundi nanxiety
di
sorder sandhencet hesei ll
nessesmustber uledoutbef oreconcludingt he
sympt omst obet hatofanxi etydi sorder s.Fol l
owi ngar ef ewoft heexampl es
ofsuchneur ological disorder s:
 Cer ebr alv ascul ari nsuf f
iciency :Transi enti schemi cat t
acks( TIA)lasting
from 10- 15secondsupt oanhour( briefbl ocksi nt hebl oodv esselsoft he
braincausi ngt empor arylossofbr ainbl oodsuppl y)
 Anxi et yst atesandper sonal i
tychangesf oll
owi ngheadi njury
 Inf ect ionsoft hecent r
alner voussy stem
 Degener ativ edisorder soft hener v oussy stem
 Al zhei mer '
sdement i
a
 Mul tipl e scl er
osi s:Maybe mar ked ear lyon byv ague and changi ng
medi cal compl aints
 Hunt ingt on' schor ea:Maypr esentear l
yasanxi etyorot herfunctional
disor derbef or
et hemov ementdi sor deri sev i
dent.Ital way shasaposi t
ive
fami lyhi stor y
 Toxi cDi sor ders
o Lead I ntoxicat i
on:l oss of appet ite,const ipation and col icky
abdomi nal pai nfollowedbyi rr
itabili
tyandr est lessness
o Mer cur yintoxi cati
on: from cont ami nat edf i
sh
o Manganesei ntoxicat i
on: fr
om i ndust rialexposur e
o Or ganophosphat e i nsect i
cides ( simi l
ar t o ner ve gas) :f rom
chemi cal orinsect i
cideexposur e
 Par tialcompl exsei zures

143
b) Endocr inedi sordersal sof requent l
ypr esentwi thsy mpt omsofanxi etyand
these can be t he di ff
erent ialdi agnosi sf oranxi et
y di sorders.Common
exampl eswoul dbe:
 Hy perthyroidism ( i
ncr eased t hyroid hor mone)commonl ypr esent s as
anxi etyandi soneoft hemostcommonendocr i
neabnor malities.Most
commoni n20t o40y earsol dwomen.
 Adr enalhyper function orCushi ng's syndr ome:Thi s has a v ari
etyof
causes,i ncluding tumor s oft he pi tuitaryoradr enalgl ands orf rom
steroidsgi vent otreatot heri l
lnesses.Anxi etyisacommonf eatureas
al
so abnor malhai ri
ness,acne,change i nf atdi stri
bution,decr eased
menst ruati
oni nwomenandi mpot encyi nmen.
 Hy poglycaemi a( decreased bl ood gl ucose) :Usual lyassoci ated wi tha
historyofdi abetes and i nsul i
n orot herhy poglycaemi c medi cations.
Rar elythisoccur sfrom ani nsul i
nsecr etingtumor .
 Hy popar athyroidi
sm ( decr eased par athy r
oid hormone) :Almostal way s
associ ated wi th a hi storyoft hy r
oid sur gery.Itof ten present s wi t
h
over whel minganxi ety,eitherwi t
horwi thoutper sonali
tychanges.
 Menopausal andpr emenst rualsyndr omes.

c) Cardi
opulmonar ydi sorders:Oft
enpresentswithshort
nessofbreath,rapi
d
br
eathi
ng, complaintsofchestpain,chestpaint
hatar
ewor sewi
thexerti
on.
 Angi na
 Pulmonar yembol us
 Ar r
hy t
hmi as(
irregulari
ti
esofheartbeat)
 Chr onicobstr
uct ivepulmonarydi
sease(COPD)
 Mi t
ralv al
veprolapse( gener
all
yharmless)

d) Pheochr
omocyt
oma(
epi
nephr
inesecr
eti
ngt
umour
s)

Subst
ancei
nducedanxi
etydi
sor
der
s

Substanceinducedanxiet
yi scommonl ymi
ssedoutbecausev er
yoften
thephy sici
anmaynott akedet ai
l
ednoteoft hemedi cationthatthe
pati
enthasbeencont inui
ngsincelongandthesemedi ci
nesmaybet he
cul
prit
s i n induci
ng anxiety symptoms in t he patient. Common
medications and dr
ugs which can i
nduce anxiet
ysy mpt oms are as
fol
l
ows:

 Non-psychot ropicmedi cati


ons:
o Sy mpat homimet i
cs( oftenf oundi nnon- pr escri
pti
oncol dandal l
ergy
medi cations):epinephrine,nor ephinephrine,i soprot
eronol,l
evodopa,
dopami nehy drochlori
de,dobut amine,ter butali
nesul f
ate,ephedri
ne,
pseudo- ephedrine
o Xant heneder ivati
ves( asthmamedi cations,cof f
ee,colas,over-
the-
count erpainremedi es):ami nophyll
ine,theophy l
li
ne,caff
eine
o Ant i-
inf l
ammat oryagent s:indomet hacin
o Thy r
oi dpreparati
ons
o I nsuli
n( duetohy poglycemi cr eacti
on)
o Cor ticosteroi
ds
o Ot her s:nicot
ine,ginsengr oot,monosodi um gl ut
amat e

 Psy
chot r
opicmedi cati
ons:
o Ant i
depressants( i
ncludi
ngMAO- i
nhibi
tors)
,drugsf ort r
eatmentof
attenti
on deficitdisorders(on r are occasi
ons cause anxiety-
type
syndromes)
o Tranquili
zing drugs:benzodi azepines (par
adoxicalresponse most
commoni nchi l
drenandi nel derl
y),anti
psychoti
cs( akathi
siamay
presentasanxi ety
)
o Ant i
choli
nergi
c medi cations can cause a delir
ium whi ch,in earl
y
stages,may easi ly be confused wi th anxi
ety:scopol amine and

144
sedati
nganti
hist
amines(f
oundinov
er-t
he-count
ersleeppreparat
ions)
anti
parki
nsoni
anagents,
tri
cycl
i
canti
depressant
s,anti
psychoti
cs

Ot
herDr
ugs:
 Caffei
ne-i
ntoxicati
onorwi thdrawal
 Nicoti
ne-wit
hdr awalevenmor et hanacut
eint
oxi
cat
ion
 Stimulant
s-cocaine,amphet amines,et
c.
 Alcoholoralcoholwithdrawal

Drugwit
hdrawali sacommoncauseofanxi et
ysymptoms.Al ar
genumberof
drugscancausewi thdrawalstateswi t
hsy mpt
omsofanxiet
yorev enagit
ati
on.All
sedat
ivehypnot
ics,
tri
cycli
canti
-depressant
sandant
i-
chol
i
ner
gicscancausewit
hdrawal
symptoms.

InFreud'svi
ew,
thehumani
sdr
ivent
owar
dst
ensi
onr
educt
ion,
inor
dert
oreduce
f
eel
i
ngsofanxiety
.

Anxi
ety:anaver
siv
einnerst
atet
hatpeopl
eseekt
oav
oidorescape.

Humansseekt
oreduceanxi
etyt
hroughdef
ensemechani
sms

Def
ense Mechani
sms can be psychol
ogi
cal
l
y heal
thy ormal
adapt
ive,butt
ensi
on
r
educt
ioni
stheov
eral
lgoal
inbot
hcases.

Acompr ehensi
velistofDef enseMechani smswasdevel opedbyAnnaFr eud,
Sigmund'sdaughter.Annaremai nedwi thherFat
hert hroughouthisli
fe,
nevermarryi
ng.
I
nFr eudianterms,sher emainedt rappedinherOedi puscomplex,nevergivi
ngupher
l
ongingt opossessherfathersexually.However,
becauseofast rongegoandsuperego,
thisID baseddesi r
eswer esubl imatedintopsy chologicalcr
eativ
itywhi
chadv anced
Freudi
ant heor
y,herfat
her'
sgr eatestlove.

Fr
eudspeci
fi
edt
hreemaj
ort
ypesofanxi
ety:

1. Real
it
yAnxi
ety:themostbasi
cform,root
edinreal
i
ty.Fearofadogbi
te,f
ear
ar
isi
ngfr
om animpendi
ngacci
dent
.(EgoBasedAnxi
ety)

MostCommonTensi
onReduct
ionMet
hod:

Remov
ingonesel
ffr
om t
hehar
mful
sit
uat
ion.

2. NeuroticAnxiety:Anxi
etywhichari
sesfr
om anunconsci
ousfeart
hatt
heli
bidi
nal
i
mpul sesoftheI Dwill
takecontr
olataninopport
uneti
me.Thisty
peofanxi
etyis
dr
ivenbyaf earofpuni shmentthatwi
llresul
tfr
om expr
essi
ngtheID'
sdesires
wit
houtpr opersubli
mat i
on.

3. MoralAnxiety:Anxiet
ywhichresul
tsfr
om fearofv i
olat
ingmoralorsocietal
codes,moralanxiet
yappear
sasguil
torshame.I
nthisconcept
ionofAnxi
ety,we
can see why Fr eud concent
rat
ed on strengt
hening the Ego through
psychoanal
ysis.

Def
enseMechani
sms

Whensomet
ypeofanxi
etyoccur
s,t
hemi
ndr
espondsi
ntwoway
s:

1.Fi
rst,
probl
em sol
vi
ngef
fort
sar
eincr
eases
2.Secondl
y,def
ensemechani
smsaretri
gger
ed.Thesear
etact
icswhi
cht
heEgo

145
dev
elopst
ohel
pdeal
wit
htheI
Dandt
heSuperEgo.

Al
lDef
enseMechani
smsshar
etwocommonpr
oper
ti
es:

1.Theycanoperat
eunconsci
ousl
y
2.Theycandi
stort
,tr
ansf
orm,orf
alsi
fyr
eal
i
tyi
ssomeway
.

Thechangi
ngofpercei
vedreal
it
yall
owsf
oral
esseni
ngofanxi
ety
,reduci
ngt
he
psy
chologi
calt
ensi
onf
eltbyani
ndiv
idual
.

TypesofDef
enseMechani
sms:

1.Repr
essi
on
 Themostbasi
cdefensemechanism.
 Someti
mesref
err
edt oas:def
ensiveness
 Repr
essi
oncanbeconsciousbutismostcommonl
yunconsci
ous.

Adv
ant
ages:
 Canprev
enti
nappropri
ateIDimpul
sesfrom becomingbehav i
ors.
 Canprev
entunpl
easantthoughtsf
rom becomingconscious.
 Canprev
entmemor i
esofthingswehavedonewr ongfrom resurf
aci
ng.

Repr
essi
ondoesnothavetobetotal,par
ti
almemor
ieswher
eonl
ythesi
ngl
e
pi
eceofdamagi
ngi
nfor
mati
onis"
for
got
ten"iscommon.

Whatan indi
vidualr
epr
esses depends upon cul
tur
alexpect
ati
ons and t
he
par
ti
cul
ardev
elopmentofani
ndi
vidual

ssuper-ego.

2.Deni
al
 Theindiv
idualdeniesthatthet hreateni
ngev enteventookplace
 Denialbecomesmor ediff
icultwi t
hage,ast heegomat ur esandunder st
ands
moreaboutt he"objecti
verealit
y"itmustoper atewithi
n.
 Peopleengagingi nDeni alcanpayahi ghcosti st er
msofcat hectedpsy chi
c
energywhichisusedt omai ntainthedenialstate.
 Repressi
onandDeni alaret hetwomai ndef ensemechanismswhi chever y
body
uses.
Example:Atschool ,ast udentseei ngagr adeof"C"nextt otheirname,
andautomat ical
lyassumi ngt heprofessormadeagr adingerror.

3.Pr
oject
ion
 Anxietyisr educed bycl aiming anotherperson actual
lyhast he unpleasant
thoughtsthaty ouar ethi
nking.Youareattr
ibuti
ngy ourownr epressedt houghts
tosomeoneel se.
 I
fy ouall
owt hist houghtt
oconsciouslysurf
ace,youwi l
lexper
iencemor al anxi
ety
i
nt ermsofgui l
tf eeli
ngs,
becauset hi
sconsciousthoughtgoesagai nstthemor al
prohibi
ti
onsofy oursuperego.

4.Rati
onalizati
on
 All
owst ofindl ogi
cal r
easonsf orinexcusableactions
 Possibl
e Rat ionali
zation:I tis bettert hatIhol d ontot hi
s money ort he
governmentwi l
lspendi tonweaponsofmassdest ructi
on.
 Rati
onali
zat i
onhel pstopr otectoursenseofsel f-
est eem
 Rati
onali
zat i
oni sclosel yti
edt otheSelf-ser
vingBi as:Thetendencytointer
pret
successasi nwar dlyachievedandt oascribefail
uret ooutsi
defactor
s.
Exampl e:Possi bleRational
izat
ion:Idi dn'twantt opursuet hatcareer
,
anyways

5.I
ntel
lect
ual
izat
ion

146
 Thinkingaboutev entsi ncold,hard, r
ati
onal ter
ms.
 Separ atingonesel ffrom theemot ionalcontentofanev ent,focusinginst
eadon
thefact s.
 Intel
lectualizationpr otect
sagai nstanxiet ybyrepressingtheemot ionsconnected
withanev ent .
 Forexampl e,awi fewhol earnsherhusbandi sdy i
ngt ri
est olearnallshecan
aboutt hedi sease,pr ognosis,andt reatmentopt i
ons.Bydoi ngthisshecanhel p
repress t he emot ionalonsl aughtoff eel
ings ofl oss and angerwhi ch can
accompanyt hedeat hofal ovedone.
 Freud bel iev ed thatmemor i
escoul d hav e bot
h consci ousand unconsci ous
aspect s,andt hati ntell
ectuali
zational l
owsf ortheconsci ousanal ysi
sofnon-
anxietypr ovoki nginformat i
onaboutanev ent.

6.Regr ession
 Becauseofpar t
ialfi
x at
ionsinanyoft hepsy chosexualstagesofdev elopment,
regressioncanoccurwhenani ndiv
idualisf acedwi t
hhi ghl evelsofst r
essin
theirli
fe.
 Regr essioni sthegi vingupofmat ur
epr oblem solvi
ngmet hodsi nfavorofchil
d
l
ikeappr oachest ofixingproblems.
 Someonewi t
hanor alfi
xati
onmayi ncreaset hei
rcigaret
tesmoki ngofl ol
li
pop
l
ickingbehav iorwhenst r
essedatwor k.
 Someone who i s analr et
entive mightbecome mor e det ailori
ented and
fastidi
ousl yneaterasar esul
tofanxiety.
 Thisr egr essionr epresentsawayofr el
atingt othewor ldt hatwasf ormerl
y
effectiv
e.
 Regr essionisawayt otrytorecaptur
esomechi l
dhoodsatisfaction.

7.Displ acement
 Displacementi stheshi ft
ingofintendedt argets,especi
all
ywhent heini
ti
altar
get
i
st hreat eni ng.
 Thecl assi cuseofdi splacementi sintheunder st
andingofdi splacedaggressi
on.
 Ani ndi vi
duali s" dresseddown"byt hesuper v
isorattheirj
ob.Theyf eelangerand
host i
lityt owar dt heirsuper vi
sor.TheirID,drivenbyaggr essiveimpulses,would
l
iket ot eart heboss' sheadof f
.TheEgo,bei ngr eali
tybasedandv erymuchi n
favorofcont inuedpay checks,reali
zest hatthisisnotagoodi deaandt heref
ore
does notr emov e boss' s head.The per son goes home,butst il
lhas t hi
s
aggr essi vei mpul se.TheEgoal lowsf ort
hei ndi
v i
dualtoscr eam atthespouse,
sincei tf eelst hiswi l
lnott hreat
enf uturepaychecks.Thespouse,nowangr yand
upset ,di splacest heirangeront heirchil
d,whot henbecomesangr yandki cks
theirpetdog, af urtherdisplacementofanger .

2.Somat
ofor
m Di
sor
der
s

Somat oform disordersr epr


esentagr oupofdi sorderscharacteri
zedbyphy si
cal
symptomssuggest i
ngamedi caldisorder;howev ernogener almedicalcondit
ion,other
mentaldisorder,orsubst ancei spresent.Psy chologicalconf li
ctsmaybet r
anslated,or
conver
ted,into phy si
calpr oblems,pai n,orcompl aint
s.I ndivi
dual
ssuf feri
ngf rom a
somatoform disorderarenotconsci ouslyawar eoft hepsy chologi
calfactorswhichar e
i
noper at
ion,andt heyar enot" makingup"t heirphy sicalsympt oms.Thesy mptomsand
pai
narer eal-thecausei ssimpl ypsychiatri
cinsteadofmedi cal.

Asomatoform di
sorderi
scharact
eri
zedbyoneormoresymptomsofaphysi
cal
dysf
unct
ionbutforwhi chthereisnoi dent
if
iabl
eorgani
ccause.Fol
lowi
ngaretwo
exampl
es(fr
om sevenintheDSM-IV)
.

Ty
pesofSomat
ofor
m Di
sor
der
s:

BodyDy
smor
phi
cDi
sor
der
:

147
Indi
vi
dualssuff
eringfrom bodydysmor phicdisorderbecomedeepl
yconcer
nedabout
somei magi
nedormi nordefecti
nt hei
rappear ance.Theymaygot ogr
eatlengt
hsto
concealt
hei
r"defects"orav
oidcontactwithothers.

1.Conver
sionDi
sor
der
:

In conversion disorder
,a psy chosocialconfli
ctorneed is conv er
ted i
nto
dramati
cphy si
calsymptomst hataffectv ol
unt
arymotororsensoryfuncti
oni
ng.
Thesy mptomsof tenseem neurol
ogical,suchasparal
ysi
s,bl
indness,orlossof
feel
ing(anesthesi
a) .

A conv ersion di
sorderisa condition manifest
ed bya physi
caldysf
unct
ion
(bl
indness,
deaf ness,par
aly
sis,numbness,etc.
)thathasnounderlyi
ng
organicbasis.Thisconditi
on( f
ormerl
ycal l
edhy st
eri
a)allowsescapef
rom ananxi
ety
-
provoki
ngact i
vity.Forexample,anat hl
etewhodr eadscompetinginanevent
,might
developanumbar m andeffect
ivel
yavoidtheevent.

2.Hypochondr
iasi
s

 Indivi
duals who suf ferf r
om hy pochondriasi
s unr eal
i
stical
lyinter
pretbodily
sy mptomsassi gnsofaser i
ousil
lness.Oftenthei
rsy mptomsar enormalbodily
changes,such as occasi onalcoughi ng,sores orsweat i
ng.Although some
pat i
entsr
ecogni zethatthei
rconcernsar eexcessiv
e,manydonot .
 Hy pochondr i
asistypi
call
yi nvol
vesnumer ousphy sicalsympt omsandf requent
visit
stodoct ors.
 Hy pochondr i
asisischaracteri
zedbyacont i
nuingbeliefthatonehasoneormor e
serious il
lnesses although no medi calev i
dence suppor tsthe belief
.An
occasional headache.

3.Pai
nDi
sor
der
Pai
ndisor
derischaracter
izedbyanexaggerati
onofandconti
nuat
ionofpain
wit
houtmedicalcause.
Thisdisor
dergener
allydev
elopsaf
teranaccidentor
dur
ingani
ll
nessthathascausedgenui
nepai
n.

4.Somat
izat
ionDi
sor
der
 Indi
vi
duals wit
h somat izat
ion disor
derhav e numer ous l
ong-l
asti
ng physi
cal
ail
mentsthathaveli
ttl
eornoor gani
cbasis.
 Theyusuall
ygof r
om doct ortodoctorinsearchofr el
ieffr
om thei
rsymptoms.
 Theyoftendescri
betheirmanysy mptomsindr amat i
candexaggeratedter
ms.
 Somat i
zati
ondisorderscanl astformanyy ears,andsy mptomsrarelydi
sappear
complet
elywithoutext
ensi v
epsy chother
apy.

CausesofSomat
ofor
m Di
sor
der
s
A combi
nati
on off
act
orsi
s pr
obabl
yresponsi
blef
ort
he dev
elopmentof
somat
ofor
m di
sor
ders.

1.St
ress:
Stressi sbelieved t o be one oft he mostcommon causesofsomat of
orm
disorders.Str
essandanxi etymaybeconv er
tedtophy si
calsymptoms.
2.Culture:
Culturalinfl
uencesappeart oaffectt hegenderr ati
osandbodyl ocat
ionsof
somat oform disorder s,as wellas t hei
rf r
equencyi n a specifi
c populati
on.
Resear chers have discov er
ed lowerl evel
s ofsomat i
zati
on disorderamong
peoplewi thhigherlevelsofeducation.Preoccupat
ionwi t
hhealthandt hebodyi n
generalmaybecul tural
lyinfl
uencedandmaycont ri
butetothedev elopmentof
thesedi sor
ders.

3.Bi
ology:

148
Geneti
corbi ol
ogicalfact
orsmayal soplayar olei
nt hedev elopmentofthese
di
sorders.Forexample,peoplewhosufferfrom somatizati
ondi sor
dermayalso
di
ffer in how t hey per cei
ve and pr ocess pain, and i ndivi
dual
s with
hypochondri
asi
smaybeul t
rasensi
ti
v et
onor malbodypr ocesses

3. Di
ssoci
ati
veDi
sor
der
s

Dissoci
ati
vedi sor
dersar emar kedbyasepar ationf rom ori nterr
upti
onofa
person'
sfundament al
aspectsofwaki ngconsciousness(suchasone' sper sonali
dent
it
y,
one'spersonalhi
story
,etc.)
.Allofthedissociati
vedisorder sarebelievedt ostem f
rom
traumaexper i
encedbyt heindiv
idualwi ththisdisorder.Thedi ssociati
veaspectis
thoughttobeacopi ngmechanism inwhi chthepersonl i
terall
ydissociateshimselff
rom
asi t
uat
ionorexperi
encetoot r
aumat i
ctoi nt
egratewit
hhi sconsci oussel f
.

I
ndi ssoci
ati
vedisorders,apartofanindi
vi
dual
'
spersonal
i
tybecomesseparat
e
(di
ssoci
ated)from otherparts,pr
oducingalackofint
egr
ati
onofi dent
it
y,memory
,or
consci
ousness.

TheDSM- I
Vl istsfivef orms; thet hreemostcommonf oll
ow:
 In di ssociative amnesi a,an i ndiv
idualdev elops a sudden i nabilit
yt or ecall
i
mpor tantper sonali nformat ion( suchasherorhi sname) ;thedi sorderof ten
foll
owspsy chol ogicaltrauma.Thememor ylosscannotbeat tri
butedt ophy si
cal
trauma,apar ti
cularmedi calcondi t
ion,ordirectef f
ectsofdr ugs.Memor yrecall
mayoccursuddenl yorgr adual ly.
 Peopl eexper iencingadi ssoci ativefuguesuddenl yandunexpect edlyt ravelaway
from t heirhomeorcust omar ypl aceofactivi
tiesandar eunabl etor ecallsomeor
alloft heirpast .Theyar e conf used aboutt heirpersonali dentity,maynot
rememberwhot heyar e,andsomet imesassumeanew i dentity.Recov erymay
ber api d.
 A di ssoci ativei dent it
y di sor der( formerl
y,mul ti
ple personality disor der)is
char act er
izedbyt heassumi ngoft woormor edi sti
nct
,integratedper sonal i
ties,
eachofwhi chmani festsi tsel fattimes.Thebehav i
orsar eaccompani edbyan
i
nabi lity,too ext ensiv et o be expl ai
ned by or dinaryforgetfulness,t or ecall
i
mpor tantper sonali nformat ion.Oneper sonalit
ymayhav enomemor yoft he
other (s).Of tent hesedi sor der sstem f r
om chi ldhoodt raumasuchassexual
abuse.

a)Di
ssoci
ati
veAmnesi
a
Peopl
ewi thdissociativ
eamnesi aar eunabletor ecal
limport
antinfor
mation,
usual
l
yofat raumaticorstressfulnature,
aboutt hei
rli
ves.Thelossofmemoryismuch
moreextensi
vethannor malforgetti
ngandi snotcausedbyor gani
cfact
ors.Di
ssoci
ativ
e
amnesiamaybel ocali
zed,selecti
ve,general
ized,
orcontinuous.

Dissoci
ati
veAmnesiaisat ypeofamnesiacausedbyt r
aumaorstr
essr
esul
ti
ng
i
naninabil
it
ytorecalli
mport
antpersonali
nfor
mati
on.Amnesiamayalsobeasympt
om
ofot
herpsychol
ogicaldi
sor
ders,
includi
ngPTSDorsomatizat
iondi
sor
der.

I
n Dissoci
ati
ve Amnesia,the lostmemor yusuall
yi nvol
ves autobiographi
cal
i
nformati
on such as personalidenti
ty,and/orpeople,places orev entst hatar e
consi
dered famil
iar t
ot he indivi
dual.Though forgot
ten,t hi
s previously known
i
nformati
onoftenconti
nuestoinf
luencetheindi
vi
dual
'sbehavior
.

I
ndi
vi
dual
swiththisdisor
derusual
lyhaveoneormor egapsinmemoryof
anywher
efrom afew minut
est oafew hoursordays.Howev
er,memor
ylosscan
someti
messpanyear
sorevenanindi
vi
dual'
sent
ir
eli
fe.

Mosti
ndi
vidualswi
ththisdi
sor
derar
eawarethattheyhavemissingmemor i
esor
peri
odsoftime,butsomemaybecomeawar eoft hist i
mel ossonlywhent heyare
confr
ontedwi
thevidencet
hattheyhav
edoneorsai
dt hi
ngsthattheycannotr
ecall
.

Di
agnost
icCr
it
eri
aforDi
ssoci
ati
veAmnesi
a

149
A.Thepr edomi nantdi st
urbancei soneormor eepi sodesofi nabili
tyt or ecall
i
mpor tantper sonalinformat i
on, usuall
yofat raumat i
corst ressfulnature,thatis
tooext ensi vetobeexpl ainedbyor di
naryfor getful
ness.
B.Thedi stur bancedoesnotoccurexcl usivelydur ingt hecour seofDi ssociati
ve
I
dentity Di sorder,Dissociative Fugue,Post traumat ic St
ress Di sorder,Acut e
Str
ess Di sorder,orSomat ization Disorderand i s notdue t ot he di r
ect
physiologi caleffectsofasubst ance( e.
g.,adr ugofabuse,amedi cati
on)ora
neurologi calorot hergener almedi calcondi ti
on( e.g.,Amnest icDisorderDuet o
HeadTr auma) .
C.The sy mpt oms cause cl i
nicall
ysi gnifi
cantdi st
ress orimpai r
menti n social,
occupat ional ,
orot heri
mpor tantar easoff unctioning.

Sympt
omsofDi
ssoci
ati
veAmnesi
a
Themostcommonsy mptom ofDi ssociat
iveAmnesi aismemoryloss.Memor y
l
ossmaycov ershor
torlongperiodsoft i
me, spanninghour
soryears.Confusion
aboutident
ityandsurr
oundingsaswel lasdepr essi
onarealsoof
tenpr esentin
mostindivi
dualswit
hthi
sdisorder.

b)Di
ssoci
ati
veFugue
Peopl
e suff
ering fr
om a di ssoci
ati
vefugue notonlyf or
getthei
rpersonal
i
denti
ti
esanddet ai
lsoft heirpastli
ves,butal
sofleetoanentir
elydi
ff
erentl
ocati
on,
of
tenunawar eofhow t heycamet obei nthenew l
ocat
ion.Fuguesusual
lyf
oll
ow a
st
ressf
uleventandtendt oendabruptl
y.

Di
ssoci
ati
veFuguei sdisorderinwhichoneormor eepisodesofamnesi aoccur
wit
hsudden,unexpected,purposefultr
avelawayf rom home.Af uguest at
emayl ast
fr
om hourstoweeksormont hs,andtheindivi
dualmaytravelfarfr
om homeandbegi na
new j
obwi t
hanew i denti
ty,unawareofanychangei nhisl i
fe.Duri
ngt hef ugue,the
i
ndivi
dualmayappearnormalt othosear oundhim andattractnonotice,andmayonl y
comet otheatt
enti
onofmedi calorlegalauthori
ti
eswhenhebecomesawar eoft he
memor yl
ossorbecomesconf usedabouthi si
denti
ty.

Dissociati
vefugueoccursspont aneouslyandaf f
ect
sappr oximatel
y0.2percent
ofthepopulation.Iti
smor ecommoni ni ndivi
dualswhohav eexperiencedtr
auma,such
aswar ,accidents,ornatur
aldi
sasters.Ot her,mor ecommon,lif
est r
essorsmayal so
tr
iggerafuguest ate,
suchasmar i
talproblems, f
inanci
aldi
ff
icul
ti
es,orlegali
ssues.

Diagnosti
cCri
ter
iaf
orDissoci
ati
veFugue
A.Thepr edomi
nantdi
stur
banceissudden,unexpect
edt
rav
elawayf
rom homeor
one'
scust
omar
ypl
aceofwor
k,wi
thi
nabi
l
ityt
orecal
lone'
spast
.
B.Conf
usi
onaboutper
sonali
dent
it
yorassumpt
ionofanew i
dent
it
y(par
ti
alor
compl ete)
.
C.Thedi sturbancedoesnotoccurexcl usivel
yduri
ngt hecourseofDissoci
ati
ve
Identi
tyDisorderandi snotduetot hedirectphysi
ologi
calef
fect
sofasubstance
(e.g.
,a dr ug ofabuse,a medi cation)ora gener almedicalcondi
ti
on (e.
g.,
tempor all
obeepi l
epsy).
D. Thesympt omscausecl ini
cal
lysi gnif
icantdist
ressori mpai
rmentin soci
al,
occupat i
onal,orotheri
mpor t
antareasoff uncti
oni
ng.

Sympt
omsofDi
ssoci
ati
veFugue
Oft
enani ndiv
iduali
nafuguestatehasnosy mpt
omsorisonl
ymildl
yconf
used
dur
ing the epi
sode.Sy mptoms such as depr
essi
on,di
scomf
ort
,gri
ef,shame,and
sui
cidali
deati
onoftenappearwhenthefugueends.

Di
ssociati
vefuguemaybesuspectedwhenani ndi
vi
dualseemsconfusedabout
hi
sidenti
tyori spuzzl
edabouthispast,butof
tencannotbediagnosedunti
laft
erthe
i
ndiv
idualret
urnst ohispre-
fuguei
dentit
yandseekshelpduet odistr
esscausedby
fi
ndi
nghimselfincompletel
yunfami
l
iarcir
cumstances

150
c)Di
ssoci
ati
veI
dent
it
yDi
sor
der
A personwi t
hDI D developst woormor edi
sti
nctpersonal
i
t i
es,eachwi t
ha
uniquesetofmemor i
es,behaviors,thoughts,andemoti
ons.Atanygi ventime,oneof
thesubper sonal
i
ties(al
ter
s)takescent erstageanddominatestheperson'
sf uncti
oning.
Usuallyonespeci fi
cpersonali
ty,referr
edt oast hehost
,appearsmor eoftent hant he
others.

Dissoci
ati
v eI denti
tyDi sorder ,previ
ouslycal l
edmul ti
pleper
sonalit
ydi sorder,i
sa
di
ssoci ati
vedisorderi nvolvi
ngadi st urbanceofi denti
tyinwhi cht
woormor esepar ate
anddi sti
nctpersonal i
tystatescont rolt heindivi
dual'sbehavioratdiff
erentt i
mes.The
di
fferentidenti
ti
es, referr
edt oasal t ers,mayexhi bi
tdiff
erencesinmanyar eas, incl
uding
speech,manner i
sms,bel i
efs,andgenderor ientati
on.Phy si
calcharact
erist
ics,suchas
accent,handpr eference,andev eney ecol or,maychangedependi ngont heper sonal
ity
.
Therei s usual
ly memor yl oss f orev entst hatoccur red whil
e one oft he other
personalit
ieswasi ncont roloft hebody .

Indiv
idual
swi tht hisdisordermayhav easf ewast woal ter
s,orasmanyas100.
Ofteneachal t
erplay saspeci ficroleinthei ndivi
dual'
sli
fe,
takingcontrolwhenincer tai
n
sit
uations.Someal t ersmaybeawar eoft heothersand ev en hav etheabi l
ityto
communi catewitht hem, butthisisnotal way sthecase.The"host "or"corepersonali
ty"
veryof t
eni scompl et el
yunawar eoft hepr esenceoft healters,andi tisnotunt i
lthe
i
ndividualseekspr of essionalhelpf oroneoft heothersymptoms, suchasdepr essionor
amnesi a,thatthetruecondi t
ionisdi scovered.

Di
agnost
icCr
it
eri
aforDi
ssoci
ati
veI
dent
it
yDi
sor
der
A.Thepr esenceoft woormor edist
inctidenti
tiesorper sonali
tystates(eachwi th
i
t sownr elat
ivelyendur i
ngpat t
ernofper ceiving,relatingt o,andthinkingabout
theenv ir
onmentandsel f
).
B.Atleastt wooft hesei denti
ti
esorper sonalit
yst atesr ecurrent
lytakecont r
olof
theper son'sbehav ior.
C.Inabil
it
yt or ecalli mpor tantpersonalinformat i
ont hati st ooextensivetobe
explai
nedbyor dinar yforgetf
ulness.
D.Thedi sturbancei snotduet othedirectphysiological effectsofasubst ance(e.g.
,
blackoutsorchaot i
cbehav i
orduringAl coholI ntoxication)oragener almedi cal
condition(e.g.
, compl expar t
ialsei
zures).Note:I nchi l
dr en,t
hesy mptomsar enot
attr
ibutabletoi magi naryplaymatesorot herfant asypl ay .

Sympt
omsofDi
ssoci
ati
veI
dent
it
yDi
sor
der
 Alcohol ordr ugabuse
 Amnesi a, blackoutsort i
mel oss
 Audi t
oryhal luci
nations
 Compul sions,phobias,orothersy mpt omsofanxi
ety
 Depr essionorpr onouncedmoodswi ngs
 Eatingdi sorders
 Fl
ashbacks, ni
ghtmar esorintrusiv
ememor i
es
 Fuguest atesor" outofbodyexper i
ences"
 Headaches, oft
ensev ere
 Pani cattacksorsy mptomsofPTSD
 Suicidal t
hought sorself-mutil
ation

d)Deper
sonal
izat
ionDi
sor
der
Thosesuf fer
ingwi ththi
sdi sorderhav eadi st
ortedperceptionofthemselves,
thei
rbodies,andt heirlives.Theper sonmayf eelasifheisanaut omatonorisina
dream.Of tent hesympt omsar etr ansi
entandoccurwi t
hanxi ety
,panic,orphobic
symptoms.Howev er,sy mptomscanbechr onicandper si
storr ecurformanyy ears.
People suffer
ing wit
h deper sonal
ization often have gr
eatdi f
fi
cultydescri
bing t
heir
symptomsandmayf earorbel i
evet hesympt omsmeant heyaregoi ngcrazy.The
pati
entoftenfeelsunrealandmayexper i
encet heworl
dasunr ealanddreamli
ke.

Deper
sonal
i
zat
ion i
s est
imat
ed t
o be t
he t
hir
d mostcommon psy
chi
atr
ic

151
sympt om,andf r
equentl
yoccursduringli
fe-t
hreateni
ngexper iences,suchasacci
dents
andassaul t
s.Iti salso notuncommonf orpeopl et o experi
encemi l
depi
sodesof
depersonal
izat
ionwhenf acedwithast ressfulsit
uationsuchasgi vi
ngaspeechor
takinganimpor t
antexam.Whi lesomepeopl ereportt heseexperiencesasupset
ti
ng,
othershavesaidtheyf i
ndthem hel
pfulandcal ming.Itisawayf ormanypeopletoset
asidethei
rcurr
entanxieti
esandmor eeff
ectivelydealwiththetaskathand.

Frequentorsev ereepi sodesofdeper sonalizati


onmaymaket heindivi
dualfeel
asthought heyar egoi ngcr azyorl i
vingi nadr eam wor l
d.Theepi sodesmayi nt
erfer
e
wit
honeormor ear easoft heper son'
sl if
e,andmaymakei tdif
fi
culttobepr oducti
veat
al
l.Indiv
idualsof tenf i
ndi text remelydi f
fi
cultt odescr ibetheirsympt oms,andmay
bel
ievethesy mpt omsmeant heyar epsy chotic.Realitytesti
ngisnoti mpairedduri
nga
depersonali
zationepi sode,butt hef eart hatt heyar e"goingcr azy"maymakesome
peoplereluctantt odi scusst heirsy mpt omswi tht heirdoctorandmayi ncreaseanxiety
whichinturncant riggermor eepi sodesofdeper sonali
zati
on.
Whenepi sodesofdeper sonalizati
onar ef r
equentandsev ere,adi agnosisof
Depersonalizati
onDi sordermaybegi ven.

Di
agnost
icCr
it
eri
aforDeper
sonal
izat
ionDi
sor
der
A.Persistentorrecur rentexper i
encesoff eeli
ngdet achedf rom,andasi foneisan
outsideobser verof ,one'sment alprocessesorbody( e.g.,f
eeli
ngl ikeoneisina
dream) .
B.Duringt hedeper sonalizationexper i
ence, reali
tytestingremai nsintact.
C.Thedeper sonalization causescl inical
lysi gnif
icantdi stressori mpai r
menti n
social,occupational,orot heri mpor tantar easoff uncti
oni ng.
D.Thedeper sonalizati
onexper iencedoesnotoccurexcl usivelyduri
ngt hecourse
ofanot herment aldisorder ,suchasSchi zophreni a,PanicDi sorder,AcuteStress
Disorder ,oranot herDi ssoci ative Disor der
,and i s notdue t ot he di
rect
physiologicaleffectsofasubst ance( e.g.,adrugofabuse,amedi cati
on)ora
gener almedical condition( e.g.
, tempor allobeepi l
epsy ).

Sympt
omsofDeper
sonal
izat
ionDi
sor
der
:
1.Lossorchangeoffeel
ingi
nbodypar t
s:
Afeeli
ngofnumbnessi noneormor ebodypar ts.Lossofsensat
ion,as
thoughthebodypartdoesnotbel ongorhasbecomedet achedfrom t
herestof
thebody.Theremightbelit
tl
er esponsetopai
norot hersensati
ons,adefense
thatwouldbeheal
thyandusef ulduri
nganaccidentorli
fe-
threat
eni
ngsit
uation,
butunhealt
hyandharmfuldur
ingev er
ydayl
if
e.

2.Dist
ort
edper cepti
onsofy ourbody:
Asenset hatpartsofthebodyar echanginginsi
zeorshape,
orthaty
our
bodyisshr i
nking.Af eel
ingthatcertai
nbodypar tsdonotseem tobelongor
appearfakeorplasti
c.Theremi ghtbeasensethatspeci
fi
cbodypart
shavebeen
tr
ansplantedfr
om otherareasorev enfr
om otherpeopl
e.

3.I
nvisi
bil
it
y:
Youmayf eelinvi
sibl
eortransparent
,andthatother
sarenotabl
etosee
you.Youmayf eelasthoughy oublendinwiththeenvi
ronment
,oraremovi
ngat
adiff
erentspeedthanthosearoundy ou.

4.Notrecognizi
ngyourselfi
nt hemirr
ororinphotographs:
Beingunabletor ecogni
zey our
selforfeeli
ngunf ami
li
arwiththeperson
l
ookingbackaty ouwheny oulookint
oami rror.Feel
ingthatyourref
lecti
on
bel
ongst osomeoneel se,ortoyouatadiffer
entaget hanyouarenow.

5.Detachmentfrom youremot ions:


Alackofemot ionalresponseoraninabi
li
tytof eelcert
ainemot i
onsisnot
uncommon.Youmayf eelcutofffr
om youremotionsorunabl et oaccessthem
attheappropriat
etimes.Ther emaybeasenset haty ourfeel
ingsaredull
edor
fl
at,orthattheyarest oredawaysomewher edeepi nsideofy ou.Manypeopl e
thesedaysfeeltheneedt opusht hei
remotionsasidewhenatwor k,
justasthey

152
feeli
tnecessaryt
oleavet
heir"
wor kself
"attheoffi
cebef
oregoi
nghomei nthe
eveni
ng.Ify ouaresuf
fer
ingfrom depersonal
izat
ionyoumightfeelthatyour
emotionsarenolongerwi
thi
nr each,anddonotr etur
nevenwheny ouwantor
needthem to.

6.Feel
ingsofunreali
tyorofbeingarobot :
Asenset haty ouarefuncti
oni ngautomat i
call
yoronaut o-pil
ot,ort hat
somethingorsomeoneel seiscont rolli
ngy ourthought
s,feel
ings,oract ions.
Manypeopl eexperi
enceaf eel
i
ngofbei ngunreal
,orli
keanactorinamov ie.You
mayhav ethethoughtthatyouarejust" goi
ngt hr
oughthemot i
ons"oflif
e,ort hat
ther
eisnoemot i
onalconnecti
ontoy ouractionsandnot houghtbehindany thing
youdo.

7.Floati
ngorout -
of-
bodyexperiences:
Youmayf eelast houghy ouarehoveri
ngoveryourbodyorout si
deof
yourself
.Youmayhav etheexper i
enceofwatchi
ngyoursel
ffrom adistance,or
ofst anding on t
he sideli
nes commenting on oreven cri
ti
cizi
ng yourown
performance.

8.Talki
ngtoy ourself
:
Hav i
ngaconv ersat
ionwi thyourselfoutloud,ast houghyouar espeaking
toasepar ateper son.Possi bl
yy ouwi l
lev enanswery oursel
foutl oudaswel l
,
taki
ngont her oleoftwosepar ateindi
v i
duals.
Everyonehasi nternaldialogueswhenmaki ngadeci sion,prepar
inga
speech,orpr acti
cing f ororr ehearsing a future conv er
sati
on,butdur i
ng a
depersonali
zationepi sodet hesedi aloguesar eof t
enoutl oudandt akeplace
muchmor efrequent l
y

4.MoodDi sor
der
Mooddi sorder
s arechar
act
eri
zedpr
imari
l
ybyadi st
urbancei
nmood.(Remember
,
however
,t hatallpsy
chol
ogi
caldi
sor
der
saf f
ectone'smood,oraf
fect
.)Two mood
disorders(fr
om fouri
ntheDSM- I
V)aredescri
bedbelowinmoredetai
l.
Inmaj ordepr
essivedi
sorder,aperson,f
ornoapparentr
eason,experi
encesatl
east
twoormor eweeksofdepr essedmoods,f eel
ingsofworthl
essness,anddimini
shed
i
nt erestorpl
easureinmostacti
vit
ies.

Tobecl
assi f
iedas:
 A maj ordepr essivedisor
der,theepi
sodemustbeaccompani edbycl i
nicall
y
signif
icantdistr
essandi mpai
rmentinsoci
al,
occupat
ional
,orot
herareasofdai l
y
l
iving.
 I nabi polardisorder,
apersonalter
nat
esbetweenthehopel
essnessandlethargy
ofdepr essi
onandt heover
excit
edst eofmani
at a.

Mani aismanifest
edbyhy peract
ivi
tyandwi l
dexcitement.Aper
sonsuff
eri
ngfrom
thi
sdisordermaylosecont r
olandactveryinappropr
iat
elyandsomet
imesdestr
uct
ivel
y.
(Subcategori
esofbipolardi
sorder
sareclassif
ieddependingonther
ati
osofmanicand
depressiveepi
sodes.)

Thecausesofmooddi sorder shavebeent hesubj ectofmuchr esearch.Itisknownt hat


geneticf act
orsar einvolved.( I
fonei denticalt winisdi agnosedashav ingamaj ormood
disorder,thechancesar eonei ntwot hattheot hert winwi l
lalsosuf fersuchadi sorder.)
Biochemi calfactorsalsopl ayar ole.Nor epi nephrine,aneur otransmitter,ispr esentin
excessiveamount sdur i
ngmani aandatl owl evelsdur i
ngdepr ession.Ser otonin,another
neurotransmitter,isatl ow l evelsdur i
ngdepr ession.Dr ugst hatr egulatet hel evelof
theseneur o-t
ransmi tt
ers(tricycli
cant i
depr essant s;monoami neoxi dase, MAO, inhibit
ors;
and sel ecti
ve serotonin-reuptake inhibitor s,SSRI s)ar e used f ort reatmentoft he
depressions.Resear chhasal soshownt hatcogni ti
vef actors,suchassel f-
def eati
ng
reacti
onst oev ents,contributet ot hedev elopmentofdepr ession.Ani ndivi
dualwho
acceptssol eblamef oral loflif
e'shappeni ngsi smor elikelytodev elopdepr ession.

153
Chi
l
dhood-
OnsetBi
pol
arDi
sor
der
Itisest i
matedthatone- t
hirdofal lthechi
ldr
eni nt heUnit
edStateswhohav e
beendiagnosedwithattenti
on-defici
tdisorderwit
hhy peracti
vit
yareactual
lysuf
fer
ing
fr
om earl
y-onsetbi
polardisor
der.Unt ilr
ecentl
y,bi
polardisorderwasnotv i
ewedasan
i
ll
nessthatcouldoccuramongchi ldren.

Manypsy chiatr
istsar er el uctantt ogi v
eadi agnosisofbi polardisordert oa
youngchi ldformanyr easons.Di stinguishingbetweennor malandabnor malbehav iorin
chil
dr en is dif
ficultas al lchi ldren suf ferf r
om some degr ee ofi mpulsiveness,
hyper acti
vi
ty,andal ow t olerancef orf rustr
ati
on.Al so,thesy mpt omsofear l
y-onset
bipolarcanov erlapormi mi ct hesy mpt omsofADHD,opposi tionaldef i
antdi sorder
(ODD) ,conductdi sor
der( CD) ,
and/ oranxietydisorders,cl
oudingthepi ctureevenf urther.
Bipolardisorderinchildrenusual l
ypr esent squitediff
erentl
yf r
om t hewayi tpresent sin
adults.Childrennor mall
yhav eamor echr oniccourseofi l
lnessandt endtocy cl
ev ery
rapidly.Somemayhav ef requentspi kesofhi ghsandl owswi thina24hourper iod.
Bipolarchildr
ent endtobeopposi tionalandi nfl
exibl
e,theyar eoftenext r
emel yirr
itable,
andmostexper ienceragest hatcanl astforhour satat i
me.

CommonSympt
omsofCOBPD
Accor
dingtoDemetr
iandJani
cePapolos,authorsof"TheBipol
arChi
ld"
,thesy
mptoms
obser
vedinchi
ldr
enwithear
ly-
onsetbi
polardisordermostcommonlyincl
udetheones
l
ist
edbelow:

 Separ ati
onanxi ety
 Ragesandexpl osi
vet empert antr
umsl ast
ingupt osev er
alhour
s
 Mar kedi rri
tabili
ty
 Opposi ti
onal behavior
 Rapi dcy cli
ng( f
requentmoodswi ngsoccur r
ingwithinanhour,aday
,orsev
eral
day s)
 Distract i
bi l
ityandhy per act
ivi
ty
 Impul sivi
ty
 Rest lessness/ fi
dgetiness
 Sil
liness, giddiness,goof i
ness
 Raci ngt hought s
 Aggr ession
 Grandi osity
 Car bohy dr atecr av
ings
 Risk- takingbehav i
ors
 Depr essedmoodorl ethargy
 Lowsel f-
est eem
 Difficultyget tingupi nthemor ni
ng
 Soci al Anxi ety
 Ov ersensi t
ivit
yt oemot ionalorenvir
onment altr
iggers
 Bedwet t
ing( especiallyboy s)
 Nightt errors
 Rapi dorpr essur edspeech
 Fasci nat i
onwi thgoreormor bidtopics
 Hy per sexual it
y

Opposi
ti
onalDef
iantDi
sor
der
Allchi
l
drenareoppositi
onalfrom ti
met oti
me,par ti
cular
lywhent heyaretir
ed,
hungry,orupset.Theymaythrowtantrums,disobey,and/orarguewithparents,
teachers,
andotheradul t
s.Opposi
ti
onalbehav i
orisoftenanor malpartofdev el
opmentfortwot o
thr
ee y earoldsand earl
yadol escents,and isgener all
yev en expect
ed.When t his
behaviorbecomes so f r
equentand consi stentthati tstands outas abnor malor
excessivewhencompar edwithotherchildr
enoft hesameageanddev el
opment all
evel,
orwheni tbeginstoaff
ectthechil
d'ssocial
,academicandf ami l
yli
fe,t
hereisreasonfor
concern.

154
Opposi
ti
onaldef iantdisorderisaper si
stentpatter
n( l
asti
ngf oratleastsix
months)ofnegativi
stic,host i
l
e,disobedient
,anddef iantbehaviorinachildort een
wit
houtseri
ousviol
ationoft hebasicrightsofothers.Thisdisor
derismorecommoni n
boysthaningir
lsbefor epuberty,butequalinbothsexesaf terpuber
ty.Bet
ween2and
16percentofchi l
drendi splaythispattern.Somechi l
drenwithODD maygoont o
devel
opcall
edconductdi sorder.

Sympt
omsofODD:
I
ndivi
dual
swi thoppositi
onaldefi
antdi sorderarguerepeatedl
ywithadults,l
ose
thei
rt emper,andf eelgreatangerandr esentment .Theyoftenignoreadul
tr ulesand
requests,del
iber
atelyannoyotherpeople,andbl ameot her
sf ort
heirownmistakesand
problems.Thispatternofuncooperati
ve,defiant,andhostil
ebehav i
orisper
sistentand
seri
ousenought ointerf
erewithdaytodayf unctioning.

I
ndividualswithODDar eof t
enverydiffi
culttobear ound.Thedest
ruct
iveness
anddisagreeablenesstheyexhibi
tarepurposeful,andtheyoftengetenj
oymentoutof
seei
ngsomeoneel sehurtorangr
y.Theyarer arel
yt r
ulysor
ryforcausi
ngother
shar m,
andgenerall
ybel i
evenothingi
sthei
rfaul
t.

Althoughchi l
drenwit
hODDshowsy mpt omsv er
ysimil
artochil
drenwi thADHD
orconductdi sorder,t
hereexi
stsomedef i
nit
edi f
fer
ences.Chil
drenwit
hADHDbehav e
i
mpul si
velyandwi t
houtthi
nki
ng,whi lechil
drenwi t
hODDbehav ever
ypur poseful
l
yand
oft
enwi thawel lthoughtoutplan.Childr
enwi thODDgener al
l
ydonotdi splaythemean
orcruelbehaviorthati
ssoof t
enpr esentinconductdisor
der.

Di
agnost
icCr
it
eri
aforODD:
A.Apatter
nofnegat i
visti
c,host il
e,anddef i
antbehaviorlasti
ngatleast6mont
hs,
duri
ngwhichf our( ormor e)ofthefol
lowingarepresent :
1.oft
enlosest emper
2.oft
enargueswi t
hadul t
s
3.oft
enactiv
elydef iesorr efusestocompl ywit
hadults'requestsorr
ules
4.oft
endeli
ber atel
yannoy speopl e
5.oft
enblamesot hersf orhisorhermi stakesormisbehav ior
6.i
sof t
entouchyoreasi lyannoy edbyot hers
7.i
sof t
enangr yandr esent f
ul
8.i
sof t
enspitefulorv i
ndi cti
v e

Not
e:Consi
deracri
ter
ionmetonl yi
fthebehav
ioroccur
smor efr
equent
lyt
hani
s
t
ypi
cal
l
yobserv
edi
nindi
v i
dual
sofcompar
abl
eageanddevel
opment
all
evel
.

B.Thedi sturbanceinbehaviorcausescl i
nical
lysigni
ficantimpai
rmentinsocial
,
academi c,oroccupat
ional
functi
oning.
C.Thebehav i
orsdonotoccurexclusivelyduringthecour seofaPsychot
icorMood
Disorder.
D.Crit
eriaarenotmetf orConductDisor der,and,i
ftheindivi
duali
sage18y ear
sor
older,cr
iteri
aarenotmetforAntisocialPersonali
tyDisorder.

Per
vasi
veDevel
opment
alDi
sor
der
s

Pervasi
veDev elopment
alDisordersarecomplexneurodevelopmentaldi sor
der
s
characteri
zed by delay sinthe dev el
opmentofsoci al
izati
on,communi cati
on and
cogniti
on.Sy mptomsmaybenot i
cedasear l
yasinfancy
,althought hetypicalageof
onsetisbef ore3y earsofage.Pervasiv
emeanst hatthedisorder
si nthi
scat egoryar
e
conditi
onst hatsi
gnifi
cantl
yaff
ectseveralar
easofli
feanddisruptdail
yfuncti
oning.

Sympt
omsofPDD:
I
ti sveryimpor
tantt
o under
stand t
hatallchil
dren can exhi
bitunusualbehav
ior
s
occasi
onal
l
ywi t
houthav
ing a PDD.Consi
stencyoft heunusualbehav i
orsiswhat

155
di
ffer
ent
iat
eschi
ldr
enwit
hPDDfrom nor
mal
toddl
ers.
Symptomsmayincl
udeprobl
emswit
h:

 Learning, usi ngandunderstandi


nglanguageandot hercommuni
cat
ionski
ll
s
 Dif
ficultyr elati
ngtopeople,emotions,object
s,andevent
s
 Unusual playwi thtoysandotherobjects
 Problemsr egulat
ingsensoryinf
ormationsuchassoundandtemperat
ure
 Dif
ficultywi t
hchangesi nrouti
neorfami l
iarsur
roundi
ngs
 Repet i
tivebodymov ementsandbehav iorpatt
erns
 Self
-injuriousbehav i
or
TypesofPDD:

1.Aut
ist
icDi
sor
der
:

Auti
sm isachildhooddisorderchar
acteri
zedbysi
gni
fi
canti
mpairmentinsocial
i
nteract
ions,gr
ossandsi gnif
icanti
mpairmenti
ncommunicati
on,andrest
ri
cted
patt
ernsofbehavior
,int
erest,
andactiv
iti
es.

2.Asper
ger
'sDi
sor
der
:

Asper
ger'
sischaract
eri
zedbyimpair
mentsi
nsoci
alr
elat
ionshi
psandr est
ri
cted
orunusualbehav
iorsoract
ivi
ti
es,buti
tdoesnotpr
esentthelanguagedelays
obser
vedinpeopl
ewi t
hauti
sm.

3.Ret
t'
sDi
sor
der
:

Thisdisorderi
salmostexcl
usi
vel
yobser v
edi
nf emal
es,andisaprogr
essi
ve
neurol
ogicaldi
sor
derthatischar
acter
izedbyconst
anthandwri
ngi
ng,ment
al
ret
ardati
on,andi
mpair
edmotorski
ll
s.

4.Chi
l
dhoodDi
sint
egr
ati
veDi
sor
der
:

CDDinvol
vessever
eregressi
oninlanguage,adapt
ivebehav
ior
,andmot
orski
l
ls
af
teraper
iodofnormaldevel
opmentforapproxi
mately2-
4year
s.

CausesofPDD:

The exactcause ofPDD isnotknown.Manybel iev


e a combinati
on ofbi ol
ogi
cal
condit
ionsmaycontri
butetothedevel
opmentoforcauset hesedisorders,incl
udi
ng
brai
ntrauma,vi
ral
inf
ect
ions,
andgeneti
cs.Per
vasi
veDevel
opmentalDisorders

Pervasive Dev el
opment al Di
sorders are complex neurodev el
opmental di sor
der
s
character
ized by delaysi nthe dev el
opmentofsoci al
izati
on,communi cati
on and
cogniti
on.Sy mptomsmaybenot icedasear l
yasinfancy
,althought hetypicalageof
onsetisbef ore3y earsofage.Pervasiv
emeanst hatthedisordersinthi
scat egoryar
e
conditi
onst hatsi
gnifi
cantl
yaff
ectseveralar
easofli
feanddisruptdail
yfuncti
oning.

At
tent
ionDef
ici
t/Hyper
act
ivi
tyDi
sor
der(
ADHD)

Theexi
stenceandi ncidenceofAt tent
ionDef i
cit
/ Hyperacti
v i
tyDi sorderhasbeen
debatedaloti
nrecenty ears.Parents, t
eachers,doctors, t
herapists,andev enthemedia
aregetti
nginv
olvedandv oici
ngt heirconcer nsaboutt hedi agnosisandt r
eatmentof
ADHD.Somear guet hathy peracti
v i
tyandat t
entionpr obl
emsar eanor malpartof
chi
ldhood-andt heyar e.Thedi fferencei sthati nt hosesuf f
eringf r
om ADHD t he
symptomsaremor esever eandper sistentandcauseadi sruptioninf unctioni
ng.

Withoutearl
yi dent
if
icat
ion and propertreat
mentADHD can hav e seri
ous
consequences incl
udi
ng lowered self
-est
eem,f ail
urein school
,depressi
on,and
substance abuse.Itwas once believ
ed t he sy
mpt oms ofADHD disappear
ed in

156
adol
escence,butwenow know t
hisi
snotalway
str
ue.Thesy
mptomsoftencont
inue
i
ntoadult
hoodwheret
heyconti
nuetocausepr
obl
emsatwor
kandi
nrel
ati
onshi
ps.

Whati
sADHD?

ADHDi snotanewdi sor


der ,
butit
snamehaschangedmanyt imesovertheyears
tor efl
ectt heincr
easingunder standi
ngwehav eofi tssy mptomsandcauses.Thi s
disorderis character
ized bypoorat t
ention ski
ll
s,impulsivit
y,and,in some cases,
hyperactivi
ty.ADHD i s a neur obiol
ogicaldisabil
it
y beli
ev ed to be caused by a
neurotransmitt
erpr oblem int he centr
alner vous system.Resear ch evi
dence also
i
ndicatest hatADHDi soneoft hemosti nheri
tabl
edisordersofchildhood,af
fect
ingup
to3-5per centofschool-agedchil
drenintheUnitedStatesalone.

Att
hist
imet
herear
et hreecategori
esofADHD:
1.ADDwi t
hhyperact i
vi
ty
2.ADDwi t
houtHy peracti
vi
ty
3.ADDResidualTy pe,orUndi
ffer
ent
iat
edADD

Di
agnost
icCr
it
eri
aforADHD:
A.Eit
her(1)or( 2):
1. I
nattention:si x(ormor e)oft hef ol lowingsy mpt omsofi nattenti
onhav eper sist
ed
foratl east6mont hst oadegr eet hati smal adapti
v eandi nconsist entwi th
development all
ev el
:
a)of tenf ail
st ogiv ecl oseat tent i
ont odet ai
lsormakescar el
essmi stakesi n
school wor k,wor k, orot heract i
vities
b)of tenhasdi ff
icul t
ysust aini ngat tentionint asksorpl ayact i
viti
es
c) of tendoesnotseem t ol istenwhenspokent odi r
ectly
d)of tendoesnotf ollow t hr oughoni nstruct i
onsandf ai
l
st ofinishschool
wor k,chor es,ordut iesi nt hewor kplace( notduet oopposi ti
onalbehav ior
orfai luretounder st andi nst ructions)
e) of tenhasdi ff
icul t
yor gani zingt asksandact i
vit
ies
f) of ten av oids,di slikes,ori sr eluctantt o engage i nt askst hatr equire
sust ainedment al effor t(suchasschool wor korhomewor k)
g)of tenl osest hingsnecessar yf ort asksoract ivit
ies( e.g.,toys,school
assignment s,penci l
s, books, ortool s)
h)i sof teneasi lydist ract edbyext raneousst imul i
i)i sof tenf orgetful indai l
yact ivit
ies

2. hyperacti
vi
ty-
impul
sivi
ty:si
x(ormore)oft
hef
oll
owingsy
mptomsofhy
peracti
vi
ty
-i
mpul si
vi
tyhavepersi
stedforatl
east6monthstoadegreet
hati
smaladapti
ve
andinconsist
entwit
hdev el
opmentall
evel
:

Hy
peracti
vity
a)of tenfidgetswi thhandsorf eetorsquir
msi nseat
b)of tenleav esseati nclassroom orinothersituat
ionsinwhichremaini
ng
seatedi sexpect ed
c) often runs aboutorcl i
mbs excessi v
elyi n si
tuat
ions i
n which i
tis
i
nappr opr i
ate( inadolescentsoradul ts,maybel i
mi t
edtosubjecti
ve
feeli
ngsofr estl
essness)
d)of tenhasdi f fi
cul
typlayi
ngorengagi nginlei
sureacti
vit
iesqui
etl
y
e) i
sof ten" ont hego"orof t
enactsasi f"
dr i
venbyamot or"
f) oftentalksexcessi vel
y

I
mpulsivit
y
a)oftenblurtsoutanswersbeforequesti
onshavebeencomplet
ed
b)oftenhasdi ff
icul
tyawait
ingtur
n
c) of
teninterr
uptsorint
rudesonot her
s(e.g.
,but
tsi
ntoconv
ersat
ionsorgames)

B.Somehy per
acti
ve-
impul
siv
eori natt
ent
ivesy mpt
omsthatcausedimpair
ment
werepr
esentbefor
eage7y ear
s.
C.Someimpair
mentf r
om t
hesy mptomsispresenti
ntwoormoreset
ti
ngs(e.
g.,
at

157
school [
orwor k]andathome) .
D.Ther e mustbe cl earev idence ofcl i
nical
lysignif
icantimpair
mentin social
,
academi c,oroccupationalfuncti
oning.
E.The sy mptoms do notoccurexcl usi
velydur i
ng the cour
se ofa Pervasive
Development alDisorder,Schizophreni
a,orotherPsy choti
cDisor
derandarenot
betteraccount edforbyanot herment aldisor
der( e.g.
,MoodDi sor
der
,Anxiety
Disorder,Dissoci
ati
veDi sorders,oraPersonali
tyDisorder)
.

Codebasedont
ype:
314.01Attention-Defi
cit/
Hy peracti
vityDisorder,CombinedTy pe:ifbothCr i
ter
iaA1and
A2ar emetf orthepast6mont hs
314.00 Attention-Defi
cit
/Hy peracti
vity Disorder,Predominantl
yI nattenti
ve Type:if
Cri
teri
onA1i smetbutCr i
terionA2i snotmetf ort
hepast6mont hs
314.01 Attention-
Def i
cit
/Hy peract
ivity Di
sorder,Predominantly Hyperacti
ve-
Impulsi
ve
Type:ifCr
iteri
onA2i smetbutCr it
erionA1i snotmetf ort
hepast6mont hs

Codi
ngnot
e:Forindi
vidual
s(especi
all
yadolescentsandadult
s)whocur r
ent
lyhave
sympt
omsthatnol
ongermeetful
lcri
ter
ia,
"InPar
tial
Remissi
on"shoul
dbespeci
fi
ed.

Bi
pol
arandDepr
essi
onSy
mpt
oms

Bi
pol
ar(
mani
c-depr
essi
on)anddepr
essi
onar
ecl
assi
fi
edasmooddi
sor
der
s.

Depressi
onisalow,
sadstatei
nwhi
chli
feseemsdar
kandi t
schall
engesoverwhel
mi ng.
Functi
oni
ng canbesev er
elyi
mpari
ed,and t
hedepressed i
ndi
vidualof
tenlosesal l
i
nteresti
nacti
vi
ti
es,
becomeshopel
ess,
andmayevencontemplat
eorcommi tsui
cide.

Mania,theopposi
teofdepr
ession,isast
ateofbreat
hlesseuphor
ia,oratl
eastfr
enzi
ed
energy
,inwhichpeoplemayhav eanexaggerat
edbelieft
hatthewor l
disthei
rsfort
he
taki
ng.Asmaniaprogr
esses,psychosi
sbecomesmor eandmor el
ikel
y.

Peoplewit
hbipolardisor
derr
ideanemoti
onalr
oll
ercoaster
,swi
ngi
ngfrom t
hehei
ght
s
ofelati
ontothedept hsofdespai
rwit
houtexter
nalcause.Thefi
rstepi
sodemaybe
ei
thermanicordepressiv
e.

Manicepi sodes,typi
cal
lylast i
ngf r
om af ew weekst osev eralmont hs,aregener al
ly
short
erindur at
ionandendmor eabruptl
yt hanmaj ordepressiveepi sodes.Insome
cases,episodesofdepressionandel ationmayal ter
nat eregularl
y,withmont hsory ear
s
ofsympt om- f
reenormalfunct i
oningbet weent hedisorderedmoodst ates.Sometimes
casesinvolveper i
odsof"r
api dcy cl
i
ng"i nwhichthei ndiv
idualexper i
encest woormor e
ful
lcycl
esofmani aanddepr essionwithinayearwi t
houtanyi nterveni
ngnor mal per
iods.
Rapidcyclingisrel
ati
vel
yuncommon, butoccursmor eof t
enamongwoment hanmen.

Ty
pesofDepr
essi
veDi
sor
der
s:

1. MajorDepressi
on:
Majordepressi
oni sahor r
ibl
ei l
lnessthatcancauseaper sontosufferemot ional
l
y,
physi
call
y,and social
ly
.Depr ession i
s notthe same t
hing as gr
ief
,t hough some
symptomsar ecommont oboth.I nordert
orecei
vethi
sdiagnosi
s,theindivi
dualmust
exper
ience symptoms f or a per i
od of at l
east t
wo weeks.Sui cidalt hought
s,
hospi
tali
zat
ion,
andev enpsychosisarenotuncommon.

2. Dy st
hymi cDisorder:
Dy sthymicdi sor derisachr oni
cdisor
derchar act
eri
zedbyatl easttwoyear
sofmi l
d-
moder at
edepr ession.Indiv
idual
ssuffer
ingf r
om dysthymicdisor
deroft
enrepor tt
hat
t
heydon' trememberev ernotfeel
ingdepressed.Mosti ndi
vi
dualswiththi
sdi sor
der
funct i
on relati
v elywell,butusuallyhav e some dif
ficul
tymanaging t
he tasks and
responsibili
tiesofdai l
ylif
e.

Ty
pesofBi
pol
arDi
sor
der
s:

158
1.Bi polarType1:
Tor ecei
veadi agnosisofBi
pol
ar1,aper sonmustexper i
enceatleastonemanicor
mixed epi sode.Al mostalway
st hese episodes alt
ernate wit
h peri
ods ofmaj or
depressi
on.Of t
en,thoughnotalways,theepi sodesmaybef ol
lowedbyperiodsof
normalmood.Psy choti
csymptomsar enotuncommon,andhospi t
ali
zat
ioni
sof t
en
necessary.Rapidcycli
ngmayormaynotbepr esent.

2.Bi
pol
arType2:
Bipolar2 i
nvol
ves al
ter
nat
ing peri
ods ofmaj ordepressi
on and hypomani
a.The
depressi
onisof
tenmorechr
onicinnatur
e,andsomestudiesshowahigheri
nci
denceof
suici
deinthosesuf
fer
ingfr
om thisform ofbi
polar
.Rapidcycl
ingmayormaynotbe
present.

3.Cycl ot
hymi a:
Cycl
othymiainv olv
esal ternati
ngepisodesofmi l
ddepressionandhy pomania.Many
peoplesuff
eri
ngf r
om t hisf or
m ofbipolardisordernoti
cev eryfew peri
odsofnormal
moodi nbetweenepi sodes.Rapi dcycl
ingi sthenorm,withmanypeopl ecy cl
i
ngweekly
,
dai
ly,orevenhour ly.Someexper t
sbelievet hosewithcy cl
othymiahaveahi ghri
skof
goi
ngont odev eloponeoft hemoresev ereformsofbipolardisor
der.

4.Rapi
dCycl
ing:
Rapid cy cl
ers ar ethose t hathav e experienced fourormor e epi
sodes ofmani a,
hypomani a,depr essi
onormi xedstatesi nat welvemont hperi
od.Somepeopl emay
evency clesev eralti
mesaday ,soquicklythattheirupsanddownsar eoftenconfused
withmi xedst ates.Womenandchi l
drenar emuchmor elikel
ytober api
dcy cl
ersthan
men.
Thisisof tenav erydiff
icultform ofbi pol
artot r
eat,asrapidcy
cli
ngpat i
entsareless
l
ikel
yt orespondt otradi
tionalmedications.Approximatel
y15percentofbipol
arpersons
arerapidcy cl
ers.

A.Schi
zophr
eni
a

Schi
zophr
eni
aisachronic,
sever
e, anddisabli
ngbraindisease.Appr
oxi
matel
y1per
cent
ofthepopul
ati
ondevelopsschizophreniaduri
ngt hei
rlifet
ime– morethan2mill
ion
Ameri
canssuf
ferf
rom t
heill
nessinagi venyear.

Peopl ewi t
hschi zophreniaof t
ensuffert err
ify
ingsymptomssuchashear i
ngi nternal
voicesnothear dbyot her s,orbeli
evi
ngt hatotherpeoplearereadingt heirmi nds,
control l
i
ngtheirthought s,orplot
ti
ngt ohar mt hem.Thesesymptomsmayl eavethem
fearfulandwi thdrawn.Theirspeechandbehav iorcanbesodisor
ganizedthatt heymay
bei ncompr ehensibleorf right
eni
ngt oot hers.Avail
abl
etreat
mentscanr elievemany
sympt oms,butmostpeopl ewit
hschi zophreniaconti
nuetosuffersomesy mptoms
throughoutt heirli
ves;ithasbeenest imat edthatnomor ethanonei nfi
vei ndivi
duals
recov erscompl et
ely.

Schi
zophr
eni
cdi
sor
der
sar
esev
eredi
sor
der
schar
act
eri
zedbydi
stor
tedt
hought
sand
percepti
ons,atypicalcommuni cation,inappropri
ateemot i
on,abnormalmot orbehavior
,
andsoci alwi
thdrawal.Theslow- developingschizophreni
aknownaschr onicorpr ocess
schizophreni
a has a poorpr ognosi sf orrecovery
;when a f ormerl
y wel l
-adj
usted
i
ndiv i
dualdevel
opsschi zophr
enia( knownasr eacti
veoracuteschizophreni
a),therei
sa
betterchanceofrecov er
y.Thef i
vemaj ortypesofschizophr
eni
aar easfoll
ows.

Par
anoi
d schi
zophr
eni
a i
s char
act
eri
zed by pr
omi
nent del
usi
ons or audi
tor
y
hal
lucinati
onsi
nthecontextofrel
ati
vepreser
vat
ionofusualcogni
ti
vef
unct
ioni
ngand
aff
ect.(Exampl
esar
edelusionsofper
secuti
on,gr
andeur
,orboth)

 Paranoidschi
zophrenicstrustnooneandareconstantl
yonguar
dbecausethey
areconv i
ncedthatothersareplott
ingagai
nstthem.Theymayseekr et
ali
ati
on
againsti
maginedenemi es.
 Catatoni
cschizophreniaisev i
dencedbyex cessi
ve,somet
imesvi
olentmotor

159
activ i
tyorbyamut e,unr esponsi ve,st uporouscondi ti
oni nwhi chaper sonmay
retaint hesamepost uref orhour s.Aper sonmayr emai ninonest atef oral ong
periodoral ter natebet weenv iolentact i
vi
tyandr emainingst iffandi mmobi le,
totallyunresponsi vet ot heout sidewor l
d.
 Disor ganized( hebephr enic)schi zophr eni
ai schar act eri
zedbybi zarr
esy mpt oms,
i
ncl udingext remedel usions, hallucinat i
ons,andi nappr opri
atepat t
ernsofspeech,
mood,andmov ement .Inappr opr iatemoodsmaybemani fest edbyl aughi ngor
cryingatunsui tablet i
mes.
 Undi fferenti
at ed schi zophr eniai s mani fested by del usions,hal lucinat i
ons,
i
ncoher entspeech,anddi sorgani zedbehav i
or .Thecongl omer at eofsy mpt oms
fi
tt hecr it
eri
aofmor et hanonet ypeorofnocl eart ypeofschi zophr enia.
 Resi dualschi zophr eniai s a condi ti
on in whi ch atl eastone epi sode of
schi zophreniahasoccur r
edal thought herear ecur r
entlynopr omi nentpsy chot i
c
sympt oms( forexampl e, delusionsorhal l
ucinations) .Certainnegat i
vesy mpt oms,
thosei ndi
catingal ack,suchasf l
ataf f
ect,pov er t
yofspeech,andav oli
tion( lack
ofusi ngt hewi ll
,orchoosi ng),cont inue,howev er,asdot woormor eat tenuat ed
posi ti
vesy mpt oms( eccent ricbehav ior,oddbel iefs,andsof orth) .Thecour seof
thi
st ypeofschi zophr eniamaybet i
mel i
mi tedandmayr epr esentat ransitional
phasebet weenr emi ssionandaf ul l
-blownpsy chot icepisode.

Thecausesofschi zophreniaar ecompl exandst il


lnotcompl etel
yunder stood.I tis
knownt hatgenet i
cf actorsar einvolvedbecauseschi zophreniaisf oundr epeat edlyin
certainf ami li
es;adul tchil
dr enofschi zophr enicpar entsar emor el ikel
yt o dev elop
schizophr eni athanar echi l
drenofnonschi zophrenicpar ents.Howev er,inheri
tancedoes
notcompl etelyexpl aintheet iol
ogy( cause)ofschi zophr eni
a( only46%ofi denticaltwins
ofschi zophr enict wi nsdev elopt hedisorder),andcur rently
,abi ochemi calfactori salso
deemed i mpor tant.Aut opsies on some schi zophr enics hav ef ound an excess of
dopami ner eceptor s,anddr ugst hatbl ockt heact i
v ityoft hatneur otransmi tt
erhel p
controlschi zophr eni c sympt oms.I n addi ti
on,mi suse ofamphet ami nes,whi ch are
similart o dopami ne and whi ch mayi ncrease t he l evelofdopami ne int he br ain,
produces many sy mpt oms si mil
art ot hose found i n schizophreni a.Int he brain
structuresofschi zophr eni
cs,ot herv ari
at i
onsf rom t henor m al sooccur ,suchasa
smal lert halamus and enl arged v entri
cles.The compl ete eti
ologyofschi zophr enia
remai nsaf ocusofr esear chinpsy chopathol ogy.

Sympt
omsofSchi
zophr
eni
a

Thef i
rstsignsofschi zophreniaof tenappearasconf usi
ng,orev enshocki ng,
changesi nbehav i
or.Copingwi tht hesy mpt omsofschi zophreniacanbeespeci al
ly
diff
icultf orfamilymember swhor ememberhow i nv ol
v edorv ivaci
ousaper sonwas
beforet heybecamei ll
.Thesuddenonsetofsev er
epsy choti
csy mpt omsisr efer
redto
asan“ acute”phaseofschi zophrenia.“Psychosis,”acommoncondi t
ioninschizophreni
a,
i
sast ateofment alimpairmentmar kedbyhal lucinati
ons,whi char edisturbancesof
sensor yper cept
ion,and/ordelusions,whi char efalsey etstronglyheldpersonalbelief
s
thatr esultf r
om ani nabil
itytosepar ater ealf r
om unr ealexper i
ences.Lessobv i
ous
sympt oms,such associ alisolati
on orwi thdrawal ,orunusualspeech,t hinki
ng,or
behav ior,maypr ecede,beseenal ongwi th,orfoll
owt hepsychot i
csy mptoms.

Somepeoplehav eonlyonesuchpsy choti


cepisode;othershav emanyepisodes
duri
ngalif
eti
me,butleadr el
ati
velynormalli
vesduri
ngtheinterim per
iods.However,t
he
i
ndivi
dualwit
h“chronic”schizophreni
a,oracontinuousorr ecurri
ngpat t
ernofill
ness,
oft
en does notfull
yr ecovernor malfuncti
oni
ng and t y
pi cal
l
yr equires l
ong-
term
tr
eatment,
gener
all
yincludingmedi cat
ion,
tocontr
olthesympt oms.

A.Characteri
sticsympt oms:Two( ormor e)ofthefoll
owi
ng,eachpresentfora
si
gnifi
cantpor ti
on oft i
medur ing a 1-mont
h per
iod (
orlessifsuccessful
l
y
tr
eated):
1.del usions
2.hal luci
nations
3.di sorgani
zedspeech( e.
g.,f
requentder
ail
mentori
ncoher
ence)
4.gr osslydisorgani
zedorcatatoni
cbehavi
or

160
5.negat
ivesy
mpt
oms,
i.
e.,
aff
ect
ivef
lat
teni
ng,
alogi
a,orav
oli
ti
on

6.Per
sonal
it
yDi
sor
der
:

Whati
saPer
sonal
i
tyDi
sor
der
?

Accor
ding tothe DSM- I
V,per sonali
ty disorders ar
e" enduri
ng pat
ter
ns of
percei
ving,rel
ati
ng to,and thi
nking aboutt he env i
ronmentand onesel f"t
hat"are
exhibi
tedinawi derangeofimportantsocialandper sonalcontexts,
"and"arei
nfl
exi
ble
andmal adapti
ve,andcauseei
thersigni
fi
cantimpairmentorsubj ectivedi
str
ess.
"

Personalit
ydisordersaref
oundin10%-13%oft hegeneralpopul at
ion.Theyar e
thoughtt
oor i
ginateinchil
dhoodandconti
nueintotheadulty
earsandt obesoi ngr
ained
thatiti
sdiffi
cultt opi
npointanonset.Mal
adaptiv
epersonali
tycharacteri
sticsdevelop
overtimeintot hemal adapti
vebehav
iorpat
ternsthatcreat
edistr
essf ort heaf f
ected
personanddrawt heat
tenti
onofother
s.

Atthistimet heDSM- I
Vdi vi
destheper sonali
tydisor
dersint
ot hreegr oupsof
"
clusters.
"Thismet hodwi l
lprobabl
ycont i
nueunt i
lther
eisast r
ongsci enti
ficbasisfor
v
iewingt hem differ
entl
y.Clust
erAi scall
edthe" odd"or"eccent
ri
c"cluster,clust
erBi s
t
he" dramatic,
""emotional
,
"or"errat
ic"cl
uster
,andCi sthe"anxi
ous"or"fearful
"clust
er.

Per sonali
tydisor
dersar elongstanding,mal adaptiv
e,andi nfl
exibl
eway sofr el
atingto
others,andthebehaviorsorsympt omschar acteri
sti
coft hem usuall
ybegininchil
dhood
oradol escence.Thosewi th personal i
tydi sordersmayf uncti
on adequatelyand be
regardedsi mplyaseccent ri
c,butwhent heyar ef acedwithanext r
emel ystressf
ul
situati
on,theycanrespondonl yrigidlyandnar r
owly .Theeleventypesofper sonali
ty
disordersareclassi
fiedint hreegr oups,orcl usters,basedont heirsimil
ari
ti
es.The
disorders oft
en emer ge duri
ng chi ldhood,adol escence,and ear ly adul
thood and
cont i
nueintoadul
tli
fe.

3cl
ust
ersofper
sonal
it
ydi
sor
der

Cl
ust
erA—di
sor
der
sofodd/
eccent
ri
creact
ions

1. ParanoidPersonali
t yDisorder:
Peoplewi t
hPar anoidPer sonalit
yDisor
derareexcessi
velymistrustf
uland
suspici
ousofot hers,withoutanyj usti
fi
cati
on.Theytendnottoconfidei nother
s
andtot hi
nkot herpeopl ewantt ohar mt hem.Peoplewi t
hthi
sdisordermaybe
argumentati
ve,maycompl ain,ormaybequi et
,butt heyareobvi
ousl yhost i
l
e
towardsothers.Theyof tenappeart enseandarev er
ysensiti
vetocr i
tici
sm and
haveanexcessi veneedf orautonomy .

A par anoi
d per
sonal
it
y di
sor
der is mani
fested by a pervasi
ve di
str
ust and
suspi
ciousnessofot
hersandat
endencytoi
nter
prettheact
ionsofother
sasmalevol
ent
orthr
eatening.

2. SchizoidPersonalit
yDi sorder:
PeoplewiththisPer sonal
it
yDisordershowapat ter
nofdet achmentfrom
socialr el
ati
onships and a v erylimited r
ange ofemot ions ininter
personal
si
tuations.Theyseem al oof,col
d,andindif
ferentt
ootherpeople.I
ndivi
dual
swi t
h
SchizoidPer sonal
it
yDi sorderseem nei t
hert odesi
reorenj oyclosenesswi t
h
others,i
ncludingromant i
corsexual r
elati
onships.

Aschizoidpersonal
i
tydi
sorderi
scharacter
izedbyatendencytobei ndi
ff
erentto
soci
alr
elati
onshi
psandbyrestr
ict
edexpr
essionofemoti
onsinint
erper
sonalsett
ings.

3. Schi
zot
ypalPersonal
it
yDisorder:
PeoplewithSchi
zoty
pal Per
sonal
i
tyDi
sor
derar
ety
pical
l
ysoci
all
yisol
ated,

161
l
iket hosewi thSchi zoidPersonalit
yDi sorder.Inaddi ti
on,howev er,theyalso
behav einway st hatwouldseem unusual l
yt omanyofus,andt heyt endt obe
suspiciousandt ohav eoddbeliefs.Theyof tenhav ei deasofr eference,which
meanst heythinkinsigni
fi
cantev entsrelat
edi rectl
ytot hem.Theyof t
enr epor
t
unusualper ceptualexperi
ences,incl
udingsuchi l
lusi
onsasf eel
ingt hepresence
ofanot herpersonwhent heyar ealone.Thosewi ththisdisordert endt ohave
paranoidthought sandexpresslit
tleemot i
on.

Thosewi
thaschi
zot
ypalper
sonali
tydi
sor
derdispl
ayeccentr
icwaysoft
hinking,
perceivi
ng,communi
cati
ng,and behav
ing and ar
e acutel
y uncomfor
tabl
ein close
rel
ationshi
ps.

Cl
ust
erB—di
sor
der
sofdr
amat
ic,
emot
ional
,orer
rat
icr
eact
ions.

1. AntisocialPersonali
tyDisorder :
Peoplewi t
ht hi
sdi sorderhav eahi storyoffaili
ngt ocompl ywi t
hsoci al
norms.Theyt endtobei r
responsible,impul siv
e,anddecei tful
,andt heyper form
acti
onsmostofuswoul dfindunaccept ablesuchasst eali
ngf rom f ri
endsand
family.Complet el
ylackinginconsci enceandempat hy,theyselfishlytakewhat
theywantanddoast heyplease,v iolati
ngsoci alrul
esandexpect ationswi t
hout
showi nganyconcer norr emor se.Thosewi t hthispersonali
tydisorderar eusually
superfici
all
ychar ming,intel
ligent,insincere,andnor mall
yshow apat hological
egocent r
ici
tyandincapaci t
yf orlove.

Indi
vidual
swi
thananti
soci
alper
sonali
tydi
sor
dermani
festaper
vasi
vet
endency
t
odi
sregardandtovi
olat
ether
ight
sofother
s.

2. Borderl
inePer sonalit
yDisorder:
Thosesuf feri
ngf r
om Bor derli
nePer sonal
it
yDi sorderleadt umultuous
l
ives.Theirmoodsandr elat
ionshipsar eunst abl
e,andusual l
yt heyhav eav er
y
poorself-i
mage.Thesepeopl eoftenf eelempt yandar eatagr eatr i
skofdy i
ngby
thei
rown hands.Bor derl
inesf earabandonmentand l ackcont rolovert heir
emot i
ons.Theyf requent
lyengagei nsui cidaland/ orself-
mutilativebehav i
ors,
cutti
ngorbur ningorpunchi ngthemsel ves.Thosewi t
ht hi
sdi sor derareoften
veryint
ense, goingfrom angertodeepdepr essioninashor tti
me, andareinone
ofthehi ghestr i
skgroupsf orsubst anceabuse.Theyal soar echar act
eri
zedby
i
mpul si
vity,
whi chcanbeseeni ntheirdrugabuseandsel f-
mut il
ation.

Thesei ndivi
dualstendt obeov er
lydramat icandoftenseem al mostt obeact i
ng.
People wit hthispersonalit
ydi sor derar ei ncli
ned to expresst heiremot ionsi n an
exaggerated f ashi
on.They al so t end t o be v ai
n and sel f
-centered,and t o be
uncomf ortabl
e when t hey ar e noti nthe l i
mel i
ght.They ar e often seduct i
vei n
appearanceandbehav i
or,andt heyar etypicall
yv er
yconcer nedaboutt heirlooks.In
addit
ion,theyseekr eassuranceandappr ov alconstant
lyandmaybecomeupsetor
angrywhenot hersdonotat t
endt ot hem orpr aisethem.Cogni ti
velytheytendt ov i
ew
si
tuati
onsi nverygl
obal,black-and-whi teterms.Speechi softenv ague,lackingindetail
,
andchar acter
izedbyhy perbole.

Aborderl
inepersonal
i
tydi
sorderi
schar
act
eri
zedbyinst
abi
l
ityofi
nter
per
sonal
r
elat
ionshi
ps,sel
f-i
mage,andemot
ionsaswel
lasbymarked
i
mpul si
vi
ty.

3. NarcissisticPersonali
tyDisorder :
Peoplewi ththi
sdi sordershowanexagger atedsenseofsel f
-i
mpor tance
and ar e pr eoccupied wi t
hr eceivi
ng at tent
ion.They l ack sensiti
vity and
compassi onforothersduet ot heirunreasonableself-
absorpti
on.Theyar enot
comfor t
abl eunlesssomeonei sadmi r
ingt hem.Theyar eof t
engr andioseand
al
sot endt ouseorexploitothersf ortheirowninterest
sandshowl i
ttl
eempat hy
.
They can be ext remely env i
ous and ar rogantwhen conf r
onted wi t
h other
successf ulpeople,andar efrequent l
ydepr essedbecauset heyof t
enf ailt
ol i
ve

162
upt
othei
rownexpect
ati
ons.

Mani
festat
ionsofanarci
ssisti
cper
sonal
i
tydi
sor
deri
ncl
udeaper
vasi
vepat
ter
n
ofgr
andi
osi
ty,
aneedf oradmi
rat
ion,andal
ackofempat
hy

Cl
ust
erC—di
sor
der
sinv
olv
inganxi
etyandf
ear
ful
ness

1. Av oidantPer sonal i
tyDisor der:
Ast henamesuggest s,peoplewi t
hAv oi
dantPer sonali
tyDisorderare
extremel y sensi t
ivet ot he opi ni
ons ofot hers and t herefore avoi
d most
rel
at i
onshi ps.Thei rextremel ylow self-
esteem,coupl edwit haf earofreject
ion,
causest hem t obel imitedi nthei
rf r
iendshipsandv erydependentont hosethey
feelcomf ortablewi th.Car emustbet akennott oconf usei ndivi
dual
swhoar e
asoci albecauset heyar eapat het
ic,affectiv
elyflat,andrelativel
yuninter
estedin
i
nter personalr el
ationships (as in schi zoi
d per sonali
ty disorder)wi t
ht hose
sufferingf rom Av oidantPer sonalit
yDi sorder,whoar easoci albecauset heyare
anxiousandf earf
ul ofrejecti
on.

Thosewithanavoidantpersonali
tydisor
derexhi
bit
,inavar
iet
yofcontext
s,a
perv
asivepatt
ernofsocialinhi
bit
ion,feel
ingsofinadequacy
,andhyper
sensi
ti
vi
tyto
negati
veeval
uati
ons.

2. DependentPer sonali
tyDisor
der:
Peopl ewiththispersonalit
ydi sorderrelyonot herstomakeor dinary
decisi
onsaswel lasimpor t
antones,whi chr esul
tsinanunr easonabl
efearof
abandonment .Theseindivi
dualssomet imesagr eewithotherpeoplewhent heir
ownopi ni
onsdi f
fer,
soasnott ober ej
ected.Theirdesi
retoobtainandmai ntain
supporti
ve and nur t
uring r
elati
onships may l ead tot hei
rot herbehav i
oral
charact
erist
ics,incl
uding submissiveness,timidit
y,and passivity
.They f eel
i
nadequate,ar ev ery sensi
ti
vet o criti
cism,and hav e a constantneed f or
reassur
ance.

Thosewit
hadependentper sonali
tydi
sorderallowot
herst
omakedeci
sionsand
di
splayaneedtobet akencar
eofthatleadstosubmi ssiv
eand
cl
ingingbehav
ioraccompaniedbyfearsofseparati
on.

3. Obsessi ve-Compul sivePer sonali


tyDisorder:
Those who hav e Obsessi ve-
Compul si
ve Per sonal
it
y Di sorder ar
e
characterizedbyaf ixat
ionont hi
ngsbei ngdone" ther
ightway ."Alt
houghmany
mightenv yt heirper si
stenceand dedi cat
ion,thi
spr eoccupationwi t
hdet ai
l
s
preventst hem f r
om act uallycompl eti
ngmuchofany thing.Peoplewi ththi
s
personality disorderar ev er
y wor k-or
ient
ed,spending l i
tt
let i
me on l ei
sur
e
acti
vit
ies.Becauseoft heirgener alr i
gidi
ty,t
hesepeopl et end to havepoor
i
nterpersonal relati
onships.

An obsessive-compul siv
e per sonali
tydisorderinvol
ves,in manycont ext
s,a
tendencytowar dperfectioni
sm, arigi
dpr eoccupati
onwi t
horderl
iness,
and ment aland inter personalcont r
olatt he expense offlexi
bil
ity,openness,and
effi
ciency.
Adi sordertermedaper sonalit
ydi sordernotot herwi
sespecifi
edi sonet hatdoesnot
meett hecrit
eri
af oraspeci fi
cper sonali
tydisorderbutinwhi cht hecombi nati
onof
sympt omscausescl inicall
ysignif
icantdistr
essori mpai
rmentinfunctioni
ng.

Sel
f-
Inj
ury

Whati
sSel
f-
Inj
ury?

Self
-Inj
uryist
hedeli
berateharmt otheselfwit
houtt
heint
enttocommitsui
cide.
I
tisalsoreferr
edtoasself
-abuse,sel
f-har
m, sel
f-
mutil
ati
on,
andSI.
Sel
f-
injur
yisof tenmist
akenasaf ai
ledsuicideatt
empt,andalt
houghther
earemany

163
self-
injurerswhoar esui ci
dal,researchsuppor tsthatt hemaj or i
tyofindivi
dualsthatself
-
i
njurehav enotconsideredsui cide.Thosewhoengagei nself -
injur
iousbehav i
ornor mall
y
dosoasameansofcopi ng.
Itisbel ievedbymanyt hati ndi
vidual sthatself-i
njuredosoi nanat temptt odraw
attenti
ont othemselvesormakeot hersfeelsor r
yf ort hem,butt hosewhosel f-
inj
ure
oftenkeept heirproblemsasecr etev enfrom thosev erycl oset ot hem.Sel f
-i
njur
ers
oftengoy earsbeforeany onehasanyi deathatapr oblem ev enexi st
s.
Statist
icst endt osuppor tthebel iev ethatthemaj orit
yofpeopl ethatengagei nself
-
i
njuriousbehav iorhaveahi storyofchi ldhoodsexual ,phy si
cal,and/ oremot i
onalabuse.
Notal lindivi
dualsthatsel f
-i
njurewer eabused, howev er
,andt her earemanyf act
orsthat
probabl ycontri
butetot hedev elopmentofsel f
-i
njury.

CommonMet
hodsofSel
f-
Inj
ury:
 Cutti
ng
 Burning
 Scratchi
ng
 Picki
ngofscabsandheal
i
ngwounds
 Headbanging
 Wr i
stbangi
ng

What everform ofsel f


-injuryisused,t hepersoni susual l
yl ef
twithacal m andpeacef ul
feel
ingaf tertheact .Sincet hosefeelingsar eonlytempor ar
y,thepersonwi l
lpr obably
continuetosel f-
injureunt iltheydealwi ththeunder lyi
ngi ssuesandf i
ndshealthierways
tocope.Di f
ferentpeopl esel f
-i
njur
ef ordifferentreasons,andof tenacombi nationof
reasonsi sgiven.Sel f-
injuryisof t
ent r
iggeredbyf eeli
ngsofgui lt
,helpl
essness,reject
ion,
self
-hatred,anger ,
f ail
ureandl oneli
ness.Of t
en, al
thoughnotal ways,thesefeel
ingsst em
from pastorpr esentev ents,suchasdomest icv i
olence,deathofl ovedones,l ackof
careasachi l
d,par ental depression,alcoholi
sm orcr i
ticalbehavi
or.

CommonReasonsf
orSel
f-
Inj
ury:
 Rel
ieffrom psy chologicalpainoranat t
empttomov e"i
nner
"paintotheoutsi
de
whereitiseasi ertodeal wit
h
 Rel
easeofanxi etyortension
 Toescapechr onicfeeli
ngsofnumbnessorempt i
ness
 Anexpressionofangert owardstheself
 Punishmentf orreal orimaginedwr ongdoi
ngs
 Areenactmentofabusesuf feredinthepast
 Ameansofi nduci ngdissociati
on-orbreaki
ngfr
eefrom adi
ssoci
ati
vestat
e

Sel
f-
inj
uryi
snott
he'
probl
em'f
ormanywhohar
mthemsel
ves.I
tist
hef
eel
i
ngsand
reasons behind t
he cutt
ing t
hatar et he sour
ce ofpain.Manyself-
inj
urersf i
nd i
t
extremel
ydi ff
icul
ttoexpresst hei
rr easonsf orsel
f-
inj
uryinanydet
ail
,whi chiswhy
therapycanbesov erybenefi
cial-thoughi tcantakeyearsofhar
dwor ktol ear
nnew
way sofcopingwiththei
rprobl
ems.

Selfi
njuri
ousbehavi
ordoesNOTcat egor
izesapersonaspsychot
ic,
sui
cidalormental
ly
di
sturbed.Whilemanypeopl ewit
hpsy chologi
calpr
oblemsmaysel f
-i
njure,andsel
f-
i
njuryissomet i
mesaccompaniedbydepr essi
onoroccursasasy mptom ofanother
psychiat
ri
cdisorder
,sel
f-
inj
urycanandof tendoesexistal
oneandisadi sorderi
nits
ownr i
ght

7.Del
ir
ium,
Dement
ia,
Amnest
icandot
hercogni
ti
vedi
sor
der

Cognit
ivedisor
dersinvol
veaclini
cal
lysi
gnifi
cantdefi
citi
ncogniti
onormemorythat
repr
esentsamar kedchangef r
om aprevi
ousl eveloffunct
ioni
ng.Thedi
sor
der
sar e
usual
lyfur
thercat
egori
zedbasedonthei
rpresumedetiol
ogy.

164
a)Adel iri
um i schar act erizedbyadi stur bancei nconsci ousnessandachangei n
cogni tiont hatdev elopov erashor ttime.Someexampl esar edel irium duet oa
medi calcondi t
ion, andsubst ance- i
nduceddel iri
um ( suchascausedbyadr ugof
abuseorat oxin) .Dr ugst hatar elistedascausi ngt hecondi tioni ncl udealcohol,
amphet amines,caf feine,cocai ne,hal l
ucinogens,i nhalants,mar i
juana,ni cot i
ne,
opiat es,phency clidine ( PCP) ,sedat ives,and ot herunspeci fied chemi cals.
Subst ancewi t
hdr awal mayal sopr oduceadel i
ri
um.
b)A dement iai schar act eri
zedbymul ti
plecogni tivedef i
citsthati ncl udememor y
i
mpai rment .Exampl esar edement iaofAl zheimer '
st ype, v ascul ardement i
a,
anddement iaduet oHI Vdi sease
c) An amnest ic disor deri s shown by mul ti
ple cognitive def i
cit
st hatinclude
memor yi mpai r
ment ,butt hedi sorderi snotconnect edwi thst at
esofdel eri
um or
dement i
a.Amaj orpr oblem i st het ransf erofinformat i
onf rom shor ttermt olong
term memor y.Amnest i
cdi sordersr esultf r
om a phy sicalcause such asa
traumat icev ent(forexampl e, aheadi njuryincurredinanacci dent, dur i
ngsur gery
,
orf rom anel ectricshock) ,dr ugabuse, ort heuseofmedi cati
ons.
d)A f our th cat egor y,cogni tive disor dernotot herwise speci fi
ed,i s used to
delineat eacogni ti
v edy sfunct i
onpr esumedt o beduet o agener almedi cal
condi tionorsubst anceusebutt hatdoesnotmeett heot herdi agnost iccri
teri
a.
8.Eat
ingDi
sor
der

Anindi
v i
dualsuf f
eri
ngwithAnor exiaNervosahasav er
ylowbodywei ghtcausedbysel f-
i
mposedst arv ati
on.Inwoment hi
scanal soresul
tincessat i
onofmenst rualperiods.
Thosewi t
hBul i
miaNer v
osaengagei napat t
ernofbi nge-
eati
ngepi sodesf ol
lowedby
i
nappropri
ate and har mfulcompensat orybehav i
ors such as self
-induced vomi ti
ng,
abuseofl axat i
vesand/ordi ureti
cs,andexcessi veexerci
se.Bul i
mi csareusual lyof
normalorsl ightl
yabov eav eragewei ght.Theunder lyi
ngl i
nkbetweenanor ex i
aand
bul
imiaist hatbot hcondit
ionsar echar acter
izedbyanov er
ridi
ngpr eoccupationwi th
bodysizeandshape.

Aswi t
halmostallmentaldi
sorder
s,thecult
uralcontextplaysasigni
fi
cantr
olei nthese
two disor
ders.Indi
vi
dualsl i
ving i
ni ndustri
ali
zed societi
es are bombarded wi th
messagesfrom t
hemedi apromotingtheideathat,part
icular
lyf
orwomen,bei ngthinis
notonlyessenti
altophy si
calbeautybuti salsot hekeyt oromanticandf inancial
successaswell
.Thishelpstoexplai
nwhy90per centofthosewitheati
ngdisordersare
female.

Eat
ingdi
sor
der
sar
echar
act
eri
zedbysev
eredi
stur
bancesi
neat
ingbehav
ior
.

1. Anorexianervosaischar
acter
izedbyar efusaltomaintainaminimallynormal
weight,i
ntensefearofgaini
ngwei ght
,anddi st
ort
ionint hepercepti
onoft he
shapeorsi zeofone'sbody.Post menarchealfemaleswi tht
hiscondi t
ionare
oft
en amenor rhei
c( hav
ing mi ssed three consecuti
v e menstrual cycl
es)
.
Muscularweaknessandosteoporosis(
bonel oss)mayalsooccur.

Forthosewi t
hAnor exiaNer vosa,t hegoalofmai ntaini
ngat hinbodybecomest he
verycenterpieceofexi stence,av al uet hattakespr ecedenceov erev erythi
ng el se,
i
ncludingheal t
h,survival,sex,andev enbei ngbeautif
ul.Itiscrit
icaltor ecognizet he
symptomsofanor exiaear lybecauset erri
bleoutcomesar emuchmor eeasi l
yprev ented
withprompti nter
venti
on.Unf ort
unat
el y,awarenessofthepr oblem byfriendsandf ami l
y
i
sonl yhalfthebat t
le.Manypeopl ewi t
ht hi
sconditi
onar eeitherunableorunwi lli
ngt o
acknowledget hattheirbodi esarev anishing,despi
tetheal ar
m expr essedbyev er yone
aroundthem andt heunmi stakabl
edr opont hescale.

A character
ist
icofthisdi
sorderi
sdenialandanunfort
unat
einabi
li
tytoseet he
dangersbeforeitistoolat
etorespondtothem.Ofthepeopl
ewithAnor
exiaNerv
osa
whoar efollowedoverasuf f
ici
entper
iodoftime,upto20% di
easar esultoft
heir
di
sorder.

The DSM-
IV speci
fi
es t
wo subt
ypes ofAnor
exi
a Ner
vosa -Restr
ict
ing and Bi
nge-
Eat
ing/
Pur
ging.Thosewit
htheRestr
ict
ingt
ypedi
ettoli
mitthei
rcal
ori
ci nt
ake;inthe

165
Bi
nge-
Eati
ng/Purgi
ngtype,theyrepl
yonpur ging.Unli
keindivi
dualswi t
hBuli
mia,the
Bi
nge-
eati
ng-pur
ginganorexi
cbingesonr el
ativ
elysmallamount soff oodandpurges
moreconsi
stent
ly,i
nsomecaseseacht i
mesheeat s.Approxi
mat elyhal
fthei
ndi
vi
duals
whomeetthecri
teri
aforAnorexi
aengageinbingeeati
ngandpur ging.

2. Bulimia nervosa is mani


fested by binge eati
ng and use ofi nappropri
ate
techniques,suchaspurgi
ngoruseofl axati
ves,t
opreventweightgain.Toquali
fy
for this diagnosi
s,an indivi
dualmust engage i n binge eating and t he
i
nappr opri
atecompensatoryacts(pur
ging,useoflaxati
ves)
,onav erage,t
wicea
weekf orthreemonths

Indiv
idual swit
hBul i
miaNervosacannothel ptheireat inganymor ethananal coholi
ccan
controlhi sdri
nking.Bingeeatingepi sodesal ternat ewithf r
anticef fort
stogetr i
dof
calori
es-pay ing forthebingeing byv omi t
ing,usi ng l
axativ
es,f asti
ng orconst ant
exercising.Thedi l
emmaar i
sesf rom t hecont radictionthatt hebul i
mi ccannotcont rol
hercal ori
cintake,butwantstocont rolherwei ght.Ifbodyshapewasnotani ssue,the
unrestrainedbinge-eat
ingwouldleadt oobesi t
y .Butbul i
mi cscarever ymuchaboutt heir
bodywei ghtandshapeandar eengagedi nadesper ateattemptt oneut r
ali
zetheeffect s
ofthebi ngesinordertoavoidgainingwei ght.Thisl eadst oit
sownv ici
ouscy cl
e.

Anepi sodeofbi nge-eat


ingisli
keaf eedingf r
enzy.Theindi
vi
dualconsumeshuge
amount soffood,oftentothepointofact ualphysi
calpai
n.Thentheymayv omitand
star
tallov eragai
n.Whent hebingeisov er,thebuli
micusual
lyfeel
sdi sgustedand
embarrassed,andthisisoneoft hereasonsbingeingisoft
endonewhi l
eal oneandis
keptsecretfr
om fr
iendsandf ami
l
y .

Sel
f-i
nducedv omiti
ngisbyf art
hemostcommonl yusedcompensat orybehavior
.Some
peopl
emaypr ef
ertheuseofenemasandl axat
ivesandaf ew adddi uret
ics.These
compensatorybehav i
orsservebot
ht oall
evi
atethefearofgai
ningweightandt orest
ore
adesperatel
yneededf eeli
ngofcontrol
.Somet i
mest heactofpurgingbecomesanend
untoit
sel
fandr el
ievesanxiet
yoractual
lybecomespl easur
abl
einitsownr i
ght.

Ther earetwosubt ypesofBul i


miaNer v osa,dependingont hecompensat orymet hod
usedt ocounteracttheimpactofthebi nges.ThePur gi
ngtypei nvol
vestheuseofsel f
-
i
nducedv omi
tingort heabuseoflaxat
ives, di
ureticsorenemas.TheNonpur gingtypeis
fort hosewhousef asti
ngandexcessi veexer cisetocounteractt heweight-
gai
ning
effectsofabinge.Peopl ewit
hthePur gingt ypeofBul i
mia,appr oxi
matel
y2/ 3ofthose
witht he di
sorder,are more aptto show si gnsofdepr ession and are even more
preoccupiedwiththeirbodyi
maget hant hosewhodonotpur ge

9.Ot
herDi
sor
der

DSM-IV diagnost i
c categori
es not descr ibed abovei nclude “subst
ance-
rel
ated
disorder
s”;“disordersusuallyfir
stdi agnosedi ninfancy
,childhood,oradolescence”
;
“sexualandgenderi denti
tydisor
ders”;“sleep
di
sorders”
;“ i
mpul se-
control disorders not elsewhere cl assi
fi
ed”;“adj
ustment
disorder
s”;and“ othercondi
ti
onst hatmaybeaf ocusofclini
calattent
ion.

Di
sabl
eorAbl
e
Def
ini
ngDi
sabi
li
ty

Iwasgoi ngthroughal eadingmagazine'


sreaderwoessecti
on.Thereweremanyissues
concerningreader’
sproblems.Amot herwaswor ri
edabouthert woyear
,whocouldnot
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orhischil
dwhohadwat erphobi
a.Thesearet
woof
thecases,butmaj ori
tyofpeoplearefaci
ngsomeort heothertypeoftr
ouble.I
nbr
oader
sense,thecasesar eofdisabil
i
ty.

Thecondi t
ioninwhi cht
hepersonbecomesi ncapabl
eofperfor
mi ngnormaldailyli
fe
funct
ionsist ermedas‘ di
sabi
l
ity
’.Thi
sincludesment alorphysi
calimpair
mentt hat
substant
ial
lyrestr
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if
eact i
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ti
es,suchas,mov i
ngaround,seei
ng,

166
l
ear
ning,
wor
king,
per
for
mingmanual
tasks,
speaki
ng,
andhear
ing.

TheUni t
edNat i
onshaspr ocl
aimedDecember3asI nter
nati
onalDayofPeopl
ewi t
h
Disabi
l
ity.Si
nce1992,iti
scelebratedever
yy ear
.Itwasestabl
ishedt
oencour
agethe
di
sablethroughspreadi
ngawar eness:ondisabi
li
tyi
ssuesandt heabi
li
ti
esofpeopl
e
withadisabi
li
ty.

Disabil
ityi
sf oundwidespreadinallagegroups.Buti fdisabi
l
ityisseeni nchil
drenand
youth,itaff
ectshiseducationandlearni
ng.Thear eaoflearni
ngdi sabili
tyisquit
elarge.
Thel earni
ngdisabil
i
tyisintri
nsi
ctoindivi
dual.I
tissupposedt ospr ingoutduet osome
nervous sy st
em dy sf
unction,which may ev en continue throughoutl i
fe.Learning
disabil
it
ymaybeconcomi tantwit
hotherdisabil
i
tiesrel
atedtoey es,ears,orevenmi nd.

Raisi
ngachi l
dwi t
hlearni
ngdi
sabil
it
yisnotaneasytask.I
tisaneye-
openingexper
ience,
aseach‘ di
sabled’chi
ldhasspeci
altal
ent
.Toidenti
fyandmaket hem exceli
nwhat ev
er
tal
enttheypossess, i
snotasi
mplechore.

Chil
drenandy outhwi t
hl earningdi
sabi
li
ti
eshavetobehandledwi t
hextracare.I tis
foundthatwhensuchi ndividual
sareencour
agedtopursuethei
rgoalinlife,t
heydo
succeed. Such indivi
dual s shoul
d be encouraged to develop sel
f-knowledge,
underst
andingthei
rlegalrightsandduti
esagai
nstanydi
scri
minat
ion,andf
ightforright
cause,i
finj
usti
cehappenst othem.

Di
sabi
li
ti
es

Notev er
yhumani snormal!Apersonwhoi sunabl etoperfor
m oneormor eacti
vi
ti
es,
requir
edinevery
dayli
fei sst
atedasdisable.Thereiswi decontrov
ersyindeter
mini
ng
the exactnatur
e ofdi sabi
l
iti
es.Severalindi
v i
dual
s and gr oups are af
fi
anced i
n
presenti
ngauniver
sal
l
yaccepteddefi
nit
ionof‘disabi
li
ty’
.

Accor dingtomedi calconsider


ations,t
hecondi t
ionsthatmakei tdiff
icul
torunf easi
ble
tor ead,speak,orwr i
te,mentalinfi
rmity,orepi l
epsy,comesunderdi sabi
li
ti
es.The
personi simpair
edt ocar r
yournor malsoci alobligat
ionsduet ohi sdi sabi
li
ti
es.As
approachedbysoci alcontemplati
on,disabil
it
yisnotonmedi calgrounds,butthesocial
barriersthatkeepani ndivi
dual
from equal accesstoallpract
icesandpol i
cies.

Di
sabi
l
iti
escanbeofnumer
oust
ypes:

 Phy si
caldi sabi l
i
ty ,r
esul t
ingi nnoorr estr
ict
edmobi l
i
tyduet oarthri
ti
s,paraly
sis
orPar kinson’sdi sease.
 Visuali mpai r
ment ,whi chencompassesbl i
ndness,cataract
,colorblindness,or
l
owv ision.
 Otherphy sicaldi sabili
ti
esi ncludehear inginjur
y,cancer,tubercul
osis,diabetes,
spinal cordinjury, oranybodyor ganfail
ure.
 Ment aldi sabili
tyi ncludesl earni
ngdi sorder,phobias(agoraphobia,acrophobia
etc.),
anxi ety,orev endepr ession.
 Otherdi sabili
tiescompr iseal coholi
sm, drugs,orsenil
it
y.

What ev ermaybet hecaseofdi sabi


li
ti
es,iti
sf r
equentlyseenthatsuchpersonsar e
discri
mi nated from the rest:be i tin an educationalinst
it
uti
on,wor k place,or
entertainmentzones.TheDi sabil
i
t yDi
scri
minati
onAct( DDA)provi
descert
ainguidelines
toprot ecttherightsandenforcesdut i
estaggedalongbywor kpl
acemanagement .This
Actappl i
esforempl oyer
sandt he‘ di
sabl
ed’employees,todojobonsamepl atf or
m by
adjustment sandneedf ulsupport.Itl
aysemphasisonwor ki
ngoutfl
exibl
eway s;hence
allarebenef i
tedfrom i
t.

Cer
tai
nway
sinwhi
chi
ndi
vi
dual
scangi
vet
hei
rshar
eofhel
par
e:

 Suppor
ti
ngpr
ogr
amsf
orr
ehabi
l
itat
ionofdi
sabl
edper
sonnel

s.

167
 Hel
pinthedev el
opmentandeasyav ail
abil
i
tyofdisabl
eassi
stantdevi
ces,such
aswheelchai
rs,hear
ingaids,
etc,
totheneedful
.
 St
rengt
heningjoi
ntventur
esforbenef
itofdi
sabledpeopl
e’
sorgani
zati
on.

Di
ff
erentTypesofDi
sabi
li
ty
Di
sabil
it
yty
pes:

1. Eyesightdisabil
it
y
Youar econsi deredtohav eaneyesightdisabi
lit
yify oudon’thavenormalvi
sionevenif
youwearey eglassesorcontactl
enses.Visualimpairmentmaybecausedbysev eraleye
diseaseslikeager el
atedmusculardegener at
ion,cataract
s,andmor e.Ther
earev i
sion
i
mpai rment st hatcan bet reat
ed medically,butt herealso thatcan’tbecorrected
medi cal
lyafteraccidentsori
nheri
tedoculardisorders.

2. HearingDisabil
it
y
Thi
sdisabili
tyi
ncludespeoplewhoarecompl etel
ydeaf.Or,havepart
ial
hear
inginoneor
bot
hear s.Howev er
,tocorrectt
hisprobl
em, youarerequi
redt heuseofaheari
ngaid.I
f
you mayhav e noti
ced,there ar
e people who have hearing di
sabi
li
tyyetcan sti
l
l
communi catethr
oughsignlanguage.

3. Mobi li
tydisabil
it
y
Mobi lit
yr ef
erstodi ff
erentpeoplewithvary
ingt ypesofphysicaldisabil
i
ties.Itisof t
en
related toi ndiv
idualwi th upperli
mb mobi li
ty,manualdext eri
ty,and co- ordinati
on
probl em.Mobi l
it
yi mpairmentisoneofthedisabil
ityt
ypesthataffectmov ementr anging
from gr ossmot orskill
slikewalki
ng,tofi
nemot ormov ementi nvolvi
ngmani pulationof
object s byhand.Some use assi sti
ve equipmentsuch as wheel chai
rorel ectroni
c
stroll
erst obeablet omov earound.

4.Cogni
ti
vedi
sabi
li
ty
Cogni t
ionisanot herwor df orthi
nking.Itincludesmanydi ff
erentfunct
ionsincl
udingour
abil
iti
est opayat tent
ion,learnandr etai
ni nformat i
on,sol
veproblems,andusel anguage
toexpr esst houghts.Cogni t
ivedisabil
i
tyr eferstopeopl ewithdy sl
exia,abrain-
based
typeofl earni
ngdi sabil
i
tyt hatspecifi
callyimpai r
sy ourabi
li
tytoread,andotherlearni
ng
diff
icul
ties.Learningpr oblems,ont heot herhand,di f
fer
sf rom someonewhohasa
seri
ousment alimpairment .

a)Lear
ningDi
sabi
l
ity

Lear ningdi sabi


lityi sdefinedassev er
aldi sordersaffectingt heacademi cs
andnor malf uncti
oningofl i
feofaper sonincludingpr oblem tor ead,writ
e,l
ear n,
l
ist
enandspeak,or ganizeinf or
mat i
on.I
t’
sduet ot heCent ralNer vousSystem
Dysfunct i
on.
Itcanoccurconcur rentl
ywi thsomeoft hecommondi sablement ssuchas
ment alretardation,sensor yimpairmentsorenv i
ronment ali
nfluencesbuti ti
snot
aconsequenceofanyoft hese.
Theremaybesev er alotherdef ini
ti
onsofl earningdisabili
ty ;i
ti sduet ot he
i
nterdiscipli
nar yapproachi nthest udyofl
ear ningdi sabi
l
ity.

Howev
er,
ther
eissomecommongr
oundwher
efewt
hingsar
eunani
mousl
yagr
eedupon:

 Badi
mpactonacademi
cs.

Aper sonpossessi nglear


ningdisabil
i
t yconf
ront
sprobl
emsi nachiev
inggoodr esul
tsin
academi cs.Ambi guit
iesexistbetweenaper son’
spotent
iali
tytolearnandwhathe
actuall
ylearns.
LD is nota r esultofment alretardati
on oranyenvir
onment alinf
luence such as
di
rectional,
emot i
onal.

168
I
tdoesnothav
eagoodi
mpactonacademi
csi
ncl
udi
ngpr
obl
em i
nmat
hemat
ics.

a)Someoft hefrequentmi sconcepti


onsthatwidel
yprevai
linthesociet
yare:
LearningDisabil
ityoccur sduet olowIQ.
Inrealtyitisnotso.SomeLD suf f
erer
shav eagoodi ntel
li
gencelevel.The
problem comeswhent heyf i
ndthemselvesunabletolearnexactl
ywhatt hei
rIQ
suggests.
A LD suf f
erer of ten l oses hi
s/her sel
f confi
dence and t herefore,f i
nd
hi
msel f/her
selfreluctantt operf
orm/conductwell
.

b)LearningDisabil
itysuffer
ersarelazy.
Itisyetanot herwr ongnot i
onwi del
yprevail
ingi nsoci
etythattheLDsuffer
ers
basicall
ysuffersf r
om ment allow pr
ocessing.Manyoft hem donotsucceedin
recall
i
ngt heinformat i
onatr i
ghttime,duetot helowpr ocessi
ngspeedofmind.
DespiteLD suf ferershavingbeenhar dwor king,theydonotgett hedesired
output.

c) Learni
ngDi sabi
li
tysuffer
ersdonotwor krightl
y
Itisabsolutel
yfalsenotion.Asuf f
er ermaybebadi nar t
soraestheti
csbuthe
maybegeni usincomput ers.Iti
sal soappl i
cableoneverynor
malhumanbei ng
thathecannotbegoodateachandev erything.Orwecansayi ti
snotpossi bl
e
to achieve absolut
e perfecti
on in ev en a singl
et hi
ng.These aret he well
establ
ishedchallengesforhumanbei ngswhi chareyettobeconquered.Sowhy
toblameaLear ningDisabil
itysuf
ferer.

b)I
ntel
l
ect
ual
Disabi
l
ity

Iti
saf actthatever
ychi l
dlearnsanddev elopsatdiffer
entspeedsandi nvar
iousway s.
Howev er
,therear ealsochildrenwhowi lllearnatamuchsl owerpacet hanother
chil
drenofthesameage.Ther easonbeingani nt
ell
ectualdi
sabi
li
tywhichcanbelinked
withsomegenet icori nheri
tedcondi t
ionssuchasFr agi
leX syndrome,PraderWi ll
i
syndrome,auti
sm andDownsy ndrome.Someot hercausesmayal sobeduet oahead
i
njuryoril
l
ness,butforfewot hers,t
hecausesar enotfoundatall
.

Eachpersonwithi
ntel
lectualdi
sabi
l
itycandevelopandlearnbecauset hereareal
ready
alotofserv
icesav
ail
abletohelpandassistpeoplewit
hthisdisabil
i
tyandtheirf
amili
es.
Therearesomegeneraltermsusedforint
ell
ectualdi
sabi
l
ity,
whi chareasfoll
ows:

Devel
opmentalDel
ayisaphr
aseusedforachil
dwhoi sdevel
opi
ngmor
esl
owl
ythan
ot
herchi
ldr
enofthesameageinoneormor
eareasofdevel
opment
.

GlobalDev
elopmentDel
ayisater
m usedwhenachi
l
disdev
elopi
ngmor
esl
owl
ythan
sameagechi l
dreni
nal
lar
easofdevel
opment
.

Areasofdev elopmentisusedbypr ofessi


onal
swhenr ef
err
ingt
otal
kaboutdiff
erent
typesoflearning.Themajorareasofdev el
opmentincl
udemovementwhichisgross
andf i
nemot ormov ement
,communi cati
onwhi chi
st al
ki
ngandli
steni
ng,sel
fcar e,
feedi
ng,t
hinking,soci
al,
emoti
onal,
andsensorydevel
opment.

SensoryDev elopmentisthedevel
opmentoft hev ar
ioussensesofsmell,
visi
on,hear
ing,
touch,taste,
aswel lasmov ementawareness.Ani nstanceont hi
s,i
swhenchil
drenget
older
, t
heycomet ocompr ehendthatal
lfooddoesnott astethesame,l
emonsar esour,
candiesar esweet,andthroughti
met heycombi neinfor
mat i
ongivenbythei
rsensesto
getabet teri
deaofwhati shappeningar
oundt hem.

Sensor yI
ntegr
ati
ondef i
nesachi ld’
scapaci
tytoor gani
zeandr eacttoinformat
ion
receivedt
hrought hesensessuchassmel l
,touch,heari
ng,vi
sion,andmov ement.
Childr
enneedtobeabl etosortoutandr
espondtosensoryinf
ormationbef
oretheycan
developmoreintr
icat
ethi
nkingskil
l
sandbehavi
ors.

169
Del
ayedInt
ell
ect
ualdevel
opmentref
erstosl
owlear
ninginachi
ldusuall
ybelowtheage
off
ive,
andisanoftenusedter
m ofprof
essi
onal
siftheyar
enotsureistheslownessi
s
per
manentortemporar
y.

Intel
lect
ualdisabil
ityiswhenachi l
dl earnsmor eslowlycompar edt ootherchil
drenof
thesameage, andhasadi f
fi
cultyinlearningarangeofski ll
sneededt oli
veandwor kin
thesociety.Theseski ll
si ncl
udesel f
-care,communi cation,social,andpersonalsafety.
Indiv
idualswithintel
lectualdisabil
i
tywi l
lalsohavelimitati
onsint hinki
ngskill
sincluding
theabi l
i
tytor easonoutandr emember .Theywi l
lalsohav etroubl ewit
hat t
enti
onand
organizi
nginformat i
on,aswel lasdi ffi
cultycomprehendingonhow t hi
ngsar eorhow
eventsrelat
etoeachot her.

Theearl
yassistanceonchi l
drenwithdevel
opmentaldel
aywil
lenabl
etomaket
hem
cat
chuplaterandthencontinuetodevel
opasotherchi
ldr
enoft
hesameage,
asnotal
l
devel
opmentdelaysresul
ttoint
ell
ect
ualdi
sabi
li
ty.

c) Sexual
Dev
iat
ion:

Fetishi
sm-bel i
efinmagi calfet
ishes,ext
ravagantdevi
ation.Thepathol
ogi
cal
di
splacementoferoticint
erestandsati
sfacti
ontoafetish.
Feti
sh- an object of bodil
y par t
s whose r ealof fantasi
ed pr
esence is
psychologi
calnecessaryforsexualgr
ati
ficati
ontotheextentofthatmayint
erfer
ewit
h
completesexualexpressi
on.

1.Transnest eti
sm ( t
ransv eti
le)–aper sonespeci all
yamal ewhoadoptt hedr ess
andof tent hebehav i
ort y picaloft heopposi tesexespeci al
l
yf orpur poseof
emot i
onal sexual grati
fication.
2.Voyeur( Voy euri
sm)–oneobt ainingsexualgrati
ficationfrom seeingsexor gans/
sexualact s.
Onewho habi tuall
yseekssexualst imulati
on byv i
sual
means.
Apr y i
ngobser verwhoi susual lyseekingthesorbidort he
scandal ous.
3.Pedophilia,Homosexual i
ty,Sadi sm, Masochism
 Pedaphi l
ia-anadul tindividualwhopr eyonmi norchild
 Homosexual ity
-hav ingsexual desirewit
ht hesamesex.
 Sadi sm-ament aldi sor
derwher ebyaper soni nfl
ictpaintot hesexual
par tnerbef oreordur ingthesexual act.
 Masochi sm-aper sonwhoenj oy srecei
vingt hepai nbeforeordur i
ngt he
sexual act.

d)Alcoholi
sm Personali
tyDi
sor
derchar
acter
izedbycompul
siv
edrinki
ng.Al
coholi
c
beveragesisrelati
vel
ycommon,butexcessiv
edri
nki
ngoralcoholi
sm i
sviewed
asdev i
antbehav i
or.

Ty
pesofDrinkers
1.Soci alDr
inkersdri
nkswhent heoccasi
onsuggestsordemandsi
t,and
t
heyar ei
ndiffer
enttoal
cohol.Theycantakeitorl
eavei
t.
Somesoci al
drinkersdr
inkr
egularl
y,ot
hersinf
requent
ly.

2.HeavyDri
nkers-dr
inkmorefr
equencyandconsumegreat
erquant
it
ies
whentheydri
nk.Theyoccasi
onall
ybecomeintoxi
cat
ed.

3.Acut
eAlcohol
i
cs-havemucht r
oublecontr
oll
i
ngthenuseofal
cohol.
Theymaygoonweekendbingesordrunks.Theyhav
esoberper
iods,
hutt
heyrel
ymoreandmor
eonal cohol
.

170
4.Chroni
cAl coholi
cs-dri
nkconst
antly.They“l
iv
et odrink,dri
nkt oli
ve”.
I
tisdiff
icultifnotimpossi
bleforthem toholdjobs,andt heirhealt
h
wil
linevi
tablybeaf fect
edSociol
ogi st
sbeli
evet hatalcoholi
sm isa
l
earnedbehav ior
,sincedri
nki
ngpat ter
nstendt obeassoci atedwi t
h
occupat
ional groups, soci
al classes, r
eli
gious cat egor
ies, and
nati
onal
iti
es

Ment
all
yDer
anged

Ment
alI
ll
ness— anybehavi
oraldi
sor
der
,whet
herf
unct
ionaloror
gani
c,wi
thsucha
degr
eeofsev
eri
tyast
orequi
repr
ofessi
onal
hel
pand(
usual
l
y)hospi
tal
i
zat
ion.

Ment
all
yIl
l
— Have al
way
sbeen r
egar
ded asdev
iant
s.I
n Bi
bli
calt
ime — ment
all
y
di
sor
der
edwer
edescr
ibedasbei
ngpossessedbydemonsordev
il
s.

I
nCol oni
alAmer i
ca— t heywer er
egardedaswit
ches,persecutedandev en
executed,theywereregardedaslunati
csormadmanandconfinedinjail
sorl ockedin
wellbarredrooms.inthelastcent
ury,t
hementall
ydi
sor
der
edhav ebeenr ecognizedas
i
ll
.

Now,ment
aldi
sor
der
sar
egener
all
yrecogni
zedasaheal
thpr
obl
em andasa
soci
alprobl
em.

Leadi
ngCauses:

 Causesofment alil
lnessseem t othedi v
erseast hoseofphy sical
disease.
 Obv iously,t
hemani festati
onofment alill
nessandt heproblemsposedf orthose
closestt ot heillper sonar eoftenv erydifferentf rom thoseofot herform of
i
llness.
 Ironical
ly,themor eser iousthement alil
l
ness,t hel essli
kelyisthepatientto
recognizet hatheisi ll
.
 Per haps,itistheaspectofment alil
l
ness, -thepat i
entsinabil
i
tytoreali
zethathe
i
s si ck and needs hel p along witht he f actt hatment alill
ness disrupt
s
i
nt erpersonalrelati
onshi ps,t
hathassetof fment alpati
ents,notasillpersons,
butasi nsane“ crazy”,ali
enated.

3Maj
orCl
assesofMent
alDi
sor
der
s:

1. Psychoses — whi ch entaila gross derangementofment alprocesses and


i
nabili
tyt
oev aluateexternalreal
it
ycorrect
ly.
2. Neuroseswhi chent ai
limpairmentoffunctioni
ng,oftenasegmentofabehav i
or,
butnosharpbr eakwi t
hr eali
ty.
3. Psychosomat ic disor
der s — whi ch ent
ailveryr ealorganic sy
mpt oms and
malfunct
ionscausedatl eastinpartbypsychologi
cal pr
ocesses.

Pl
aceboef
fect
:

I
nsane-i
smostof
tenappl
i
cabl
etoper
sonssuf
fer
ingf
rom t
heacut
eorchr
oni
cphases
ofpsy
chosi
s,t
hougharecur
rentl
egalpr
obl
em isposedbythef
actthatt
heboundar
y
bet
weensaneandi
nsanei
snotthesameasthatbet
weenpsy
chot
icandnon-
psy
choti
c.

Causes:
1.Hast hei
rorigi
ninthefamily
.
2.Occupat i
onalsi
tuat
ion
3.Effectsofeconomicinsecuri
ty
4. Lossofstatus

Theder
angedpersonisnotcapabl
eofbei
ngi
nfl
uencedbyt
heCommuni
cat
ionofot
her
s;
heisnot‘
reasonabl
e’
.

171
Dy
nami
cMechani
smsofDer
angement
s

Conf
li
ct

Allfor
msofment alconf
li
ct,webeli
eve,canbest
atedintermsoft
hemeansof
t
hemeans-endschema;
thelogi
calpossi
bil
i
tiesofwhi
chareasfol
lows:

I
. Endsmaybeincompat i
blebecauset
heyareopposit
eincharact
ere.
g.
 Asoldierwhowi shestoescapefrom thedangerofbattl
eandatthesame
t
imeappearbr
avet ousfell
ows.
 Amanwhowi shestobebot hapersonoflear
neddigni
tyandapopul
arcl
own.

Insuchcasesoneort heot
herendmustbesuppr essed;theegomustcreat
ea
hier
archyrat
hert
hananequali
tyofanti
thet
icalends.Iftheendsarestr
ongl
yheld,
theeffor
ttocont
roloneort
heot hermayfail
,givi
ngr i
set oneurot
icorpsy
chot
ic
symptoms.

I
I.Di
ff
erentendsmaycompet
eforscar
cemeans.

Thewomanwhol ov
esherhusbandandchil
drenandatt heti
melovehercareer
wil
lfi
ndt hateachmakesdemandsonascar cecommodi t
y,herti
meandener gy
.She
mustbepr epar
ed t o sacri
fi
ceoneinf avoroftheot herto acceptan i
ncomplete
ful
fi
ll
mentofbot h.Ifshecannotestabl
ishmodif
icat
ion,thensheall
owstheconfl
ictto
conti
nueandt othatextentbecomesadisor
gani
zedperson.

Conf l
i
ctmayar isefrom t
oogreatadi spar
it
ybet weenendsandmeans.I fthegoali s
str
onglydesiredandy etisi
mpossi bl
eofachi evement
,frust
rati
onnecessaryresult
s.
Repeatfrust
rati
onstendstopr
oduceagener ali
zedl
ackofconfidencei
none’sabil
it
yt o
achieveanyend,andagener alizedconcept i
onofoneselfasl essef
fici
entandl ess
worthythanothers.

Themai
ngoal
Theappr
ovalofot
hers,
isconti
ngentupontheaccompl
i
shmentofawidevari
ety
ofsubordi
nat
eends.Repeat
edf r
ustr
ati
ontheref
oremeansabreakdownwi
thref
erence
tot
hosestandar
dsbywhichoneev al
uat
esoneself

CommonGener
alI
ndi
cat
ionsofAbuseofDr
ugs:
 Changesi nattendanceatworkorschool
 Decreaseinmor al
capabil
i
ties(wor kperf
ormance,effi
ciency,
habi
ts,et
c.)
 Poorphy si
calappearance,neglectofdressandper sonalhygi
ene.
 Useofsungl assestoconceal dil
atedorconstri
ctedpupilsandtocompensatef
or
eyes’reducedabi l
i
tytoadjusttosunl i
ght.Unusualeffor
tstocoverarm andhi
de
needlemar ks.

Fact
saboutMent alIl
lness
 Asmanyas80per centofpeopl esuffer
ingf r
om ment alil
lnessescanef fect i
vely
ret
urntonor mal ,productiv
el i
vesiftheyreceiveappropriat
et r
eat ment.
 Duri
nganyone- yearper i
od,upt o50mi ll
ionAmer icans,mor et han22per cent,
suff
erf rom a cl early diagnosable ment aldisorderi nvolving a degr ee of
i
ncapacityt hatinter f
ereswi t
hempl oyment ,at
tendanceatschool ordai
lylife.
 Thedirectcost sofsuppor tandmedi cal
treatmentofment ali
llnessest otal$55. 4
bil
l
ionay ear.
 The indirectcost s,such as l ostempl oyment ,reduced pr oduct i
vi
ty,cr iminal
acti
vi
ty,v ehicularacci dentsandsoci alwelfareprogramsi ncreaset het otalcost
ofment al andsubst anceabusedi sorder
st omor ethan$273bi ll
ionay ear.
 Medicationsr elieveacut esympt omsofschi zophreniain80per centofcases, but

172
onlyabouthal fofallpeoplewi t
hschizophr eni
aseekt reatment.
 Wi t
ht her
apy ,80to90per centofthepeopl esuf f
eringfrom depressiv
edisor
ders
cangetbet ter,butlessthanone- t
hir
doft hosesuf feri
ngseekt reatment.
 Refinement sofl it
hium car bonat
e,usedi ntreatingmani c-depressi
ve(bi
polar
)
disorder,haveledtoanest i
mat edannualsav i
ngsof$8bi ll
ionint r
eat
mentcosts
andl ostproductiv
ityassociatedwithbipolardisorder.

Whati
sSt
igma?

Ifafri
endorcol
leagueannouncesatworktheyneedt i
meoffforcancert
reat
mentor
becauseofabrokenleg,theyareshownsympat hyandsuppor
t.Ifthi
ssameper son
asksforti
meof ftodealwi thament ali
l
lness,theyri
skrej
ecti
on,humil
iat
ion,and
possi
blyev
enthelossoft
heirj
ob.

Mentali
ll
nesscanbedev
astat
ingnotonl
ytotheli
vesofthemen,womenandchi
l
dreni
t
af
fectsdi
rect
ly,
butal
sot
hoseofthei
rfamil
i
es,f
ri
ends,andcol
l
eagues.

Treat
mentsar eavai
labl
et ohelpcontr
olorevendimi
nishthesy mpt
omsofment al
i
ll
ness,butthef
earofsocialst
igmacanmakei
textr
emel
ydiff
icul
tfort
hosesuf
fer
ingt
o
seekoutthehel
ptheyneed.

Vi
cti
msofment ali
ll
nessar
efacedwithther
iskofl
osingthei
remploymentandf
riends,
ofbeing ri
dicul
ed and mi
sunder
stood,and ofbeing di
scri
minat
ed agai
nstlegall
y,
medi
call
y,andsocial
ly.

Sti
gmai sever
ywhere-atschoolandwor k,ont
hepl
aygr
oundandatt
hegy
m,i
n
hospi
tal
sandhotel
s,andont
hetel
evi
sion.

CLASSI
FICATI
ONOFMENTALDI
SORDER

. Ment
I alRet
ardat
ion-Agener
alt
ermsr
efer
ri
ngt
oanydegr
eeofment
aldef
ici
ency
.

Ment
alDefici
ency-Int
ell
ectualsubnormali
tyofanyt
ype.
Cl
assifi
cationofMent alDefi
ciency
Borderl
inedefi
ciency IQ70-80
Moron IQ50-69
I
mbeci l
e IQ20-49
I
diot IQbelow20

Fi
v eLevelsofMent
alDef
ici
ency
Borderli
ne IQ83-68
Mild IQ67-52
Moder ate IQ51-36
Severe IQ35-20
Profound IQbel
ow20

I
I. OrganicBr ai
n Syndrome ( OBS)-I mpaired i
ntel
lectualfunct
ioni
ng,memor y
,
judgment .Poorl ear
ning acti
vi
ty,Labil
it
yand shal lowness ofaffect.May be
acute/chronicdependingonpr obabil
i
tyofr eversi
bil
it
y .Maybeassociatedwith
psychoticsymptomsandbehav i
oraldi
sturbancesornon- psy
choti
cbehavior.

A.Psychoses-f
undamentalmentalderangement(aspar
anoi
a)char
act
eri
zedby
def
ectiveorl
ostofcont
actwi
threal
it
y(psychot
ic)
.

1.Seni
ledement
ia-exhi
bit
ingal
ossofment
alf
acul
tyduet
ool
dage.
2.Pre-
seni
le.

B.Al
cohol
i
cPsy
chosi
s

173
Del
ir
ium tr
emens-aviol
entdeli
ri
um wi
tht
remor
sthati
sinducedbyexcessi
ve
andprol
onguseofal
coholi
cli
quors.

C.Psy
chosi
sassoci
atedwi
thot
hercer
ebr
alcondi
ti
on

1.Epidemi
cencephali
ti
s— anoutbreakorproductofsuddenr
api
dspr
ead,
growthordev
elopmenti
nfl
ammat
ionofthebrai
n.

2.Cer
ebr
alar
ter
ioscl
erosi
s-r
elat
ingt
othebr
ainort
hei
ntel
l
ectcer
ebr
al.

3.Art
eri
oscler
osis-achr
onicdi
seasechar
acter
izedbyabnor
mal t
hickeni
ngand
har
deningoftheart
eri
alwal
lswit
hresul
ti
nglossofel
asti
cit
y.

4.Epi
lepsy—anyofthevari
ousdisor
dermarkedbydist
urbedel
ectr
icalr
hyt
hms
ofthecent
ralner
voussyst
em andtypi
cal
l
ymani f
estedbyconvul
siveatt
acks
wit
hcloudi
ngofconsci
ousness.

5.I
ntr
acr
ani
alneopl
asm (
tumor
)

D.Psy
chosi
sassoci
atedwi
thot
herphy
sical
condi
ti
on

1.Endocr
inedisor
der-(hor
monedisorder
)li
kei
rr
egularmenst
ruat
ion.
2.Metaboli
c/Nutr
it
ionaldi
sor
der
-referst
ometabol
ism

E.Funct
ionalPsy chosi
s-Psychosesnotat
tri
but
edtophysi
cal
condi
ti
on.
1.Schi zophrenia
2.Cat atonic.
3.Eccent ric-devi
ati
ngf r
om anestabli
shedpat
ter
nofacceptedi
mageor
conduct .
4.Par anoid-

Neur
oses-ament
al/emot
ionaldi
sor
dert
hataf
fect
sonl
ypar
tsoft
heper
sonal
i
ty,i
s
accompaniedbyal ossdi stor
tedper cepti
onofreal
itythaninpsychosi
sdoesnotr esul
t
i
n distur
bance oft he use ofl anguage and is accompanied by var
ious physi
cal
,
physi
ologi
cal
,ment aldist
urbance.
Neuroti
c-an emot ionall
y unstablei ndiv
idualaf
fected wit
h neurosi
s.Characteri
zed
especi
all
y by fat
igabil
ity and often lack ofmotivati
on Feeli
ng ofinadequacy and
psychosomati
csympt oms.

Commonl
yAbusedDr
ugsandt
hei
rIndi
cat
ions

Ty
peofDr
ugs Ty
pical
Indi
cat
ions

I
. Depressants(
downers) al
cohol,st
agerr
ingorstumbli
ng,f
all
ing
i
ncludingDorr
idenandvar
ious asl
eepatwor k,sl
urr
edspeech,di
l
ated
bar
biturat
es pupi
ls,
diff
icul
tyconcentr
ati
ng

I
ntoxi
cat
ionbehavi
orwit
hnoodorof
II
. St
imulant
s(amphet
amines) Excessi
velyact
ive,i
rr
it
able,
i
ncludi
ngMethamphet
amineor argumentati
ve,
nervous,dil
atedpupi
l
s,

speed’ l
ongperiodswithouteati
ngorsleepi
ng

I
II
. Cocai
ne(
alsost
imul
ant
s)

174
quickl
yrel
easedbyanxiety
,ir
ri
tabi
l
ity
and/ordepressi
ons,someti
mes
Ener
geti
c,euphor
ic,
fixedanddil
ated accompaniedbyhalluci
nat
ionand
pupi
l
s,possibl
etr
emor s(euphor
ia paranoi
ddel usi
ons)

I
V. Nar
coti
cs(opi
um, her
oin i
njecti
ngdrugs,fi
xedandconst ri
cted
morphi
ne,
codeine) pupil
sFrequentscratchinglossof
appeti
te(butf
requent l
yeatsweet s).
Mayhav esnif
fl
es,red.Wat eri
ngey es
andcoughunt i
lanother‘fi
x’,l
ethargic
drowsy,andalt
ernatebet weendoz ing
andawakening(‘nodding’)
Scar
sonar
msorbackofhandsf
rom

V. Mar
ij
uana(
ahal
l
uci
nogens) Inearl
ystagesmay beeuphoricand
appearanimated,speakingrapidl
yand
l
oudlywithburstsoflaughter;pupil
s
maybedi lat
edandey ebloodshot;may
have,di
stort
edper cepti
onsand
experi
encehall
ucinations;i
nlaterstages
maybedr owsy .

VI
.Otherhal
l
ucinogens(
LSD,STP, Behav i
orandmoodyv aryv i
vi
dly,sitor
DOM, mescali
neDTM,DET) recl
inequi et
lyintraceli
kestateor
appearf earf
ulorev enterri
fi
ed, di
lated
pupilsinsomecases; mayexper i
ence
nausea, chil
ls,
flushes,i
rregular
breathing,sweat i
ng,tr
umbl i
ngofhands;
maybechangesi nsenseofsi ght
,
hearing,touch,smel l
andt i
me

Rober
tMerton5Patt
erns,
orModesofAdapt
ati
onBasedonGoal
s(whaty
ouwant
)and
Means(howyougett
hem)

GOAL MEANS
Acceptedmean: toregister
,
Foracol
l
egestudenti
sa
I
.Conf
ormi
st(++) gotoclass,readbooksand
degr
ee
passtests.
Butusesunaccept able
meanst ogetit;
Cheatsont ests,
buyst erm
I
I.I
nnov
ati
on(+-) Want
sthesamegoal
paperswr i
tt
enbyot hers,
copiesotherpeople’
snot es
andsoon.
St
ickstoacceptedmeans
I
II
.Ri
tual
i
st(
-+) Want
sthesamegoal anddoeswhathe/shei s
supposedt o

175
176
BASI
CCONCEPTOFDEVIANCE
AnI
( ntr
oduct
ion)

Thecoursewewillbeexpl
ori
ngthenatur
eofconformit
yt o-anddevi
ati
onf r
om -
soci
alrulesinbot
hourownandot hersoci
eti
es.I
nordertodot hi
s,wewilli
nit
ial
l
yneed
tounderstandanumberofbasi
cconceptst
hatwecandev el
op.

1.TheSoci
alDi
str
ibut
ionofCr
imeandDevi
ance:
I
nthisr
espect
,wewillbel
ooki
ngatamaj oraspectofdeviantbehavi
ourinoursoci
ety
(
cri
me)andthewaysuchbehav
iouri
sassoci
atedwithvar
ioussocialcat
egori
essuchas:

 Class
 Age
 Gender
 Ethni
cit
y
 Reli
gion

2.Theor
iesofCr
imeandDevi
ance:
I
nsimpl
eter
ms,weneedtolookatt hevar
iousexpl
anat
ionsofcri
meanddev
iancet
hat
hav
ebeenpr
oducedbysoci
ologi
stsovert
hepast100orsoy ear
s.

3. Power,
DevianceandSocialControl
:
Theconceptofpoweri sav er
ysignifi
cantoneinrel
ati
ontothewaysoci alr
ulesar
e
creat
edandappli
edand,fort
hisreason,weneedtoexaminethi
sconceptasameansof
underst
andi
ngthenatur
eofsocialconfor
mityanddevi
ance.

4. SocialReacti
onstoCri
meandDevi ance:
Asi
gni
ficantaspectof(
devi
ant)behaviouri
sthereacti
onofot
herstothatbehavi
ourand,
i
nthi
srespect,wewi l
lbepart
icul
arlyconcernedwithanexaminat
ionofther ol
eofthe
massmediaintheprocessofDeviancyAmpl i
fi
cat
ion.

5.TheRol
eoft
hePol
ice,
Cour
tsandPenalSyst
em:
Theconcer
nher
ewi
l
lbet
oout
li
net
her
oleof"
off
ici
al"agenci
esofsoci
alcont
roli
nour
soci
ety
.

6. YouthSubculturesandStyles:
Overthepast20-30y earsanumberof" devi
antsub-
cultures"(
Mobs,Hi
ppi
es,Punks
andsof or
th)havesurfacedinbothourownandot hercul
turesandt he
concernherewi llbet o bothexaminet henatureandpur poseofsuchsubcul
tur
al
groupi
ngsandt heirr
elati
onshi
ptodev i
antbehavi
ouringeneral.

7. Soci
ologicalExpl
anationsofSui ci
de:
Sui
cideisaninteresti
ngexampl eofaf orm ofdevi
antbehav i
ourt
hathasbeenstudiedin
agreatdealofdept hbyvari
oussoci ol
ogist
sov ertheyears.I
nthi
spartofthecoursewe
wil
llooknotonl yatsomesoci ologi
calexplanat
ionsoft hi
sbehavi
ourbutalsoatt he
wayi nwhichwecanuset hisar eaofsoci albehaviourtohighl
ightmethodol
ogical
di
ffer
encesofappr oachtothest udyofhumanbehav i
our.

TheConceptofDev
iance

"Dev
iance"i
sawi de-
rangi
ngter
m usedbysoci ologi
ststoref
ertobehav
iourt
hatvar
ies,
i
nsomeway ,f
rom asocialnorm.Int hisrespect
,itisevidentt
hattheconceptof
devi
anceref
erstosomef or
m of"r
ule-
breaki
ng"behaviour
.

Inrelat
iont odev iance,theref
ore,theconceptr elatestoallformsofr ule-
breaki
ng
(whethert hisinvolvessucht hi
ngsasmur der,theftorar son-t hebr eaki
ngoff or
mal
soci
al rules-orsucht hingsaswear i
nginappr opri
ateclothingforagi vensocialsi
tuati
on,
fai
li
ngt opr oducehomewor katschool orbei ngcheekyt oapar ent,teacherandsof ort
h-
more-or -
lessthebr eakingofr elati
vel
yinformal socialr
ules).
Asshoul dbeappar ent,criminalbehaviourisaf orm ofdev i
ance(onet hatisdefinedas
thebr eaking ofl egalr ules)and,whi l
ewewi llbeconcent rat
ing upont hisar eaof

177
devi
ance,i
tneedst
ober ememberedthatiti
sonlyoneaspect-al
bietav
erysi
gni
fi
cant
one-inrel
ati
ontot
heconceptofdev
iantbehavi
ouri
nanysociet
y.

Asageneralr
ule,
ther
efor
e,wecansayt
hatt
her
eisadi
sti
nct
ionbet
weencr
ime
anddev
iancei
nter
msof :

"
Allcrimeis,bydef
ini
ti
on,devi
antbehaviour,butnotallfor
msofdev
iancear
e
cr
iminal
".
Devi
ance,then,i
samuchmor egeneri
c(gener
al)categorythancri
me.

Twodi
sti
nctcat
egor
ies;

1.I
nfor
malDevi
ance
Inf
ormaldevi
anceref
erstothefactt
hatani ndi
vi
dual(orgroupofi ndi
vi
duals)maybe
sli
ght
lynon-
confor
misttot
hegeneraltr
endofsociety;however,hi
s/her
/thei
rbehav
iour
doesnotconst
it
uteanil
l
egalact
.RecentexampleisDavidBl
aine;

I
nformal
deviant
sarepeople/groupsofpeoplether
eforewhosebehav
iourmi
ght
r
aiseaneyebrowbutwi
llnotencourageapersontocall
thepoli
ce.

Inf
ormaldeviantsarepeoplewhoaresimpl
y“di
ff
erent
”forsomer easonor
another
.I neffect,i
tisf
airtosayt
hatweareal
linfor
mal
lydevi
anttosome
degreeoranother.

I
nSociol
ogy,therei
safasci
nati
onwithyoungpeoplebecauseofthei
rinf
ormal
l
y
dev
iantt
endencies–par
ti
cular
lywhenlooki
ngatyouthsubcul
tur
es

Asubculture=agr oupofpeopl ei nsoci


etywhosebehav i
our(andsometi
mes
sty
leofdress)issi
gnif
icant
lydif
ferentf
rom wi
dersociet
y–somuchsot hatthey
haveauni quecul
ture(awayoflif
e).Howev er
,becausetheyst
il
lexi
stwit
hinour
societ
ytheyarecall
edsubcultur
es

2.For
malDevi
ance
For
maldev i
ance,qui
tesimpl
y,descr
ibesanactcommi t
tedbyapersonorgroupof
per
sonsthatcontrav
enes(goesagainst
)theest
abl
ishedlawsofsociet
y. Afor
mal
dev
ianti
stheref
oreacri
minal
.

Domest i
cviolence Smoki ng
Mur der Dri
nkingtoomuch
Foxhunt ing Suici
de
All
owi ngchildrentousemobi
l
ephones Buy i
ngalcohol
under
age
UsingI nt
ernetchatrooms Graffi
ti

Rel
ati
vemeans,
ther
efor
e,subj
ectt
ochangeacr
osst
imeandl
ocat
ion.

Some soci
eti
es’defi
nit
ion of f
ormal
ly dev
iant and i
nfor
mal
l
y dev
iant i
s
consi
der
abl
ydif
fer
entf
rom oursf
orexampl
e.

Iti
salsot hecaset hatweinterpr
etdeviantactsi
nrelat
iontowheretheyhappen
–consi derforexampl eonemanki ll
i
nganot her–instantl
y,wemightassumea
for
mal l
ydev i
antact–howev er,i
nthecont extofawart hi
sisaccept
able,i
nthe
contextofasubur borinnercit
y,t
hisisclearmurder
.

“Socialconst
ruct
”– itisat ermt haty ouhav epr obablycomeacrossbefore– f or
example,thef
amilyisasocialconstruct–t hereforeournoti
onofwhataf amilyis,is
subj
ecttochangeacrossti
meandl ocation
whatwer egar
dasi nf
ormall
yandf ormallydeviantisdetermi
nedbysociet
yatlarge–i f
enoughpeopleinsocietyoveral ongper i
odoft imef eelanactt
hatwasi nformally

178
devi
anti
sf or
mallydevi
antforexample,t
heremightbepressureont
helegalsystem t
o
makesuchanactf ormall
ydev i
ant
.Pastexampl esmightincl
udest
alki
ng,harassi
ng
peopl
ewithtextmessagesandusingmobilephoneswhendrivi
ng.

Hagan(1984),aCanadi
anCr
imi
nol
ogi
st,out
li
nedhowsoci
etyconst
ruct
sournot
ionof
devi
ance;
theseare;

1.Thedegr eeofagr eementaboutt hewr ongf


ulnessoftheact–Thi smayr ange
fr
om conf usi
on/apat hytotot
alagreement
2.Severityoft hesoci alresponseel i
cit
edbyt heact;thi
scanr angefrom li
fe
i
mpr isonmentt opolit
eav oi
dance,
3.Societiesev aluati
onoft hehar m el
ici
tedbyt heact;t
hislooksatthedegr
eeof
vi
cti
mi sation–t hedegreeofpersonalandsocialhar
m.

Let
’si
ll
ustratethiswithafewexampl es;
1.9/11–anactwhi chundoubt edlyscarredAmer i
caandper manentlyal teredthe
waywel i
veandseet hewor l
di nitsafter
mat h;West er
nsoci ety(andi tisf ai
rto
say, mostoft heworld)wasuni tedinthewayi tsawt heext r
emewr ongf ulnessof
theact ;andtherewasasev er
er esponseasar esult
.
2.Cloning– anactwhi ch,onecoul dar gueisl ikel
yt obecl assedasasoci al
diversionoraconf li
ctcr i
mef orawhi le–soci etyisdividedast othehar mt hi
s
causes, it
swr ongf
ulnessandasar esultresponsesar eli
kelytobemi xed.

Handinhandwithdevi
ance,however,
comest heconceptsoci
alcontr
ol
Soci
alcontrolexi
ststo preventnegati
vedev i
ance(thatisdev i
ancewhich can be
damagingtoother
s)–asmostdev i
anceis,
itcouldbeargued,negat
iveany
way,wewi l
l
l
ooksimplyusetheter
m“ devi
ance”here

Ther
ear
etwot
ypesofsoci
alcont
rol
;

A.I nfor
mal SocialCont
rol
Ifyouhadapr oblem, whowouldyouturntofir
st?Afri
end?Family
?I ti
squit
elikelythat
youwoul dseeksol aceinsomeoney ouknew well…someonewhoy ousaw r
egul ar
ly–
someonewhopl aysav eryi
mportantpar
tinyourli
fe.Thisiswhatwemeanbyi nformal
socialcontr
ol.Thisform ofcont
roli
stheref
orebasedont heapprov
alordi
sappr ovalof
thosearounduswhoser evi
ewofuswer egardasimportant
.

Thr
eemai
ngr
oupst
hatf
alli
ntot
hiscat
egor
yar
e;

1.Fami
l
y,
Ourbasi clearni
ngofnor msandv al
ues(whatisregardedasdesi rableandachievabl
e,
oftendictati
nghow weshoul dl
ive)arelear
nedint her eal
m ofthef ami l
y.Thefamily
therefor
epl aysav er
yimportantroleonsocial
isi
ngusandt heref
oregi vi
ngusourown
i
dent i
ty.Itisinthisreal
mt hatwel ear
nt hebasicmor ali
tyofsociety andwelearnto
dev el
opaconsci ence.Thef amil
ycontrolsusinav erysubtleway–unl esswedov ery
wrongper hapswher epuni
shmenti sobvi
ousandpr onounced.

2. Fr i
ends,
I
nSoci ology,theter
m“ peergroup”isoft
enusedasanal ter
nat
ivet
ot het
erm“fri
ends”
.
Apeergr oupisagr oupofpeopleofasi mil
araget ouswhower elatet
o.Oftenpeer
groupscant eachusi nf
ormally(i
.e.of
teninaver
y“ pi
ecemeal”andsubtl
eway–much
l
iket hef amil
y )how to behavecor r
ectl
yand proper
ly,butsometimestheydo the
oppositeasweshal lseelat
er!

3.Wor
kCol
l
eagues
Verysimi
lart
opeergr
oupsbutper
hapswor
kcol
l
eaguesar
elessl
i
kel
ytoabuset
heway
theycancont
rol
us!

B.FormalSoci
alContr
ol
Thesecondfor
m ofcontr
olisf
ormalsoci
alcontr
ol.InSoci
ology,t
hesei
nst
it
uti
onsar
e
ref
err
edtoasorgani
sati
onsorsyst
emst hatexer
ciseri
gidr
ules,i
deol
ogi
esandmoral
s

179
t
hatwear
eof
tencompel
l
edt
oobey
.For
mal
soci
alcont
rol
wecani
ncl
ude:

1.Rel
i
gion
Hist
ori
cally
,thechurchwasoneofthemajorfor
msofsoci alcontrol
.However,per
haps
i
tsdegr eeofsocialcont
rolhaswanedali
tt
lenow I t
ssigni
ficanceasaf or
m ofsocial
contr
ol,however,maysti
llexi
sti
nthewayithasinf
luencedthelegalsy
stem,thefamily
andeducation.

2.Educat
ion
Educati
onhasoftenbeencit
edasaf or
m ofcontr
olint
hewaymor al
it
yandcit
izenship
aretaughtt
opupils.Oft
en,t
hishasbeenref
err
edtoast heHiddenCurri
cul
um (
Bowl es
andGinti
s);acur
ricul
um t
hatyoul
earnwit
houtr
eall
ythi
nkingabouti
t.

3.TheMassMedi
a
Themassmedi a(radi
o, t
elevi
sion,ci
nema,art
set c)infl
uenceusbyprovi
dingmodelsof
behavi
ourt hatwecopy( itisthroughthemassmedi athatwehaverol
emodel s)whil
e
condemningot her“devi
ant ”f
ormsofbehav iour.Thi si ssomet
hingwewi l
llookatin
moredept hl at
eron;indeed,itcouldbearguedt hatthemediaisplay
ingamor eand
morecrucialrol
einshapingpubl i
copini
onthatitev erhas.

4.TheHeal
thSer
vice
Atf i
rstitmayseem qui test r
anget osuggestt hatt heHeal thServi
cei sasy stem of
socialcontrol
;butremember ,whent alkingaboutsoci alcontrolwearenotnecessar il
y
talki
ngaboutnegat i
vecontrol(i.
e.condemni ngbehav i
ourthati sdevi
ant);soci
alcont
rol
alsodescribesposit
ivecontrol(i
.e.encour agingust oconf or mtothev al
uesofsociety)
.
TheHeal thServiceencouragesust ober esponsibleaboutourheal t
h;thinkaboutvery
subtlethi
ngsf orexamplelikeachi ldget ti
ngal oll
ipopatedent i
st–t hatisasignthat
youhav edonewhati sexpect edofy ou.Someper specti
v es,however,arguethatthe
HealthServiceismoreli
kelytobeasy stem ofinf
or mal socialcontr
ol.

5.TheLegalSyst
em
Undoubtedlythemostobv i
ousty
peofsocialcontr
olinsociet
y. TheLegalsy
stem,
ther
efor
e,i
st hemostpowerf
uli
nsti
tut
iont
hatdeal
swithsoci
alcont
rol
.Incl
udedi
nt hi
s
arethepol
iceandthecour
ts.

PRI
MARYANDSECONDARYDEVI ATIONS
 Pri
mar yDevi at
ion-isnott ooser iousanddoesnotaf fectthei ndivi
dual
’sself
-
concept ,foriti swi t
hinthe boundsofr easonabl
e,accept able,and nor
mal
behaviorforpeopl eli
kethem.Itf it
sinwithordoesnotser i
ouslyd* actfr
om the
person’stypi
cal stat
usandr ol
e.e.g.
 Thedoct orwhosplit
sfees,
 Theper sonwhodr i
nkstoomuch, and
 Theeccent ri
ccoll
egeprof essorarealldefi
antt
obesur e,butthesetypes
ofdev i
ationareconsideredpr i
mar ybecausetheydonotgof orbey
ond
theboundar i
esoftheconv enti
onalstatusesandrulestheyoccupy .

A process al
so occurs wher
ebysoci et
yreact
st o cont
inued,pr
imar
ydev
iat
ion by
expr
essingmoralindi
gnati
on,r
eject
ion,
andpenal
ti
es.

 SecondaryDevi
ati
on-refer
stodev iat
ionthatrepresentsadef ense,at
tack,or
adj
ustmenttot heprobl
emscr eatedbyt hesoci etalreact
iontot heprimary
devi
ati
on.Theindi
vi
dualbecomeslabeledandstigmat i
zed.Thepersonsbeginto
seehim asot
hersdo,andthesel
f-
conceptbeginstochange.

e.
g.Thesociet
alreacti
onhasthei
ntentofst
oppingpri
marydevi
ati
on,butmayforceone
i
ntosecondarydeviat
ion.Thi
sint
urnoftenleadstoanincr
easeindevianti
nvol
vement
andbehavi
or.

 TheJuv
enil
eispi
ckeduponami norchar
ge,l
iker
unawayorcur
fewviol
ati
on.
Sheisl
ockedupinadetent
ionhomeandt r
eatedli
ketheot
herdel
i
nquents.

180
Shel
ear
nsf
rom t
hem,
star
tst
oseeher
sel
fdi
ff
erent
lycar
eer
.

Thevol
umeofdev iantbehav
iorcanbereducedonlybyremov
ingt
hecondi
ti
onst
hat
gi
ver
isetoi
t,andnotthr
oughtreat
mentofi
ndivi
dual
cases.

For
msofr
ule-
breaki
ngbehav
iour(
byHagan)

1. Admir
edbehavi our:
Anexampl eofdev i
ancet hatmightbeconsi
deredas"good"or" admirabl
e"behavi
our
(whi
lstal
sobreakingsocialnor
ms)mi ghtbesomethi
nglikeher
oism -thesavingofthe
l
ifeofanot
herpersonwhi l
stputt
ingyourownl
ifeingr
eatdanger
,forexample.

2. Oddbehaviour:
Manyf ormsofbehav iour-whilstnotbeingcri
minal-aref r
equent
lyconsider
edtobe
somehow" odd"or"diff
erent"t
onor malbehavi
our.Theseformsofdeviancerangef
rom
suchthingsasoutlandishmodesofdr ess,thr
oughmi l
dlyeccent
ri
cformsofbehaviour
(t
hepersonwhoshar est hei
rhousewith50cats,f
orexampl e)
,toout
ri
ghtmadness.

3. Badbehav i
our:
Dev i
antbehaviourint hi
scategorytendstober est
rictedtolaw-breaki
ngorcr i
minal
behav i
our-behav i
ourthatinsomewayi sseenasbei ngsomethingmor ethansimply
outlandi
shoreccent r
ic.Dependi
ngupont heti
meandpl ace,f
ormsofbehav iouri
nthi
s
categorymightincl
udecrimesofviol
ence,cr
imesagainstpropert
yandsof or
th.

Dev
iance:
Absol
uteorRel
ati
ve?

Wecandefi
nedevi
ancei
nanabsolut
ewayitwouldmeanthati
nal
lsoci
eti
es
andatal
lti
mescer
tai
nfor
msofbehav
iourwi
ll
beconsi
der
eddev
iant
.

Twosi
gni
fi
canti
deasofabsol
utedevi
ance:

 Fir
stl
y,itwouldmeant hatallsoci
eti
eswould,forsomer easonorot
her,develop
rul
est hatpr
escri
bedcer t
ainformsofbehav i
our(or“act
s”,t
ousethejargon).by
understandi
ng the reasons for such prescr
ipti
ons we would be abl et o
understandtheessenti
alnatur
eofdev i
anceandsocialcontr
ol.

 Secondly,i
twouldmeant hatthestudyofdevianceshouldconcentrateonwhy
peoplebreakcertai
nr ules.Thatis,i
twouldnecessari
lyfocusont hedeviant(or
cri
minal)and,bysodoi ng,wouldfocusonav ar
ietyoffact
ors,bot
hpsy chologi
cal
(devi
ants as “damaged per sonali
ti
es,forex ample) orsocial( f
ami l
y and
educati
onalbackground, cl
ass,genderandage,etc.

Wecandef inedevi
anceinar elat
ivewayi twoul dmeant hatdif
fer
entsoci eti
esat
differ
entt i
mesdevel
opdiff
erentwaysofseei ngt hesamef orm ofbehaviour.Thus,i
n
effect,someonecouldcommitanactinonesoci etythatwoul
dbeseenasdev i
antwhil
e
theycoul dcommitt
hesameacti nadiff
erentsocietyandbeseenasnon- deviant
.

Cr
oss-
Cul
tur
alandHi
stor
icalCompar
isons

Asimplewayofi ll
ustr
ati
ngt hei deathatdevi
anceisactualyar
l elat
iverat
herthanan
absol
uteconceptistoconsi derhow t hesamef orm ofbehavi
ourcanbeconsi der
ed
devi
antornon-
devianti
ndi f
ferentsocieti
es(cr
oss-
cult
uralcompar
ison)andint
hesame
soci
etyatdi
ff
erentti
mes( hi
storicalcompari
son).

 Homosexuali
ty
 Sui
cide
 Dri
nkingal
cohol
 Bei
ngmar r
iedtomorethanoneper
sonatt
hesamet
ime.
 Womenwear ingt
rouser
s.

181
 Ki
l
li
ngsomeone

TheSoci alConstr
uct ionofDevi
ance
Oner easonforargui ngthatdevi sar
ancei el
ati
veconcepti
stosensit
izeyoutotheidea
thatconceptsofdev iant/non-
devi
antbehavi
ourar
esocialconst
ruct
ions.Thati
s,each
societyorcult
urecr eatesrul
esofbehavi
ourbywhichitsmembersaregov er
nedand,of
necessity,
control
led.

AspectofDev
iance

1. i
deol ogyisanimportantaspectofthesoci
ologyofdevi
ance,sincei
tseemsevi
dent
thatoneoft hecrucialvari
abl
esinvol
vedindef i
ningbehaviourasdevi
ant/non-
deviantisthebasi
cv aluespeopl
einanysoci
ety(orsoci
algroup)hol
d.

Howev er,whil
ethi
sisclear
lyimportant,i
deologyaloneisnotasuff
ici
entform of
explanat
ionsinceitiscl
earthatpeopl ecan,inef
fect,thi
nkwhattheyli
keabout
theirownandot herpeopl
e’
sbehav i
our( youarefree,forexampl
e,t
obel i
evethat
i
t’snotdev i
anttowearyourunderpantsony ourheadandwanderar oundsinging
“I’
m alit
tl
epixie”
).Whatmat t
ersisy ourabil
i
ty(orinabil
it
y)toi
mposey ourideas
aboutnormal i
tyonother
s.

2.Wemustbui l
dt heconceptofpoweri ntoanyexpl anati
onofdev iant/non- dev
iant
behavi
our
.Inthisr espect,wecouldarguethatcer tai
nactsareconsi dereddeviant
notbecausetheyar e“inher
entlywrong”(asI ’
v esuggested,nof orm ofhuman
behavi
our
,howev erextremeordi sgust
ingwemi ghtbeli
eveittobe,i s“alwaysand
ever
ywhere”wrong)butbecausepower fulgroupsinanysocietysayt heyaredeviant
andhavetheabil
itytoimposet hei
rdefi
nit
ionofnor mali
tyonothers.

3.I
tbecomesclearthatdeviancei
snotsomuchaquest
ionofwhatyoudobutmorea
quest
ionofwhet herornotother
sobjectt
owhaty
oudo( andwhattheyar
eabl
eto
dotoyouinordertotrytostopyoudoingi
t).

“Devi
anceisnotaqual
i
tyofwhatpeopl
edo[
theact
].Rat
her
,iti
saqual
i
tyofhow
peopl
ereactt
owhaty
oudo”
.

Soci
etalandSi
tuat
ional
Dev
iance

Theabov er epr
esentsanoppor tuni
tyto bri
eflyconsiderwhatPl ummerhas
arguedi sthediff
erencebetweensociet
al(thati
s,society
-wide)andsit
uational(
thati
s,
l
ocalised)deviance,sincethisdist
inct
ionhelpstor einf
orcet heideathatbehav i
our
considereddeviantinonesit
uati
onmaybeconsi derednon-devianti
nanother.

By“ soci
etaldeviance”Pl
ummermeansthev ar
iouscat
egor
iesofbehav
iourt
hatare
ei
therill
egalorwhichare“
commonl
ysensed”bypeopl
etobedevi
ant(
suchasswear
ing
atyourteacher)
.

“Sit
uationaldeviance”,ontheotherhand,r ef
erstothewaydi ff
erentsub-
cul
tur
al(or
sit
uat i
onal)groupsdev el
opnormsofbehav i
ourthatmaybeatoddswi tht
hoseof
“societyasawhol e”.I
nsuchsituat
ions,behavi
ourthatmightbeconsider
edsoci
etal
ly
deviant(thef
t,homosexuali
tyandsof or
th)maybeper f
ect
lyaccept
able.

Thef
ollowi
ngexample:
 Inoursociety
,kil
li
ngsomeoneisconsi
der
eddev
iant
.Tonotgoar
oundki
l
li
ng
peopl
eis,
ther
efor
e,non-
dev
iant
.

 However,f
orasol
dier
,fi
ght
ingi
nawar
,ther
ever
sei
str
ue.Tonotki
l
ltheenemy
i
sconsider
eddevi
ant.

 Thus,i
nthel
att
ersi
tuat
iont
hebasi
cval
uesandnor
msof“
soci
ety
”ar
einv
ert
ed

182
byt
hedemandsoft
he“
sit
uat
ion”
.

Cul
pabl
eandNon-
Cul
pabl
eDev
iance

Af urtherdi
sti
ncti
onwecanbet weendiffer
enttypesofdeviantbehaviouri
sonet hat
recognisestheideathatther
eisaqual i
tati
vedif
ferencebet
weenpeopl ewhocommi t
deviantactsconsciousl
y(andwi t
haf ul
lunderst
andingofthef acttheyarebehaving
deviantly
)andthosewhosedev i
antbehav
iourmay, f
orexampl
e, beacci
dentalornof
ault
oftheirown.

Culpable deviance refer


st o actsf orwhi ch t
he i
ndivi
dualper pet
ratorcan be hel
d
personallyaccountable.Theyare,inshort,actsofdevi
ancecommi tt
edbypeopleinthe
knowl edgethatsuchact saredev iant
.Exampl esheremi ghtincludecr i
messuchas
mur der,t
heftorv i
olence,aswellasawi devariet
yofnon-cr
iminaldeviance.

Non-cul
pabl
e devi
ance,on the ot
herhand,ref
ersto act
sforwhich t
he i
ndi
vi
dual
per
petrat
orisnotheldpersonal
lyaccount
abl
e.Exampl
esofthi
sty
peofnon-cul
pabl
e
devi
antbehavi
ourmighti
ncludedev
iantact
scommitt
edby:

1.Peopleclassi
fi
edas“ mental
lyi
ll
”.Inoursoci
etywerecogni
sethatt
he“ ment
ally
-
i
ll”(howeverthi
si sdef
ined)cannotbehel dcul
pabl
ef ordev
iantact
ionssince
theyarenotconsider
edtounderstandtheval
uesandnormsof“normal
”society.

2.Chi
ldren.I
noursociety
.forexample,theageofcriminalresponsi
bil
it
yvar
iesf
or
di
ffer
entformsofcrime.Iti
s,however,agener
alrul
et hatchil
drenundert
heage
of10cannotbeheldresponsi
bleforanycri
minalactstheycommi t.

Oper
ati
onal
izi
ngTheConceptofDev
iance

Onereasonforwanti
ngt ooperat
ional
iset
heconceptofdevi
ancei
sthatweneedto
t
hinkclear
lyabouthow peopl
eact ual
l
yarri
veatthecri
ter
iausedt
oclassi
fyv
ari
ous
for
msofdev i
ance:

Hagansuggestst
hatt
herearethreemainway stomeasuretheser
iousnessofdev
iant
behavi
our(whenweconsi
derconcepti
onsofdev i
ancei
ntermsof"societ
yasawhol e"
,
rat
herthanfr
om t
hevi
ewpointofanypart
icul
arsoci
algr
oup)
.

1. Thedegreeofagreementaboutthewrongfulnessoft
heact:
Inthi
srespect
,theremightexi
starangeofpossiblelevel
sofagr
eementwhi
chgof
rom
almostt
otaldi
sagreementtohighl
evel
sofagreement .

2.Thesoci etal
ev al
uati
onoft heharminfl
ict
edbytheact:
I
nthi
srespect,whatissigni
ficantisageneralsoci
alassessmentofbot
hper
sonaland,
mosti
mportantl
y,widersoci
al,harm causedbytheactofdevi
ance.

3.Thedegr eeofsev er
it
yoft hesocialresponset ot heact:
Inal lcasesofpossi bl
edev i
ance,t he"socialreaction"t obehavi
ourisgoingtobe
signif
icantand,asy oumi ghtexpect ,therangeofr esponsesgoesf r
om fai
rlymi nor
,
highly-
local
ised,responses(tell
i
ngsomeonet ogoaway ,sendi
ngthem t
oCoventryand
sof orth)
,throughsuch" personal"responsesasphy sicalviol
encetomoresociet
y-wide
responsessuchasi mprisonmentandev enCapitalPuni shment.

Accor
dingtoHagan'
sfr
amewor
k,t
her
efor
e,t
hemostser
iousact
sofdev
iancei
nany
soci
etyar
ethoset
hat
:

1.I
nvol
vebr
oadl
evel
sofagr
eementaboutt
hewr
ongf
ulnessoft
heact
.

183
2.I
nvol
vehi
ghl
evel
sofsoci
al(
asopposedt
oper
sonal
)har
m.

3.I
nvol
veav
eryst
rongsoci
alr
eact
iont
otheactacr
osssoci
etyasawhol
e.

Drawingontheabove,Haganmakesadist
inct
ionbet
weenbot
h"cr
ime"and"
dev
iance"
andthevar
iet
iesofl
i
kelysoci
alr
esponset
oeachinthefol
l
owi
ngway:

1. Cr
ime:

1. Consensus(f
orexample,murder,
theft
,et
c.)
.
Cri
mesaboutwhoseser iousnessthereisgener
alagr
eement.ForHagan,cr
imesin
thi
scategoryareseenasbeingmostser i
ouspreci
sel
ybecausether
eissomef or
m
ofgeneral
agreementaboutthei
rseri
ousness.

2. Conf l
i
ct( f
orexampl e,publ i
cdemonst r
ati
ons,drugof fences,il
legalabortion
etc.)
.
Cr i
mesov erwhich" publi
copi nion"isdivi
ded.ForHagan, cr
imesi nthiscategoryar e
seen to be t r
eated less ser i
ously,precisely because argument s and conf l
icts
surroundt hem.Forexampl e,"drugabuse"maybedef i
nedasa" medicalproblem"
andt hereforeonewher ethedr uguserisi nneedofhel pr atherthanpuni shment
(thesekindsofcr imesar esomet i
mesr eferr
ed-toas" cri
meswi t
houtv i
ctims",si
nce
noper sonot herthant hedr ugabuseri sdi rectl
y"inj
ured"byt hebehav i
our-ot her
formsofsuchcr imemi ghtbet hingsli
ketaxev asion,i
ll
egalparking,et
c.).

2. Devi
ance(
non-
cri
minaldevi
ance)
:

a) Soci
aldevi
ati
ons( f
orexample,i
nsani
ty,
betrayaloft
rust
,juveni
leprankset
c.)
.
Thesetypesofbehav i
ourwillbev i
ewedasdev iant(becauset heywil
l,insomeway ,
breaksoci
alnorms)buttheyarenotvi
ewedascr i
mi nal
because,forexample,t
heyare:

 Hi
ghl
ylocal
i
sed(
abet
ray
aloft
rustmayonl
yinv
olv
eacoupl
eofpeopl
e).

 Somethingthei
ndi
vi
dualhasnocont
rolov
erandt
her
efor
enor
esponsi
bil
i
ty
for(
insani
ty)
.

 Notpar
ti
cul
arl
yser
iousi
nrel
ati
ont
othesoci
alhar
mtheydo.

b)Social di
ver
sions( f
orexample,st
ylesofdr
ess,
manner
ismsetc.
).
Behavi
ourint hiscategorytendstobeusedmor easanindicat
ionofli
kel
yfor
msof
potent
ialdeviance (
although,in manycasest heymaybe mi l
dlydevi
antfor
msof
behavi
our)thananythingelse.

Forexample,dressi
ngasa"hippy"mayindi
cat
etopeopl
et hather
eissomeonewhoi s
l
ikel
yt obeinvol
vedinsomeform ofdr
ugabuse(whi
ch,
ifyou'r
eint
erest
ed,
repr
esent
sa
form ofst
ereoty
ping)
.

I
ngener al,wecannot ethatbehavi
ourthatfall
sintot hecri
mi nalcategor
yi sbehaviour
t
hatisregul atedbysomef orm offor
malsoci alprocessofattempt edregulat
ion(poli
ce,
l
egalsyst em andsof ort
h),whil
ebehaviourthatfall
sintothedev iancecategoryi
sl i
kely
t
ober egul atedby
i
nfor
mal cont r
olagenci
es(parent
s,peergroupsandsof or
th)
.

Theor
iesofDev
iance:

1. Funct
ional
ism:AnOver
view
TheFuncti
onalistper
spect
ivei
saf orm ofSt
ructural
i
stsoci
ologyand,assuch,wecan
i
nit
ial
l
ychar act
erizei
tasaf m ofmacr
or osociologi
calt
heorizi
ng.I
nt hi
srespect,t
he
maintheoreti
calquesti
onaddressedbysociol
ogistsworki
ngwi thi
ntheFunctional
ist
per
specti
veisthatof:

184
Howdosoci al
syst
ems("
soci
eti
es")hol
dtoget
her?
Inthei
rattemptstopr
ovi
deananswert othi
squesti
on,Funct
ional
i
stshav
eini
ti
all
y
concent
rat
edupontwoi
deasthatarecl
osel
yrel
atedt
otheabove:

 Howisordermai
ntai
nedinanysoci
ety
?
 Whatar
et hemai
nsourcesofst
abil
i
tyinanysoci
ety

Funct
ional
i
stsociol
ogist
s are notpart
icular
ly concer
ned wi
th an exami
nat
ion of
i
ndivi
duali
deas,
meaningsandint
erpr
etat
ions.

Whatt heydot endtoemphasise,however


,istheideathatthebasisofsoci alorderisto
be found in shared val
ues /consensus (hence t
his perspect
ive somet i
mes bei ng
ref
erred-t
oasConsensusSt ructur
ali
sm todisti
ngui
shitfrom theConf l
ictStructur
ali
sm
ofwriter
ssuchasMar x).

Twomaj
orconcept
soff
unct
ional
ism:

1.SocialSystem:
I
nbasicterms,"
societ
y"i
sseenasanor
gani
sedst
ruct
ure(
orf
ramewor
k)ofi
nter
-r
elat
ed
par
ts(cal
ledI
nstit
uti
ons)
.

2.Soci alStruct
ure:
Thisrefer
stot hespecif
icfr
ameworkar
oundwhi
chanysociet
yisbased(i
neffect
,soci
al
str
ucturereferst othespecif
icwaysi
nwhichvar
iousinsti
tut
ionsar
er el
atedtoone
anotheronaf uncti
onalbasi
s).

Todevel
optheseideas,I'
venotedthattheconceptofsociali
nst
it
uti
oni
scent
ralt
othi
s
per
spect
iveandaninsti
tuti
oncanbel ooselydefinedas:
“Abroadpatt
ernofshared,st
able,
socialrelat
ionships”
.

Inthissense,aninst
it
uti
oninv
olveslar
ge-
scal
e,or
gani
sed,behav
iourpat
ter
nst
hat
per
sistov
erti
me.Examplesi
noursoci
etyi
ncl
ude:

 Famil
y,
 Work,
 Educat
ionand
 Rel
igi
on.

When Functi
onal
ists study "societ
y",t her
efor
e,t hey look i
nit
ial
l
y ati nsti
tut
ional
arr
angementsandrel
ationshi
ps,sincet heseareseenast hebasi
cbuil
ding-
blocksofany
soci
ety.Thewayi
nwhi chinst
ituti
onsr elat
etooneanot herdeter
minesthestruct
ureand
basi
ccharact
erofanysociety
.

Inst
it
uti
onalarr
angement
sar
eal
sosi
gni
fi
canti
nrel
ati
ont
otheconceptofcul
tur
e,whi
ch
canbedefinedasa:

“Br
oadpat
ter
nofval
uesandbeli
efsthatbot
hcharact
eriseapar
ti
cul
arwayofl
i
fe
andwhi
charetr
ansmi
tt
edfrom gener
ati
ontogenerat
ion”.

Themai nreasonf ort hesigni


ficanceoftherelati
onshipist hatpeoplearebornintoan
exist
ingsystem ofinstit
uti
onalar r
angement
s.
Inordertolearnhowt obehav einsociet
y,t
herefore,arr
angement shav etobemadef or
peopletofit-
intoexisti
ngpatternsofbehaviour(patter
nst hatareestabl
ished-andhel d
rel
ati
v el
ystableandconst antov erti
me-byinstit
utional
isedpatternsofbehavi
our).This
processissociali
zation:

Valuesandbel
ief
saretransmitt
edtoi
ndi
vi
dual
s(andint
ernali
sed-thati
s,t
heybecome
anessenti
alpartofani ndi
vidual
'
ssoci
almake-up)
,throughav ari
etyofsoci
ali
zi
ng
agenci
es(thefamil
y,peergroup,massmedi
aandsof ort
h).Theseagenci
esmaybe

185
i
nst i
tut
ionsint heirownr i
ght(thef amil
yf orexampl e)orpartofani nsti
tuti
onalset-up
(thepoli
ce, f
orexampl e,
arepartofal egalinstituti
on).
Throught hesoci al
i
zingpr ocesst hebasi cv aluesofanysoci et
yar einternal
isedby
i
ndividualsand,f orthistooccur ,Functi
onalists( suchasTalcottParsons,G. P.
Mur dock
andWi ll
iam Goode)ar guet hatanysocietyisf ounded, maint
ainedandr epr
oducedont he
basisofabr oadv alueconsensus ( i
nt hisr espect,broadl ev
elsofagr eementov er
fundament alvalues,forexample) .

Var
iousf
ormsofbehav i
our:
1.Firstl
y,soci
etyisseenasasetofi nt
er-
relat
edandmutual
ly
-dependentsoci
al
str
uct est
ur hatexi
stpri
ortoanyindivi
dual-thei
ndi
vi
duall
ear
nshowt obehave
wit
hinsociet
yand,i nthi
srespect,behavesinwaysthatareeffecti
vel
ypre-
defi
nedbythesesoci
alstr
uct
ures.

2.Secondly,becausepeopleare,bydef i
niti
on,social
i
sedi nt
oasetofexi sti
ng
cult
uralval
ues(andtheyli
vetheirl
iv
esinaccordancewi t
hsuchval
ues),i
tfol
lows
thatallhumanact i
vity/choiceef f
ect
ivel
ytakespl aceinthecontextoft hi
s
i
nstit
uti
onall
y-det
erminedcul
turalor
der.

The soci
ali
sation pr
ocess -t
hrough whi
ch cult
uralv al
ues ar
etr
ansmit
ted tothe
i
ndivi
dual-placesl i
mit
suponpeople'
shorizons,percepti
onofpot
enti
alcoursesof
act
ionandsof ort
h.

Devi
ati
onoccursbecausepeoplear
eplacedunderv
ari
ouski
ndsofsoci
alpr
essur
ethat
ef
fect
ivel
yli
mitthei
rpotenti
alchoi
cesofacti
onanditist
oanunderst
andi
ngofsuch
i
deasthatweneedtonowt urn.

From Durkhei
m’spoint
-of
-vi
ew,i
n orderto under
stand t
he f
unct
ion ofcr
ime,i
tis
necessar
ytolookatt
hewayhecharact
eri
sedthenatureof

Twobasi
ctypesofsoci
etyi
nunder
standi
ngt
hef
unct
ionofcr
imebyDur
khei
m

1.Smal l
-scalesoci
eties-suchasr ural,pre-
industri
al,societi
es,soci
alorganisati
on
wasseent obef undament all
ybasedar oundclosel y-
sharednormsandv al
ues.In
suchsoci eti
est hereisar el
ativel
yl imitednumberofsoci alrel
ati
onshipsand
thoset hatexi
sttendt obebaseduponcl ose,
per sonal,normsandv al
ues.Smal l-
scaleDur khei
m ar guedt hatsincenor msandv aluestendt obet hesocialglue
thatbindspeoplet ogetheringroups, thecombi nationofinformalsoci
alcont r
ols,
restr
ictedgeographicmobi li
tyandt hel i
ke,ser
vedast hebasisforsocialorder
.

2.Large-scalesocieti
es- associeti
esdev elopandgrow,Durkheim arguedt hatthe
mor altieswhichbi ndpeoplet ogetherareweakenedbecauset heycannotbe
continuall
yreinforcedbycl ose,per sonal,cont
act
.Thus,associ eti
esbecome
mor e-complexint ermsoft hemul ti
tudeofsoci alr
elat
ionshi
pst hatexist
,a
mechani sm toregul atetheset ypesofr el
ati
onshi
pshast obedev eloped-and
thi
smechani sm is,i
nef f
ect,alegalsystem.

I
nt hi
srespect,l
egal
systemsdevel
opinor
dertocodi
fymoral
behav
iourand,i
nsodoi
ng,
Durkhei
m ar gued,t
his pr
ocess l
aysthe gr
oundworkf
orourunder st
andi
ng oft
he
funct
ionsofbothlawandcrime.

Thesef
unct
ionscanbeout
li
nedasf
oll
ows:

 Fi
rst
ly,l
awsmar ktheboundar
iesofaccept
abl
eandunaccept
abl
ebehav
iouri
n
anyl
arge-scal
esoci
ety
.

 Secondly,l
awsareav erypubl
icfor
m ofboundarymar ki
ng.Unli
kenorms,for
example,theyar
ewr it
ten-downandappl
icabl
et oever
yoneinasociet
y.Inthis
respect
,thecodi
ficat
ionofmor al
sintol
awsr equi
respubl
icdispl
ayst
hatsuch

186
boundari
esexist
.Suchdisplaysmaybeseent obeaf unct
ionofsuchagencies
as:
 Themassmedi a-wher ebycri
minalbehavi
ourispubli
cized.
 TheCour ts-wherei
nt hetr
adit
ionsandrit
ualsofthelegalsyst
em ser
veto
seti
tapartf
rom ever
y daybehavi
our.

3.Thi r
dly,cri
mi nalbehav iourwasseenbyDur kheimt obet hewayi nwhi chlegal
boundarieswer et ested.Hear guedt hatbecausel awswer enecessari
lysoci al
stat
ics(theyar esl ow t ochangeonceadopt ed) ,therewast hepossibili
tythat
changesi npeople'sbehav iouroverti
mewoul df ailt
ober efl
ectedbyappr opr
iate
changesi nt helaw -unl esssomemechani sm exi stedtopr ovidetheimpet us
wherebychangecoul dbeaccommodat ed.
Criminalbehav i
our,ineffect,repr esent
st hedynamicf orcewherebypeopl earemadet o
reassesst heappl icabi
li
tyofv ariouslaws.Wher el awsar eout-of-
stepwi t
hgener al
behav i
our,t
heyneedt obechanged.

Amoder nexampl
eoft hisideami ghtbefoundint heint
roducti
onoft heCommunity
Charge("
Pol
lTax"
)inBrit
ainintheearly1980’
s;becausethelawwaswi delydi
sobey
ed,
thegover
nmentwasfor
cedt orethi
nkit'
satt
it
udetothispart
icul
arlaw.
..

4.Finally
,crimehasani ntegrat
ingf unct
ion,int hatpubli
cal arm andoutrageat
criminalactsservestodr aw t
hel aw-abidingclosertogether.Thi
s,accor
dingto
Dur kheim,servestoincreaselevelsofsoci alsoli
dari
ty( t
hecommunalf eeli
ngs
thatpeopl ehav eforoneanot her,thesenseofbel ongingtoacoher entsocial
group/soci etyandsof ort
h).I
nthisway ,thebondsbet weenpeopl ewereseento
becont inual
lyrei
nfor
cedbycr i
mi nalbehaviour.

Al
thoughDur
kheim wasclearaboutt
hef
uncti
onalsi
gni
fi
canceofcri
me,hewasal
so
awareoft
hefactt
hattoomuchcrimei
nasoci
etywoul
dcreat
eprobl
ems.

Inter
msoft heabove,ther
efor
e,Dur
khei
m arguedthatthebasi
sofsoci
alor
derin
complex,i
ndust
ri
al,soci
eti
eswast obefoundintherel
ati
onshi
pbet
weentwoideas,
namely:

 TheCol l
ectiveConscience:
Thisideai susedt oexpr esst hewayi nwhi chcoll
ect i
vebel ief
s,valuesandsof orth
combi netocreateaki ndof" collect
ivesenseofconsci ousness"aboutv ar
iousaspect s
ofthesocialworl
dwi t
hinwhichpeopl eexist
.Inef f
ect,i
treflectstheideathat"soci
ety"is
verymuchal ive-j ustlikeahumanbei ngi salive-andt heconsci enceofsocietyi s
expressedasaki ndof" sum total"ofthebeli
efsandv aluesofpeopl ewhobel ongtot hat
societ
y .I
neff
ect,thecol l
ecti
veconsci encerepresent
st hewi llofsoci
etyasawhol e,just
asthei ndi
vi
dualconsciencer epresentsthewillofpar
ticularindivi
duals.

 Legal r
ules:
ForDur khei
m -asf ormanyFunct i
onal
i
stwr i
ters-legalrulesrepresentaform of
object
iveexpressionoft hecoll
ecti
veconsci
ence. Inthisrespect,l
awsar ebasical
ly
norms" wri
tlarge"-t
hatis,nor
msofbehav i
ourthatdon'
tjustappl
yinformall
ytospecif
ic
groupsbutwhi ch,onthecontr
ary,
areappl
iedformall
ytoeveryoneinsociet
y.

Aswehav eseen,Dur khei


m ar
guest hatpeopleareshapedbytheirsoci
alexperi
ences
(theyexperi
encesocietyasamor alfor
cebearingdownuponthem)andi tfol
l
owst hatif
thecollect
iveconsci
encei sweakened( by,f
orexample,toomuchcr i
minalbehaviour
),
themor alt
iesthatbi
ndpeopletogetherareal
soweakenedwast hatofanomie.

Anomi elit
erall
y meanast at
eofnor mlessness-asi t
uati
oninwhi chnonor msof
behaviourareinoperat
ion.
Thisoccur r
edwhent radi
ti
onalnor
msofbehav i
ourwer eunderminedwi t
houtbeing
repl
acedbynew nor ms.Intheabsenceofcl earmoralguide-
li
nesfortheirbehavi
our
,
peopleexperiencefeel
i
ngsofanxiet
y,ai
mlessness,purposel
essness,di
sor
ientat
ionand
soforth.

187
Giddens("
Soci
ology
")descr
ibesanomieasa"
Processwher
ebysoci
alnor
msl
oset
hei
r
holdoveri
ndi
vi
dual/groupbehav
i "
our.

Anomi e,t
herefore,wasseenbyDur kheimtobeav erydangerousphenomenon,mai nl
y
becausewhenpeopl eno-l
ongerbeli
eveintheirobl
igati
onst oothers(
becausetheyno-
l
ongerhav eaconceptofacol l
ecti
veconsciencebywhi chtoguidethei
rbehavi
our),t
hey
rever
tt osel
f-i
nterest
.Inef
fect
,theyattempttolookafterthemselveswit
houtbotheri
ng
toomuchabouthowt hi
smayaffecttheli
vesofothers.
..

Thus,highlev
elsofcr
iminalbehavi
ourweakenthecol
l
ect
iveconsci
enceandproduce
anomie.Sincehumanbei ngscannotli
veinast at
eoftrueanomief orl
ong,social
col
lapseoccurs,
pri
ort
otheestabli
shmentofsomenewfor
m ofmoralor
der.
..

St
rai
nTheor
y:R.
K.Mer
ton.

Inthi
sr espect
,Mer t
onal ter
edt hegeneralfocusofDur kheim'suseoft heconceptof
anomie,changingitfrom aconditi
onwher ebyastateoftr uenorml essnessexist
ed(that
i
s,asi t
uationinwhi chnomor alguide-l
inesforpeoples'behav i
ourexi sted)toonei n
whichindivi
dualscoul dexperi
enceanomi ei
ftheywereunabl etof oll
ow t hedominant
normsinanysoci et
y.I nthi
ssense,Mer tonisarguingt hatindiv
idualscanexper i
ence
anomienotbecausenor mativ
egui de-
li
nesdonotexi st,butr atherbecauset heyar e
unabl
e( orunwill
i
ng)tobehav einway sthatconfor
mt osuchnor ms.

I
nsuchasi tuation,anomi eoccursbecausethereisatensionbetweenwhatpeopl ehav e
beensocial
izedt odesi reandwhatt heyareabl etoachievethroughlegitimatemeans.
Mertonarguedt hatt hedisj
unctionbetweenwant ing"success"andther el
ativelackof
l
egit
imateoppor t
unit
yf orsuccessdidnotmeant hatpeoplesimplygav e-upwant i
ngt o
besuccessful.Thiswasnotpossi bl
ebecauset hewholethrustofthei
rsoci al
izati
onwas
gear
edt owardst hev alueofsuccess.I nasituati
onwher ebypeopledesi redsuccess-
yetwereeffectivelydeniedit-hear guedthatpeoplewoul df i
ndother ,probablyl ess
l
egit
imate,meanst owardsdesiredends.

Beforewel ookatt hewayi nwhi chMer toncharacter


izedawi derangeofpossible
responses tot hi
s anomi c si
tuat
ion ( t
he socialstrai
nt hatis caused by wanting
somet hingthati
tisnotpossibletogetl egit
imatel
y),i
t'
sworthnot ingthatinat
tempt
ing
toexplainhowpeoplet r
iedtoresol
v ethis"endsandmeans"pr oblem, Mertonwasaware
thatdiffer
entsoci
algroupshaddifferentexpectati
onsaboutthemeani ngofsuccess.
Forsomeonewhohasbeenunempl oyedf ormanymont hs,forexampl e,t
hesimplef
act
ofgettingajobmaybeconsi deredassuccess-adesi redendhasbeenmet .

Mertonelabor
atedfi
v ebasicresponsestot
heanomicsit
uat
ionwhi
chheclai
medtosee
i
nAmer icansociet
y.Hecl assif
iedthesety
pesofconfor
mityanddev
iancei
nter
msof
accept
anceanddeni alofbasi
cendsandmeans:

1.Conf or mityappl iest othel aw- abidingcitizen.Thesepeopl eacceptbot hsoci ally


-
producedendsandt hesoci all
y -
legiti
mat edmeanst oachievet hem.
2. I
nnov ati
oncoul dappl yt oent r
epr eneurswhodev elopnew meanst oachi eve
social l
y -
desiredendsaswel last hosewhooper ateont hemar ginsofcr i
mi nal/
non- criminalmeans( t
he" ArthurDal ey"typewhocut s-
corners,forexampl e) .I
t
could equal lyappl yto cr iminal s;thosepeopl ewho pur suedesi red endsby
il
legitimat emeans.
3.Ritualism mi ghtr efertosomeonewhoconf ormst osociall
y-approv edmeans, but
hasl ostsi ghtoft heends( orhascomet oacceptt hattheywi llnev erachi eve
them) .Thisper soni slikelyt obesomeonewho" goest hrought hemot ions"of
wor kingwhi lstsecr etl
yknowi ngt hattheywi l
lnev erachiev ethemostdesi r able
thingssoci etyhast ooffer .Suchpeopl ear el i
kelytobeel der l
yandt heypr obabl y
enjoyar easonabl ycomf or tabl
el ifestyl
e.
4.Anexampl eofr etreati
sm i ssomeonewho" dr ops-out"ofmai nst ream soci ety
.
Thedr ugaddi ct
swhor etreatsi nt oasel f-
cont ainedwor ld,theal coholi
cwhoi s
unabl et ohol d-downast eadyj obandsof orth.
5. Politi
caldev iancei sagoodexampl eoft her ebelli
onr esponse,whet hert hisi s

188
expressedi
nt ermsofwor ki
ngf
orar
evol
uti
onar
ygr
ouport
hroughpol
i
tical
ter
rori
sm /f
reedom-f
ight
ing.

2.Inter
acti
onali
stPer specti
ve
Thi
sper
specti
veisnor mall
yconsider
edt
oconsi
stoft
hreepossi
blev
ari
ati
ons,
namel
y:
 Phenomenol ogy.
 Symbol i
cI nt
eracti
on.
 Ethnomet hodology.

"I
nteracti
oni
sm"-somer efert
othem as" phenomenol
ogical
"theor
iesor"SocialActi
on"
theori
es-butwhat evertheterminol
ogyused,i t
’sevi
dentthattheyr ef
ert oaqui t
e
specifi
cwayofl ookingatandexpl ai
ningthesocialworl
d-awayt hatisqual i
tat
ivel
y
diff
erenttobot
hFunct i
onali
stper
specti
v es(aswehaveseen)andConfli
ctperspecti
ves.

I
ngener al
,I
nteracti
onistper
specti
vestendtoconcentrat
eonr elati
vel
ysmall-
scalelev
els
ofsociali
nter
action(betweenindi
vidual
s,smal
lsocialgroupsandsof or
th)and,fort
his
reason,t
heyaresomet i
mesrefer
red-t
oasa" mi
crolevelofsociologi
calanal
ysis"
.

Thebasi cideast
hatInter
acti
oni
stsoci
ologist
shavei
ncommon( andwhi
chmakethem
diff
erentinmanyrespectstomacroperspecti
vesl
i
keFunct
ional
i
sm andMarxi
stConf
li
ct
theori
es)canbesummar i
sedasfol
lows:

1.Theyf ocusont hewayi nwhi chi ndivi


duals( or"socialactors"asI nter
acti
onist
s
l
iket ocal lthem)act ( t
hati s,makeconsci ouschoi cesaboutt heirbehavi
our
basedupont hewayt heyi nterpretsi t
uations)-r at
hert hansimplyr eacttosocial
stimul ati
on.
2.Thewayi nwhi chdifferentsoci alactorsi nterpr
ett hebehav iourofot hersis
significantasameansofunder standingthewayi nwhi chthewor ldi
ssocially
const ructed.
3.Thesoci alcont extwit hin which peopl einteractissi gnifi
cantf orbot htheir
i
nt erpretati
onoft hebehav i
ourofot hersandt hewayt heyt hemselv eschooseto
behav eatanygi v ent
ime.
Inpart
icul ar,Meadar guedt hatourbehav iourasi ndiv
idualsi scondi t
ionedbyt wo
aspect
sofoursel f-
awar eness( thatis,theabi li
tyto"seeour selves"asother sseeus).

a)The"I"aspectwhi
chl ar
gel
yconsi
stsofspont
aneousactionsand
b)The"Me"aspectwhi chconsi
stsofanawarenessofhowot herpeopl
eexpectus
tobehaveatanygivenmomentandi nanygiv
ensituat
ion.

The"I"andthe"Me"areparal
lelpar
tsofwhatMeadcall
ed" TheSelf
"anditi
stheabi
li
ty
ofhumanbei ngstodev el
opa" sel
f-
concept
"that
,Meadargued,makesusdi f
fer
entt
o
thevastmajori
tyofani
mals.
I
fwel ookatanexampl eofthe" I
"andthe"Me"bothofthesepointsshoul
dbecomea
l
itt
leclear
er.

I
fsomeoneacci dental
lyput
sthei
rhandi nt
oaf i
re,t
he"
I"aspectofthesel
fisexpressed
bysuchthingsasfeeli
ngpain,
pull
i
ngy ourhandoutoft
heflamesquickl
yandsof orth.
The"Me"aspectoft heself
,however
,willcondi
ti
onhowtheper sonwhohasbur ntthei
r
handwil
lreact.

Thi
sreact
ionwi
l
lbecondi
ti
onedbysucht
hingsas:

1.Whowear
e(soci
alf
act
orssuchasgender
,ageandsof
ort
h).

2.Wher
ewear
e(athome,
inpubl
i
candsof
ort
h).

3.Whowear
ewi
th(
fami
l
y,f
ri
ends,
peopl
ewedon'
tknow,
aloneandt
hel
i
ke)
.

I
nInt
eract
ioni
stter
ms,wecanexpressthi
sast
hei
deat
hatdev
iancei
snotaqual
i
tyof
t
heact(whatsomeonedoesordoesn'
tdo)
.

189
DEVI
ANTBEHAVI
ORI
NPERSPECTI
VE

Tosayt hatsomet
hingisdevi
antistoimplythatsomet
hingi
swr
ongandneedst
obe
fi
xed.Thisi
sincor
rectv
iewforsev
eralr
easons.

 Fi
rst,
itisi
mpor t
anttoremembert hatdev
iantbehav
iorisbasi
call
ythepr
oductof
peopl
e’sdefinit
ionsrat
hersomet hi
ngnaturalori
nherent
.Knowingthi
sall
owsus
toshiftourf ocusfrom theperson’sbehaviort
othequest i
on,
’Whyi shis/
her
behavi
orbeingcal l
eddeviant
?”

 Second,Dur khei
m,Er ikson,andot hershavepointedoutthatdevi
antbehavioris
notnecessar i
lyhar mfultogr ouplif
e.Infact,i
toftenpl
ay sanimportantpartin
keeping the socialor derintact.Dev i
antbehav i
orenables gr
oups to define
boundari
es— i tpr eservesstabili
tywithinthegroupbypot t
ingoutthecontrast
betweenwhati si nsidethegr oupandwhati soutsi
deEr i
ksonsuggestst hat
withoutthebat t
lebet ween”nor mal“anddev i
ant
,”thecommunitywoul dlacka
senseofi denti
tyandcohesi on,asenseofwhatmakesi taspecialpl
aceint he
l
argerwor ld.

 Fi
nall
y,dev
iantbehavi
orappearstobeoneoft heprocessesinv
olv
edinsocial
change.Of
ten,whatisdevianttodayi
sacceptedtomorrow andexpect
edthe
nextdaye.
g.devi
antcl
othi
ngstyl
esofthepastar
eti
lefashionoft
oday.

3.NewRi ghtReal
ism:
I
ntr
oduct
ion

Intheearl
y1980's,two"new"appr oachest
ot hestudyofcri
meanddev i
ance
begantoemergeinBri
tainandAmer ica,bothofwhichfocuseduponthe"
real
i
ties"of
cri
me(speci
fi
cal
l
y)-butfrom di
ff
erentendsofthepol
iti
calspect
rum.

I
nBr
it
ain,t
he"
NewLeftReal
ism"st
art
edtodev el
opt hrought
hewor kofwri
ters
suchasLeaandYoungwhi
lethe"New Ri
ghtRealism"(confusingi
sn'
tit?
)devel
oped
aroundt
heworkofWi
l
soni
nAmer i
caandwrit
erssuchasClarkeandMay hew i
nBri
tain.

Whi
le,asyoumi ghtexpect
,thetwobasicapproachesaddr
esst
he"pr
obl
em"ofcr
ime
f
rom qui
tedi
ff
erentpoli
ti
calst
art
ingpoi
nts,
theyhaveacoupl
eofi
deasi
ncommon:

1.Bot
hv i
ewcri
measaf or
m of"soci
alpr
obl
em"-notonl
yforcont
rolagenci
esbut
al
soforthev
ict
ims/pot
ent
ial
v i
cti
msofcr
ime.

2.Bot
hpr oduceideasthatatt
empttol
ocat
ecr
imewi
thi
nawi
derpol
i
tical(
albei
t
di
ff
erent)cont
ext-the"NewReal
i
sm".

New RightReal
i
sm l
i
ein bot
h Cont
rolTheor
yand,asy
ou mi
ghtexpect
,pol
i
tical
Conser
vati
sm.

The"reali
st"aspectoft heneo- conser
vati
vetheori
esgr oupedundertheheadingofthe
"New RightRealism"relat
esmor etoa" r
eal
i
stic"view aboutthecausesofcr i
meand
devi
ancet hantoapar t
icularsetofmet hodol
ogicalpri
ncipl
es.I
nt hi
srespect
,NewRight
Real
istf orms ofanal ysis are,as we shal lsee,gr ounded squarel
y on posi
ti
vi
st
methodologicalpri
nci
ples.

Thus,the"real
isti
c"assessmentoft hecausesofcr i
me( aconceptt hat’
susedv er
y
l
ooselyhere since it’
sprobabl
yf ai
rto sayt hatNew RightReal i
sm isnotunduly
concer
nedwi thconcept sofcausali
tyinrelat
iontocr i
meanddev i
ance)and,most
i
mpor t
antl
y,it
spr eventi
on,
proposedbyNewRi ghtReal
ist
sf ocusesontheideathatt
he
real
i
tyofcri
mei sv erymucha"whatyouseeiswhaty ouget"pri
ncipl
e.

190
Thr
eepoi
ntsar
ewor
thyofnot
eher
e:

1.Wi l
sonadoptsanexpl i
cit
lyposi t
ivi
stmet hodology ,insofarashei nsi
stst hat
,
since"r
ootcauses"cannotbei denti
fiedormeasur edempi r
icall
y,weshouldnot
bothertol
ookfort hem ortoconsidert hem asev idence.
2.Attemptsbygov ernmentto" i
denti
fyandel iminat e"thecausesofcr imear e
doomedt ofail
ure.Simil
arl
y,attemptst oi ncreasel ev el
sofpuni shmentf ort
hose
convict
edofcrimesi nanattemptt o"det er"cri
mi nalswi l
lnotbesuccessf ul.
3."Cri
me"and" cri
mi nalbehavi
our "cannotbeel i
mi natedf rom society-the"best"
thatwecanhopet odoistor educeitsimpactuponpeopl e'sliv
es...

I
ntheabov
e,wecanseet
womai
nthemesi
nNewRi
ghtReal
i
sm soci
ology
:

a.Atamacr olev
el,aform ofCont
rolTheory,i
nwhi
chmor
alv
aluesar
e
st
ressedasbei
ngthekeytocr
imeprevent
ion.

b.Atami cr
olevel
,afor
m of"
cost/benef
it
"anal
ysi
s,wherebyt
hetaskof
contr
olagenci
esistomakecri
met oodif
fi
cul
t/riskyf
orthepotent
ial
cri
minal
.

Neo-
Conser
vat
iveTheor
ies:

Havingl
ookedbri
efl
yatthewor kofacoupleof(Ameri
can)NewRi ghtRealistwrit
ers,it
mightbeusefult
oplacethewor kofsuchwrit
ersi
ntosomekindoft heor
et i
calcontext.
Thi
scontextcanbegivenbyl
ooki ngatt
wobasicfor
msof"neo-conservat
ive"theor
izing,
namelyContr
olTheor
yandSituati
onalTheor
y.

A.Cont r
olTheory.
Neo-conser
vati
vetheor
iesgener
all
ytendt
oshar
ethef
oll
owi
ngf
undament
alat
tri
but
es:

1.Abelieft
hereisageneral v
alueconsensusatt hehear
tofoursociety
.
2.Theideathatl
awsar ecreatedf orthebenefi
tofthemajor
ityofci
ti
zens.
3.Humanbei ngsarenatur
allyself-seeki
ng,dev
iousandfundamental
lysel
fi
sh.
4.People arerati
onal-t hey make choi ces and ar
e awar e ofthe possi
ble
consequencesofthei
rbehav iour.

B.Si t
uati
onalTheor
y.
"Sit
uat
ionalTheorywasint
roducedbyst affwor
kingattheHomeOf
fi
ceResear
chand
Planni
ngUnitinthemid1970's.Itembodiesanemphasisont
hei
mmediat
efeat
uresof
theenvir
onmentinwhichanoffencemightbecommi t
ted.
".

Sit
uationalTheorydevel
opeddur i
ngt heper i
odofoffi
ceofaLabourgov ernmentin
Bri
tainand,asy oumightexpect
,hasf ocuseduponwhatsuccessi
vegov
ernmentshave
consideredtobethefundamentalaspectofcri
mecontr
ol,namelyt
heabi
li
tyof"or
dinar
y
ci
tizens"toprev
entcri
met aki
ngplace.

Asy ou mightexpectfrom theabove,Sit


uat
ionalTheor
yishi
ghl
yrest
ri
cted i
nit
s
theor
eti
cal
andpractical
scope,i
nsof
arasiti
sconcernedt
o:

a.Managecri
minalbehavi
our-bymaki
ngi
tmor
edi
ff
icul
tfort
hecr
imi
nalt
o
"
safel
y"commitacrime.

b.Focusuponcr
imessuchast
hef
t,bur
glar
y,aut
o-cr
imeandt
hel
i
ke.

Thetheor
eti
calbackgr
oundt
oSi
tuat
ionalt
heor
ythatwemi
ghtusef
ull
y-i
fbr
ief
ly-
expl
orei
sasfol
lows:

 Fi
rstl
y,i
tbor
rowsheavil
yfrom Cont
roltheoryinr
elat
iont
othei
deathatt
her
eis
nothi
ngpart
icul
arl
yspeci
al(ei
therpsychologi
cal
l
yorsocial
l
y)aboutacr
imi
nal
.

191
Any
onei
scapabl
eofcommi
tt
ingacr
ime.Themai
nquest
ions,
int
hisr
espect
,ar
e:

a.Whatar
ethesoci
alcondi
ti
onsunderwhi
chpeopl
ecommi
tcr
imes?

b.Howcant
hephy
sical
env
ironmentbechangedt
opr
eventcr
ime?

 Secondl
y,t
wof
urt
herassumpt
ionsar
eev
ident
:

a.Thatdeviant
sarebasi
call
yrati
onalpeopl
e(agai
n,aswi
thCont
rolTheor
y
thi
spresupposesacost/benefi
tfor
m ofanal
ysi
s).

b.Agreatdealofcr i
mei sopportuni
sti
c.Formostoft heti
me,"cri
minal
s"
ar
elaw- abidi
ng( i
nthesenset heydonotl iv
esolelyontheproceedsof
cr
iminalv entur
es),nordotheypar ti
cular
lyplanthei
rcr
imes.Howev er
,
gi
vent heoppor t
unit
y(anunlockedcar ,anunatt
endedbag),acri
mewi l
l
becommi tt
ed.

I
nthisrespect,t
hepoorareseen aspotenti
alcr
imi
nal
s;ther
efore,thi
s
j
ust
if
iesharshert
reat
mentf
rom t
hepol
ice,i
ntermsoft
heoveral
lcontr
olof
t
hei
rbehavi
our.

4.NewLef tReal
ism
NewLef
tReal
i
stapproacht
othest
udyofcr
imebegi
nsbydoi
ngt
wot
hings:

1.Fi
rst
ly,
itr
eject
s"par
ti
al"t
heor
iesofcr
imebecauset
heyar
egui
l
tyofei
ther
:

a.Anover-concent
rat
ionontheoper
ati
onofcont
rolagenci
es(
forexampl
e,
Funct
ionali
sm andSubcul
tur
alt
heory
)or

b.Anover-
concentr
ati
onont heexper
iencesofcr
imi
nal
sandt
heat
temptt
o
"
underst
and"thei
rpointofvi
ewaseither:

"
Vict
ims"ofal
abel
l
ingpr
ocess(
Int
eract
ioni
sm)or

"
Pol
it
icalcatal
yst
s"agai
nstbour
geoi
shegemony(
Radi
calCr
imi
nol
ogy/
Mar
xistSubcul
tur
alt
heory
).

2. Secondl
y,i
tsynthesizesvari
ouselement
sfr
om pasttheor
eti
calper
specti
ves
intoa"newreal
i
stic"approachtocr
imeanddevi
ancet
hatseekstounder
stand:

a.Theeffectthatcr
imehasoni
tsv
ict
ims(
mai
nly
,butnotexcl
usi
vel
y,t
he
worki
ngclass).

b.Thesocialori
ginsofcri
me,mainl
yint
ermsoft
hecul
tur
albackgr
ound
anddevelopmentofcr
iminal
s.

NewLef
tReal
i
stcr
it
iqueofbot
hOr
thodox(
"conser
vat
ive"
)andRadi
cal
Cri
minol
ogy
:

1.Or
thodox(conservat
ive)cri
minol
ogy:
Forthisty
peofcr iminol
ogy:

 Cri
meoccur sbecauseofal ackofadequat esocial
izati
onintov ar
iousnon-
cri
minal/dev iantvalues-expressedbestinthevari
ousi deasrelat
ingtothe
i
nadequat e soci al
izati
on ofv ar
iousclasses/i ndivi
duals.A conservat
ive
vari
anttendst osee" cr
imi
nals"asbeing"bornbad".
 Thecr i
mi nalindivi
dualisseent obeaf lawedpersonali
ty-eitherbi
ologi
call
y
orsociall
y .
 Cri
mer epresent sanant i
-soci
alexpressionofdiscontentfrom peoplewho
l
ack" ci
vil
izedv alues".

192
 Ther oleoftheStateisbasical
lyaneutralone,i
nsofarasitisheldt
opr otect
theinterest
softhe"law-abi
ding"agai
nstthoseofthe"cri
mi nal
".
 Ther oleoft hepoli
cei sbasicall
ythatof"probl
em solving"-thecontinual
confrontati
onofl awlessness,thedevelopmentofpr agmat i
csoluti
onst o
cri
meandsof or
th.

2.Radi
calCr
iminology(
"Lef
tIdeali
sm")
:
Fort
histypeofcri
minology:

 Cri
me occurs because,f undament al
l
y,economi c depr
ivat
ion (
realor
i
magined)dri
vespeopleintocr i
me.peopl ewhot ur
nt ocri
medosoasa
sol
uti
ontothei
r"absol
utel
ydeprived"posit
ionwi
thi
ncapit
ali
stsoci
ety
.

 Thecr i
minal-notthepersonwhoconf orms-isseent ohaveasuper i
orl
evel
ofconsciousness/under standi
ng.Int hi
srespect,t
hecriminalrespondsto
the"degradat
ionsofcapit
alism"by"fi
ght i
ngback".Non-cr
iminal
sar eseenas
being i
deological
lyconditi
oned to accepta situat
ion in whi
ch t heyare,
ult
imately,
thelosers.

 Cr
imerepresentsaform of"
prot
o-rev
olut
ionar
y"acti
vi
ty-iti
sar eact
iontoa
sy
stem char
acteri
zedbysyst
ematicunder-
pri
vi
lege,
degradat
ionandsof or
th.

 "I
tinv
olv
es,ifiti
sat hef
t,aredi
str
ibuti
onofincome,orifiti
spartofyouth
cul
tur
e,symbol i
cand styl
ist
icawarenessof ,say,t
he lossoftradi
ti
onal
worki
ng-
classcommuni t
yort herepressi
venatureofthesystem.Inei
ther
case,
iti
nvolv
esalter
nati
veval
ues".

 TheSt ateisseent obeaninst


rumentofar ul
i
ngclass(hencethetheoret
ical
tr
adit
ion under pinni
ng Radi
calCriminol
ogy being that of I
nstr
ument al
Marxi
sm) .Ther oleoftheStateisonei nwhichi tacti
vel
ypromot esthe
i
nter
est softher i
chandpowerful
attheexpenseofthepoorandpower l
ess.

 Thepoli
ce/j udi
ciaryareagentsofaruli
ngclass,i
nsof
arast
heycar
ry-
out
pol
ici
esthatarei
nt helat
ter
'sgener
ali
nter
est
.

 The"problem ofcri
me"i sseentobel ar
gelyi
ll
usory,
insofarasiti
saproblem
foraruli
ngclass-andt heirint
erests-r
atherthanaproblem forsoci
etyasa
whole.Inthisrespect,"
fearofcr i
me"and" moralpanics"repr
esentperi
odi
c
att
empt stocontrolpeople'
sbehaviourt
hroughideol
ogicalmeans.

ForLeaandYoungi npar
ti
cular
,therear
eanumberofpoints-from aNewLef
tReal
i
st
perspect
ive-thatcanbemader elat
ingt
ocri
meandcr i
minalbehavi
our
,someofwhi
ch
areaclearresponset
otheideasatwhichwehav
ejustbri
efl
ylooked.

 Fi
rst
ly,t
heyarguethat,
logical
l
y,iti
sthewell-
soci
ali
zedi
ndi
vi
dualwhoshoul
dbe
most-l
i
kelytot urntowardscr i
measa " sol
uti
on"tothei
rpersonal/soci
al
pr
oblems,pr
imar i
l
ybecauseCapi t
ali
sm pr
oduces:

a.Egal
it
ari
anideals(
forexampl
e,"pol
it
ical
equal
i
ty"
)and
b.Mater
ialshor
tages/depri
vat
ions.

Thus,peoplewhoar esocial
izedtoexpect/wantmater
ialsuccessbutwho
aredenied,forwhateverreason,t
hissuccessar
emore-l
i
kelytoturntowar
ds
cr
imeasa" solut
ion"tothi
s"probl
em".

 Secondl
y,cr
imei
sseentobeagr oup/cul
tur
alr
esponset
osomet
hing,r
ather
thanasi
mplemat
terofi
ndi
vi
dual
choice.

 Thi
rdl
y,LeaandYoung'sperspect
iveoncrimerepr
esent
sat
heoret
icalr
etur
nto
amore-or
thodox,
classi
cal
,Marxi
stapproachwher
ebycri
mei
snotseenassome

193
form of"rev
oluti
onary"endeav our(achal l
enget other ul
i
ngclass'l
egalrightto
appropri
atesurpl
usv aluepr i
vatel
y).Rather,crimeisseenmuchasMar xhimself
saw crime-asar eactionaryform ofbehav iourwhichrepr
esentedadi v
ersion
from t
hedev el
opmentofr ealpoli
ti
calsolutionstotheexperi
enceofdegradati
on,
exploi
tati
onandsof orthsuf f
eredbyt hewor kingcl
ass.

Whilecri
meingeneralhassomef orm ofpol
iti
caldimensi
on( mai
nlybecausepeopl
edo
nottoler
ateitandatt
emptt ofindway sofeli
mi nati
ngit
),iti
simportanttonotethat
,
unli
keRadicalCri
minology,New LeftReali
sm seescr iminalbehavi
ourasbei ngthe
expressi
onofCapit
ali
stpri
nci
plesinanil
legi
ti
matef orm.

3.Inrelati
ontoRadicalCri
minology,LeaandYoungar guet hati
tisthelackofany
organized,poli
ti
cal
,ideol
ogyt hatt ar
getsCapit
ali
sm ast her ootofpeople's
oppressionthatmakeswhatt heyter
m" Lef
tIdeal
i
sm"i nadequateasat heor
eti
cal
explanati
onofcrime/deviance.Astheynote:

"Theradicalsar ecorrectwhent heyseecr i


measar eact i
ont oanunj ust
societ
y.butt heymakeacr uci
al mistake:theyassumet hatt hereacti
ont o
ajustcausei snecessar il
yaj ustone.Ont hecontr
ary:i tisoftenexact l
y
theopposi t
e.t her eactiontopov er
t yamongpoorwhi tes,forexampl e,
maybet opar adear oundwav i
ngUni onJacks:itmaybet hetawdr y
nati
onali
sm oft heNat i
onalfront.Ther eacti
ontorelati
vedepr ivat
ionmay ,
asPaulWi ll
is["LearningToLabour ]hassoabl yshown, besexi sm, r
acism
and anti
-intell
ectuali
sm.Cr ime is one f orm ofegoi sti
cr esponse t o
depriv
ati
on.i t
sr ootsar einj usti
cebuti tsgrowt h often perpetuates
i
njusti
ce.
" .

Thus,i
fcrimereal
l
ydoeshav eitsrootcausesineconomicdepri
vati
on,iti
slogi
calto
assumethatthewor ki
ngclass-ast hemosteconomi cal
l
y-depr
ivedclassinsoci
ety-
real
lymusthaveagreaterl
evelofi
nvolvementi
ncri
me...

Int hi
s sense,t he complexity ofhuman behav i
ouri s st
ressed (
people do not
automatical
lyreacttosomet hinglikeunemploymentbychoosingcr i
measasol uti
onto
thei
rmat eri
alproblems),i
nsof arasNew Lef tReal
ism tri
estoshow how thestruct
ural
condit
ionsthatactupont hei ndividualli
mit
,constr
ainandcondi t
ionthei
rpercepti
on
aboutwhatr epresent
sa" r
ationalchoi ce"i
nanygi
vensituati
on.

Wecanonl
yunderst
andcr
imi
nalbehav
iouri
nter
msofacombi
nat
ionofeachoft
he
f
oll
owi
ngf
actor
s..
.

1.Subcul
tur
e:
a)Thisuseoft heter
m" sub-culture"refl
ectsaf ai
rl
ymai nstream soci ol
ogical
usage, wher ebysub- cul
turesar eseenasaf orm ofcoll
ecti
ver esponset othe
parti
cularsoci alsituat
ion wi thi
n whi ch a soci
algr oup dev elops.Int hi
s
respect ,whilstther
ei sat endencyf orsuchsub- cul
turestobe" oppositi
onal"
i
nr elation tot hei
rbasi c ai ms,i tis perf
ectlypossiblet o see t hem in
"i
ndependent " sub-cult
uralt erms ( si
nce,as I '
ve pr evi
ously suggest ed,
cri
mi nalsappeart obasi call
ywantwhatev eryoneelsei nsoci etyhasbeen
encour agedt owant-weal th,status,powerandsof ort
h).

b)Thest ructuralpositionofsoci algroupswi t


hinCapit
alistsociet
yisimportant-
hencewor king-classy ouths( especiallymal es)
,forexampl e,aremor e-
li
kel y
to dev el
op di sti
nct iv
e sub- cult
uralst y l
es than middle-cl
ass youths (the
obv i
ous" exceptiont hatprov esther ule"beinghippi
es-al argelymiddle-
class
youthsub- cul
ture.Howev er,hippiest oo could beseenasasub- cultural
responset oapar t
icularstructuralsit
uat i
on-namel y,theVietnam War-t hat
directl
yaf f
ectedt hel i
vesoft hispar t
iculargroupofpeopl e-theydi
dnotwant
tof i
ghtint hi
swar )
.

c) Abal
ancehast
obest
ruckbet
ween:

194
 Underst
andingthesubj
ect
iveint
erpr
etat
ionsofthepar
ti
cipant
swithi
na
sub-
cult
uralgroupi
ng (
forexample,whatt heybel
i
evetheirbehavi
our
repr
esents)and,

 Underst
andi
ngtheobj
ect
ivesoci
alcondi
ti
onst
hatgi
ver
iset
obehav
iour
thati
scri
minal
/devi
ant
.

d)Sub- cultur
alval
ues,int hisrespect,ar
enoti ndependentoft hecult
urein
whi cht heyar
ise(al
thought hesev al
uesmay ,ofcourse,beexpr essedinways
thatar enotappr oved-of).Thus,forLeaandYoung,i tispr ecisel
ybecause
wor king-cl
assy out
hs,f orexampl e,acceptthegener alv al
uesofCapi tal
i
st
soci etythatt
heyindulgei ncr
iminalbehaviour-thepursuitofdesiredendsby
i
llegiti
mat emeans...

I
ngener al,thestr
engthoftheabovesubcul
tur
alconcept
ioni
sthati
tisnotrest
ri
ctedto
"worki
ng-classyouth"
.Onthecontr
ary,
iti
sappli
cabl
eacrossawholerangeofgr
oupings.
Thus,

2.Rel
ati
veDepr
ivat
ion:
Thisinvolvessubjecti
v efeeli
ngsof" beingdepr i
ved"andt heconcepthasbeenusedby
sociol
ogistssuchasMer tonorTownsend( "Povert
yint heUnitedKingdom"i nvari
ous
ways.Whati ti
nvol v
es,inef fect,isther ecognit
ionthatconcept ssuchaspov er
tyor
wealtharesubjectivesoci alcategori
est hatarerelati
vetoani ndiv
idual
'spercepti
onof
whatotherpeopl epossess,whatt hisindivi
dualmi ghtreasonablyexpecttopossessin
ter
msoft heoverallstandardofl i
vinginsociety,t
heirimmediatesocialgroupi
ngandso
for
th.

Thus,themi l
li
onai
rei
nasoci
etyofbi
l
li
onai
resi
s,t
o al
lint
ent
sand pur
poses,
"
rel
ati
vel
ydepr
ived"
.

3. Mar ginal
isati
on:
ForLea and Young,t he preponderance ofmale,wor ki
ng-cl
ass,youths i
n cri
me
i
nv olv
ementi srelat
edtotheirmarginalstat
usinsoci
ety(
insofarastheyarebot
hy oung
andr elat
ivelypoor )
.Theexpr essi
onofdi scont
entatthi
smar ginalst
atus-whereitis
progressi
vel ydeniedtothi
sgr oupeit
her:

 Poli
ti
cal
l
yor
 Economical
l
y

I
sli
kel
ytor
esul
tincr
imi
nal
act
ivi
ty-t
hesoci
alex
pressi
onofsoci
almar
ginal
i
sat
ion.

4.Mar
xistt
heor
y
I
ntr
oduct
ion

Asisbecomingtr
aditi
onali
nthisseri
esof"
CrimeandDev i
ance"Not
es,i
t'
suseful
t
obegint
hisexaminat
ionofthewayv ari
ousMarxi
stconfl
i
cttheor
ist
shaveatt
emptedto
t
heori
sethenatur
eofcr i
meanddev i
ancebyoutli
ningsomeoft hemaintheoret
ical
f
eatur
esoftheper
specti
veinvol
ved.

Mar
xistConf
li
ctTheor
y:TheTheor
eti
calBackgr
ound.

Mar xistConf l
i
ctt heoryori
ginatedt hrought hewor kofKarlMar x(1818-1883)andcanbe
i
nitiall
ycl assi
fiedasa" Str
uct ur
alist"or" macro-soci
ological"form ofanalysis(al
way s
remember i
ngt hatthissimplef orm oft heoret
icalpi
geon- holi
ngmayobscur et hefact
thatwr i
terswor ki
ngwi t
hint heper specti
v emayhol dv er ydiff
erentviewsaboutt he
natur eoft herelati
onshi
pbet ween" str
ucture"and"acti
on").
Mar xist
s gener all
yhav et heorised t he nature ofsocialexi stence.We can begi n,
therefore,byl ookingatthewayMar xist
sunder standthenat ureofsoci alr
elati
onships
withinv ari
oussoci eti
es.

195
Mar xi
stfor
msofanal ysi
stendtobegi
nwitht
heassumpt i
onthatthemostfundament
al-
andhencemostsi gni
f i
cant-f
ormsofsocialrel
ati
onshi
paret hosewhichinvol
vethe
producti
onoft hebasi
cmeansofpeople'
sexist
ence.Thi
sincl
udesthi
ngslike:
 Food.
 Cl othing.
 Shel ter.

I
nallsociet
ies,theprovi
sionofsuchthingsisafundament
alsoci
alnecessi
tyandi
t
i
nvol
vesdevisi
ngsomemeanswher ebysuchthi
ngsar
e:
 Producedbyapopul ati
on.
 Distr
ibutedtopeopl
eand
 Exchangedinsomeway .

I
naddit
ion, i
tisimportanttonotethatthepr
oduction,di
stri
buti
onandexchangeofsuch
thi
ngsasf oodandshel t
erisacommunalact i
vi
ty-peopl ehavetoco-
operatei
nsome
waytoproducet hesethings.I
nordertoproduce,ther
efore,peopl
eare"
forced"(
wil
l
ingl
y
orunwi
ll
ingly)toenterint
oav ari
etyofsoci
alrel
ati
onships.

Mar xar
guedt hat,
throughouthumanhistory,thewaypeopl e"co-operat
ed"-ororgani
sed
themselves-t oproducet he"meansoft heirsocialexi
stence"(thekindsofthingsI'
ve
notedabov e)hasbeendi f
ferent
.Tounderstandt hisi
dea-andi t
ssi gni
fi
cance-weneed
tounderstandthebasi cmechanicsinv
olvedi nt hesoci
alproductionofcommodi ti
es(a
"commodi ty"i
ssimplydefinedassomet hingt hatcanbepr oduced-f ood,achair
,acar
orwhatev er-di
str
ibutedandexchanged).

Pr
oduct
ionoft
hemeansofsoci
alexi
stencei
nvol
ves,
forMar
x,t
hreebasi
cthi
ngs:

1. TheFor
cesofProduction:These"forces"inv
olvesuchthi
ngsas:
 Land,
 Rawmat eri
als,
 Tools/Machi nes,
 Knowledge(scienti
fic/technicalandtheli
ke),
 People(or
,mor ecor r
ectl
y,theirl
abour).

2. TheRel at
ionsofProduct
ion:
AsI '
venot ed,peopl
ecannotpr oduceany t
hingwit
houtenteri
ngi nt
ov ar
ioussocial
rel
ati
onshi
ps and t hi
si dea simply encompasses the di
ff
erent kinds of social
rel
ati
onshi
psi ntowhichpeopl ehavetoent eratvari
oustimesi nordert oproduce
commodi t
ies.

InCapitali
stsocieti
essuchasourown,i t'
spossibl
etoidenti
fydif
fer
entbroad
socialgroupi
ngs-gr oupsofpeopl
ewhoshar eabasical
ly-
simil
arposi
ti
oninthe
producti
onpr ocess.Marxcal
l
edthesegroups"soci
alcl
asses"andwewi l
ll
ookat
thei
rtheoreti
calsigni
fi
cancei
nmoredetaili
namoment .

3.TheMeansofPr oducti
on:
Thethi
rd,ver
ysi
gni
fi
cantelement,r
elatestot
hosepartsoft
heForcesofpr
oducti
onthat
canbel egal
l
yowned-f orexample,inCapit
ali
stsoci
eti
es,landraw mat
eri
alsand,in
somecases,Knowl
edge,butnotsuchthingsas"peopl
e".

Accor
ding t
o Mar
x,di
ff
erenthi
stor
icalper
iods hav
e di
ff
erentdomi
nantmeans of
pr
oducti
on:

 I
nFeudal
soci
ety
,landwast
hemosti
mpor
tantmeansofpr
oduct
ion.

 I
nCapi
tal
i
stsoci
ety
,landi
sst
il
lsi
gni
fi
cant
,butt
hemosti
mpor
tantmeansof

196
pr
oduct
ionar
ethi
ngsl
i
kef
act
ori
es,
machi
nesandsof
ort
h.

Acoupl
eofpoi
ntsar
eimpor
tantt
onot
e:

1.Somesoci
ologi
stshavestar
tedt
oarguet
hat,i
npost-
moder
nsoci
ety
,knowl
edge
becomest
hemosti mport
antmeansofpr
oducti
on.

2.Legalowner
ship ofthemeansofpr
oduct
ion i
sgoi
ng t
o makey
ou a v
ery
powerf
uli
ndi
vidual/soci
algr
oup.

3.Onlyinslav
esocieti
esareworker
spartofthemeansofpr
oducti
on(inCapital
ist
soci
ety,f
orexample,employeesarenotownedbythei
remployer
s-al lt
hatthe
employerbuys(t
hroughwages)istheabi
l
ityt
ouseanemployee'
slabour(hence,
thei
r"l
abourpower"-theabi
l
ityt
oputsomeonetowork)
.

Marxarguedthatyourrelat
ionshi
ptot hemeansofproduct
ionobj
ect
ivel
ydet
ermined
yoursoci
alcl
assand,i fweacceptt hisideaforamoment,itf
oll
owsthatheini
ti
all
y
i
denti
fi
edtwogreatclassesinCapit
ali
stsociet
y:

1.TheBour
geoi
sie(
UpperorRul
i
ngcl
ass)
.

Thosepeopl
e(ami
nor
it
y)whoownedt
hemeansofpr
oduct
ion.

2.ThePr
olet
ari
at(
LowerorWor
kingcl
ass)
.

Thosepeopl
e(t
hemaj
ori
ty)whodi
dnotownt
hemeansofpr
oduct
ion.

ForMar x,the conceptofsocialclass was offundament


alsigni
fi
cance,preci
sely
because i
tcoul d be used t
o expl
ainthe basi
s ofsocialchange (
in a wayt hat
contemporaryt
heorist
scouldnot
).

Marxarguedthatal
lsociet
iesinv
olvedconfl
i
ct-someti
mesopenbutmoreusual
ly
submer
gedbeneaththesurfaceofev er
ydayl
ife-t
hatwasbaseduponf
undament
al
i
nequal
i
tiesandconf
li
ctsofi
nter
est:

Themosti mportantoftheseconfli
ctswasthatbetweensocialcl
asses-
thebourgeoi
sieandt heprol
etar
iat-anditwast heconst
antantagoni
sm
betweenthesetwogreatclassesthatcr
eatedsocial
change.

Thebasisoft hisconfl
i
ctl
iesint
hefactthatalt
houghwealthiscreatedbytheprolet
ariat
(t
hewor kingclass),
iti
sappropr
iat
ed(thati
s" t
akenaway")pri
vatel
y-byt hebourgeoisie
-i
nt heform ofprofi
ts.
Inthisr espect,Marxnoted abasiccont r
adict
ion,wi
thin Capit
alistsoci
alsystems,
between:

1.Theforcesofproduct
ion(t
hethi
ngsthatar
erequi
redt
oproducecommodi
ties)
and
2.Therelat
ionsofproduct
ion(i
nbasi
ct er
ms,whobenef
itst
hemostf r
om t
hese
arr
angements)
.

Thus,al
thoughtheforcesofpr oduct i
oninvol
ve,asI'
venoted,co-operati
on( t
hatis,t
hey
arefundamental
lysocialinnat ure),inCapit
ali
stsociet
iesther elat
ionsofpr oducti
on
haveaprivat
e,i
ndivi
duali
sti
c,nat ure.Alt
houghpeoplenecessari
lyco-operatetoproduce
thi
ngs(commodi t
iesfrom whichev er
yoneshould,i
deall
ybenefit),oneclasseffecti
vel
y
expl
oit
sanotherbytheirabi
li
tytoaccumul at
eprofi
tsinpri
vatehands.

Howev
er,
if,
asI '
vesuggest
ed,therel
ationshi
pbet
weensoci
alcl
assesi
s:
 Unequal,
 Exploit
ati
ve,
 Foundedona" conf
li
ctofint
erest

197
Whydot
heexpl
oit
edput
-upwi
tht
hissi
tuat
ion?

Moreimport
ant
lyper
haps,whydoessocietynotdi
ssol
veintoaper pet
ualci
vi
lwar-a
conf
li
ctbet
weenther
ichandthepoor
,theexpl
oit
edandtheexpl
oit
ers?

Mar xarguedthatthiswasi ndeedaf undamentalproblem forthebourgeoisi


einany
Capital
istsoci
ety-andt heyr esol
veitt
hroughsomehowmaki ngtheprolet
ari
atbeli
eve
thattheeconomi csystem i
sbaseduponf reedom,fai
rnessandequal i
ty.Thisi
swher e
theconceptsofboth" power"and" i
deol
ogy"comei nt
ot heequati
on-andwewi lll
ookat
theseideasingreat
erdetaili
namoment .Fundamentall
y,ther
efore:

Capi
tal
i
sm inv
olvesbothshar
edendeavour
sandunequalrewar
ds.Iti
sthe(
str
uct
ural
)
nat
ureoft
hisfor
m ofeconomicpr
oduct
ionthatpr
oducest
heset
hings.

Ononelevel
,peopl
einanysoci
etydosharefundamentalv
alues,butMar xargued
t
hatthi
s"consensusoverbasi
cv al
ues"(whi
chFuncti
onali
sts,forexample,tend
t
otakeforgrant
ed)wasbynomeanst hewholest
ory
.Ineffect,
Mar xarguedt hat
t
hebourgeoi
sieareabl
etouset hepowerthatcomesfrom economi cowner ship
t
o"contr
ol"t
hewayi nwhichpeoplethi
nkaboutandseethenat ureofthesoci al
wor
ld.

Ratherthan"valueconsensus"beinganecessary ,f
undamental,condi
tionf
or
human societ
y ,Marx saw this consensus as bei
ng manuf act
ured by t
he
bourgeoi
sie(t
hr ough t
he pri
mary and secondary soci
ali
sat
ion process,f
or
example).

Tocl osethisopeni ngsect ion( ?


),therefor
e,wecanl ookbr iefl
yatt hewayMar xargued
thateconomi cowner shippr oduceseconomi cpowerwhi chi nturni st ransl
atedinto
polit
icalandideologicalpower .
Aswehav eseen, f
orMar x-andMar xi
stsgeneral
ly-economi crelationshipsareseent o
bet hemostsi gnif
icantinanysoci etybecausetheyrelatet othev erymeansofsoci al
existenceitsel
f.Howev er,itisev i
dentt hat
,inanysociety,t
her ear
eot hertypesofsoci al
rel
ationship,namel ypoli
t i
calandi deologi
calrel
ati
onships.Mar xar guedt hattheset wo
basict ypesofsoci alr elati
onshipsr epr
esented t
wo par tsoft he ov erallnatur
e of
rel
ationshipswi t
hincapitalistsociety:

1.Economicrel
ationshi
ps-the"i
nfrast
ruct
ure"or"economicbase"ofsoci
ety
.
2.Poli
ti
cal
/ideological
rel
ati
onships-the"super
struct
ure"ofsoci
ety
.

Superst
ructuralr
elat
ionshi
ps,inef f
ect
,dev
elopoutofthenatureofthewayeconomic
rel
ati
onshipsareorganised(i
tmi ghthel
pyoutounderst
andthisideabyvi
sual
izi
ngthe
superst
ructur
eofanysoci et
yasaki ndofdomet hatrest
supont hegr
ound(which
repr
esentstheeconomi cbase).

Alt
hough superst
ructur
alr el
ati
onshi
ps areimpor t
ant,theyul ti
mat el
yr estupon the
economicbaseofsoci ety-accordingtoMar xist
s,theseki ndsofr el
ati
onshipsar e
dependentupon-andr eflect-thenatur
eofeconomi crelat
ionshipsi nsociet
y.Thus,if
economicr el
ati
onships aref undamental
ly unequal
,t hen polit
icaland i deologi
cal
rel
ati
onshi
pswillbothrefl
ect-andhelptorei
nforce-i
nequali
ty.Forexampl e:
Pol
i
ticalr
elat
ionshi
ps:

Capitaldominateslabouri
ntheworkpl
ace.
Requirescertai
nt y
pesofl aw t
ocementthisr
elat
ionshi
pint
ermsofcont
ract
s,
propertyri
ghtsandsof ort
h.

ForMar xi
sts,ther
efore,t
hosewhodomi nat
et heeconomi csphereinanysoci
etywil
l
alsodomi nat
epol i
ti
call
yandideol
ogi
call
y-and,int hisrespect
,animport
antideain
relat
iont othestudyofcrimeanddevi
anceisthatt
hei deologyofther
uli
ngcl
assisthe
domi nantideol
ogyinsociety
.

Tomaket
hisal
i
ttl
emor
ecl
ear
,wecandemonst
rat
ethi
sideaschemat
ical
l
yint
he

198
f
oll
owi
ngway
:

Aneconomi
cal
lypower
fulcl
ass(thebourgeoi
sie)seekstot
ransl
ate/reproduce
i
tseconomi
cpoweracr
ossallot
herinst
it
uti
onsi nsoci
ety
.Thi
sensuresthat:

1.Thei
reconomi
cinter
est
sdomi
nat
etheeconomi
cint
erest
sofal
lot
her
cl
assesi
nsoci
ety
.

2.Al
lotheri
nst
it
utionshel
ptor epr
oducet
heeconomi
cdomi
nance(
or
"
hegemony
")ofthebour
geoi
sie.

Theideol
ogyofar uli
ngclassi
sthedomi
nanti
deol
ogy-t
her
ear
eot
her
sbuteconomi
c
powerofbourgeoisieensurest
heyar
e:
 Nothear d.
 Mar gi
nalized.
 Disregar
ded.
 Etc.

I
nter
msofcr
ime:

Lawsarecr
eatedbybourgeoi
sie(orthei
rpol i
ti
calrepr
esent
ati
ves)t
obasi
cal
l
y
saf
eguar
deconomici
nter
estsofbourgeoi
sie.Forexample:

1.Lawsgoverni
ngor
der.
2.Lawsrel
ati
ngtopr
ivat
epr
oper
ty/cont
ract
set
c.

Tr
adi
ti
onalMar
xism

I
nasi
mil
arwayt
oFunct
ional
i
stt
heor
y,Mar
xistconf
li
ctt
heor
ist
ssee:

1.Insti
tuti
onsassignif
icantobj
ect
sofst udy
,i ntermsofwhyi nsti
tut
ionsare
createdbypeopl
e,thekindofpur
poseeach(int
er-
rel
ated)i
nst
it
utionservesand
sof ort
h.

2.Thesoci
ali
sati
onprocessassigni
fi
cantforourunder
standi
ngofbot
h"soci
ety
"
andourgener
alposi
ti
onwithi
nthatsoci
ety.

3.Soci
alst
ruct
ures-noti
ndi
vi
dualmeani
ngs-ar
ethemostsi
gni
fi
cantobj
ectof
st
udy.

Unl
i
keFunct
ional
i
stt
heor
y,howev
er,
Mar
xistconf
li
ctt
heor
ist
s:

1.Do notsee" societ


y"asa" l
i
ving thing"t hatexist
sov erand abovepeopl e.
Mar xi
stsdonotcommi twhatiscalledt he" er
rorofrei
ficati
on",i
nsofarast hey
recognisethat"soci
ety"ist
hepr oductofpeopl e'sbehavi
our.Ifpeopl
ecr eat
et he
socialstruct
ureswi t
hinwhi chbehav iourisor deredthen,ofcour se,theyar e
perfect
lycapableofchangingthesoci alorder..
.

2.Do notsee t he basis ofsoci alorderas being "


shar
ed val
ues"and basic
consensusov eragreedsoci algoal
s/ends.Ont hecontr
ary
,theysee" shar
ed
val
ues"and" consensus"asbei ngmy sti
fi
cati
ons-awayofmanuf acturi
ngand
manipulat
ingpeople'
sper cepti
onofthesocialworl
dtosui
tthebasi
ci nter
est
sof
aruli
ngclass.

3.Seesoci
ety/soci
alsyst
emsasbei ngi
naconst
ant-i
nev
itabl
e-st
ateofconf
li
ct.
Soci
alor
derexi
stsnotbecausei
tis:

a.The"
nat
ural
"st
ateoft
hingsor
,

b.Becauseev
ery
onei
sinbasi
cagr
eementabouthow or
dershoul
dbe

199
mai
ntai
nedandsof
ort
h.

Or
derexi
stsbecausepowerf
ulsocialgr
oups(orclasses)ar
eablet
oimposeasenseof
or
der
,per
manenceandst abi
l
ityuponall
othercl
assesinsociet
y.

Powerisav er
ysigni
fi
cantconcepti
nMar
xistt
heoryand,aswehav
eseen,poweris
ul
ti
matel
y seen t
o deri
vef r
om economi
c ownershi
p.By owni
ng the "
means of
pr
oducti
on"
:

a.Youexer
ciseper
sonalpowerov
ert
hel
i
vesoft
hepeopl
ewhowor
kfor
you.

b.Youmakepr of
it
swhi chcanbeusedt
owi
eldpowerandi
nfl
uencei
na
widersoci
alset
ting.

I
nthi
srespect
,thepossessi
onofpowergi
vesy
ou:

1.Economicpower
 Weal th,
 St at
us.

2.Poli
ticalpower
 Controloverpol
it
icali
nsti
tut
ions
 (government,t
heSt at
e).

3.I
deol
ogi
cal
power

 Cont
roloverthewaypeopl eareabletov i
sual
i
seandinterpr
etthesoci
alwor
ld.
Thi
si scarr
ied-outthr
oughv ari
ousf or
msofsoci al
i
sationthroughthemass
media,
thewor kpl
ace,t
hefamil
y,theeducati
onsyst
em andsof or
th.

Becauseeconomi cproducti
oni
ssof undamentallyi
mpor t
anti
nanysoci ety,itfoll
ows
thatal
lotheri
nsti
tut
ionsinsoci
etydi
rectthei
reffort
stowardsserv
icingthi
si nst
itut
ion.
I
n so doing,theyarecl ear
lysubor
dinat
et ot hisinst
it
uti
on and hence,thosewho
dominatetheeconomicspherewil
lal
so,bydefaultal
most,dominat
einallotherspher es
ofsocial
li
fe.

Inshort
,ther
eisapowerst r
uggl
einsoci et
ypr
edominant
lyi
nter
msofthosewhoown
themeansofpr oducti
on(thebourgeoi
sie)andthosewhodonot(t
heprolet
ari
at)
,but
alsoacr
ossmanyot herar
easofsociall
if
e.

Oneoft hemainideasthatshouldbecomingthroughaboutMar xi
stper
specti
vesonthe
socialwor l
disthatsocialorderi
snotper manentandunchangi ng.Ont hecontr
ary,
alt
houghi tmayappearthatwayinourever
ydayliv
es, t
hereal
it
ybeneaththeappear
ance
i
st hatpeoplehavetoconti
nuall
yproduceandreproducethesocialworl
dbyattempti
ng
tomai nt
ainandchal
lengeexisti
ngfor
msofpowerr elati
onshi
ps.

Thus,theruli
ngclass,forexample,mustcont i
nuallyr
eproducecapital
istfor
ms
ofeconomi cproduct
ion,si
ncei ti
sonlyby" del
iveri
ngtheeconomi cgoods"that
thei
rhegemonycanbemai nt
ained.t
hewor kingclass,
ont heotherhand,arenot
simply passi
ve consumer s ofa " Capi
tali
stdr eam"-t hey are conti
nuall
y
organi
zingandagitat
ingforagr at
ershar
eofpower-bot heconomicandpol i
ti
cal.

I
nsi mplet
erms,t hereasonfort
heappearanceofsoci alorderoverti
me(eventhough
greaterorlesserconf l
ict
s may er
uptf r
om t ime t oti
me)i st hatone cl
ass has
fundament
all
ygr eat
erlevel
sofpowerthanotherclassesi
nsociety
.

 Soci
ety
,inthi
ssense,mayhav et
heappear
anceofabiol
ogi
calorganism (
where
noconfl
ictbet
weenthev ar
iouspart
sexi
sts)
,butf
orMarxi
ststhi
si ssimplyan
i
naccur
ate
 Anal
ogy-preci
sel
ybecauseconfl
icti
sal
lar
oundusinourev
erydayli
ves.

200
6.Ecologi
cal
Theor
ies
I
ntr
oduct
ion

Ecologi
caltheori
es,aswiththeFunctionali
sttheor
iestowhichtheyar
eclosely-
rel
ated,
aresomet i
mescal led“Posit
ivi
st”theori
es.Thi sisbecausetheyseektol ocatethe
causesofhumanbehav i
our(i
nt hi
scase, devi
anceandnon-devi
ance)wi
thi
nsomef orm
ofsocialst
ructur
ethatexi
stsexter
naltotheindivi
dual
.

Inthecaseofecologi
caltheor
ies,thecausesofcri
me,f
orexampl
e,aretobefoundin
thewaythephysicalenvi
ronmentinwhi chpeopl
eli
veandi
nter
actsoci
all
ycr
eatesthe
condi
ti
onsforcr
iminalandnon-cri
mi nal
behavi
our
.

Ecol
ogicaltheor
iesal
so,y
oumi ghtl
i
ket
onot
e,shar
eacoupl
eofcommonf
eat
ureswi
th
Funct
ionali
stsubcul
tur
alt
heor
ies.

a.Both,al
beitinsl
ight
lydif
fer
entways,pl
acepar t
icul
arstressont heway
vari
ouscultur
al/sub-cul
tur
algr
oupsdevel
opt heirownpar t
icul
arnorms
and val
ues in a way thatref
lect
s bot
ht heirphy si
caland mat er
ial
cir
cumstances.

b.Both areimpl i
cit
ly structur
ali n scope and,mor e-speci
fi
cal
ly,hav
e
devel
opedoutofmai nstream Functi
onalistt
heory.Thiscanperhapsbe
bestseeninrelat
iontot hewaybot hf ormsoft heori
singemphasisehow
i
ndivi
dual/gr oupv aluesar i
seasar esponset oani ndivi
dual
'
ssocial
ci
rcumstances/situation.

Wher eecologicaltheoriestendtodi ff
erfrom sub-cul
tur
altheori
esisinthedi f
ferent
stressplacedupont heori
ginofsub-cultur
albehavi
our.Ecol
ogist
s,aswewi l
lsee,hav e
tendedtoemphasi set hesigni
fi
canceoft hephy si
calenvi
ronmentorgeographicar ea
(hence,such t heori
es are someti
mes known as " ar
ea studi
es")
,whil
e sub-cult
ur al
theori
stshav etendedt oemphasiset hewayi nwhichnormsandv al
uesrel
atemor et o
mat er
ialci
rcumst ances.

Tonnieswor konGemei nschaft(aconceptheusedt ot heor


isethenatureof
socialrelat
ionshipsinsmall
-scal
e,"communi t
y-t
ype"(part
icular
lyr
ural
)areasand
Gesellschaft(aconceptheusedt otheori
sethenat ur
eofsoci alrel
ati
onshi
psin
l
arger-scale," associ
ati
on-t
ype" (part
icul
arl
y ur ban) areas,was par ti
cul
arl
y
i
nfluentialwit
ht heChicagoSchoolecologi
sts.

Durkhei
m’si deasaboutthewayi nf
ormalsoci
albondst
endedtobeweakened
oncesocieti
esbegant odevelopinbothsi
zeandnumberofsoci
alr
elat
ionshi
ps
theycont
ainedwassimi l
arl
yinfl
uent
ial
.

However,asi
de f
rom t
he above,one oft
he main or
igi
nali
nfl
uences i
nthe ear
ly
dev
elopmentofecologi
caltheori
es ofcr
ime and devi
ance was thatof"Soci
al
Dar
winism":

I
nsi mplet er
ms,Soci alDar
wi ni
sm involvestheideat hatiti
spossibletoappl
ysomeof
Darwin'sor i
ginalobservat
ionsaboutt henat ureofani malbehav i
our/evolut
ion i
n
rel
ati
ont ohumansoci algroupings.Inpar t
icul
ar ,si
ncetheecologicalf
ocuswasupon
t
her elat
ionshipbetweenpeopl eandt heirphysicalenvir
onment,theworkofsomeone
l
ikeRober tPark("HumanEcol ogy")natural
lytendedt ofocusuponthewayt he"st
ruggl
e
forspace"wi t
hinurbanenvironmentsaf f
ectedpeopl e'
sbehaviour
.

Par
k,forexampl
e,not
edthewayi nwhi
ch,i
nAmer icaatleast
,successi
ve"wavesof
i
mmi gr
ati
on"int
o Ameri
can ci
ti
es had an unset
tl
ing and di
srupt
ive ef
fectupon
est
abli
shedcommuni
ti
es.

I
n"Juv
eni
l
eDel
i
nquencyandUr
banAr
eas"
,forexampl
e, Shaw andMcKayexpl
i
cit
ly

201
att
emptedt ol
inktheideaof"area"tohumanbehaviour(especi
all
ycr
imi
nalbehav
iour
).
Inthi
srespect
,thebasict
hrustofthei
rstudycanbeoutl
inedthus:

a.Theareainwhichpeoplel
iv
eissigni
fi
cantinrel
ati
ont
osuchthi
ngsas
densi
tyofoccupat
ion,t
hest
abi
l
ityorother
wiseofcommunall
i
feandso
for
th.

b.Peopl
e'sbehavi
ouriscondit
ionedbyreferencetothebehav
iourofot
hers
and,i
nt hi
srespect
,peopletakethei
rguide-li
nesforbehavi
ourfr
om the
wayinwhichthepeoplearoundthem appeartobehave.

I
f,forexampl
e,thi
sbehav i
ouriscondit
ionedbynon- cri
minali
ty,thiswi
llbethe
prevai
l
inget
hos;if
,ontheotherhand,peoplesuspectthat"ever
y one"i
sinvol
ved
i
ndev i
ant/cri
minalbehav
iour
,thentheywillal
soinvolvethemsel v
esinthi
skind
ofbehavi
our
.

Thel ogi
coft hi
sf orm ofargumenti squi t
eexpl i
cit
,i nt hatitinvol
vesthebasi c
assumpt i
on thatpeopl e devel
op gui de-l
i
nes aboutt heirbehav i
ourthr
ough their
percepti
onoft heprevai
li
ngnormsandv alueswi t
hinapar t
icularar
ea.Thi
s,i
nturn,l
i
nks
i
ntot heideathatpeoplebecomeat tachedtot hepart
icul
arar eainwhicht
heyli
ve,si
nce
i
tisi ntheirimmediateneighbourhoodt hattheydev el
opasenseofcommunall ivi
ng,
ri
ghtsandr esponsi
bil
i
t i
es.

ShawandMcKayappl iedthesei
deas(someofwhi chresembleFunctionali
stideasand
otherswhichappeartohavebeenincorporat
edf r
om anInter
acti
onistperspecti
vecall
ed
"Symboli
cI nt
eracti
on"
),t
hroughananal y
sisofwhatt heytermed"Concent ri
cZones"–
thetheoryofSocialDi
sorgani
sat
ionis,
accordingl
y,fr
equentl
yrefer
red-toas“Concentri
c
Zone”theory.

Inbasi ct er
ms,theyarguedt hatanycit
y(i
nt hisinstancetheycit
edChicago)couldbe
dividedi ntovari
ousconcentriczonesemanatingf r
om t hecentr
eoft heci
ty.Youcan
visualisethesezonesbythinkingaboutanarcherytarget,f
orexample,
withthecentr
eof
the t arget( t
he Bul
ls-
eye)bei ng Zone 1 and each successiver i
ng being named
successi vely
.

Concent
ri
cZones
(
diagr
ammat i
cvi
ew)

Themi
ddl
ezone(
Zone1)i
sthecent
ral
busi
nessdi
str
icti
nanyci
ty.

Thenextisthei
nnerci
ty(
Zone2)
,somet
imescal
l
edt
heI
nter
sti
ti
alZoneorZoneof
Transi
ti
on.

Thi
sZonei
ssur r
ounded,respecti
vel
y,by:
 Respectableworki
ngcl asshousi
ng( Zone3)
 The(mi ddl
eclass)suburbs(Zone4)
 Thecityfri
nge(rur
al /semi-r
ural
areas)inhabi
tedbyt
her
ich(
Zone5)

Inexami ningcrimeratesi nrelat


iontoeachzone, ShawandMcKayf oundthatonezone
i
npar t
icular(Zone2)exhi bi
tedhigherratesofcr i
met hananyot herzone.Thiszone
(whichShaw andMcKayt er
meda" zoneoftransition"becausei twast othisareaof
cheaphousi ngt hatsuccessiv ewavesofimmigr ant
s-I ri
sh,Ital
i
an,Pol i
shandsof or
th-
came) ,hadaconsi stentl
yhi gherrat
eofcr i
met hananyot herzone,regardl
essofwhich
i
mmi grantgroupdomi natedt hecult
urall
i
feofthear ea.

Thisl
eadShawandMcKaytoarguethatthehi
ghcrimerateswerenotaconsequenceof
thebehavi
ourofanyonepart
icul
arethnicgr
oup( si
ncei tdi
dn'
treal
lyseem tomake
muchdiff
erencewhi
chet
hni
cgroupwasdomi nantatpar
ti
cularti
mes).

202
Rather
,theyarguedthatsomethi
ngaboutthefactofli
vinginasuchazonewast her
oot
causeofthehighlevelsofcri
me.This"
somet hing"was,accor
dingtoShawandMcKay,
thefactthatnosettledcommuni t
ycouldestablishi
tselfi
nthiszonebecauseofthe
repeat
edwav esofimmi gr
ati
onint
o-andemi grati
onoutof-thezone.

Ineffect
,thehi ghturnoverofpeopl
ei nthe" zoneoftransi
ti
on"result
edi ntheideaof
"soci
aldisorganisat
ion"-thei
deathatal ackofclear,moral
,guide-
li
nesder i
vi
ngfrom a
settl
ed,stable,communi t
ystruct
ureresultedinal ackofinfor
malsoci alcont
rolsand
henceahi ghr at
eofcr i
me.

Howmi
ghtt
heconceptof"
soci
aldi
sor
gani
sat
ion"expl
ainhi
ghr
atesofcr
ime?

Wecani
dent
if
yatl
eastt
womaj
orpr
obl
emswi
tht
hiski
ndoft
heor
eti
cal
expl
anat
ion:

 Fi
rstl
y,whilethei
deaofsocial di
sorganisat
ionseems,onthefaceofthings,t
obe
ausef ulconcept,i
tisdifficultt
oseehow t heideaof" di
sor
ganisedhuman
behavi
our"canbesust ained-nof orm ofhumanbehav iourcan,inef f
ect,be
di
sorganised forthe part
icipants( al
though itmay appeardi sor
ganised to
outsi
ders..
.)
.

 Secondl
y,asafor
m ofcausalexpl
anati
on,soci
aldi
sorgani
sat
ionisbot
hacause
andaneffect(
whi
chis,
ofcourse,l
ogical
lyi
mpossibl
e).Thi
sfoll
owsbecause:

a.Soci
aldi
sor
gani
sat
ioncr
eat
eshi
ghr
atesofcr
ime.

b.Hi
ghr
atesofcr
imecr
eat
esoci
aldi
sor
gani
sat
ion.

I
nef
fect
,wehav
enol
ogi
cal
wayofknowi
ngwhi
chcomesf
ir
st.
..

Cul
tur
alTr
ansmi
ssi
onTheor
y

Partl
yasar esponsetosuchcr i
ti
cism,soci aldisor
ganisat
iont
heorygavewayt ot he
development/r efi
nementofCul t
ur alTransmission t
heory,wher
ebyt he emphasis
passedf r
om af ocusondisor
gani
sationt oafocusont hewaygroupsbecomecriminall
y
organisedinsuchareasasthezoneoft ransi
tion.

Inthi
sr espect,whatwear estarti
ngtoseei sthedev
elopmentofamuchmore
expli
cit
lysub-culturalf
orm oftheori
sing,wher
etheexpli
cat
oryemphasi
sshi
ft
s
ontothesocialisati
onprocess.

Intheset erms,"
criminalbehavi
our"i
sseentobe" nor
malbehavi
our
"forsome
socialgroupsand,hence,cri
minalnor
msandvaluesaretr
ansmi
tt
ed,t
hrought
he
social
isati
onprocess,fr
om onegenerati
ont
othenext.

Themajorprobl
em here,howev er
,ist
hequest
ionofwhy,i
fcul
turalt
ransmi
ssi
oni
ssuch
apowerfulf
orm ofsocial
isati
onforsomepeople,
itdoesnotseem toappl
ytoot
her
sin
anappar
entlysi
milarsoci
al posi
ti
on:

I
nshort,i
tdoesn'
texpl
ainwhysomepeopl
ecommitcr
ime(
"becauset
heyhav
e
beensoci
ali
sedtoseei
tasnormal
")whi
l
eother
sdonot
.

Asawayofr esol
vingthi
spr oblem,ther
efore,whatwasneededwasat heorythat
appli
edmore-
speci
fi
call
ytopeoples'act
ualbehavi
our-andsuchatheorydev
elopedout
ofthewor
kofSutherl
andandCr essey("
ThePrinci
plesofCr
imi
nol
ogy")
.

Di
ff
erent
ialAssoci
ati
on

Usi
ng theidea of"Di
ff
erent
ialAssoci
ati
on"
,Sut
her
land and Cr
esseyar
gued t
hata
cr
iminali
sli
kel
ytodevel
opifhe/she:

203
".
..
recei
vesan excessofdefi
nit
ionsf
avourabl
etov
iol
ati
on oft
hel
aw ov
er
defi
niti
onsunf
avourabl
etov
iol
ati
onoft
helaw".

Thus,thiswasamor e-expl
i
citl
ysub-
culturalfor
m oft heori
singbecauseitstar
tedt o
l
ocatepeople'sbehav
iourwit
hinacult
uralframeworkofr ul
es,rol
esandresponsi
bil
it
ies-
thepeopleyouassociatedwithwerebasicall
yresponsi
bleforwhetherornotyoubr oke
thel
aw, dependi
nguponhow" nor
mall
y"theyv i
ewedcriminalbehavi
our.

Howev
er,
itwasnotsi
mpl
yacaseof
:

"
ify
ouassoci
atewi
thcr
imi
nal
syouwi
l
lbecomeacr
imi
nal
",

Mainl
ybecauseSut
her
landandCr
esseyr
eal
i
sedt
hati
twasnotl
i
kel
ytobean"
eit
her/
or
"sit
uat
ion.

Forexampl e,y
ourf
amilymayst
ressnon-cr
iminalbehaviourwhil
eyourpeer
sare
heavi
lyinvolv
edincri
me-inthi
si nst
ance,theindi
vidualrecei
vescont
radi
ctor
y
soci
ali
singmessages.

Thisidea,initsel
f,wassomet hingnew,i nsofarast hesocial
i
sationpr ocesscouldbe
seenascont r
adictory,r
athert hanar el
ati
vel
ysi mpleprocessoft eachi
ngi nwhichthe
i
ndividualbei
ngsoci ali
sedappear stoplayli
tt
leactualpart
.
SutherlandandCr esseyar guedt hattherewer efourmai nv ar
iablesi nvolv
edi nthe
creat
ionofacr iminal:
1.Fr equencyofdef i
nitions:
Thati s,thenumberoft imest hatcr i
minaldef i
nit
ions(forexampl e,t hebeli
efthat
steal
ingf r
om therichisokay )occur .

2.Durati
onofdef
ini
ti
ons:
Thel
ongertheindi
vi
duali
sexposedt
ovar
iousdef
ini
ti
ons,t
hemor
eli
kel
ytheyar
eto
i
ncor
porat
ethem.

3.Priori
tyofdefini
ti
ons:
Thisbasical
lyrelat
est ostageintheli
fecycl
eoftheindi
vidual
.A y
oungchild,f
or
example,mayexper i
encetheprimar
ysoci
ali
zati
onoft
hef
amilymorefor
cef
ull
ythanany
othersoci
ali
singinf
luences.

4.Intensi
tyofdef
init
ions:
Theprest
ige/statusofthepersonmaki
ngthedef
init
ionwil
lbei
mport
ant
,si
nceifwe
arei
mpressedbysomeonewear emor
eli
kel
ytoberecepti
vet
owhatt
heyar
esayi
ng.

EDWI
NSUTHERLAND’
STHEORYOFDI
FFERENTI
ALASSOCI
ATI
ON

I
tsay st hatbehaviornormalanddev iantali
keislearnedduringint
eracti
onwi thot
hers.
Sutherl
andf eltthattheprosti
tutes,thepr of
essi
onalt hi
ef;andthewhi t
ecol l
arcri
minal
l
earnt o behav et hrough associat
ion and communi cat
ion wit
h peopl e who di
splay
deviantbehav iorinaf av
orablel i
ght .Theyaret aughtt heposit
iver ewardsoft hat
behav i
or—t hatcrimedoesnotpay .

Beforeleavi
ngt hesoci
ologicaltheori
esofdev i
antbehavi
or,weshouldbrief
lyl
ookat
anotherapproachthathasat t
ractedwideint
erest
.Thisapproachf
ocusesnotsomuch
ont hedeviantactordeviantper son,butr
atherontheprocessofdefini
ngtheactor
personasdev i
ant

WHOMAKESTHERULES?
WHOENFORCESTHEM?
ONWHOM ANDWHY?

Thesequest
ionsemer
gef
rom whati
sgener
all
ycal
l
edLABELLI
NGTHEORY.

204
Thistheoryseesdevi
antbehavi
orasaproductofgroupdefi
nit
ions.Becomingadev i
ant
i
nvolvesal abeli
ngpr
ocess;Oneisdevi
antbecauseapart
icul
argr ouplabel
shim orher
assuch.Inot herwor
ds,l
abeli
nggroupsdet
erminewhoandwhati sdeviant
;dev
iat
ionis
social
lydefi
ned.

HowardBecker
-referstorulecreat
orsandruleenfor
cer
s,peoplewhoseprof
essi
on
cent
ersar
ounddefi
ningandregul
ati
ngdevi
antbehav
ior,
asmoralentr
epr
eneur
s.

Label
ingtheor
ylooksatitthi
sway,somepeoplemakerul
es,other
senfor
cethem,and
outofthi
sprocesspar
ti
culari
ndi
vi
dualsar
elabel
eddev
iant
.Iti
sasocial
process.

TOWHOM DOESDEVI
ANTLABELGETAPPLI
ED?

Wel
l
,nott
oev
ery
oneequal
l
y,ofcour
seI
tdependsi
npar
tont
he;

1.Seri
ousnessoft heact.Onv eryseri
ousbehav i
ors(homicide,armedrobbery
)
aboutwhich thereisa generalagreement,thedev i
antlabelisquicklyand
for
mallyappli
ed.Iftheactisl essserious(belchi
nginpubl i
c,dressi
ngv er
y
str
angel
y),t
hedev i
antl
abel
,i
fappliedatall
,wi
llbeappli
edlessstri
ngent
ly.

2.I
talsodependsont hevul
nerabi
li
tyoft
heper sonbei
nglabeled.Lowercl
ass
peopl
eandminor
it
iesaremoreli
kel
ytobelabel
edadevi
antthanother
s.

3.Itdependsaswev i
sibi
li
ty.I
ftheactisobviousandoccur sf ul
lviewofother
s,i
tis
mor elikel
yt ogetar eacti
on.Theseandot herfactor
si nteractincompli
cat
ed
way s.Thus,int
heviewoft helabeli
ngtheori
sts,
call
ingpeopl edev i
antmaybean
arbi
traryandcapri
ciousact-t el
li
ngusmor eabouttheper sondoingt hel
abel
i
ng
thanaboutt heper
sonbei nglabel
ed.

Anexampl eoft helabeli


ngpr ocessact i
onhasbeenpr ovidedbySt anfordPsy chologist
Dav i
dRosenhan.Rosenhanand7col leaguesv iewt hemselvesasqui t
esane, butfort he
purposesofanexper imenteachwentt ot headmi ssionsof f
iceofament alhospi t
aland
tol
dt hesamest ory:Theywer ehearinguncl earv oicest hatseemedt obesay i
ngwor ds
l
ikeempt y,
holl
owandt hud.Thatwasenoughf ort headmi t
ti
ngpsy chi
atri
stsatt welveof
thehospi t
als,Rosenhanandhi sfr
iendswel tdiagnosedasschi zophrenicandadmi t
ted.
Thel abelwasappl iedandi tstuck.Thedi agnoseswer enotquest i
onedbyot herstaff
member s,andthepsuedopat ient
swer eincarcerat edforbet ween7and52day sbef ore
beingr el
eased.Althought heybehav edcal ml yandnor mal l
yint hehospi t
al,theywer e
continuall
ygivenpi l
lsto“ help”them ( at otalofnear l
y2, 100).Nonewer ereleasedas
cured—“ i
nremissionwast hef i
naldiagnosis.

7. Non-
Soci
ologi
calt
heor
iesofDev
iance

I
ntr
oduct
ion

1.I
deasconcerni
ngt
hewaybot
hconcept
sofcr
imeand,
inpar
ti
cul
ar,
dev
iancecan
bedef
ined.

2.Thevari
ouswaysthatwecanbegint
ounderstandhowconcepti
onsofcri
minal/
devi
antbehavi
ourarebasedupon soci
alprocesses(
invol
vingsuchideasas
soci
alr
eacti
on,l
ev sofsoci
el alhar
m andsoforth)
.

3.Generalbackgroundinf
ormat
ionaboutcri
meinBr
it
aint
hatfocusedonsome
basi
cpat t
ernsofsocialdi
str
ibut
ion(
consi
der
edi
ntermsofsuchconcept
sas
age,sexandclass).

Non-
Soci
ologi
calExpl
anat
ionsofCr
imeandDev
iance.
twomainareas:

205
1.Expl i
cit
lypsychol
ogicaltheor
ies
2. Geneti
c/bi ol
ogicaltheori
es(whi
ch,f
oral
lint
ent
sandpur
posest
endt
obe
psychologi
calinori
gin).

I
nthi
srespect
,weneedt
olookatsucht
heor
iesbecause:

a.Theyar
eexpl
i
cit
lyi
ndi
vi
dual
i
sti
c(r
athert
hansoci
al)i
nscope.

b.Theyprov
ideuswi t
hacompar at
iverefer
encepoi
ntagai
nstwhi
cht
o
measur
esociol
ogi
caltheor
iesi
ngeneral
.

AsI’
vejustnoted,thi
sisabriefov
erviewoft hesefor
msofnon-soci
ologi
caltheor
isi
ng
si
ncesuchtheoriesaremanyandv ar
ied.Si
ncewehav enei
thert
het i
menort heneedto
l
ookatthem allinanydetail
,I’
vesimplypresentedasel
ecti
onofthev ar
ioustypesof
non-
soci
ologi
caltheori
esofcri
methatexist
.

Bi
ologi
calTheor
ies

Earl
ybiol
ogicaltheori
estendedtowardsseeingcrimeasaf orm ofil
lness,causedby
pathol
ogi
calfactorsspeci
fi
ctocertai
nclassesofindi
vi
dual
s.Pathol
ogy ,i
nthisrespect,
rel
atestotheideat hatt
hecrimi
nalcannothelpbutcommi tcri
me.Int hi
srespect,the
causeoflaw-br
eakingmight,f
orexample,befoundinachemical
imbalanceinthebr ai
n.

I
nthisrespect
,wecanperhapssummari
set
hem i
nter
msoft
hecommon-
sensei
dea
t
hatsomepeoplear
e"bor
ncr i
minal
s".

A majorv ersi
onofsucht heor
isi
ngiscont ainedi nthewor kofLombroso( "
L'Uomo
Deli
quente",1876),wherehearguedthatcri
mi nalswerethr
owbackstoanear l
i
er,more
pri
miti
ve,form ofman.I nsupportofthi
sbel i
ef,Lombrosoclai
medtohav ei
dentifi
eda
numberofgenet ical
ly-
deter
minedcharacter
isti
csf oundi
nthe" cr
imi
nalcl
asses"-such
thi
ngsas:

 Largejaws,
 Highcheekbones,
 Largeear s,
 Extranipples,t
oesorfi
nger
s,
 Aninsensi t
ivi
tytopai
n.

I
nt hisrespect
,such t
hings wer
ethe out
war
d mani
fest
ati
ons ofi
nbor
n cr
imi
nal
pr
edisposi
ti
ons.
..

Acoupl
eofpr
obl
emst
hatcanbenot
edwi
tht
hiski
ndofappr
oachi
nvol
vet
hef
actt
hat
:

1.Lombroso'
sphy si
ologicalr
esearchwascarri
ed-outamongsti nmat esinI t
ali
an
pri
sons.Essenti
all
y,theref
ore,hewasstudying,i nt hemain,thev erypoor-
peopl
ewhosephy sicaldevel
opmenthadbeenaf fectedbypovert
y, poornutri
ti
on
andsof or
th.Inthisrespect,hewasbasi
nghi st heoriesonagr oupofpeopl e
whosephysical
dev el
opmenthadbeenseverel
yaf fectedbysoci
aldepr i
vat
ions..
.

2.Notev ery
onewhobr eaksthelaw endsupi npri
son.Thistypeoft
heor
isi
ng
neglect
stheideathatt
hereisa"gr
eyarea"ofcri
minali
ty-peopl
ewhocommi t
cri
mesbutwhoar enotcaughtandt
heref
orenoti
mprisoned.

Therearemanyr easonsf orthi


s.Parti
cul
argroupsinanysoci
etymaypossess
thepowertoeither"
hide"thei
rdev i
anceor-mor epr
obabl
y-escapehavi
ngthei
r
behavi
ourclassif
ied /labell
ed asdev i
antint hefi
rstpl
ace.Inthi
srespect
,
Lombroso'
sresearchwashopel essl
ybiased.
..

Bri
efl
y expl
ain why Lombroso'
s pr
ison r
esear
ch woul
d hav
e bi
ased hi
s
concl
usi
onsabout"cr
imi
nal
s".

206
Inamorecontempor aryv
ein,Shel
donandEl eanorGl ueckclai
medt ohav ediscoveredan
appar
entrel
ati
onshipbet weenphysicalbuil
danddel i
nquentbehaviourinmal es(The
ter
m deli
nquency is used,sociol
ogical
ly
,t or efert o deviant/cr iminalbehav iour
committ
ed byj uvenil
es)
.Theyar gued thatst ocky ,rounded,indi
viduals( known as
mesomorphs)tendedt obemor eacti
veandaggr essivethanpeoplewi t
hot hertypesof
physi
cal
buil
d.

Again,themai nproblem wi ththi


ski ndoft heori
singi nvolv
est hequest i
onofi denti
fyi
ng
del
inquent s.Ineffect,itrevolv
esar oundt hequest ionofhowsoci et i
esbothdef ineand
i
nterpretdelinquency( and,byextensi on,devi
ance).
Forexampl e,thebehav iourofmi ddleclassst udents"celebrati
ng"theendoft heir
fi
nalexamsi nar owdymannercoul dwel lfallwithi
nacat egor yof"del
inquency "
,
yetsuchbehav i
ouri sunli
kelyt obedef i
nedasdel i
nquent .I
tmay ,instead,be
rati
onali
sed as" high spir
it
s"-a t empor ary ,understandable,lapse int
or ule-
breakingbehav iourandsof ort h.

I
naddit
ion,oneexpl
anat
ionf
ort
heaggr
essi
vebehav
iourofmesomorphsmaywellbe
t
hefactthatmaleswiththi
sty
peofbuil
datt
ractaggressi
ver
esponsesf
rom ot
her
mal
es.
..

Psy
chol
ogi
cal/Genet
icTheor
ies

Theabov eexamplesbr oadlyoutl


inet
hebasi ctheoret
icaldri
ftofbiologicaltheoriesof
deviance.Genetictheori
esofdev i
ance,ont heotherhand,tendtoar guet hatthereisa
di
rectcausalconnect ionbet weensuchthingsasani ndi
vidual
'sgenet i
cmake- upand
predisposit
ion’
stowar dstypesofbehaviourthatarelikel
yt obedef inedasdev iantor
cri
mi nali
nanysociety.

HansEysenck,forexample,hasproposedt
hatt
her
eisaconnect
ionbet
ween"
ext
rov
ert
per
sonal
it
ies"andcriminalbehav
iour.

Accordi
ng t
o Eysenck,extr
overt
sareper
sonal
i
tyt
ypeswho "
acti
mpul
siv
ely
..
.cr
ave
exci
tement
..
.t
akerisks"andsofor
th.

Suchgeneti
ctheor
ist
sdonotnecessarilyclai
mt hatanindivi
dual
'
sgenescausecriminal
behavi
our,
assuch.Rather
,theyarguethatsuchper sonal
it
ytypesar
emorepr edi
sposed
tobehavei
nway st
hatlaythem opentocriminal
sanct i
ons.

Thus,t
heext rover
tper sonal
i
tycouldqui
t eeasi
l
yfindwaysofbehavi
ngthatarequit
e
soci
all
y-acceptabl
e(suchasi nthebusinesswor l
d,forexampl
e,wheretheextr
overt
entr
epreneurmaywel l
beanadmi redfi
gure).

Ext
rover
tpersonali
ti
es,theref
ore,i
nv ol
veageneti
cimper
ati
ve(thati
s,acommandthat
hastobeobey ed)thatforcespeopl etobehaveinpar
ti
cularways-"ri
skt
aking"by
cut
ti
ngcorners,goingafterthethingstheydesi
reinway
sthatmayi nf
ri
ngemoraland
l
egalcodesofconductandsof or
th.

Thisi
deaof“ notal
waysplayi
ngbysoci et
y’
srul
es”maybr i
ngtheextrov
erti
ntoconfl
ict
wit
h soci
alnor ms/l aws.Cr i
minal
it
y,inthissense,isseen asa combi nat
ion of
genet
ical
l
y-deter
minedpersonal
ityty
peandsoci al
ly
-cr
eateddefi
nit
ionsofcr i
meand
devi
ance.

Anumberofpr
obl
emsar
eappar
entwi
tht
heabov
e:

1.I
nt hefi
rstpl
ace,genet
icexpl
anati
onsofhumanbehav
iourar
esi yunpr
mpl oven
hypot
heses,wheretheonusisuponthet
heor
istt
odemonstr
ateempi
ri
cal
l
y( t
hat

207
i
s,usingf actualev i
dence)thenat ur
eoft herel
ati
onshipbetweengenesand
behavi
our .Whi l
stgenetici
sts,forexampl
e,havebeensuccessfuli
nt hei
sol
ati
on
ofgenest hatgov ernsuchthingsasaperson'
sphysi
calcharact
eri
sti
cs:
 Ey ecol our,
 Hai rcolour,
 Basi cbodyst r
uctur
eandsof or
th,

Nogene( orgenet
iccombinat
ion)hasbeendi scoveredthatdi
rectl
ycontr
olshuman
behav
iour.Wheregeneshav
ebeenf oundtoinf
luencebehaviourt
hereisi
nvar
iabl
ysome
for
m ofassociat
edphysi
caldi
sabil
i
tyorabnormali
typresent
.

Whetherthislackofempiri
calevi
dencemeanst herei
snor el
ationshi
pbet weengenes
andbehav i
our-orsimplythatgeneti
csci enceisnotsophi
sti
cat edenough( asyet
)to
i
solat
et hi
sr el
ati
onshi
p-isaquest i
ont hatremainsunanswered.Howev er,t
helackof
empir
icalveri
fi
cati
onofEysenck'
shypothesisremainsaseri
ousweakness. .
.

2.Thei deaofper
sonal
it
yisonethatmanysociologi
sts(i
nparti
cul
arInter
actionist
writ
erssuchasMead,Becker ,Gar
finkelandBerger)havequesti
oned.I nt his
respect,
wecanident
if
ytwobasicpr
oblemswithEysenck'
sconceptofpersonality
:

a)Thenatur
eofhumanper sonali
tyisbyno-meansclear.Isit
,asEysenck
seemstosuggest
,basical
lyone-di
mensi
onal-t
hatpeoplecanbecl
assifi
ed
i
ntobasi
ceit
her/or"personal
it
yt y
pes"(
suchasei
therextr
over
tori
ntrover
t
andsofor
th)
?

Thequest i
onher e,t
her
efore,ist heext enttowhichwecant al
kabout
i
ndivi
dualpersonali
ti
esasifpeopl eonl ybehavedi
nonepar ti
cul
arwayat
al
ltimes,regar
dlessoftheirsocialsituati
onandanyappr eci
ati
onofthe
consequencesofbehaviourthatov er
-stepstheboundar
iesofpermissi
ble
behavi
our.

I
fyouthi
nkabouty
ourbehaviour
,forexampl
e,i
tshoul
dbeev
identt
hati
t
i
schangedandmodif
ieddependi
nguponsuchthi
ngsas:

Thenatureofthesoci
alsit
uati
oninwhichy
ouarebehaving,
Thefamili
ari
tyorot
herwiseofthepeopl
ewithwhom youareint
eract
ing,
Yourpercept
ionofthenormsoperati
ngint
hatsoci
alsett
ingandsoforth.

In additi
on,i
t'
scl earthatpeopl
e are ableto modi
fyt
hei
rbehavi
our
consciouslytotakeaccountofsucht hingsastheappr
opr
iat
enessor
otherwiseofpar
ticul
arbehav
iour
alfor
ms.

Wewi l
ldevel
optheabov
eideasinmor edetai
lwhenwelookatt
hewor
k
ofGeorgeHerber
tMeadandhisconceptofsel
f-
devel
opment
.

b)Secondl y
,t hi
sgenet i
cv iew ofpersonali
ty impli
est hatpeopl ewho are
genetical
ly-
predi
sposedt owardsbehaviourthatmaybri
ngt hem intoconf
li
ct
withlegal/mor alnormsar esomehow soci al
lyabnor
mal( deviant
).I
nthis
respect,thedevianti
ndividuali
sseenasbei ngabnormalinasoci etyt
hatis
fundament alynor
l mal.This,howev
er,begsanumberofquest ions:

 Whyar esomeext rov


ertpersonali
ti
essuccessfulwhil
stother
sat t
ractdevi
ant
l
abels?
 Arecriminal
sami nori
tyi
nanysoci et
y?
 Arecriminal
sfundamentall
ydiff
erenttoev
eryoneelseinsomenon-social
way?
 Cant hedist
inct
ionbetweenpeopl ewhoar ecri
minalsandpeoplewhoar enon-
cr
iminalsbeusefull
ysustai
ned?

I
npart
icul
ar,ofwhatsigni
fi
cancei
sthef
actthatmanypeopl
ecommi
tcr
imesf
orwhi
ch
t
heyar
enev ercaught-whatdo/canweknowaboutsuchpeopl
e?

208
Thesoci
alwor l
d-wheni t
spossi
blenatureisevenr ecogni
sed-i sseenassomething
st
ati
candlargel
yunchangi
ng.I
nsimpleterms,theconceptof" soci
ety
"t endst
obeseen
asli
tt
lemorethanacoll
ecti
onofr
elat
ivel
yisol
atedindivi
dualpersonal
it
ies.

Intandem witht heabov e,bot hf or


msofexpl anationtr
eatthedevi
antasbeingabnormal
i
nanor malsociety.Inthisr espect,themaj or
ityofpeopleareseentobelaw-abi
dingand
l
itt
leattent
ioni sgivent ot hei deat hatthedisti
ncti
onbetweendev i
antandnon-devi
ant
behaviourishi ghlypr obl
emat ic.Formanysoci ologi
ststheideat hatpeopl
ear enot
simply"cri
mi nal"or" non-criminal"int ermsoft heirbehavi
ourisnotonet hatcanbe
easil
ysustained.

Thismethodol
ogicalassumpt
ionleadssucht
heor
ist
stotr
yandaccountforapparent
abnormali
tyi
nt ermsoft hei
ndiv
idualandhi
s/herpersonal
i
ty,genet
icmake-upor
whatever
.

Forgenet
ici
sts,indiv
idualabnor
mali
tyisroot
ed is genet
ic make-
up -peopl
e ar
e
i
nher
entl
ypredisposedtowar
dsobeyi
ngordi
sobeyi
ngsocialr
ules.

Forpsychologi
stssuchasEy senck(basi
ngt hei
rpsychologi
caltheori
esonapar ti
cul
ar
concept
ionofhumangenet ics),expl
anati
onsofabnormal i
tyresi
deinsucht hi
ngsasthe
psychol
ogicalmedi
ationofsocialnormsthroughindi
vidualexper
iencesinsoci
ety.

Thisleadstoideassuchasdev i
antsociali
sati
on-t heideathatwelearntobedeviant-
andincorrectorfaul
tysoci
ali
sat
ionthroughthef amil
y,massmedi aandsof or
th.I
nthis
respect,t
hedev i
anti
sseenasav i
cti
m offorcesbey ondhis/hercontrolandt
hemot or
ofabnormal i
ty,
here,
isindi
vi
dualexper
ienceratherthanindi
vi
dualgenes.

3.Thir
dly,bot
htypesofexpl anati
onuset hei
deaofabnor mali
tyasameansof
expl
ainingdevi
antbehaviour
.Thedev i
antper
sonalit
yisabnormalbecauset he
abnormalpersonali
tyis devi
ant-a f orm ofcircul
arargument( ataut
ology)
wherebythethi
ngt hati
st obeexplained(devi
antbehavi
our)becomesbotht he
causeandtheeffectoft
heexplanat
ion.

Var i
ouspsychol
ogist
s,from Fr eudonwards,hav eidenti
fi
edchil
dhoodexper
iencesas
bringthekeytoourunder standingofdeviantbehavi
our.Usual
l
y,iti
sthemotherwhom
takestheblameforproducingmal adj
ustedoffspr
ing.
..

JohnBowl by("44JuvenileThieves"
),f
orexampl e,hasar guedt hatthef ai
lureofthe
mot hertosati
sfyherchild'
s"basi
chumanneed"f oremot i
onalsecuri
tycanr esulti
nthe
producti
onofapsy chopathicpersonal
i
ty.Thepsy chopat
hi sseenasani ndi
v i
dualwho
actswi t
houtasenseofgui l
torrecogni
ti
onoft her i
ghtsofothers.Psychopathscannot
bedet err
edf r
om cri
mi nalbehavi
ourbecauset heyhav enosenseofr ightandwr ong-
theymer el
yfoll
owtheirownsenseofper sonalneed.

Feministwr i
ter
ssuchasAnnOakl ey,however
,hav esuggestedthatsuchav iew of
womeni sa" mal
emy th"-aprojecti
onofmal efantasiesaboutwomenontot hel
i
v esof
women t hemselves t
hatr at
ionalses and excuses mal
i e dominat
ion and female
subordinati
onintermsofitbei
ng" natural
"or"
God-given".

Womeni nAl oresesocietyhadasi gni f


icantrolet opl
ayinthef ood-gathering
process;theywer enotsi mplyt i
ed i ntot heroleofwi feand mot her.Thei r
economicr olenecessitatedlongper iodsawayf r
om thei
rhomeandchi l
dren-
andt hechild-r
eari
ngr olewasf requent lygiven-overtomen( br
others,father s,
grandparentsandsof orth)
.Oakleyf oundnoev idencetosupportthei deat hat
thi
sresultedinthecreationofmaladjust edindivi
duals.

2.Thedegreet owhi chtheenv i


ronmentissupposedt oinfluencebehav i
ouris
consci
ousl
ydown- play
edinthesetypesofnon-
soci
ologi
calexpl anati
on-yeti
tis
by no means clearhow,met hodologi
cal
l
y,we can pr ecisely measur
et he
supposed degr
ees ofi nfl
uence eit
hergenes orenv i
ronmenthav eint he

209
dev
elopmentofsoci
albehav
iour
.

How, forexample,isitpossibl
etoi solateani ndiv
idualfrom theinfl
uence
ofhis/herenv ir
onment ?Wear eall bornintoasoci etythatalr
eadyexists;
asoci etythathasi t
spar ti
cularinstit
utions,norms,v aluesandbel i
efs.
How t hencanwesepar ateindiv
idualbehav iour(thatis,psy chol
ogical
personali
ty)fr
om themul ti
tudeofsoci alinfl
uencest hatsurroundusf r
om
themomentwear eborn?

3.A maj ormet hodologi


calprobl
em -one notsi mplyr estri
cted to genet i
c/
psychologicalexplanati
onsbutalsoapplicabletosomef ormsofsoci ological
analy
sis -wi t hthese forms ofexplanati
on ist he tendency tot r
eatbot h
conceptionsofcr i
meandcr imi
nali
tyaslar
gelyunproblematic.Thatis,toassume
thatweal limplici
tl
yknowwhati smeantbyt heseideas-t hatcriminalsare,by
defi
nit
ion,law-breakersandnon-
cri
minalsare,equal
ly,
non-law-breakers.

Sociol
ogicalAnalysesofSuicide
Durkheim bel
ievedt hat,inordertounder st
andsoci all
if
ewehadt oanalysehuman
behaviouri
ntermsofi t
sexpli
cit
lysocialchar
acter
isti
csand,fort
hisreason,
thestudyof
sui
cidewasapar t
icularl
yappropri
atechoiceofsubjectmatt
erbecause:

1.Upunt
ilDur
khei
m'sanal
ysi
s,sui
cidehadbeen"
expl
ained"i
nter
msof
:

a)"Freewi ll
":
Thebasi cideaher ebei ngt hatpeople,asfree-
thinkingindiv
iduals,
simpl ymadet hechoi ceofwhet herornott oki l
lthemselvesi naki ndof
"socialv acuum" .Suicide,int hisr espect,wasseent obeaf undamentally
psy chologicalphenomenon.
b)Biologicaldeterminism:
Inthisrespect,suicidalindiv idual
swer eexpl
ainedintermsofsucht hings
as" madness" ,
racial charact eri
sti
cs, "
innatepredi
sposit
ion’s"andsof orth.
Inthissense,sui cidewasexpl ainedi ntermsofi ndivi
dual spossessing
somef orm ofinher entbi ologicalcondi t
ionthatcausedt hem t ocommi t
suici
de.

2.Durkhei
m arguedthatifi
tcoul
dbeestabl
ishedthatsui
cide-apparentl
ythemost
per
sonalofi ndi
vi
dual,
psychol
ogi
cal,
condit
ions-hadsocialcausesthenitwoul
d
hel
pt oestabli
shsoci
ologyasbot
hanewdi scipl
ineand,mostimportantl
y,ast
he
sci
entif
icstudyofsoci
alphenomena.

Li
stsomeoftheway sinwhi
ch"soci
ety
"seemst
ofor
cey
out
odot
hingst
haty
ouwoul
d
notdoi
fyoudidn'
t"hav
etodothem".

Forexampl
e,I"
hav
e"t
ogot
owor
keachday
,justasI"
hav
e"t
oobeyt
hel
aw.


Sui
ci
de”
:ACl
assi
cSoci
ologi
cal
Anal
ysi
s

"Si
ncesui cidei sani ndividualactionaf fect
ingt hei ndivi
dualonl y,i
tmustseemi ngly
dependexcl usi
vel
yoni ndiv i
dualfactor
s,t husbelongi ngtopsy chol
ogyalone.I snott he
suicide'sr esolveusual lyexpl ainedbyhi stemper ament ,char act
er,antecedentsand
pri
v ate hist ory
?..
.I
f,i nstead of seei ng i nt hem [ t
hati s,sui ci
des]onl y separate
occur rencesunr elatedandt obesepar atelystudied,thesui cidescommi ttedinagi v en
societydur ingagi venper iodoft imearet akenasawhol e,i
tappear sthatthistotali
snot
simpl yasum ofi ndependentuni t
s,acollecti
vet otal,butisitselfanewf actsuigener i
s
[t
hati s,uni queinsomeway ]
,withitsownuni t
y,individuali
tyandconsequent l
yi t
sown
nature-anat ur
e,furthermor e,dominantlysocial.
".

Whydoyout hi
nkDur
khei
m chosetostudysui
ciderat
es,asopposedt
osi
mpl
ythe
numberofpeopl
ecommit
ti
ngsuici
dei
nanysoci
etyinanyoneyear
?

210
Havingest
abl
ishedt hatt
heindivi
dualdeci
siontocommi tsui
cidewas,logical
ly,based
upontheoperationofsomef orm ofext
ernalpressur
eorsocialconst
raint,Durkhei
m
neededtot
heorisethebasicnatur
eoftherelat
ionshi
pbetweent
het wo:

1.Inthefir
stplace,Durkhei
m consi
deredthatthepr
opensi
tyofanindi
vi
dualto
commi tsui
cide( t
hatis,therel
ati
vel i
keli
hoodofoneindi
vi
dualcommitt
ing
sui
cidewhil
stanotherdoesnot)
,wasr el
atedtot
wobasi
cconcept
s:

a)Level
sofsoci
ali
ntegr
ati
on

By"socialintegrat
ion"Durkheim meantthewayinwhichpeoplecomet o
seeandf eelthemselvest obepar tofagr eat
erwhole(a"soci
ety
",for
example).Aswehav eseen,themai nmechanism f
orint
egrat
ingpeople
i
ntosoci etyist hesociali
sat
ionprocessand,forourpur
poseshere,we
canconsi der"soci
ali
sationasanintegr
ati
ngmechanism"

b)Level
sofsoci
alr
egul
ati
on.

By"socialregulati
on",Durkhei
m meantthewaysinwhichsoci
algroups/
societi
esat temptt o controlthei
rmember sr
angeofbehav iour
.This
i
nvolvest hi
ngslikelegalnorms( l
aws)
,cust
oms,t
radi
ti
onsandthelike,
as
wellast heless-f
ormalrangeofnor msofbehavi
ourt
hatpeoplerouti
nely
developasameansofcont roll
i
ngboththei
rownandother
s'behavi
our.

Befor
ewel ookatDurkhei
m'smethodology
,itmi
ghtbeusef
ult
obr
ief
lyel
abor
atet
he
fourt
ypesofsui
cidei
denti
fi
edbyDurkhei
m:

1. Egoistic(Lackofsocialintegrat
ion):
I
nt hi
sinstance,suici
der esult
sf r
om af ail
ure(withi
nasoci algroupwhosemember ship
theindi
vidualv al
ues)ofgr oupmember stor eci
procate(thatis,ret
urn)anindiv
idual'
s
i
ntensefeelingsofr esponsibil
i
tyf orhis/heract i
ons.Inthisrespect,egoi
sti
csuicide
deri
vesfrom aweakeni ngoft hesocialt i
est hatbindthei ndivi
dualtothegroup( or
i
ndeed,society )
.Whenpeopl ebecomedet achedfrom groupv al
uesandexpect at
ions
theysufferwhatDur kheimt ermedan" excessofi ndi
viduali
sm" ,r
esult
inginsuicide
becomingast rongbehav iour
alresponse.

Forexampl e,Durkheim notedt hatamongst19t hcenturyPr ot


estantsthesui ci
derate
wassigni
ficantl
ygr eaterthanamongstCat holics.Hepar tl
yattri
butedthisf acttothe
i
deathatPr otest
ant swerel argel
yleft
,byt heirChurch,towor k-outtheexactmeans
t
owardstheirownsal v
ati
on-t heChurchdidnotpr ov
ideclearrul
esi nthi
srespect(unli
ke
t
heCatholicChurch) .Anindivi
dualunabletocomet otermswi t
hshapi nghis/herf ai
th
maydevelopdoubt sabouthi s/herabili
tytoli
ve-uptot heexpectati
onsofot herChurch
membersand, insuchasi tuati
on,egoi
sti
csuicideisli
kelytoresult
.

Thus,becauset heProtestantChur
chdidnotlay-
downsuchclearr
ulesofintegr
ati
on,
member softhisChurchwer emore-pr
onet
oegoism,weremor
e-li
kel
ytobethrownback
upontheirpersonalr
esourcesinti
mesofcri
sisandhencemor
e-li
kel
ytocommi tsui
cide
thanCatholi
cs.

"
Protect
ion"from sui
cide,t
her
efore,camenotf
rom "
fai
th"orr
eli
giousbel
i
efs,butf
rom
t
heintegrat
ingquali
tyoftheCatholi
cChur
ch'
swayofli
fe.

Similarl
y,marri
edpeopl
ewithchi
ldrenwer estat
istical
l
yl essl
ikel
ythansinglepeopl
eor
chil
dlesscouplestocommitsui
cide-again,t
hecr ucialvari
abl
eisnotmar r
iageit
self
,but
theintegrat
ingeff
ect
soffamil
yli
fe,responsi
bil
it
yf orchil
drenandsof or
th.

Inadditi
on,thefactthatsui
ciderat
esdecl
i
neintimesofwarwasexpl
ainedbyDur
khei
m
i
nt ermsoft heintegrat
ingeffectuponsoci
etyofpeopl
ehavinga" commoncause"
againsta"commonenemy "
.

211
2. Alt
ruisti
c( Over-
integrati
on):
Inthisi
nstance,suicideresultsfrom anov er
-int
egrati
onoft heindiv
iduali
ntothenor ms
andv al
uesofasoci algroup.Inthisrespect,i
tistheoppositeofegoi st
icsui
cideinsofar
ast hei
ndivi
dualf eelsunablet oresi
stthedemandsmadeuponhi m /herbyt hesocial
grouptowhi chhe/shei sintimatel
yattached.Inasense, aperson'
sindivi
dualidenti
tyis
submergedi nt
ot heidentityofthegroupi t
self.Anindi
v i
dualwho, f
orexample, f
eelsthat
theyhavedi sgracedt hegr oupmaybedr i
vent owardssuicideasameansofmor al
atonement.

InJapan,forexample,t
heconceptofhonourmaydr iveani ndi
vi
dualt
ocommi tri
tual
sui
cideiftheybel
iev
et heyhavebroughtdishonourt ot hei
rprimar
ysocialgroup-t he
sol
dierwhobehav esinacowar dl
ywayi nbat tle,thegeneralwhosuffersacr ushing
def
eatandsof ort
hmaybedr i
ventowardssuicidet oatoneforthesoci
aldisgracet hey
bel
ievethemsel
vestohavebroughtupontheircomr ades.

I
nt hisrespect,suicidemaywel lbel ooked upon asa deepl
y-honour
abl
ef or
m of
behavi
our-somet hingforwhi
chtheindi
vidual
istobecommendedr athert
handespi
sed.
Unli
keegoisti
csui cide,t
hetaki
ngofone' sownl if
ecanbev iewedasconf or
mingto
groupnorms,ratherthandevi
ati
ngfr
om them.

3. Anomi c(Lackofsocialregulat
ion)
:
Theconceptof" anomie"canbel ooselyt
ransl
atedasast at
eof"normlessness"and,in
thi
sinstance,suici
deisseentobecomeapossi bil
i
tywhenani ndi
vi
dualissuddenlycast
adri
ftfrom t he famil
iarnormative surr
oundi
ngs in hi
s /herl i
fe.As Ni sbet("
The
Sociol
ogicalTradit
ion"
)notes:

"Anomicsuici
deiscausedbythesuddendisl
ocati
onofnor mat
ivesyst
ems-t
he
breakdownofval
uesbywhi
chonemayhavel
ivedforali
fet
ime.
".

Int hi
sr espect,anomi cformsofsui cide become a possi
bili
tywhen an i ndivi
dual
becomesuncer t
ainaboutt heworl
di nwhi chhe/sheli
ves.Durkheim obser
v edthatthis
form ofsuici
dalbehav i
ourwasr el
ati
v el
ycommoni nti
mesofbot heconomicdepr ession
andpr osperi
ty.Inkeepingwi t
hhisr ealistmethodol
ogy,hearguedt hatsuicidedidnot
resultfr
om eitherpov ert
yorpr osper i
ty,butfrom t
heincreasedsoci ali
nstabil
itythat
result
edfrom socialchange(inbothindiv i
dualandwi
dersocialterms).

Forexampl e,itisnotpov ertyitselfthatpr oduces" suici


daldespai r
"i nt he
i
ndi vi
dual.Thepov erty-stri
ckenindividualwhoi smostl i
kelyt ocommi tsuicideis
onewhohasseenar api ddeteri
orationinhis/heri ndiv
idualci r
cumst ances( the
classicexampl ebeingt hest ockbrokerwhol osesev eryt
hing-j ob,status,i
ncome
andsof orth-inabanki ngcol l
apse).Thus,itisnott hef actofbei ngpoort hat
makessui ci
deanopt i
on,butt henor mativedislocationinani ndi v
idual'
slifethat
result
sf rom ar apidchangei nsoci alcir
cumst ances.Int hisr espect,asmal e
unempl oymenthasi ncr easedi nBr i
tai
nov erthepast15y ears,wehav eseena
mar kedincreaseinsui cidesamongstt hisgroupofpeopl e.

Simil
ar l
y,theri
char eno- moreli
kel
yt ocommi tsui
cidet hant hepoor .Ther ichsui
cidal
i
ndividualisonewhoi sl ikel
ytohaveseenar apidchangei nt heirsocialsit
uati
on(such
as,forexample,bywi nni ngthef
ootbal lpools)-arapi dchangei nwhicht henormsand
val
uest hathadst oodt hem ingoodst eadf ormostoft heirli
fetimeno- l
ongerapply.Their
changed socialsi tuation maymake such nor msl essr elevantt ot hei
rnew soci al
sit
uationand,int her elati
veabsenceofsuchsoci alr egulation,thi
smaymakesuch
i
ndividualsmore-pronet oanomicsuicide.

4.Fat al
ist
ic(Ov er
-regul
ation).
Thi
sf orm ofsuicidewasseenbyDur kheimtobet heoppositeofanomicsuici
deand
was seen t o occuramongstsoci algr oups t
hatsuffered fr
om oppr
essive social
di
scipl
ineandr egulat
ion.AlthoughDur khei
m consider
edt hi
sf or
m ofsuici
det obe
al
mostnon- exi
stentinmoder nsoci et
ies(andconsequentl
ydidnotitt
oanygreatextent)
,
anexampleher emi ghtthehighr at
esofsui ci
deamongstslaves.

212
I
ntheabovewecanseet hatDurkhei
m'smet
hodol
ogyi
sami
xtur
eofbot
hposi
ti
vi
stand
r
eal
istpr
inci
plesofexpl
anation:

"Posi
ti
vi
stinthesenset hathet ri
edtomaket hetheor
eti
calconnecti
onbetweenan
i
ndivi
dual
'ssocialsi
tuati
onandt heir"
stat
eofmind"
,suchthatt
helatterwassomehow
deter
mined(orconditi
onedifyouli
ke)bythef
ormer.

"Reali
st"i
nthesenset
hathearguedthattherelati
onshi
pbetweenanindivi
dual'
s"social
being"asamemberofsoci et
yandt hei
r" st
ateofmi nd"wasconnect
edbyempi ri
cally
unobservabl
efact
ors-"hi
ddensoci
alforces"(or,aswewi l
lseei
nthenextSt udyPack,
"mechanisms")t
hatpushandpressuri
sedi ndi
vidual
'sint
omakingchoicesaboutt heir
behaviour
.

Fi
nall
y,Baechler("
Suicides",1979)arguedt
hatsui
cidewasnotsimplyanendi nitsel
f,
butalso,mostimpor t
ant l
y,ameanst oanend.Thus,Baechlerarguedthatsuicidal
behavi
ourwassi mplyanext remef or
m ofsoci
alst
rategyadopt
edfortheachievement
ofcer
tainsoci
alends.Inthisrespect,
Baechl
eri
dent
if
iedfourmaint
ypesofstrat
egy:

1. Escapi
st:
Thesuici
dei
sfl
eei
ngf
rom ani
ntol
erabl
esoci
alsi
tuat
ion.

2. Aggr
essive:
Theint enti
oni
stohar
m ot
her
sbybl
ami
ngt
hem f
orf
orci
ngt
hei
ndi
vi
dual
tocommitsuicide.

3. Obl
ative:
Thesui
cidei
sdesi
gnedt
odr
awat
tent
iont
osomepol
i
tical
/mor
ali
deal
.

4.Ludi
c:
Theat
temptatsui
cidei
sa"
cal
cul
atedgambl
e"wi
thl
i
feanddeat
h.

SOCI
AL
PROCESSESIN
GROUPSAND
COMMUNI TI
ES

213
DYNAMICSOF
FAMI
LYLIFE

Rev
iewer
:

Dr
.Bagi
anAl
eyssaA.Abdul
kar
im,
RSW

SOCI
ALPROCESSESI
NGROUPSANDCOMMUNI
TIES

Soci
alFuncti
oning
 Canbeconcei v
edast heproductoftheindiv
idual’
sactiv
iti
esass/ heinter
acts
withthesocialenvi
ronment
.Itref
erstotheacti
vit
iesorbehav i
oressent
ialtothe
diff
erentroles s/
he hasto perfor
m in his/
heri nvol
vementwi th ot
hers( De
Guzman,
1978)
.

Har
ri
etBart
kett(1992)Def
inedsoci
alf
unct
ioni
ngas..
.
 Ther el
ati
onbetweent hecopi
ngactiv
ityofpeopl
eandt
hedemandf
rom t
he
env
ironment.

Soci
alProcessintheGr
oups&Communi t
ies
 Socialprocess aret hose way
s ofi nter
acti
ng whi
ch are obser
vabl
e when
indiv
idual
sandgr oupsmeetandest ablishsyst
emsofrelat
ionshi
portheresul
ts
thatari
sewhenchangesdi st
urbthealreadyexist
ingmodesoflif
e.

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ion
1.Basi cSocialProcesses
1Compet
1. i
ti
on-f orms ofopposi ti
on and st r
uggl e.A less vi
olentforms of
oppositi
oninwhi cht woormor eper sonsorgr oupst r
uggleforsomeendor
goalbutinthecauseofwhi chattenti
oni sformedchi efl
yonther ewardrather
thanthecompet i
tion(YoungandMack) .
TypesofCompet it
ion:
 Per sonal-involvesdirectcontact.
 I mpersonal-i nvolvesstrugglesbetweengr oupswhichmayt aket he
form ofeconomi c,poli
tical
,and r eli
gious cult
ural
,recreat
ion and
socialandt heobjecti
vemaybef orst at
us, pr
esti
ge,orrecogni
tion.

214
Funct
ionsofcompeti
ti
on:
 Assignmentofanindi
vi
dual t
oapl aceinsociet
y.
 Contri
buti
ontot heselecti
onofmember softhef
unct
ionalgr
oups
whi
chprovi
dethesocialdivi
sionoflabor.
 Encouragementofachi
ev ementandef f
ici
ency

2.Confli
ct
 Maydev el
opfrom compet i
ti
on
 For msofemot ionali
zedandviol
entopposit
ioninwhi chthemaj orconcernis
toovercomet heopponentasameansofsecur i
ngagi v
engoal orreward.”
 Mot ivatedbythedesi ret
osecureascarcegoal orcommonv al
ues.
 Focus oft he at t
enti
on isthe opponentwi tht he i
ntent
ion ofbl ocki
ng,
destr
uct i
onanddef eataccompaniedbyfear
, hateoranger.

Cl
assi
fi
cationofConf l
ict
1.Pot ential-confl
i
ctfort
hecont rol
ofscar ceval
ues.
2.I deological/
confli
ctov
ert hemai nt
enanceorsupr emacyofcer
tai
nway
s
oflif
e.
3.Raci al-confli
ctoverbi
ological
domi nance.

Funct
ions
1.Mayhel pestablishunitywhent hegroupsar ethreatenedbyanout side
force.
2.May become a st abi l
i
zing mechani sm whi ch may st i
mulat
et he
establ i
shmentofnew pol icies,procedures,goals,etc.ift heseweret he
concer nsofconf l
ict
.
3.Pr ov idesanout letfortheexpr essionofsuppr essedemot i
on.
3.Cooper ati
on
 A mor e specifi
c aspectofhuman i ntercourse having to do with
mut ualaidoral l
ianceofper sonsseeki ngsomecommongoal sor
rewar d(Young&Mack) .
 Ani mpor tantcharacteristicisthemut ualadv antaget obegai nedby
cooper ati
ngmember st hroughshar i
ngt heper formanceofcommon
tasks.
 Pat t
ernofcooper ationisacqui r
edinthef amilyandf r
iendshipgroups.

Der
ivedSoci
alPr
ocess

1.Accommodat i
on
 UsedbyYoungandMacki nt wosenses:asacondi ti
onandaspr ocess.
“Asacondi t
ion,i
treferstot hefactofequi li
brium bet weeni ndivi
dual sand
groupsandt he“ r
ulesoft hegame”whi chhasdev el
opedasapr ocessi t
referst ot he consci ous ef f
or t
s ofmen t o dev elop such wor ki
ng
arrangement samongt hemsel vesaswi l
lsuspendconf li
ctandmaket heir
rel
at i
onshi psmor etolerableandl esswast eful ofener gy.
 Eachgr oupt ri
estoadj usttotheot herandy etmai ntainitsowni dent it
yor
i
nter ests.
 For msi ncludecoer cion,compr omi se,arbitration,conci l
iati
on,tolerati
on
andt ruce.
2.Assi
milation
 I ti
sapr ocessofi nterpenetrati
onandf usioni nwhi chper sonsandgr oups
acqui r
et hememor i
es,sent i
ment s,andat titudesofot herper sonsor
groupsandbyshar i
ngt hei
rexper iencesandhi storyar eincorporatedwi t
h
them i nacommoncul tur
alf usion-abl endingofv alues,atti
tudes,and
beliefs(Par kandBur gess).
 Occur ssl owlyi nti
meandi sf acili
tatedbyl ear ni
ngt hel anguageoft he
group,f ri
endl yandt ol
erantattitudeoft hemember s,andt hesimilarit
yof
culturalpat t
erns.
3.Amalgamat i
on
 I ntermar r
iageofper sonscomi ngf rom di f
ferentet hni
cgr oups.

215
 Hast ensassimi
lati
onbymaki ngt hephy si
calandcul t
uralcharacter
istics
ofthet woethni
cgr oupssimilar.
4.Accul
turation
 Pr ocessesbywhi chsoci eti
esofdi fferentcult
uresaremodi fi
edt hr
ough
fai
rlycloseandlong-conti
nuedcont actbutdonotbl endwi t
honeanot her.
 Usual l
ya2- waypr ocess,societ
ybor rowsf rom thecultur
eoft heot her
withoutlosi
ngit
si denti
ty.

Soci
alGr
oups
 Agr oupisanymemberofpeopl ewit
hsimil
arnorms,v
alues,andexpect
ati
ons
whor egular
lyandconsci
ousl
yint
eract
.
 Thesegr oupsmaybei naschool,achur
ch,acluborapoliti
calpar
tyandare
composedofpeopl ewhoshar esomethi
ngincommon,i nter
acti
ngwitheach
otherandareguidedbyasetofnorms.

Under
standingGr oupBehavior(Knowles&Knowl es)
1.Groupqual i
ti
es
 Adef i
nablemember shi
p
 Gr oupconsciousnessoraconsciousident
ifi
cat
ionwi
theachot
her
 I nterdependenceinsati
sfacti
onofneeds
 I nteracti
on
 Abi l
it
yt oacti
nunitarymanner

2.Pr
opert
iesofgr oups
 Background-composi ti
on of t he gr oup, pr epar ation, expect ati
on,
arr
angement smadef ort hemeet ing
 Part
ici
pationpat tern-pat ternmaybeonewaywi thleadert alki
ngt omember s,
ortwo-waywi t
hl eadert al ki
ngandmember sr espondi ngormul ti-
directi
onal
wit
hall member sspeaki ngt ooneanot her.
 Communi cat i
on-consi stsofv er
balandnon- verbalcommuni cationofi deas,
val
ues,andf eelingsbet weent hemember s.( JosephLuf t,1970)
 Ref erst owhati sexpr essedv er
ballyandnon- ver bally.
 Appl iest oar ti
culatedwor ds,thoughts, andunv ocal izedfeeli
ngs
 Concer nst hei ntent i
onsoft hecommuni cationsandt hei mpr essi
ons
receivedbyt heonest owhom t hecommuni cat i
oni saddr essed
 May be f ormali .e.
,conv eysi n an or ganizat ion through r egular
channel s,orinformal thani nt
eracti
onamongf riends.
 Di ffi
culti
esi ncommuni cati
onmayr esultf rom i magi nar ythreatst o
group member s ormay be r elated t o quest ions ofpowerand
infl
uence.
 Channel sofcommuni cati
onsmaybebui l
ti ntot hest ructureofa
groupormaybedev elopedi nf
ormal lyasaf unct ionofi nterpersonal
needsandconf li
ct .
 Atmosphereorsocialclimate
 Standards-devel
opmentofcodeofethicsorsetofst
andardsofbehav
ior
.
 Sociometri
cPatter
n- r
elati
onshi
poff
ri
endshi
pandantipat
hy .
 Struct
ureandorganizati
on
 Vi sibleorganizat i
on-str
uctur
escommi tt
ees,appoint
edpositi
onsoran
informal div
isionofl abor.
 I nvisibl
e or gani zati
ons pr ocedure- ar r
angement of member s
accor di
ngt or elat
ivepresti
ge,i
nfluence,power,seni
ori
ty.
 Procedures-waysofwor ki
ngt ogetthi
ngsdonei .
e.,useofRobert
’sRulesof
Order,maki ngdecisionsbyv ot
ati
onorconsensuset c.
 Goals-immedi ateorl ongrangewhi chthegrouphopest oaccomplish.

TheGr
oup-For
mati
onofGroups
– Deli
berat
efor
mati
ont
oaccompl
i
shsomeobj
ect
ive.

216
TYPESOFGROUPS
1. Wor kgr oups-t oper f orm somet askmor eef ficient l
yt hrought hepool ingand
coor dinat ionoft hebehav iorandr esour cesofacol lecti
onofi ndivi
dualse. g.
expedi tiongr oupMay on.
2. Probl em- solvinggr oup- e.g.commi ssions,t askf orce,commi tteesf ormedont he
belieft hatagr oupcanf orm asol ut i
onmor eefficient l
yt hansi ngl eindividual
s.
3. Soci alact iongr oup- formedf rom t hedesi retoi nfluencet hecour seofev entsi n
soci ety-e.g.par ties, l
obbi es,tradeassoci ations, civilrightgr oup, etc.
4. Medi t
at inggr oups-e. g.coor dinat ingcounci l
s,i nter depar t
ment alcommi ttees,
arbitrationboar ds, etc.
5. Legi slativegr oups-t of ormul ater ules,r egulations,l aws,pol icies,e. g.boardsof
dir
ect or s, governmentl egislati
v ebodi es.
6. Clientgr oups-f ormedbasedont heassumpt iont hatt heper for manceofcer tain
serv i
cesi smor eef fect iveoref f
icienti fthe“ client s”ar et r
eat edasgr oupsrat her
thanasi ndi v
idual s.
 Spont aneousf or mat i
on-manygr oupsar isebecausepeopl eexpectt o
der i
vesat isfact ionf rom associ atingt oget here. g.soci alcl ubs,juveni l
e
gangs, f
riendshi pcl i
ques.
 Ext ernaldesi gnat i
on-acol lectionofi ndiv idual smaybecomeagr oup
becauset heyar et r
eat edi nahomogenouswaybyot herpeopl e.Peopl e
maybepl acedi ntocat egor iesont hebasi sofcol or ,age,sex,hei ght ,
wei ght,abi li
ty,educat i
on, r
el igion, ethnicgr oups, etc.

TwoBasicty
pesofGr oupFunctions
• The achi evementofsome speci fic group goals-task or
ient
ed funct
ions.
Examplesofmemberbehav iors:
Init
iatesaction,
keepsmembersattent
iononthe
goal
,clar
ifi
esthei
ssue,dev elopsapr oceduralpl
an,eval
uat
esthequali
tyofwor k
done,andmakesexpertinformat i
onav ail
able.

TypesofGr oupFunct i
ons
• St r
engt hening of t he group i t
sel
f - gr oup building functi
ons. e.
g. keeps
int
erper sonalrelati
onspleasant,arbitratesdi sputes,providesencouragement,
givethemi norit
yachancet obehear d,st i
mul at
essel f-
dir
ecti
onandi ncreases
theinterdependenceamongmember s.
Classi
fi
cationofgr oupfunctons(
i byKennet hBenneandPaulSheat s)
Group bui lding and maintenance roles-t hose whi ch contr
ibut
et o buil
ding
rel
ati
onshipsandcohesi venessamongmember s.
(Requi
redfort hegr ouptomai nt
ainit
selfasagr oup)

 Encour aging-beingf ri
endly,warmr esponsivetoothers,praisi
ngothersandthei
r
i
deas, agreeingwi t
handaccept i
ngt hecont ri
buti
onsofot hers.
 Medi at i
ng-har moniz i
ng,conci li
ating diff
erences i
n poi ntofv i
ew,maki ng
compr omi ses.
 Gate Keepi ng-t ryi
ng t o make i tpossi bleforanot hermembert o make a
contributionbysay ing“ Wehav en’theardf rom Ji
my et,
”orsuggestingli
mited
tal
king- ti
mef orev er
y onesot hatallwillhaveachancet obehear d.
 Standar dset t
ing-expr essingst andardsf orthegroupt ousei nchoosingits
subjectmat terorprocedur es,r
ulesofconduct ,
ethi
calvalues.

Gr
oupBuil
ding&mai ntenanceroles
 Followi ng-goingalongwi ththegroup,somewhatpossiblyaccepti
ngtheideasof
others, servi
ngasanaudi enceduringgroupdiscussi
on,beingagoodlist
ener.
 Relievingt ension-draini
ngof fnegativ
ef eel
i
ngbyj est
ingorbyt hrowingoilon
troubledwat er
s, di
vert
ingattent
ionfrom unpl
easanttopleasantmatt
ers.

Grouptaskr oles-thosewhi chhelpthegroupdoi tswor


k.Requi
redforthelocomoti
on
ofthegroupt owardsit
sgoal s.
1.Initi
ating-suggesting new ideasorachanged wayofl ooking atthegroup
probl
em orgoal ,
pr oposi
ngnewact i
vit
ies.
2.Informat i
onseeki ng-askingf orr
elevantfact
sorauthori
tat
iveinfor
mationor

217
relatingper sonal experi
enceper ti
nentl
ytot hegroupt ask.
3.I nformat ion gi vi
ng-aski ng f orr el
evantf acts oraut hori
tati
vei nf
ormat ion or
relatingper sonal experi
enceper ti
nenttogr ouptask.
4.Opi niongi vi
ng-st at
ing aper ti
nentbelieforopi nionsomet hing t
hegr oup is
consi dering.
5.Cl ar i
fying-pr obing f ormeani ng and under st
anding,r est
at i
ng somet hi
ng t he
groupi sconsi deri
ng.
6.El abor ating-buildingonapr eviouscomment ,enlar
gingoni t
, gi
vingexampl es.
7.Coor dinat i
ng-showi ngorcl ari
f y
ingtherelati
onshipsamongv ari
ousideas,t r
ying
topul l
ideasandsuggest ionst ogether
.
8.Or ient i
ng-def iningt heprogr essoft hediscussionint ermsoft hegr oup’sgoal s,
raisingquest i
onsaboutt hedi recti
onthediscussionist aki
ng.
9.Test ing-checki ngwi ththegr oupt oseeifitisreadytomakeadeci si
onort ot ake
someact ion.
10.Summar izing-reviewingthecont entofpastdiscussion

Non-f
unct ionalr ol esemanat i
ngf rom sel f-cent eredbehav i
or :
1.Bl ocki ng-i nter
fer i
ngwi tht hepr ogressoft hegr oupbygi vingof fonat angent ,
citi
ngper sonalexper iencesunr elatedt ot hegr oup’spr oblem,ar gui ngt oomuch
on a poi ntt he r estoft he gr oup has r esolved,r ej
ecting i deas wi thout
consi der ation,pr event ingav ote.
2.Aggr essi on-cr itici
z ingorbl ami ngot hers,showi nghost i
lit
yt owar dt hegr oupor
somei ndi vidualswi thoutr elationt owhathashappenedi nt hegr oup,attacking
themot i
v esofot her s, deflatingt heegoorst atusofot her s.
3.Seeki ng r ecogni ti
on-at t
empt i
ng t o cal lat tenti
on t o one’ ssel fbyexcessi ve
talking, ext remei deas, boast i
ng, andboi sterousness
4.Speci alpl eading-i nt roduci ng orsuppor ting ideas r elated t o one’ s own pet
concer ns or phi losophi es bey ond r eason. At t
empt i
ng t o speak f or t he
“grassr oot s,”“thehousewi fe,”“ thecommonman”andsoon.
5.Wi thdr awi ng-act i
ng i ndifferentorpassi ve,r esorti
ng t o excessi vef ormality,
doodl ing, whi sper i
ngt oot her s.
6.Domi nat i
ng-t rying t o asser taut hor i
tybymani pulating the gr oup orcer t
ain
member sofi tby“ pulli
ngr ank, ”gi vingdi recti
onsaut hor i
tati
v ely,inter
rupting
cont ribut ionsofot her s.
Col
lecti
v ebehav i
or
 Asf or msofsoci albehav iori nwhi cht heusualconv entionceaset ogui desoci al
act i
ons and peopl e col lect i
v elyt r
anscend,by pass,orsubv er ti nsti
tut
ional
pat ternsandst ructur es.”( Tur ner&Ki ll
i
an, 1987: 3)
 Way soft hinki
ng,f eel i
ng,act ingt hatdev elopamongal argenumberofpeopl e
whi char er elat
ivelyspont aneousandunst ruct e.(
ur Zanden, 1991: 400) .
 Col l
ect ivebehav ioroccur si nt imesofr api ssoci alchange.
 Ex: riot ,crowds, religiousr evival s, r
ebel l
ions.

Smel
ser’sTheor yofCol lecti
v eBehav i
or-Det ermi nantsofcol l
ect ivebehav i
or:
1.St ructur alconduci veness-soci alcondi ti
onst hati sper missi veofagi vensor tofa
collectivebehav ior.Ex: confli
ctbet weenempl oy ersandempl oyeesinaf act ory
2.St ructur alst rain-amat terofconf li
ctamongv aluesornor ms,e.g.pr esenti n
equal i
tybet weent hebl acksandt hewhi tesi nt heU. S. A.,ther i
singpr icesof
commodi tiesandl owwagesofwor kersmaybr ingst rain.
3.Gr owt handspr eadofagener ali
zedbel ief.Thebel i
efi dent i
fiesthesour ceand
recommendst hatcer tainactionsbet akent or elievet hest r
ain.
4.Pr ecipitatingf act or-e. g.ani ncidentwhi chi si nterpret edi nt er
msofhost il
e
beliefsandoccur rencei nasi t
uationofast r
uct ural conduci venessandst rain.
Ex: assassi nat ionofSenBeni gnoAqui no
5.Mobi li
zat i
on ofpar t
icipantsf oract ion af t
ert he pr eci pit
ation -a mat terof
l
eader shi pandcommuni cation.
Ex: rall
iesanddemonst rat
ionaf t
eranev entoccur s.
6.Oper ationofsoci alcont rol
-itsrelativeweaknessorabsencemakescol lecti
ve
behav iorpossi ble.

218
Ty
pesofCol
l
ect
ivebehav
ior

1.Cr
owd
TypesofCr
owd:
a)Casual -i saspont aneous,l oosel yorgani zedandv erymoment aryt ypeof
groupi ngwhosemember scomeandgo.
b)Conv ent ional ized-i s char acterized by est ablished r egular way s of
behav ingdependi ngupont het imeandpl aceofper f
ormanceandor derof
act i
v i
ties
c) Act ingcr owd-i st het y pemostobser ved ast hisi sanact i
ve,v olatil
e
groupofexci t edper sonswhoseat tent i
oni sfocusedonacont roversialor
prov ocat i
v ei ssuewhi char ousesact i
on, i
fnoti ndignat i
on.Ex:r iots,mobs,
unr ulyst r
ikes, rall
ies
d)Pani cs- aresi tuationsi nwhi chpeopl ear elargel yaf f
ectedbyf ear, suchas
stampedes.
e) Expr essi v ecr owd-i schar act erizedbyr hy thmi cact ivi
ty,intenseemot i
onal
cont agi on,andemot ionalr elease.Unr estrainedphy sicalmov ementl ike
clappi ng, singi ng, danci ng, shaki ng,rol l
ingorcr yingi nfrenziedact i
vityare
distinctf eat ur esoft hiscr owd.
2.Audience
 “ I
nst i
tut i
onal ized cr owd” .Theyar e usual lypassi ve and cont roll
ed by
cer taincul tur alrul es.Theyhav et or emai nqui etdur ingt heper f
or mance
and cl ap t hei r hands onl y af ter t he r endi ti
on.A ki nd of set t
ing
arrangement , gather edwi thaspeci ficpur pose.
3.TheMass
 I s a di ff used col l
ect iv i
ty.I ti s made up ofa numberofdi sparate
i
ndi v
idual s, eachr espondi ngi ndependent l
yt ot hesamest imulus.
 Bl umer( 1946)char act erizest hemassasmadeupofmember scomi ng
from al lst rat a oft he soci ety and al lwal ks ofl i
fe;composed of
anony mous i ndividual s so t her ei s har dly any i nteraction among
member s; iti sloosel yor gani zedandhasl i
tt
leuni t
y.
4.ThePubl i
c
 I sadi sper secol lect i
v eand,i tincl udest heel ement arypr ocessesof
mi lli
ngandr umor .I tisf acedwi thani ssueonwhi cht heyhav et her i
ght
toagr eeordi sagr ee.
 Di sagr eement , di scussi on, ar gument , count er-argument and
compr omi sear eimpor tanti npubl i
c
5.Rumor sandGossi p
 Rumori sunv er ifi
edorunsubst ant ialinformat i
onaboutev entsorpeopl ewhi ch
becomer evised, dist orted, condensedorex pandedasi tistransferredf rom one
persont oanot her .
Essent
ialchar
act
eri
sti
csofRumor
:
 I
thasacl i
mat eofuncer t
aintyast hereisnodef i
nit
ei nf
ormati
onabout
thet opicofconcer n.
 I
ti sunst ableaspeopl espr eadt heinformati
on,itbecomesal teredor
distorted.
 I
ti sdif f
iculttost op.Somer umorsdisintegr
ateovertimeorarest opped
byconv incinginformation.
 Gossi pi srelat
edt or umors.Itisalsoinformalandidl
etalkbutcenterson
theper sonal affairsofothers,usuall
ycelebri
ti
esli
ketheelit
e,moviestars,
orpol i
ticians

Fashi
ons,FadsandCr azes
 Cul t
uraldri
ft
s,suchast hechangesinfashi
on,f
ad,crazesarefor
msofmass
i
nteract
ions or dif
fused coll
ecti
vi
ti
es.They meet a per son’
s need f
or
exci
tement,novel
ty,
self-
expr
ession,
sel
f-
esteem,orsoci
alst
atus.

Cr
azes
 Ar
e new act
ivi
ti
es whi
ch exci
te per
sons who become subsequent
ly

219
pr
eoccupiedwi
ththese.
 I
sanintenseat
tr
actiont
oanact
ion,
act
ivi
ty,
obj
ect
,orper
son.

Fads
 Are passing fancies or novel
ti
es rel
ated to tr
ivi
aldev iat
ions from the
convent
ionalbehavior
.
 Theyinvolveminormodi fi
cati
onsordecorati
onsofdr esses,mannerisms,and
use ofslang wor ds and otherver
balexpressi
ons-coll
ecti
ve enthusiasm i
s
devel
opedf oraninnovat
ionthatmeet
speople’
sfancy.

Behav
iorcont
agi
on
 Thespont
aneouspickupori
mitat
ionbyot
hersoft
hebehavi
orini
ti
atedbyone
memberofthegroupwherei
nit
iat
ordi
dnotint
endt
ogettheother
st odowhat
hedid.

Di
sast
erBehav ior
 I sdisplayedduri
ngtimesofdi sast
ersuchasear
thquakes,v
olcani
cer
upt
ions,
typhoonorhurri
canes,andcoupd’et
at.
 Combi nesbothcrowdandmassbehav ior
.

Publ
icOpini
on
 Iscomposi teofi ndividualopi nionsast hesear ecommuni catedt oleaderswho
areempower edt orenderadeci si on.
 Can be expr essed t hrough t he bal lots or r eferendum,l etter
s,pet itions,
delegat
ions,meet ings, andi nter estgr oups.
 Groupcohesi v eness- ar esul t
antofal lf orcesact ingont or emai nint hegr oup.
Componentf or cesar isef rom at tracti
venessoft hegr oupandt heat tr
activeness
ofthealternativemember ships.
 I ncent iveproper tyoft hegr oup-goal s,pr ograms,char acteri
sticsstyleof
oper ation,prest i
ge, orpr oper t
iessi gni
ficantt ohismot i
vebase.
 Mot ivebaseofmember s-needsf oraf fi
li
ati
on,r ecogni t
ion,secur i
ty,
moneyorot herv aluest hatcanbemedi at edbygr oup.
 Hi sexpect ancy -t hatmember shipwi llhav ebenef i
cialordet r
iment al
consequencesf orhi m.
 Hi scompar isonl evel-hisconceptoft hel evelofout comest hatt he
groupmember shipwi l
l pr ovi
de

Consequencesofgr oupcohesiveness
 mai ntenanceofmember ship
 powerofgr oupov ermember s
 par ti
cipationandl oyal
ty
 per sonal securit
y
 sel f
-evaluation-senseofpersonal
wor
th

Gr
oupSolidari
t y
 Gi vent hest r
ongemphasi songr oupsol i
dari
tyi nthePhili
ppines,conformit
yt o
groupnor msi sheav i
lyrewar dedwhi l
et odev iatef r
om them istocour tstr
ong
socialdisappr ov al.
Somemechani smswhi chsuppor tthesy stem ofsoci alcont
rolare:
A.Techni quesdi scer nibleingroupi nteracti
onl ike
1.Thecommi tmentt opaki kisamaa.
2.Thet endencyt olevel ani ndivi
dualwhoi soutofli
ne
3.Gossi p
B.Thecur bingofant i
-socialat t
itudesbydi sallowingpriv
acyorbyascr i
bing
undesi rablest atusest odev iants.
C.Aconv er sationalt echniquewhi chLy nchhascal l
edsociostatcutsdownt o
sizeanyi ndiv idualwhopubl icl
yt akescr editf oractorcl ai
msanyki ndof
super i
or it
yov erhi singr oup.
D.Thepr essur esf orconf ormityaredi f
fi
cultfort heloneindi
vidualtoresi
st.

220
Soci
alPowerbasesofGr
oups

Fi
veBasesofPower:
1.Rewar d
2.Referent
3.Coercive
4.Expert
5.Legit
imate

Powerinsoci alwor k
• Thecl ienthaspower
• Thesoci al workerhaspower
• Thesoci al workercannotgi v epowert ot hecl
ient.
• Thecl ientcannotgi vepowert ot hesoci alworker.
I
nternat
ionalFeder ati
onofSoci alWor kers
Pri
ncipl
e4. 1Humanr ight sandhumandi gni ty
• Soci alwor ki sbasedonr espectf ort
hei nherentwor
thanddi gnit
yofall
peopl e,andt herightst hatfollowf r
om thi
s.
• Soci alwor kers shoul d uphol d and def end each person’s physi
cal
,
psy chologi cal,emotional andspi rit
ual
integri
tyandwell
-being
Thi
smeans:
• Respect ingt herightt oself-
det ermi nation
• Pr omot ingt herightt oparti
cipat i
on
• Tr eati
ngeachper sonasawhol e
• Ident i
fyi
nganddev el
opingst rengths

Power
 Ref
erstotheabil
it
ytoaccessandcontrolr
esour
cesandpeople.
 Powerl
essness-“i
st heinabi
l
itytomanageemot i
ons,ski
l
ls,knowl
edge,and/
or
mater
ialr
esourcesinawayt hateff
ect
iveper
for
manceofv al
uedsoci
alrol
eswill
l
eadtopersonalgrat
ifi
cati
on.

Poweri
nsocialwor k
 PowerOv er
 PowerWit h

Empower
mentdef initi
on
1.Toi nvestwi thpower ,
especiall
ylegal powerorof fi
cialauthorit
y.
2.Toequi porsuppl ywithabil
it
y;enable:
 UsageNot e.I t
smoder nuseor iginatedint hecivilri
ghtsmov ement ,whi
ch
soughtpol i
ticalempower mentf ori t
sf ol
lowers.Thewor dwast hent akenup
byt hewomen' smov ement,anditsappeal hasnotf l
agged.
 Si ncepeopl eofal lpoli
ti
calpersuasi onshav eaneedf orawor dthatmakes
t heirconst i
tuentsfeelthattheyar eorar eaboutt obecomemor eincont rol
of
t heirdestinies,empowerhasbeenadopt edbyconser vati
vesaswel lassocial
r eformers.I thasev enmigratedoutoft hepolit
icalarenaintootherfiel
ds.

Poweri
nsocialwor k
 Empower mentist heprocessofenhanci ngt hecapacit
yofindivi
dualsorgroups
to make choicesand t ot ransform those choices i
nto desir
ed acti
ons and
outcomes.Cent r
altot hi
spr ocessar eactionswhi chbothbui l
dindiv
idualand
col
lecti
veassets,andi mprov etheeffi
ciencyandf air
nessoft heorganizat
ional
andinsti
tut
ionalcontextwhichgov er
ntheuseoft heseasset s(worl
dbank.org).

Def
ini
ti
onofResil
ience
 I nthe contextofexposur et o signi
fi
cantadversi
ty,whetherpsychol
ogical
,
envi
ronmental,orboth,r
esil
ienceisboththecapacit
yofindivi
dual
stonavigate
thei
rwayt oheal t
h-sust
aini
ngr esour
ces,i
ncl
udingopportuni
ti
estoexperi
ence

221
feeli
ngsofwel l
-bei
ng,andacondi t
ionoft hei ndiv
idual
’sf
ami l
y,communi t
yand
culturet o pr ov i
de these heal thr esources and exper i
ences in cult
urall
y
meani ngfulway s.
 Theabi l
i
tyt obecomest r
ong,heal t
hy ,orsuccessf ulagai
naftersomethingbad
happens.
 Theabi l
i
tyofsomet hi
ngt or et
urnt oi t
sor igi
nalshapeafterithasbeenpul l
ed,
stretched,pressed, bent,
etc.
 Thecapaci tyofast r
ainedbodyt orecov eritssizeandshapeaf terdef
ormation
causedespeci all
ybycompr essivestress.
 Abilit
ytor ecoverf r
om oradj usteasil
yt omi sfort
uneorchange

CULTURE
Howdowedef inei
t?
Howdoesitshapewhowear
e,andwhatwef
eel
,thi
nkanddo?

Howdowedef
ine“
cul
tur
e”?
Ext
ernal
defi
niti
ons
– Concretedefini
tions
– Behavioraldefi
niti
ons
– Symbol i
cdef i
nit
ions

Int
ernal
def
ini
ti
ons
Cul
tur
eis…
 Rootedinbehavior
…whatwedo, howwebehave, howwer espond
 I
ncludesourmat eri
alart
ifacts…art
,music,buil
dings,
products,naturalr
esour
ces
 I
ncludesourthi
nking…soci alknowledge,bel
i
efs,morals,
laws, customs
 I
ncludesourpatterns&symbol s…l
anguage,publicmeanings,class
 I
ncludesourvalues…ideas, habi
ts,
tradi
ti
ons

Cul
tur
e
 “ t
hatcompl exwhol ewhi ch i
ncl
udest heknowl edge,art
,beli
ef,mor al
,laws,
customsandot hercapabil
it
iesandhabitsacquir
edbymanasamemberoft he
societ
y(EdwardTaylor)
 Ref erstothosequali
tiesandattr
ibut
est hatsum tobethecharacter
ist
icsofall
mankind.I
trefer
stot hewayoflif
efoll
owedbyt hegroupthati
ssociety.

Cul
tur
eis…
1. Learned-t henor ms,ski l
ls,v al
ues,andknowl edgewhichconst i
tuteone’ scult
ure
areacqui reddur i
ngthecour seofone’ slifeandnott r
ansmit t
edgenet ically
.
2. Shar ed-t ransmi tt
edf rom onegener ationt othenext ,nott hroughgenes,but
throught eaching.
3. Cumul ative-increasei nsi ze,ef f
ectofsuccessi veadditi
on.Ther ateofchange
varyenor mousl yast heyar ebroughtaboutbynewi deasthrought hepr ocessof
discov eriesori nvent
ionsort hrought hemedi um ofcult
uralbor r
owing.
4. Dy nami c-movi ng,changi ng.Al waysgr owi ngtonew ideas,new t echniquesar e
discov eredandol dway smodi fiedanddi scarded.
5. Diverse-di st
inct.Culturev arywi delyi nmanyway sinwhi cht heygui de,human
behav iorf rom languaget opost ur efr
om i deastogoodmanner s.
6. Integr atedWhol e-mut uallyint
er dependentpar t
sandcloselyintegrated.

Soci
etyi
sahol
on,
whataf
fect
sacer
tai
nel
ementaf
fect
sot
herel
ement
.

I
not
herwor
ds…

“Cul
tur
ei ncl
udesmul t
iplelevel
soft radi
ti
ons,values,& bel i
efs,aswellassocial
,
biol
ogi
cal,&natur
alact
s.
Theseprocessesaredr
ivenbythemeaningswegi vetoortakef r
om them.
Thesemeaningsarefort
ifi
edorchangedinrel
ati
onsbet weenpeopl e,
ashi
stor
yunf
olds.

--
E.Hutchi
son( 2008)

222
I
thasbeensuggest
edt
hat

• Indi
vi
duals&gr oupsview t
hewor ldindif
fer
entways,shapedbythei
rcul
tur
al
experi
ences
• Thesediff
erentwaysofunderst
andingaf
fectcommunicati
on
• Suchdiff
erencesmayleadtoconfl
icts&misunder
standi
ngsbet
weengroups

-
-E.Hal
l(1976)
.BeyondCul
tur
e

Forexampl
e,onacont
inuum…

Somepeoplehave“
lowcontext”v
isi
on…
Other
shave“hi
ghcont
ext”v
ision

Thegener
aldi
ff
erencesal
ongt
hiscont
inuum

Per
sonswi
thhi
ghcont
extvi
siont
endt
obe…
 Morer el
ati
onall
ybased
 Cir
cularint
hinki
ng
 Focusedonawi derangeofi
nfor
mat
ion
 Lessv er
ball
yexpli
ci
t

Per
sonswi
thl
owcont
extvi
siont
endt
obe…
 Moreindiv
iduall
ybased
 Li
nearinthinki
ng
 Taskori
ented&nar rowl
yfocused
 Ruleori
ented&f act
ual

Yetcultur
ei s a dynami
c pr
ocess t
hatal
so mustbe vi
ewed wi
thi
n a per
sonal&
si
tuat
ionalcont
ext

J.Lai
rdhassai
dthatcul
tur
esar
e…
 Improvi
sat
ional
 Wefi
texper
iencesi
ntomeani
ngs,
&wecr
eat
enewmeani
ngs&newsy
mbol
s
f
ornewexperi
ences
 Fl
uid&emer gent
 Wehav emul ti
plecul
tur
al sel
vest hatshi
ftaccor
dingt ooursetti
ng
 Aninter
sectionofmanygr oups
 Webel ongt omanygr oups, &thereisdiv
ersit
ywi t
hinourgr oups
 Notmeasur able
 Itisnotat hingoranobj ect;i
tisacl ust
erofmeani ngsfrom past
,pr
esent
,&
f
uture
 Pol
iti
cal
 Peopl edonothav eequal opportunit
iest
ohav etheirstor
iestold

Aswemov
efur
theri
nt he21stcent
ot ury

Manydevel
oping,non-
West er
nsociet
iesareshi
ft
ingf
rom a“pr
e-modern”t
oa
“moder
n”vi
ew oftheworld,whil
eWesternsociet
iesar
emovingint
oa“ post
-moder
n”
vi
ewofhumanint
eracti
on&cultur
e

Whatdoest
hismean?


Pre-moder
ner a”
 Trut
hisv i
ewedascomingfrom author
it
y&t r
adit
ions
 Thereisastr
ict&fi
xedsoci
alorder,wi
thunshakablevi
ewsaboutwhati
str
ue
 Peopleunder
standtheworl
dthroughmy t
hs&r i
tuals,
rat
hert
hansci
ence

223

Moder
nism”
 Moder ni
sm i
sbuil
tont hebelieft
hatscience&knowledgeareobjecti
ve&wecan
knowt hecause&effectofbehavior
 Moder ni
sm isbasedont hebeli
efthat“ t
heself”i
sdevelopedbyapr edi
ctabl
e
inter
acti
onbetweenexternalsoci
o-cul
turalfor
ces&int
ernalpsy
chologi
calf
orces.


Post
-moderni
sm”
 Isthenewv oiceinadi
ver se&mul t
icult
uralsociet
y
 Proposest hatthedevelopmentoft heselfisaconsci ous,ongoi
ng,unf
oldi
ng
pr
ocess
 Recognizeswehav emultiplesel
ves&manyv ocabul
ari
es
 Viewsobjective,
val
ue-
freescienceasone- sided

Post
-modernism pr oposest hat…
 Reali
tyisbot hsubj ecti
ve&objecti
ve
 Subjecti
ver ealityiscreatedbytheint
er nali
zati
onofoursoci alnorms
 Ourunder standi ngsar ear esultofoursoci alr elat
ionships,developed ata
parti
cularpoi ntint i
me
 Socialprocesses( suchascommuni cation,confl
ict,&negot i
ati
on)canbeused
forsocialcont rol
 Thewayweseet hewor ldaf
fectsoursoci alpol
icy&ourchoi ces

Whatdoy
outhi
nk?
Howwoul
dyoudescr
ibey
ourcul
tur
e?

Onacont
inuum,
wher
ear
eyou?

 Iti
sv er
yimportantt
hatIam alwaysonti
me
 Strongfamil
ytiesarei
mportant;myfamil
ymember saremyf r
iends,
myf
inanci
al
empl oyment
,&myemot i
onalsuppor
t
 Rulesareguideli
nes&shouldbef ol
l
owed basedont hesi
tuati
on&mypersonal
j
udgment
 Roleschange&bot hmen&womencandoev er
ythi
ng
 Ifeelbett
erwit
hconstantcompany

 Beingont i
mei snotver
yimpor t
ant
 Myf ami l
yisimportantbecausewear er el
ated,buteachper
sonisdi
ff
erent&
i
ndependent
 Everyoneshouldobeyallr
ulesbecausetheyexistfort
hecommongood
 Therear efi
xedrol
esformen&women
 Ineedt obealone&notinterr
uptedforsi
gnif
icantperi
odsev
eryday

AspectofCul
tur
e

1.Belief-whatt hepeopl east ruebasedi nfait


h,traditi
on,exper ienceorscienti
fi
c
obser vat i
one.g.God’ spower, rit
ual,superstit
iousbelief&et ernalli
fe.
2.Values-shar edconcept sofwhati strueanddesi rable,appropr i
ate,i
mportant.
3.Nor ms-ar ewr i
tt
enandunwr ittenrulest hatguidebehav iorappr opri
atet
oagi ven
si
tuat i
on.Somenor msar eappl i
edt oev erydayactivity
.Someappl ytothosethat
occurear ly.
4.Folkway s-akindofbehav i
ort hatisor ganizedandr epet i
tiv
e.Itdoesnotr equir
es
str
ictcompl iance.
Ex:pagmamanot oanel derl
y
5.Cust oms-gr oup’swayofdoi ngt hingsi ncommonmanner .
6.Mor es-f olkway sthatinvol
vemor alandet hi
calvalues.I tisthemosti mpor t
ant
cul
t ural norm, vi
olat
iontosuchi spuni shableorthoset hatev olvessanct
ions.
Ex:phy si
calabuse,rape.

224
Ot
herconcept s
1.Et hnocent r
ism-isav al
uesy st
em thatdeniesthewor thofot hercul
tur
esand
encour agesrej
ecti
onofthosebroughtupindif
fer
enttradit
ions.
2.Cul turalRelati
vi
sm-holdt hattherecanbenouni versalstandar
dt oeval
uat
e
cultur
eornor m asgoodorbadandt hateachcult
uremustbeseeni ni
tsown
term.

 Sy mbol i
ssomet hing,verbal ornon- verbal,thatcomest ost andforsomet hing
else.
Ex:theletterd-o-ghav est andf ortheani mal wecal l
dog.
 Wor ldvi
ew-i sani deaofr eality,
aconceptofnat ure,ofself,ofsociety.
 I sassoci atedwi t
ht hecogni t
ivedomai n,whatwet hinkaboutt hi ngs.
 Et hos-ist he “ t
one,char acter,and qual i
ty ofPeopl el ife,it
s mor aland
aestheticst yleandmoods;i tist heunder lyi
ngat t
it
udet owardt hemsel ves
andt heirwor ldthatli
feref l
ects.(Geer t
z ,1973) .
 Associ ated mor e wi tht he emot i
onalor af f
ect iv
e and st ylisti
c
dimensi onsofbehav ior-howwef eel aboutt hi
ngs.
3.Culturaluniversal-i
st hechar acteri
st i
cscommont oal lcul
tures.
Ex :Nocul turestolerateindiscriminatel ying,stealingorv iolencewi t
hint hei n
group.
4.CultureShock-I saf eel
ingofconf usion,anx i
ety,andf r
ustrationwhent heysee
thattheirdeeplyheldv al
uesandbel iefarev i
ol ated.

Dy
nami
csofFami
lyLi
fe

Famil
y
 Isasoci alinst
it
utionfoundi nallsoci
eti
est hatuni
tespeoplei
ncooper
ati
ve
groupstooverseethebearingandraisi
ngofchildr
en.
 Ki nshi
pisasocial;bondbasedonbl ood,marr
iageoradopti
on.
 Fami lyunit–asasoci algroupoftwoormor epeople,r
elat
edbybl
ood,
marri
age
oradopti
on,whousual l
yliv
et oget
her.

Def
ini
ngFami
l
yLi
fe

1. Thet
ermf amil
yisusedt odescr i
beanumberofrel
ati
onshi
ps.
 Biologcal
 Nucl ear
-f
ami l
yofmot her,fat
her,chi
l
dandsi
bli
ngs
 Cl oseandintimatefr
iends
2.Connotesquali
tyornatureofrelati
onshi
psuchas:
 Meani ngfulsexualr
elati
onships

225
 Lovingpar ent-
chi l
dr elati
onshi p
 Permanentandl ong-raisingr elati
onshi ps
 Int
imat erelat
ionshi p
 Faithful andloyal rel
at i
onshi ps
3.Theter
mi sal sousedt odescr i
ber elationships
 Procr eationandsoci alizati
onofchi ldren
 Nurisngandpr otectiveact ivit
ies
 Affect i
vef unctionsmember sgi v eemot ionalsuppor tnecessar yto
help member s endur e t he har sh r eali
ti
es of an i ncreasingl
y
imper sonal societ y
.
 Distinctionbetweent hef ami l
yofor i
ginandt hefamilyofprocreation
 Distinctionbet weenmar riageandf amilybei ngindependentofone
anot her.
 Defineal so ashousehol d compr isi
ng allt heper son occupying a
housi nguni tl
imi tedonl yt ostruct ur
eandl egal st
atus.

Var
iat
ionsi
nheSt
ruct
ureofFami
lyLi
fe
Two-parentandmar r
iedcouplf amil
ies,theone-parentfamily(Asar esul
tofa
deathofparent,separat
ion,unwedpr egnancy,stepfamil
ieas,cohabit
ingcouples–two
unrel
atedcouples,singl
eper sons)
.Tr ansactionalpatt
ern– r efer
st otheboundaries
amongf ami
liesmember s.Boundariesar edefi
nedi nter
msofr ol
es–whomay /maynot
parti
ci
patei
nanyf amilyli
fe.

Funct
ionsoff
ami
lyaccor
dingt
otheSt
ruct
uralf
unct
ional
ist
Thef
ami
lyi
sthebackboneoft hesoci ety.
1.Sociali
zation – t he f amilyi st he f i
rstand mosti nf
luentialset ting for
sociali
zation.Par ent shelp childr enbecomeweel -i
ntegrated,cont ributi
ng
member sofsoci ety.
2.Regulationofsexualact ivi
ty–ev erycul tur
eregulatessexualact ivi
tyi nthe
int
erestofmai ntaining kinship or ganizati
on and pr oper t
yr i
ght s.One
universalregulati
oni st heincesttaboo, anormf or
biddingsexual relationsor
mar ri
agebet weencer tainrel
ativ
es.
3.SocialPl acement–Par enstconf ert heirownsoci alidentit
y–i nt er msof
race,ethnicit
y,reli
gion, andsocial class-onchil
drenatbi r
th.
4.Mat eri
alandEmot ionalSecur i
ty–Manypeopl evi
ewf amil
yasa“ hav enina
heartl
esswor ld”looki ngt okinf orphy sicalprot
ection,emot i
onalsuppor t
andf inancialassist ance.Thus,peopl el ivi
nginfami li
est ent oeheal t
hier
thanpeopl elivi
ngal one.

Soci
alConf
li
ctTheor
ist
1.Propertyanainheri
tance–Fr i
enri
chEngels(1902)tracetheor i
ginofthefamily
tomen’ sneed(esp.intheuppercl asses)t
oidenti
fyheir
ssot heycouldtransmit
propert
ytotheirsons.
2.Patri
archy– toknow t hei
rhei r
s,menmustcont rolthesexual i
tyofwomen.
Famili
esthustransform womeni ntothesexualaneconomi cpropert
yofmen.
3.Racialand ethnici nequalit
y – Raci aland et
hnic caategori
es persi
stov er
generati
ons onlyt ot he degree thatpeople marry otherslike t
hemselves.
Endogamousmar ri
ageshor esupracialandethni
chierar
chies.

I
tsr
olei
nsoci
alst
rat
if
icat
ion–f
ami
l
yaspar
tandpar
cel
ofcapi
tal
i
sm.

Symbol
icI
nter
act
ioni
st
 View familyasa st r
ucturalsy st
em.Fami lyliv
ing of f
ersan oppor tunit
yfor
i
ntimacy,a wor d with Latinrootsmeani ng “shared fear”
,t hatisasf amil
y
member sshar eacti
v i
ti
es,theybuildemotionalbonds.Thef actt hatparent
sact
asaut hori
tyfigur
esof t
enl i
mit
st heircl
osenesswi t
hchi l
dren.Onyaspeopl e
reach adult
hood t o kinshipties between generations open up t oi ncl
ude
confi
ding in and t urni
ng t o one anotherf orhel p with dai l
yt asks and
responsibi
l
iti
es.

226
Funct
ionsoft
heFami
ly
 Regul
atessexualbehavi
ourandi stheuni
tofr eproducti
on
 Thefamil
yperfor
mst hefuncti
onofbi ol
ogicalmai nt
ainance
 Thefamil
ygivesit
smember sst
at us
 Animportantmechanism f
orsocialcontr
ol
 Thefamil
yperfor
mseconomi cfuncti
ons,especiall
yinsimplesoci
eti
es

Tr
ansi
ti
osandPr
obl
emsi
nFami
lyLi
fe

Di
vor
ce–
Causes:
1. Indi
viduali
sm isont herise–spendl esst i
met ogether.Bei ngindivi
dual i
sti
cand
moreconcer newithper sonalhappi nesst hanwi t
ht hewel l-bei
ngoff ami li
esand
chil
dren
2. Romant icloveof t
ensubsi des– becauseourcul tureisbasesmar riageson
romant i
clive,r
elati
onshipmayf ailwhensexualpassi onfades.Manypeopl eend
amar ri
agei nfavorofanewr elati
onshsi pt hatrenewsexci t ementandr omance.
3. Womenar el ssdependentonmen–mar r
iageusedt obeaneconomi cbondt hat
provi
dessuppor ttopar tners,especi allywomen.I ncreasingpar tici
pat ioni nt ha
l
aborf orcehasr educedwi vesf inancial dependencyonhusbands.
4. Manyoft oday’smar r
iagesar est ressful–wi thbot hpar t ner
swor kingout side
thehomei nmostmar ri
ages, jobsl eavel esstimeandener gyf orfami l
yl ifewhi ch
makingr ai
singchi l
drenhar derthanev er.

Ty
pesofFami ly
 NuclearFamily(conjugalf
amily)–af ami
l
yunitcomposedofoneortwoparent
s
andtheirchi
l
dren
 Ext
endedFami l
y( consangui
nef ami
ly)-afamil
yunitt
hatincl
udespar
entsand
chi
ldrenaswellasot herki
n.

Mar
ri
agepat ter
ns
1. Endogamy–mar r
iagebetweenpeopleofthesamesocial cat
egor
y
2. Exogamy–mandat esmarri
agebetweenpeopleofdiff
erentsoci
alcategor
ies
3. Monogamy–Oneuni on(Greek)marr
iagethatuni
testwopar t
ners
4. Polygamy–mar ri
agethatunit
esthr
eeormor epeople
5. Polygyny–manymen- marri
agethatunit
esonemal eandt woormor efemales
6. Polyandry– manyhusbandsi smar r
iagethatunit
esf emaleandt woormor e
males

Resi
dent
ialPatterns
 Patri
localit
y– placesoft hef ather– ar esi
denti
alpatt
erninwhi
chamar ri
ed
coupleliveswit
hornearthehusband’ sfami l
y.
 Mat r
il
ocal i
ty–placesofmot her–ar esidenti
alpat
ter
ninwhichamarr
iedcouple
li
veswi thornearthewif
e’sfami ly.
 Neolocal i
ty–anewpl ace–ar esi
debt
ialpatter
ninwhichamarri
edcoupl
elives
apartfrom bothsetsofparents.

Pat
ter
nsofDescent
- I sasy stem bywhichember sofasocietytracekinshipov ergener
ati
ons.
1. Patri
li
nealdescent– i sasy stem tracingki nshi
pt hr
oughmen.Chl drenare
rel
atedt oothersonlythroughtheirfat
hers,sot hatfather
st y
pical
l
ypassproper
ty
ontot heirsons.
2. Mat r
il
inealdescent– asysyt em t r
acingki nshipthroughwomen.Mot herpass
propertytotheirdaughters.

227
3. Bi
lat
eraldescent
s–( twosi
deddescent)asy st
em tr
acingki
nshi
pthr
oughboth
menandwomen.I nthi
spat
tern,chi
l
drenrecognizepeopl
eonboththefat
her
’s
si
deandthemot hersi
deasr
elati
ves.

Par
adi
gm Shifti
nSoci alWork
From t
het r
aditi
onalemphasisont heindi
v i
dualt
ot hatoft hefamil
y
1.Rdef i
nespat hologyordysfunct
ionalbehav i
orasar esultofast r
ugglebetween
i
ndivi
dualsratherthanvi
ewingitasaf actorwit
hinthei ndi
v i
dual
.
2.Thei ndiv
idual’
sbehav i
or(whathedoes, hismot i
vati
onsf orhisactions,andhow
hisbehavi
orcanbechanged)t akenewdi mensionsaswef ocusorat t
enti
onto
thebri
adcont extinwhi
chtheindividualf
uncti
ons.

Tr
adit
ionalFami ly
 Af ami l
yforminwhichtherolesofhusbandandwifeareclear
lyseparat
eandt
he
husbandmonopol i
zespowermakest hemaj
orfami
lydeci
sions
 Desi r
ef ori
ndependenceandequalit
ybyeachmemberoft hefamily,
incl
udi
ngt
he
chi
ldrenchall
engesthedominantrol
eofthefat
herandhusband.

Assumpti
ons
 Familyisahet erosexuali nsti
tuti
onwi t
hpr escri
ptionabouthow amananda
womanoughtt obej oinedtogetherandlivet
oget her.
 Thepr operfami l
yf ormi stobeanucl earfamilycomposedofamar r
iedmanand
womanandt heirchildren.
 Thehusbandi st heheadoft hef amil
ywi thul t
imateauthor
it
yov erwi
frand
chil
drenwi t
hcl ear lyseparater ol
es– husbandasi ncomeearnerandwifeas
homemakerandpr oviderofchi
ldcare.

Equal
-part
nerMarri
age
 A mor edemocr ati
cf orminwhi chbothhusbanddandwi fecontr
ibut
etothe
f
ami l
y’
seconomi cr esour
ces,shareauthor
ityanddeci
sion-
making,andwork
t
ogetheri
nchil
dr ear
ing.
 Promot esant
i-
sexism –appliesf
emini
stperspect
ive.

RecentTr
endsi nfamil
yLif
e
 Wi v
esev enmotherswit
hsmallchil
drenl i
kel
ytobeempl
oyedout
sidet
hehome
 Mar r
iagesareli
kel
ytoendwit
hdi vor
ce/ separ
ati
on
 Single-
parentf
amil
iesaremor
epr evalent

ChangesinRol eExpectati
onsamongFami lyMembers
 Changeswi thi
nt hef amil
yofprocreat
ion-
rel
ati
onshi
psbet
weenspousesand
betweenmi norchi
ldrenandpar
ents.
 Changesi ntheextendedki nf
amilysuchasbet weenel
der
lypar
ent
sandthei
r
adultchi
ldr
en.

Ont her oleofwomen– 4ki ndsofoppr essiont hatkeepwomeni ndi sadvantage


posit
ion
1. Structur
alDi scrimi nati
on–womenar el esslikel
yt hanment obeemot ionally
fulf
ill
edandt oachi evesexualsat isfacti
on, thei
rabili
tytocont rolconceptionand
birt
hi sthr
eatenedorr estri
cted;inequal it
yofoppor t
unityineducat i
onandl i
mited
accesst omeani ngfuljobsandcar eers.
2. CulturalDicriminat ion – Thei nferiorit
yofwomenembeddedi ntonor msand
belief
sofsoci etybymeansofl anguage,soci ali
zati
onpr ocesses,andcul tural
stereoty
ping.
 Rol est rain-createdbymar riagesandmot herhoodi nt hepr ocreati
ve
f
ami l
y;womensuf feredlegal ,economi c,socialandpsy chologicalharm.
3.SexualExpl oitation-Bot hinsideandout sideoft hef amily
-threathenedbyt he

228
doubl
estandardi
nsexf
avor
ingmen,sexualhar
assment
,vi
olencei
nthef
orm of
abuseandrape.

Ont
her
oleoft
hechil
dren-f
amilyproblemsi nv
olvi
ngchil
dren
 Chi
ldabuse-usuall
yinv olv
essomeki ndofacper pet
rat
edagai nstthe
chi
l
d
 Chi
ldneglect
-usuallyinvolvesabandoni
ngr esponsi
bil
i
tyforthewel f
are
oft
hechild
 Chi
ldsexualabuse-isdi sti
ngui
shedfrom emot i
onalandphysicalabuse
bytheexpl
ici
tysexualnatureoftheact.

Ont
her
oleoft
heelderl
y
 Famil
yprobl
emsr el
atedtoelder
ly
 El
derabuse-i.
e.fi
nancial
,psychol
ogical
andphysicalnegl
ect
 Cmpriseasignif
icantport
ionofthepoor,par
ti
cularl
yamongwomenand
ethni
cminori
ti
es
 Somel i
veonsubsi denceincome;copewithi
solati
on,il
lheal
th,abuseor
abandonment.

TheFamilyasasy stem
 Asasoi alorganizati
onwhi chfocusesont hefunct
ioningofactualfamil
i
esin
theirevery
daylives.
 From sy st
emsper specti
ves-i
tisvi
ewedasHOLON,si mult
aneousl
yawhol eand
apar tofal ar
gersy stem-concer
nedwi t
htheint
eract
ionswithi
nthefamili
esand
betweenf amili
esandt hesoci
alenvi
ronmentofwhichtheyareapart.

Famil
yWel l-
bei
ng
 Theopt i
mum leveloffami
lyfuncti
on-how wel
lthefamil
ysatisf
iesit
sneeds,
keepsitsboundari
esopenandflexi
ble;andmaint
ainsbenef
ici
alstr
uctur
aland
i
nteract
ionspat
ter
ns.

Famil
yboundar i
es-
describe t
he famil
y’s abi
li
tyto meetsur vi
valand devel
opment
needs
 Wi thi
nt hefami l
yboundaryar eitsmember sand t hei
rr ol
es,nor
ms,v al
ues,
tr
aditi
ons,goals,plus ot
herelement sthatdist
inguish one f
amil
yf r
om the
anotherandfr
om thesocialenv
ironment.

Ty
pesofFami lyBoundar ies
1. Random f ami li
es–ar emostunheal thy,typi
callyhaveboundar i
esthatlackclari
ty
orareconst ant l
yshifti
ngandchangi ng;ther
ei snosenseoff amil
ycohesi on,
and
eachmemberseemst obedoi nghisorherownt hing.
2. Closedf ami l
ies–t endstober igi
dwi thweel -edfi
nedr oles,wellorganizedand
dir
ectedbypl annedgoal sandschedul es;fami l
ypr ojectsandconcer nst ake
precedenceov erindivi
dualdesired;f
ami l
ystabi l
it
yisofgr eatimpor t
ance.
3. Openf ami l
ies–Theheal t
hiesttypeandwel lorganizedint hesenset hatthereis
cl
earboundar y;goal s;roles,and member ship are wel ldefined and wel l
understood; t
her eisflexi
bil
it
y;indiv
idualconcer nsar erespondedt obalancewi th
provi
dinggenui neconcernfort hefami l
yasawhol e.

Somequal i
ti
esofaheal thyfamil
y
 Directandopencommuni cati
onpatterns
 Appr eci
ati
onandr espectforoneanother
 Spiri
tualandreli
giouscommi tment
 Adapt abi
li
tyandflexi
bil
it
y
 Clari
tyoffamilyrules

FAMI
LYRELATI
ONSHI
PS

Whati
saf
ami
ly?

229
Af amil
yispri
marygr oupswhosemembersar erelat
edbybl ood,adopti
on,or
marr
iage and usuall
y have shared common r
esidences,hav e mutualrighs and
obl
i
gations,andassumeresponsibi
l
ityf
ort
hepr
imarysocil
ali
zati
onoftheirchi
l
dren

Af
ami
lyi
sasocial
inst
it
uti
onbecausei
tbr
ings:
 Val
ues
 Aut
hor
ity

Values–implythatcer
tai
nki
ndsofbehavi
our
sareprefer
red
Authori
ty–usessancti
onsandotherf
ormsofcont
rolwhensomeonef
ail
stoconfor
m
SocialI
nsti
tut
ion – ar
egovernedbyr ul
eandlawsandway sofbehavi
ourthatar
e
t
radi
ti
onal
inourcul
tur
e

TheFami l
yasaSy stem:
Basichypothesisaboutf ami l
y:
1.Al lpartsoft hefami l
yareint
err
elated
2.Onepar toft hef amilycannotbeunder st
oodi ni
solat
ionfrom therestofthe
familysystem
3. Fami lyfunct i
oningcannotbef ull
yunderstoodbysimplyunderst
andi
ngeachof
theindivi
dual familymember sorsubgroups.
4.Af ami l
ystructureandor gani
zati
onar ei
mpor t
antfact
orsthatstr
ongl
yinfl
uence
anddet erminet hebehav i
ouroffamil
ymember s.
5.Thet ransactionalpatter
nsofthef amil
ysystem st
rongl
yshapet hebehavi
ourof
familymember s.

TheSturcturalModel
Thismodelf ocusesonf ami l
ysy st
em rathert hanont heindi
vidual.Thef amilyis
regar
dedasasy tem.
 Fami l
iesar eseenhi er ar
chicall
yorganized,wi thparentshav i
ngt heaut horit
yto
managet heirchildren.
 Rul esgov erni nteractionsacrossandwi t
hinf amil
ysubsy stemsandmaybeov ert
orcov ert
 Boundar i
esbet weenf amil
ysubsy stemsandbet weent hefamilyandext ernal
systemsshoul dbecl earandf i
rm.( Boundariesareinvisi
blebordersthatsepar ate
thefami l
yf rom out sideenv i
ronmentaswel las bor dersthatseparatethef amily
subsy st
ems)
 Fami l
ySt ructure–t hi sref
erst omember s,subsystems,pat t
ernsofi nt
er acti
on,
rul
esandhi erarchies.
 Hi erarchies–wi thinsy st
em andsubsy st
ems.

GROUPS
Dynami
csofGr
oups

Whati
sagr
oup?

 I
tis…“ anaggregateofindi
vidualstandingincert
ainobser
vablerel
ati
onstoeach
other
.The ki nds ofr el
ations exempl i
fi
ed wil
l,ofcour se,depend upon,
or
deter
minetheki ndofgroup,whet heritbeaf amil
y,anaudience,acommitt
ee,a
l
aborunion,oracrowd.”(Brodbeck)

Gr
oup…
 …acol
l
ect
ionofi
ndi
vi
dual
swhoseexi
stenceasacol
l
ect
ioni
srewar
dingt
othe

230
i
ndi
vi
dual
s.”(
Bass)

Uni
quenessofthegr
oupasdefined…
 El ement
softhegroupsareindivi
duals
 Member shipi
sasetofpeopl e
 Peopl emustbereal
tedt
oneanot heri
nsomedef
ini
ti
veway
 Theabovei mpli
essomeinter-dependency

Mai
npur
poseofagroup
Meetsper
sonalandsoci
alneeds–

 Belongi ng
 Recogni t
ion
 Socialization
 Adv enture
 Accompl ishment
 Service
 Prestige, Stat
us
 Skil
ls

CONTI
BUTI ONOFTHEGROUPTOI NDI VIDUALS
 Pr ov i
desoppor tunitiest odev elopski ll
saspar tici
pati
ngmember sofsoci ety
 Thewayi nwhi chi ndi vidualsl earn,thespeedofl earning,theretentionoflearned
mat eri
al,andt hewayi nwhi cht haysol vethei
rpr oblemsar edefini
telyinf
luenced
bysmal lgr oupst owhi cht heybel ong
 For mat i
onofat ti
tudesandt endst obedeci siveint hedev elopmentofnor msof
responset osi t uations
 Changesani ndi vi
dual ’sv alues,levelofaspi r
ationandst r
ivi
ng
 Modi fi
est hei ndi vi
dual ’
shabi t
sofl i
ving,workingandcar ry
ingonl if
e’spursuits
 Per ceptionofhi mel fandhi sroleinagi vensit
uat i
on
 Pr ov i
des psy chol ogi cal suppor tf or individuals and hel p them expr ess
themsel ves
 I nfl
uencest hechoi cest hati ndividualsmakewhent hayar einsi t
uat i
onswher e
alt
ernativesar epr esent ed
 Af fectsindividual ’sspeed, accur acy, andproduct i
vit
yint hewor ksituati
on
 Secur i
ty-
givingf unct ionoft hesmal lgroup
 Pl acelimitsoni ndividual driveforpowerandhi sneedt obecont rol
ling

Char
act
eri
sti
csofaGr oup
 Theyengagei nfr
equentinter
act
ion
 Theydefi
net hemselvesasmember s
 Theyaredefinedbyot her
sasmember s
 Theysharenor msconcerningmatt
ers
 Theyfi
ndt hegrouprewarding
 Theypursueindependentgoals

COMMONELEMENTSOPEARTI
NGI
NAGROUP
1.Behavi
or
 Quest
ionst
oaskt
odet
ermi
newhtbehav
iouri
nter
act
ioni
s:
a)Whatarepeopl
edoi ng?( ver
balornon-
ver
bal
)
b)Whoistal
king?
c) I
sev
ery
onepartici
pating?
d)Towhom doeseachper sontal
k?

2.Emot
ions
a)Whatf
eel
ings(emotions)ar
epresenti
nthegroup?
b)Howdotheyfeelaboutwhattheyaredoi
ng?

231
a) sIst hereagener alfeeli
ngclimate?Host i
le?Friendly
?Bor ed?
Confused?Sl eepy?Etc.
Note:Toef fect
ivel
ydet erminethegr oup’
semot i
ona,y ouneedt olookatt he
group’
s behav i
our.The emot i
ons ofa gr oup are of
t entransmitt
ed thr
ough
behavi
ourssuchassi lence,bodypost ure,f
aci
alexpressi
on, etc.

3.Nor
ms
 I
deasabouthow member sshoul
dact ,shouldfeel,andshouldexpresstheir
f
eeli
ngs.I
not
herwor ds,whati
sandi sn’taccept
ableinthegroup.
a)Whatr ulesdothemember sseem tobef oll
owi
ng?
b)Whatseemst obeconsi deredacceptablewaysofacti
ngorfeeli
ng?
c) Whatseemst obeunaccept abl
ewayst obehaveorfeel
?
d)Dot heytalkaboutr
ules?

4.Goal
s
a)Whatthegroupistodo
b)Tasksitwi
llworkon
c) Whati
twil
lworkon
d)Whatitwil
lproduce

GROUPATMOSPHERE

 Tensel/ Frustrat ing – i nabi l


it
yt omov e/accompl i
shper cei
v edt ask( pr
essures,
confl
ictsbet weenmember s,personal l
ythreatening
 Fli
ght– gr oup pur suesat opicot hert hant het opi
caf fecting t hegr oup or
engagesi nhor sepl ayorbul lsessionasameansofav oi
dingt her eal task
 Fight–compl etedi sagr eementr egar di
ngt hetopict obediscussed; decisionst o
bemade/ act ionst ot ake; ormember sant agonistictowardeachot her
 Wor k–gr oupdev otesi tselftoitstaski npur posefulmanner ,gr oupat mospher e
i
soneof“ taskor ient ati
on”
 Play–gr oupav oidsi tstasks; l
ighthear t
edunser iousatti
tude
 Sluggish–gr oup“ justcan’ tgetgoi ng? ”
 Cooper ative–member swor ktoget herhar moniously,member sshar e,goalsand
suppor toneanot heri nattaini
ngt hem
 Compet it
ive–sever almember sseem t owi ntheirownpoi nts,t hatgr oupact i
on
canpr oceedonl yona“ wi n-l
ose”basi s
 Rewar ding–member shav ewor kedt ogetherwel landaccompl i
sht hetaskf or
t
hemsel ves.

Maj
orFeatur
esaGr oupshoul
dhav e…
 Thegroupisacoll
ect
iveinwhi chpeoplefaceandint
eractwi
theachot
her
 Thepeopleneedeachotherforspecifi
cpurposes
 Peopl
ecomet oget
hertowor koncommont asks
 Theworkisembeddedinar elevantagencyfuncti
on

USESOFGROUPS
1. Foreffectonpar t
icipant s
 Soci ali
zat i
on0resoci alizati
on; acquiri
ng/changingt heconceptofsel f,i
dentit
y,
mot iv
ation;attitudef ormat ionandchange,f ormat i
onandmodi f
icati
onof
valuesandbel ief s;behav ioralchange;achi evi
ngasenseofbel ongingand
suppor t
;educat ion.
2. Coll
ectivepr oblem- solving
 Wor koncommonorj ointt asks,par t
icularl
yint hear eaofi deas,gr oup
thi
nking, cogniti
v e,emot i
onal ,
orsocial,orindivi
dual,group, orsocial si
tuati
on.
3. Forchangei nthesoci alsituationorcondi ti
onsout sidet hegr oup
 Modi fi
cationoft hei nsti
tuti
onorsoci alsystem withinwhi cht hegr oupexi st
s
oroft he soci alsi tuation-includi
ng the communi tyorsoci et
y– t hrough
pressure,di ssemi nation ofi nfor
mat i
on,oror ganization;modi ficati
on of

232
at
ti
tudesofout
sider
s.

LEADERSHI
PROLES

TASKROLES–t
hoseneededt
oaccompl
i
shspeci
fi
cgoal
ssetbyt
hegr
oupDav
id
andFr
ankJohnson

 Infor mat ionandOpi ni onGi ver–of fer sf acts,opi nions,i deas,suggest ions
andr el ev anti nfor mat i
ont ohel pgr oupdi scussi on
 Infor mat ioandOopi nionSeeker–asksf orf act s,infor mat i
on,opi nion,i deas
andf el li
ngsf rom ot hermember st ohel pgr oupdi scussi on
 Star ter–pr oposesgoal sandt askst oi nitiateact ionwi thint hegr oup
 Direct ionGi ver–devel opspl ansonhowt opr oceedandf ocusesat tent i
onon
thet askt obedone
 Summar izer–pul lst oget herr elatedi deasorsuggest i
onsandr estat esand
summar i
zesmaj orpoi ntdi scussed
 Coor di nat or– showsr elat ionshi psamongv ar i
ousi deasbypul li
ngt hem
toget herandhr amoni zesact i
viti
esofv arioussubgr oupsandmember s
 Diagnoser– f i
gur esoutsour cesofdi fficultiest hegr ouphasi nwor king
effect i
v elyandt hebl ockst opr ogressi naccompl i
shingt hegr oup’sgoal s
 Ener gizer–st i
mul atesahi gherqual ityofwor kf rom t hegr oup
 Real i
tyTest er–exami nest hepr act ical i
tyandwor kabi lit
yofi deas, ev aluat es
alter nat ivesol utions,andappl iest hem t or ealsi tuationst oseehowt heywi ll
wor k
 Ev aluat or– compar esgr oupdeci si onsandaccompl ishment swi thgr oup
standar dsandgoal s
 Mai ntenanceRol es–t hosewhi chst r engt hensoci al/emot i
onalbondswi thin
thegr oup( Dav idandFr ankJohnson)
 Encour agerofPar ti
ci pat ion–war m; l
yencour agesev er yonet opar t
icipat e,
givingr ecogni ti
onf orcont r ibution,demonst r
at ingaccept anceandopenness
toi deasofot her s,isf riendl yandr esponsi vet ogr oupmember s
 Har moni zer and Compr omi ser – per suades member s t o anal yze
const ruct iv elyt heirdi ffer encesi nopi ni ons,sear chesf orcommonel ement s
i
nconf li
ct s, andt r
iest or econci ledi sagr eement s
 Tensi onRel iever–easest ensi onsandi ncr easest heenj oy mentoft hegr oup
member sbyj oki ng,suggest i
ngbr eaks,andpr oposi ngf unappr oachest o
groupwor k
 Communi cat ionHel per–showsgoodcommuni cat i
onski ll
sandmakessur e
thateachgr oupmemberunder standswhatot hermember sar esay ing
 Ev aluat ororemot i
onalCl imat e–asksmember showt heyf eel aboutt heway
i
nwhi cht hegr oupi swor kingandabouteachot her ,
andshar esownf eel i
ngs
aboutbot h
 ProcessObser ver–wat chest hepr ocessbywhi cht hegr oupi swor kingand
usest heobser vationst ohel pexami negr oupef fect iveness
 Standar dSet ter–expr essesgr oupst andar dsandgoal st omakemember s
awar eoft hedi r ectionoft hewor kandt hepr ogr essbei ngmadet owar dt he
goal andt ogetopenaccept anceofgr oupnor msandpr ocedur es
 Act iveLi st ener– l istensandser vesasani nt erest edaudi encef orot her
member s, isr ecept i
v et oot her s’ i
deas, goesal ongwi tht hegr oupwhennoti n
disagr eement
 TrustBui lder– accept sandsuppor tsopennessofot hergr oupmember s,
reinf or cingr iskt akingandencour agingi ndi v i
dual ity
 Inter per sonalPr oblem Sol ver– pr omot es open di scussi on ofconf l
icts
bet weengr oupmember si nor dert or esol veconf l
ict sandi ncreasegr oup
toget her ness

LEADERSHI
PSTYLES

1.Tr
ansact
ional

233
2.Autocrati
c
3.Bureaucrati
c
4.Charismatic
5.Democr ati
c/part
ici
pat
ive
6.Laissez-f
air
e
7.Task-ori
ented
8.People-ori
ented/
rel
ati
ons-or
ient
ed
9.Servant
10.Tr
ansformati
onal

LEADERSHI
PSTYLE DESCRI
PTI
ON DOWNSI
DE
 Member sagr eet oobeyl eader  Team member scan
whent heyacceptt hejob doli
ttl
et oimprove
benef its: 1)cl ar i
fiesev er yone’
s j
ob
TRANSACTI
ONAL rolesandr esponsi bi
li
ties2)  sati
sfacti
onstifl
i
ng
mot i
v at edpeopl et hri
ve l
eadst ohigherstaf
f
becauset eam j udgedbasedon tur
nov er
per formance
 Leaderhascompl etepower  Hightl
evelsof
efficientdeci si onsqui ckget s absent
eeism and
AUTOCRATI
C wor kdoenbestusedi n hi
ghstafftur
nover
crisis/ deci si
onsar equi ckand
withoutdi ssent
 Leader swor k“ byt hebook”  I
neff
ectiv
eon
followr ul esr igor ouslyensur e t
eamst hatr
elyon
BUREAUCRATI
C thatpeopl ef ollowpr ocedur es f
lexi
bil
i
ty,cr
eati
vi
ty,
preci sel yusedwher epeopl edo i
nnovati
on
rout i
net asks
 Resembl est ransf ormat ional  Theycanbel
iev
e
i
nspi renent nweedi nghusi am moreinwhatwesay
CHARI
SMATI
C
mot i
v at esot her st omov e
forwar d
 Includest eam member si n  Hinderssit
uat
ions
DEMOCRATIC/ deci sion- maki ngencour age needingspeedand
PARTI
CIPATORY creat ivityt eam member shi ghl
y effi
ciency
engaged
 Leaderal l
owsmember st o  Damagi ngi ft eam
wor kont heirown member sdon’ t
 Canl eadt ohi ghsat i
dfcat i
on managet hei rti
me
LAI
SSEZ-
FAI
RE andi ncr easedpr oductiv i
ty wellori ftheydon’ t
haveknowl edge,
ski
llsand
mot i
v ati
on
 Focusonl yonget t
ingt hejob  Nott hinkmuch
donecanbeaut ocraticensur es aboutt het eam well-
TASK-
ORI
ENTED deadli
nesar emet beingcancause
mot i
v ati
onand
ret
ent ionpr oblems
 Focusedonor gani
zing,  Cangosof armay
supporti
nganddev eloping putteam
PEOPLE-
ORI
ENTED peoplepar ti
cipatory developmentabov e
 Encouragest eamwor kcr eati
v e tasks
col
laboration
 Oftennoptf ormal l
yrecogni zed  Notsui t
edwhen
l
eadby :Ex. quickdeci sionsand
SERVANT(ROBERT
 Hi ghi nt egri
ty meet ingdeadl i
nes
GREENLEAF)
 St ayoutoft helimelight
 Cr eatesposi ti
ve

234
corporat
ecult
ure
 Highmor al
e
 Oftenthebeststy
le  Needssuppor
tfr
om
 Inspi
ri
ng “
detai
lpeopl
e”
TRANSFORMATI
ONAL
 Expectthebestfr
om eachone
 Leadstohighproduct
ivi
ty

CONFLI
CTS

Vi
ewsonConf
li
ct

1. Tradi
tional–conf li
ctisbad,alwaysnegati
veimpact
;decli
neinper
formanceas
confl
ictincr
eases
2. Behav i
oral/
contempor ary– confl
icti
snat ur
alandinevi
tabl
einorgani
zati
ons;
canhav eeitherposi
tiveornegati
veeff
ect
3. Int
eracti
onist–conf l
icti
snecessarytoincr
easeper
formance

CAUSES:

1. Inter est–act i
onsandemot ionsbywhi chpeopl ebecomei nvol
vedt ogainor
prot ecttheirneeds
2. Infor mat i
on – caused by l ack ofi nformat i
on ordiffer
ences i nt he same
i
nf ormat ion
3. Rel ationship – di ff
erences of per sonality and emot ions, as wel l as
mi sconcept ions,ster
eotypesandprejudices
4. Struct ural–di f
ferenti
deasaboutpr ocess, r
ulespowertocont rolt
imeandspace
suchasi nlandvoundar i
es,di
stri
but
ionofgoods, orr
esourceusei ssues.
5. Val ues–cl ashesbet weencul t
ural
,social,orpersonalbeli
efsordi f
ferentworl
s
viewsandt radi
ti
ons

VALUESOFMANAGI
NGCONFLI
CT

 Avoidance(wit
hdrawal)
 El
iminati
ngthesour ceofconf
li
ct
 Suppressi
on(ofmi nori
ty)
 Agreement(coll
aborati
on)
 Bui
ldingall
i
ance
 Fi
ndingacompr omi se
 I
ntegrati
on(consensus)

CONFLI
CTMANAGEMENTMODES

 UseofFORCE
(
Concer
nforsel
fishi
gh;
concer
nforot
her
sisl
ow)
 Whenyouaresuret hatyouareright
 Whneanemer gencysituat
ionexists(doordie)
 Whenstakesarehighandi ssuesareimportant
 Whenyouarestrongerdon’tstartabatt
leyoucan’
twi
n
 Togai
nstatusordemonst ratepositi
onpower
 Whenacceptanceisunimpor t
ant

 UseofCOLLABORATION/CONFRONTATI
ON
(
Concer
nforsel
fishi
gh;
concer
nforot
her
sishi
gh)
 Wheny oubothgetatleastwhaty
ouwantandmay
bemor
e
 Toreduceoveral
lpr
ojectcosts

235
 UseifAVOIDANCE/WITHDRAWAL
(
Concer
nforsel
fisl
ow;concer
nforot
her
sisl
ow)
 Wheny oucan’twin;st
akesar elow
 Sat
kesar ehighbutyouaren’treadyy et
 Togainstatusordemonst r
ateposi t
ionpower
 Togaintime
 Todiscourageyouropponent
 Tomai nt
ainneutral
i
tyorreputation
 Wheny outhinktheprobl
em wi l
lgoawaybyi t
sel
f

 UseofACCOMMODATI ON/SMOOTHI
NG
(
Concer
nforsel
fisl
ow;
concernf
orot
her
sishi
gh)
 Tocreateobl i
gationforatr
ade-of
fatal
aterdat
e
 St
akesar elow; l
iabil
i
tyli
mit
ed
 Whenanysol ut
ionwi l
lbeadequate
 Wheny ou’l
lloseany way
 Togaintime

DYNAMI
CSOFTHEFI
LIPI
NOFAMI
LY

Thef
ami
lymaybedscr
ibed…

I
nter
msofr elat
ionshi
ps–
 Bi
ological

236
 Nuclear
 Extendedf
amily
 Closeandint
imate
 Lovingpar
ent-
chil
drel
ati
onshi
ps

I
nter
msoff unct
ions–
 Economi csecuri
ty
 Procreati
onandsociali
zat
ionofchi
ldr
en
 Nursingandpr ot
ecti
veact
ivi
ti
es
 Affecti
vefuncti
onsasinemotional
suppor
t

For
msofFami
ly

1.Tr
adi
ti
onalFami
ly(
Pat
ri
archal
)

 Af
ami
l
yfor
minwhi
cht
her
olesofhusbandandwi
fear
ecl
ear
lydef
inedand
t
hehusbandmonopol
i
zesandmakest
hemaj
orf
ami
l
ydeci
sions.

2.Coupl
esasPr
tner
sinMar
ri
age

 Amoredemocrat
icform wheret
hehusbandandwifecontr
ibutet
othe
f
amil
y’
seconomicresources,
shareaut
hori
tyanddeci
on-making,
andwor
k
t
oget
heri
nchil
d-r
earing.

Var
iat
ionsi
nFami
lySt
ruct
ure

 Two-parent smarri
edcoupl
ef amil
ies
 One-parentf ami
ly(sol
oparents)
 St
epf amilies
 Cohabiti
ngcoupl e
 GayandLesbi ancoupl
es
 Si
ngleper sons
 Transacti
onal Patt
erns
 I
treferstot heboundari
esamongf amil
ymember
s

Boundar
iesar
edefinedi
nter
msofr
ules–whomayandmaynotpar
ti
cipat
ein
anyfami
lyact
ivi
ty.

Ty
pesofFami
lyTr
ansact
ional
Pat
ter
ns

 Healthyfami l
y–boundar i
esar eneit
hertoorgidnort oodiffused;Member sare
i
ndependentofoneanot heryetunit
edont hewelfareoft hef amil
y
 Enmeshedf amily–Boundar iesbetweensomeoral lofthefami l
ymember sare
undif
ferentiat
ed,permeabl e,
andf l
uid;Member slackasenseodi ndependence;
asamat teroffactthereisasembl anceofphy si
cal andemot i
onaldependence
 Disengagedf ami l
y–Member softhefamilyhavev eryli
ttl
et odowi thone
another,andthei ndependenceofeachmemberi sr igidi
tyrespected.

I
nter
act
ional Pat
ter nsoftheFamil
y
 Mar r
iage
 Powerr el
at i
ons
 ClosenessandI nt
imacy
 Communi cat i
on
 Problem solv i
ngabili
ti
es
 Abil
itytodeal wi
thloss
 FamilyVal ues
 Autonomy

237
Poi
ntsofConf
li
cti
ntheFami
ly

 Tensi
onPoi ntsinvolvingwomen( VAW)
 St r
ucturalDiscr i
minati
on–i nequali
t yi
nmanyaspect s:educati
on,abi
li
ty
tocontrolconcept i
onandbirth,sexualsati
dfacti
on,accesstojobsand
car
eers
 Cul t
uralDiscrimination–stereotyping,l
anguageused, soci
ali
zati
on,
cul
tureofsilence
 Sexual Exploitati
on–spawnedbyadoubl estandar
dormor alit
y
 Rol estrai
ncr eatedbymar r
iageandmot her
hood

 Tensi
onPoint
sinvol
vingChil
dren
 Chil
dabuse
 Chil
dNeglect
 Cult
ureofSil
ence
 Lackofopportuni
tyf
oreducat
ion,
heal
thandr
ecr
eat
ion
 VAWC

 Tensi
onPointsinvolvi
ngt heElderly
 ElderAbuse( Economi c,
psy chological
andphysi
cal
)
 Nosecur i
ty/noinsurancef oroldage
 Separati
onf rom thefamily(isol
ation,l
onel
i
ness)
 Il
lhealt
h,subsistenceincomeornoneatal l

Possi
bler
esul
tsofTensi
ons

1.Wives,evenmot herswit
hsmal l chil
drenarelikelytobeemploy
edout
sidet
he
home
2.Moremar riagesareli
kel
yt oendwi thsepar
ation
3.Preval
enceofsi ngl
e(solo)parentf amili
es
4.Chil
drenandel derl
yneglectel
eadi ngtoinsti
tutional
izat
ion
5.Common- lawr el
ati
onshi
p
6.Earl
ymar ri
age( t
eenage)ofchildren

CULTURE
Def
ini
ti
on
 Iti
st hatcompleswholewhichincl
udesknowledge,art
,bel
ief
,mor
all
aws,
customsandt radi
ti
ons,andotherhabi
tsacceptedbymanasamemberof
society.I
tref
erstothewayoflifef
oll
owedbyt hegroupthati
scal
l
edsoci
ety
.

Char
acter
isti
csofCul
ture
 Iti
slearned–usuall
yfrom r
especti
vefamil
ies;
rol
emodeli
ng,other
s.
 Iti
sshar ed–t
ransmitt
edfrom onegenerat
iontot
henextthr
oughteachi
ng
 Cumul at
ive–i
ncreasesinsizeasaresul
todsuccessi
veaddit
ion(medi
a,
coloni
ali
sm,et
c.)

Dy
nami
c
 Diver
se–di
sti
ncti
ntermsoflanguage,
patt
ernsofbehav
iour
,bel
i
efs,
etc.
 Whole(mut
uali
ndependenceofi
tspart
s)

SomeAspect
sofCul
tur
e

 Bel
ief
s–Exampl
e:bel
i
efi
nGod,
super
sti
ti
ousbel
i
ef

238
 Values–Sahr edconceptofwhatisgoodanddesirable,
appropr
iat
eornot
appropr
iat
e.Example:SIR.Cl
osefa,i
l
tties,
lov
eforchildr
en
 Norms–
 Folkway s–pat t
ernofbehavi
ourthati
sorganizedandrepet
iti
vebutdoes
notrequir
estri
ctcompli
ance.Ex.Pagmamano
 Cust oms–common

239
SOCI
ALCHANGE
AND
DEVELOPMENT

Rev
iewer
:
Dr
.Bagi
anAl
eyssaAbdul
kar
im,
RSW

Whati
ssoci
alChange?

 Changei
sanenduringhi
stori
calfor
cewithnot
iceabl
evari
ati
onst
hrough.
Change may be har
dly di
scerni
ble oreasi
l
y observ
able;itmay be

240
constr
uctiv
eordestructi
ve;butwhat
everitsnatur
ei toccurev er
ywhere
andev er
ytime.
 Changehasbeenr egardedinmanyways-asmeans,pr ocess,andend,or
even a socialmovement,a stat
e ofaffai
rsinvolv
ing a program,an
i
deology,andapr oblem.Theuseofnew obj ectsori deast oreacha
cert
aingoals.

Lev
elsofHumanAct
ionandChange

 Thef i
rstindi vi
dual( I
ndividualper sonality)hashi stori
callybeent hespher eof
psychologistwhet hert heypur sueapsy choanalyti
corbehav iori
stframewor k.
 The second l evel( interactions among i ndi
viduals) const it
utes t he area
psychologyspeci f i
call
yst udent sgroupdy namics.I tconsistsoft he“ behav i
ori
st
perspecti
ve” ,
includingper sonal i
ty,
interactionandsel f-
theory.
 Thet hirdl evel( groupofsoci alsy stems)hasgener al
lybeenofi nter
estof
sociol
ogist.The gr oup i st he uni tofanal ysis,par t
icularl
yt he emer gent
propert
iesoft hegr oupwher et hesocial l
ev eli
sfelttoreside.
 Thef ourthl evel( culturalsy stem)i st heconcer nofant hropology .(Par son
1966:5)sai dt hatt hemeani ngsandi ntenti
onsofhumanact sar ef ormedi n
termsofsy mbolsy stems,al ongwi tht hecodest hroughwhi chtheyoper atein
patter
nst hatf ocusmostgener al
l
yont heuni v
ersalaspectofhumansoci ety
,
l
anguage.

Nat
ureofChange

 SocialChangei smodi fi
cati
onort r
ansf or
mat i
onofpubl i
cpol i
cy,cul
ture,or
soci
al i
nsti
tuti
onoverti
me.
 SocialChangeisanongoi ngprocesst hatcontinuouslyoccursanditisdif
fered
vari
edfrom timetoti
meal sodependoneachsoci ety.
 Changecannotbecont rolanditisoccurredinev erysit
uati
oninordertodevelop
soci
ety.
 Changecanbemani f
ested( vi
sibl
e)ofl atent(invisi
ble)modif
icat
ioninsoci al
experi
enceandi scomposedwi t
hfiv
ei nterr
elat
edcomponentwhi charei
dent i
fy,
l
evel,durat
ion,magni
tude(scale)andrate.

Theor
yint
egr
ati
ngt
hedi
ff
erentsour
cesofchange

 Thereareanumberoff actorsthatcausechangeort r
ansformat i
oninthesoci
ety.
 In sociologicalwr it
ing,t hey considered t echnol
ogy,i deology,competit
ion,
confl
ictpol i
ticalandeconomi cf act
orsandst r
uctur
aldamageast heimport
ant
aspects/sour ces.
 Theseent i
resour cesshar eacommonv alueofchangingt hatmakei tgrowth
rapi
dly.
 Changesaccompani edbypr osandcons.
 Sourcesofchangeswi llaf f
ecteachl evelinsocialstr
uctureint hesoci
etysuch
asinthet erm ofindivi
dual .Groups,organizati
ons,i
nsti
tut
ions,andsociety
,
 Sourcescannotbesepar atedori sol
atedofi tbecauseitwi llmaket hesociety
becameunst ableandnotoccur redproperly.

Atypol
ogyoft heor
iesofsocialchangemaybeempl oyedtoclari
fysomeoft he
assumpti
onsr egar
dingthe“social
”and“ change”containedinthesetheori
es.They
arenotmut uall
yassumpt i
onsandder i
vati
veappr oachestosoci alchange.Four
boardcat
egoriesaredi
sti
nguished.

 Evolutionaryt heor
ies-Char acteri
ze pri
maril
y by assumption ofsmooth,
cumul ati
vechange, oft
eninl i
nearcomplexit
yandadapt abi
l
ity
,
 Equili
br i
um t heory
-char acterized by t
he conceptofhomeost asi
s,and
focusingont heconditiontendingtowardstabi
li
tyasaconsequence.
 Confli
ctt heory-character
izedbyt heassumpt i
onthatchangeisendemicto

241
allsoci
alor
ganism, andfocusi
ngont hecondi
ti
ont hattendtowardi
nstabi
l
ity
asaconsequence; and
 “RiseandFal l
”t heor i
es-charact
eri
zedbyt heassumpt i
ont hatsoci
eti
es,
cultur
esorciv
il
izationr egr
essaswel lasgrowthatallsoci
etiesdonotmove
i
nt hesamedirection( Appel
baum 1971:9-
10)

Ther ear ealsot hemoder ni


zat i
onordi achromet heori
esofunl i
nearchange.
Moder nizationhasnumer ousdef init
ions, allofwhi chrelat
ei nsomeway stoprogressof
characteristi
csofindustrializati
on.
Lev ydefinemoder nizationdi rectlyi ntermsoft echnologyi
nt hatheconsi der
s
anysoci etyt hatmor emoder nized,t hegr eat ertheratioofi nani
matetoanimatepower
sources,andt hegreatertheext entt owhi chhumanef f
ortsar emul
tipl
iedbytheuseof
tool
s.Smel ser(1966:110- 111)concei ved ofmoder ni
zation asrel
ated to economic
developmenti natleastfourdi stinctbuti nterrelatedprocesses.

1.Inthereal
mt echnol
ogy,adevel
opingsoci
etyischangi
ngfr
om simple
and tr
adit
ional
i
zed techni
ques t
owardt he appl
i
cati
on of sci
ent
if
ic
knowl
edge.

2.Inagri
cult
ure,t
hedevelopi
ngsocietyevol
vesfrom subsist
encefar
ming
towar
dt hecommer ci
alproducti
onofagr i
cul
turalf
oods,whi chmeans
speci
ali
zati
onincashcr
ops,purchaseofnon-
agri
cult
uralwagelabor
.

3.I
ni ndust
ry,
thedevel
opingsoci
etyundergoesat r
ansi
ti
onfrom t
heuseof
humanandani malpowertowardindust
rial
i
zati
onproper,
ormenwor ki
ng
forwagesatpower -
dri
venmachinewhichpr oducecommoditi
esoutsi
de
thecommuni t
yofproduct
ion.

4.Inecol
ogi
calarr
angement
s,thedevel
opi
ngsoci
etymov
esf
rom t
hef
arm
andvil
l
agestowardur
banconcent
rati
on.

Mul
ti
plef
act
orsI
nSoci
alChange

Socialchangei scl oselyinter


twinedwi thculturalandt echnologicalchanges.
Mul t
ipl
ef actorsunder l
i
ei tsbr oadandcompl exnat ure.Likethephenomenoni nt
he
physicalsciences,socialchangei nthesoci alsci
encesdi splaysr at
e,directi
on,for
m,
type,cause,or der,si
multants,andbar r
iersinitsemer gence,dev el
opment ,anddecli
ne
(Davis1949: 623-636,Foster1962: 64-
146;Appel bi
um 1971: 117;138).Thest udyofthe
factorsnecessitatesthedelineati
onoft helengthofthet i
me, geographicalarea,andt
he
groupt obeconsi dered.

TheRat
eofSoci
alChange

Rat
eisrefer
redtoaspeedorspace,
whent hebal
ancebetweenopposingfor
ces
ti
lt
st owardchange-prevent
ingones,t
hestabi
l
ityofthesoci
etypredominat
es;onthe
otherhand,whent hebalanceti
lt
stowardthechangepromoti
ngforces,arateofthe
socialchangeoccur
s.

Ther
ateofsoci
alchangeandt
hecul
tur
all
agt
hatev
ent
ual
l
yresul
tsar
eper
cei
veby
:

1.Compar ingtheoveral
lcult
ur eorpar
tsoft
hecul
tureofdi
fferentsoci
eti
esatthe
gi
v enperiod;
2.Exami ni
ngt heoverallcul
tureorpartsofthecult
ureoft hesamesoci et
yat
di
f f
erenttimes,
or;
3.Viewingt hepar
tsofthecultureoft
hesamesoci
etyataspecifi
cperi
od.

TheFor
m ofSoci
alChange

242
Soci
alchangemayormaynotber epeat
edov erdefi
nit
eperiodsoft ime.This
characteri
sti
cofsocialchangeisindicatedbyt heter
mf orm.Kingsl
eyDav is(1949:
628-
629)suggest stwoidealfor
msofsoci alchange:(1)thecycli
cal
,inwhichwhol ecult
ures
ortheirpartsar
erepeatedov eraconsiderableperi
odoftimeand; (
2)thelinear,
inwhich
cul
turesort hei
rspeci
fi
caspect schangei nonlyonedir
ecti
onandnev errecur.

Di
rect
ionofSoci
alChange

Closel
yassociatedwi t
hr at
eandf ormist hedir
ecti
onofsoci alchange.Thet hree
maybemeasur edinrel
ationtot heobject
ivesthatapersonoragr oupwi shestoachieve
onal ong-r
angeorshor t-
rangebasis.Ther api
dityorslownessofsoci alchangemaybe
def
ined in accordance witht entati
ve schedule setfort he attainmentofspeci al
obj
ectives,
whichinturncont r
ibutetowardthefulfi
l
lmentofagener algoal .

The f
orm ofsocialchange maybe deduced on the basi
s ofr epet
it
ion or
cont
inuit
yofchangeint
heper i
odoft enyear
s.Thedir
ecti
onofsoci alchangemaybe
eval
uatedint
heli
ghtofi
tsconsi
stencywit
hpastorpr
esentcondit
ions.

CausesofSoci
alChange

SocialChangei sbroughtaboutnotbyonef actoral onet obeconsi deredar e


i
nter playorv arioussoci
alandnon- socialfactorslikegeographi callocati
on,topogr aphy
oft hel and,cl i
mat esoi
ltype,pl antandani mall i
feandot hernat uralresources,t he
peopl e’smot orski l
lsandot herabi li
ties,beliefs,technology ,phil
osophical,religious,
mor alandet hicalval
ues,bel
iefs,soci alorganization,andot hersoci alnorms.I ti snot
onlyt heoccur renceandcombi nationoft hesef actorsinagi vensi t
uationatagi vent ime
thatbr i
ngs aboutsoci alchange.I ti s al
so i mpor t
antt ot ake into accountt heir
synchr onizati
onhar mony,correlationorr eciprocity,coordi
nat i
onoruni ty
,andst rains,
stresses, dysfuncti
ons.

Thephy sicalenv i
ronmentdoesnotbyi t
sel
fcausesocialorculturechange.It
provi
descondi t
ionst hatmayormaynoti ncludechange.Histor
ygivesi nnumerable
exampleoft hephy sicalenv i
ronmentonchange.Nat uraldi
saster
shav eperi
odicall
y
disr
uptedlif
ef orl argepopul ati
ons– lossofl if
e,dest
ructi
onofpr operty,migr
ation
patt
erns,andreorientationtodiff
erentl
i
fest
yles.

TheSour
cesofSoci
alChange

Cult
urechangesnotonl ybyt hesimpleaccumul at
ionofelement s.Changesar e
alsobroughtaboutbyt heselecti
veacceptance/addit
ionorrej
ecti
on/disregar
dingofor
thechangedemphasi sonexi sti
ngelements.Throughoutthehist
oryofhumani t
y,gains
aswel laslosesincul tur
ehav ebeent her esul
tofasel ecti
verathert hatar andom
process.Anelementofcultureisaccept
ed, r
esist
ed,orrej
ectednotmer elybecauseitis
fundamental
lyusefuloruselessbutbecausei tsrel
ati
onshi
pwi t
hther estoftheculture
whichmaynotassimi l
ateit.

Changesi ncult
ureal waysinvolv
ei nnovat
ions.Ani nnovati
oni s“anythought
,
behav i
or,orthingt hatisnew becausei tisquali
tativ
edi f
ferentf r
om existi
ngforms”
(Barnet1953: 7-10).Iti
st hedev el
opmentorr ecognitionoft heelementsorpat t
ern
(ei
thermat er
ialornon- material
)inacul t
ure.Iti
nvolvesdiscov eryandinvent
ionaswell
asmi norchangest oosmal ltobecl assi
fiedasinvention.I
ti salwaysdependentupon
knowledgeoft heexisti
ngculturetr
aitsorcomplexes, orselectionofelementsfr
om old
patter
nst ocreat enewpatterns.

Iti
sst i
mulatedbythere-examinat
ionofknowl edget
hroughcult
urecontact,f
or
example.Innovat
ionisit
sel
fastimulustofur
therinnov
ation(
Theodor
son1969:204-205).
Thus,the mosti mport
antpointaboutan i nnovati
on isthe r
ear
rangementoft he
i
nterr
elati
onshi
psofi t
selement
sandnott heincreaseordecr
easeoftheseel
ement s.

TheOr
derofSoci
alChange

243
Bet
weenorwi thinthesocieties,asawhol eorinpar
ts,t
hereisconti
nuous“ str
ain
forconsistency”betweenf orcest hateitherpr omoteorpreventchange.Thoset hat
preventchangestruggletopreservet hestatusquo.Becausechangeisinherentinevery
cultur
e,thechange-promot i
ngf orces,inthel ongrun,winoverthechange- pr
ev ent
ing
forces.Inthedevelopmentofsoci alchange,t heordersofaseriesofaccept anceof
i
nnov ati
onsbymember sofacer tainsocietyatagi venti
mehav ebeeni dentif
iedby
l
ionberger(1960)as:

Onani
ndi
vi
dual
basi
s,t
heaccept
anceofi
nnov
ati
onsmayt
aket
hef
oll
owi
ngor
der
:

1.TheI nnov at
ors-thefirsttoadoptanewpr acticei nalocalit
ytheyar ewil
li
ngand
ablewilli
ngandabl et
ot aket her isk.
2.TheEar l
yAdopt ers-t
hosewhowat chtheinnov atorsandacceptpr acti
cesthatin
thei
rjudgment ,wor koutsuccessf ull
y.
3.TheEar l
yMaj orit
yAdopt ers-t hosewhof ollow t heleadoft heear lyadopters;
theymustbequi tesuret hepr acticewi ll
wor koutwel li
nt hei
rventure.
4.TheLat eMaj ori
tyAdopt ers-t hosewhof ollow t hepr acti
cesandadv i
seoft he
earl
ymaj ori
tyadopters;theyar ewi l
li
ngtotaker isks.
5.Laggar ds and Non- adopt ers-t hose who,because ofi sol
ati
on ornegat i
ve
mot i
vation,areslow t oadoptt hepr acti
ces,andt hosewhonev eradoptt hem
becauseofaageorot herci r
cumst ances(Polson1965: 73-74)

Onansi
tuat
ional
basi
s,t
heor
derofsoci
alchangei
sasf
oll
ows:

1. Changesi nt echnol ogy.Peopl ecangr aspt hesignificanceofanewobj ectmor e


easi
lyt hant heycangr aspanew i dea.A new obj ecti st angibleandai med
pri
mar i
l
yatt hesat i
sfactionofacer tainimmedi ate,util
it
ar i
an, andpr acticalneed.
Anewi dea, ont heot herhand, isabst r
act,andi softenv iewedasbei nginconf li
ct
wit
ht hecur rentv al
uesofsoci et y
,especi allyifthei deai tai mst or epl acei s
deeplyingrai nedint hev alueofsy stem ofsoci ety.
2. Applicationi nChangei nTechnol ogybyeconomi cinstitutions.Si nceeconomi c
i
nstituti
onsexi stpr imarilyt opr oduceanddi stri
butegoodsandser v
ices,t hey
usuallyaret hef ir
sttof eel theef fectsofchangesi ntechnol ogy .
3. The i mpactofchanges i n ot hersoci ali nsti
tuti
ons.Changes i n economi c
i
nstituti
onsar eusual l
yf ollowedbydi sr
upt i
onsi nthesoci alstructuresoft he
family,church, school ,
gov er nment ,andot herinstit
utions.
4. Thepenet rationoft hesoci alval ues.Soci alvalueswhi char edeeplyr oot edat
the base ofsoci ali nstitutions and i n one and mor ei ndi vi
dualper sonal it
y
str
uct uresar et helatet obei nfluencedandt hehar dert ochange.Peopl er egard
att
empt stochangesoci alv aluesassubv ersiv
eanddest ruct i
veoft heexi st
ing
socialsy st
em andsoci alor der.Thei rattr
ibutesmayr angef r
om suspi ciont o
acti
vehost ili
t y.

Bar
ri
ersandSt
imul
ant
stoSoci
alChanges

Thesebar
ri
ersandst
imul
ant
smaybecul
tur
al,
soci
al,
orpsy
chol
ogi
cal
.

Amongt hev al
uesandat t
it
udesthati
mpedesocialchangearet
radit
ional
i
sm,
cult
uralethnocent
ri
sm,pr i
de and dignit
y,and norms of soci
ety
.Traditi
onal
ism
predi
sposesthesoci et
yto bel
ievethatanyt
hing t
hathappensisthewillofsome
supernat
uralf
orceandcannotbemodifi
edbyhumanef f
ort
.

Thesocialbar
riostochangeinv
olv
e(1)patt
ernsofcooperati
on,(
2)pat
ter
nsof
competit
ion,orconfl
ict,(
3)author
it
ypatter
ns,and( 4)char
acteri
sti
csofthesoci
al
str
uct
ure.

Thepsy
chol
ogicalbar
ri
erstochangemaybe(
1)di
ff
erencesi
nper
cept
ion(
2)
pr
obl
emsofcommunicati
onandlear
ning.

TheTy
peofSoci
alChange

244
Soci alchangemaybedi rected( guided,planned,st ructur ed)ornon- di
rected
(unplanned orunst ructured).Itt akes place through the mass medi a,t r
ade,war ,
i
ntermar r
iage,educat i
onalexchange pr ograms,sci ence congr esses,conf erences,
semi nars,ar texhi bi
ts,tr
av elmissionarywor k,beautycontest ,athleticmeet s,andmany
othermeans.
Whi leef fortsalongnon- di
rectedchangear eundoubt edbei ngexer t
edt ofacil
i
tate
these, t
her ehasbeenmor ei nf
ormat i
ongat heredont heeffortsexer tedthroughdirected
change.Fori nst ance,int hePhi l
ippines,communi t
yagenci esi nbot hthepubl icand
pri
vat esect orshav ebeensetup.Eachdef i
nesi t
sownphi l
osophy ,setsi t
sgoal sand
objectives,dr aws up i ts schedules,and sel ectsi tst argets ofchange wi thi
na
geogr aphical area.

Soci
alChangei
nthePhi
li
ppi
neSoci
ety

Phili
ppinessocietyisi nafluxchange.Amaj orconsequenceofchangei nthe
Phili
ppineswhi chi salsotakingplaceint heot herpartsonthecontempor ar
ywor l
di s
moder nizati
on.Thisimpliesachangef rom t het radi
ti
onalwayofl i
fet
oamor ecomplex,
technologicall
yadv ancedrapidlychangingst y l
eofl i
fe.Thev ar
iousel
ement sofsocio-
cult
uralchangear eindustr
iali
zati
on,ur banization,technol
ogy,populat
ion,educat
ion,
bureaucr acy,
medi ci
neandpubl i
chealt
h,andr ecreat
ion.

Randol
phS.Davi
d(1982:
21)ci
ti
esasi
gni
fi
cantsetofst
udi
esf
ordev
elopmenti
nthe
Phi
li
ppi
nes,
asfol
lows:

1.Clarifywhatki ndofsoci etywehav ebecomeasaf unctionofourcol onial


exper ience;
2.Def i
net hesal i
entf eat uresoft hegl obalandr egi onalenv i
ronmentwi thinwhich
oursoci etyismov i
ngandbr ingoutt hebasi cconst raintsoft hesesupr a-
natural
sy stem;
3.Rev ealt hepreci semechani sm bywhi chtheexi stingsy stem i sabl etor eproduce
andper petuatei tself,andbr i
ngoutway sandt echniquesoft hesepower saswel l
asi dent i
fyit
smostv ulnerablepoi nt s;
4.Ident i
fyandunder standhowpeopl ear 6eablet oef fectivelyor ganizet hemselves
i
nor dert ogai ncont rolov erthei rl ives,orsi mpl yef fecti
v el
yi nsulatet hemselves
from t heinstabiliti
esofdai lyli
f e;
5.Const antl
yassess t he possi bi l
iti
es ofr ealst ructur e change i n oursoci ety,
speci all
ybydef iningt hechar act eristicsoft heenv i
ronmentwi thinwhi chpeopl e’
s
mov ementf orchangemustoper ateandf ormul atet hecondi ti
onsunderwhi ch
spont aneouspeopl e’ sor ganizat i
onscanbecomepar tofal argerpr ocessof
soci etalrevi
vals; and
6.Concept uali
zeav ersionofal ternat i
vest r
ucturesi nconf ormitywi thourpeopl e’
s
desi reforaf ree, j
ustandpr osper ousl if
eforall.

Ev
olut
ionar
yTheor
y

Feat
uresofCl
assi
cEv
olut
ionar
yTheor
y

 Assumedsocialchangeisunidir
ect
ional
 I
mposedav aluejudgmentont heevolut
ionar
ypr
ocess
 Assumed that the rate of soci
alchange is slow,gr
adual& pi
ecemeal
(ev
olut
ionar
yNOTr ev
olut
ionary)

Funct
ional
istTheor
y

TheFuncti
onalImperati
ves(
AGI
L)
 Adapt at
ion
 Goal Att
ainment
 Int
egration
 Latency
Homeostati
cEqui l
ibr
ium

245
Par
son’
s“Pat
ter
nVar
iabl
e”

 Aff
ectiv
evs.Af f
ective-
neutr
alrel
ati
onship
 Part
icul
arvs.Universalr
elat
ionshi
p
 Coll
ecti
veorient
ationvs.Self
-ori
ent
ati
on
 Ascri
pti
onv s.Achievement
 Functi
onal
lydiff
usedv s.Functi
onal
lyspecif
icr
elat
ionshi
ps

Mar
lonLev
y

Rel
ati
vel
yModer
nizedSoci
eti
es

Rost
ow’
sSt
agesofEconomi
cGr
owt
h

 Tradit
ionalsoci
ety
 Preconditi
onfortakeoffgr
owth
 Takeoff
 Driv
et oMat ur
it
y
 Highmass- consumptionsoci
ety

I
ntr
oduct
ion:

 Rostow’smodeli soneoft hemor est r


uctural
istmodelofeconomi cgrowth,
par
ticul
arl
yincompar isonwit
ht hebackwardnessmodeldevelopedbyAlexander
Gerschenkr
on.
 Rostow’sbel
ievesthatcountr
ieswantmoder nizeashedescri
besmoder ni
zati
on,
andthatsociet
ywil
l assentt
ot hemateri
ali
sti
cnor msofeconomicgrowth.

STAGESOFMODEL

STAGEI
-TRADI
TIONALSOCI
ETY

 Minimal
Producti
vity
 Fewexchangetransacti
on
 Economicchange/technologicali
mprovement
sar
enotsuf
fi
cientt
osust
ainany
growthi
npercapitaloutput,whichi
slow.

STAGEI
I-TRANSI
TIONALSOCI
ETY

 Societyengagesi
nseculareducati
on
 Establi
shesbanksandcurrency
 Emer gi
ngentrepr
eneuri
alcl
ass
 Conceptofmanuf act
uri
ngemer ges,wi
thonl
yfewf
act
ori
esdev
elopi
ngatf
ir
st,

STAGEI
II
-TAKEOFF

 Growth becomes the norm and i


mpr
ovementsin pr
oducti
on l
ead t
ot he
emergenceofleadi
ngsector
s.
 Incomerisesacrosstheboard,andafew cl
assofestabl
i
shedentr
epreneur
emerges.

STAGEI
V-THEDRI
VETOMATURI
TY

 Moderntechnologyisful
l
yadopt edinal
leconomi
cactiv
ity
.
 Newleadingsectorsemerge
 Economy demonst rat
es technologi
caland ent
repr
eneurialski
l
lst
o pr
oduce
anyt
hingitchoosesto.

246
STAGEV-HI
GHMASSCONSUMPTI
ON

 Leadi
ngsect
orsshi
ftt
owar
ddurabl
egoods
 Surgeoccur
sinpercapi
taincomeandincr
easedal
l
ocat
iont
osoci
alwel
far
e
progr
ams.

CRI
TICI
SM MODEL

 Rostowi shi stor


icalint hesenset hattheendr esul
tisknownatt heoutsetandis
derivedfrom thehi storicalgeogr aphyofasoci et
y.
 Rostow ismechani cali nt hesenset hattheunder l
yingmot orofchangei snot
discl
osedandt her eforet hest agesbecomel it
tl
emor ethanacl assifi
cat
ory
system basedondat af rom dev elopedcount ri
es.
 Hismodel isbasedonAmer i
canandEur opeanhi st
oryanddecl i
nestheAmer i
can
norm ofhi gh massconsumpt ion asi nt
egralt othe economi cdevelopment
processofal l
indust r
ializedsoci eties.
 Hismodelassumest hei nevit
abl eadopt i
onofNeol i
beraltradepolici
eswhi ch
all
owt hemanuf acturingbaseonagi v
enadv ancedpolit
ytober el
ocat
edt olower
-wager egions.

Theor
eti
calAssumpt
ionsofModer
nizat
ionTheor
y

Fr
om Funct
ional
i
stTheor
y

 Moder
nizat
i sasy
oni st
emicprocess
 Moder
nizat
i sat
oni r
ansfor
mativepr
ocess
 Moder
nizat
i si
oni mmanentpr
ocess

Fr
om Ev
olut
ionar
yTheor
y

 Moder
nizat
i saphasedpr
oni ocess
 Moder
nizat
i sahomogeni
oni zi
ngpr ocess
 Moder
nizat
i sanAmer
oni icanization(orEur
opeani
zat
ion)pr
ocess
 Moder
nizat
i sani
oni rr
eversibleprocess
 Moder
nizat
i sapr
oni ogressivepr ocess
 Moder
nizat
i sal
oni engthyprocess

UNDI
RECTI
ONALDEVELOPMENT

4Cr
it
ici
smsofModer
nizat
ionTheor
y

Needt
oEl
imi
nat
eTr
adi
ti
onal
Val
ues

I
deol
ogi
calCr
it
ique

4Epi
stemol
ogi
cal
SinsMT

 Beli
efinthepossibili
tyofanobjecti
vesocialf
reeideol
ogy
.
 Beli
efinthecumul ati
vequalit
yofknowl edge
 Beli
efintheuniversallawsofsocialsci
ence
 Exportofthesebeliefstothethi
rdwor l
dcountri
es.

247
Negl
ectoft
hei
ssueofFor
eignDomi
nat
ion

Wor
ldsSy
stemsTheor
yWal
ler
stei
n

WALLERSTEI
N’SWORLD-
SYSTEMS

 Theworld-
system t heorystr
essest hatworld-systemsshoul
dbet
hebasi
cuni
tof
soci
alanal
ysisrefer stotheinter
nationaldi
visionoflabor
.
 Cor ecountries
 Semi -
peripher ycountri
es
 Peripherycount ri
es
 Modelmakeanat temptt oexplainonel ar
gewor l
deconomy
 3majorgroupings
 Cor e
 Peripheral
 Semi -
peripher al

EVALUATION
-Appl
yi
ngt
hemodelt
other
ealwor
ldi
simpor
tantdet
ermi
nest
hequal
i
tyof
model.

Weaknesses

 Const ant l
ychangi ngstateoft
hewor l
deconomy .
 Fewerandf ewercountri
esfal
li
ntothi
scategoryastimegoesonangl obali
zati
on
expands.
 Wal l
erstein’s“ext
ernal
”economylabelcanbenol ongerappli
ed.
- E. g.Chi na
- Bef ore:cl
osedeconomywi t
hMaoZedong’ ssocialandeconomicrefor
ms
- Now:openeconomywi t
hinternat
ionalt
radeundert henew opendoor
policy
Weaknesses

 Negati
veexampl e
- Col onialAmer i
ca
 Exhi
bitCharacterist
icsfrom the“ peri
pher
y”and“ cor
e”cat
egori
es
- Semi -peripheryeconomy
 Lackofast rongcent ralgovernment
- E. g.Communi ti
es-v italroleinenfor
cinglaw;l
aborer
sgett
ort
ureswhi
l
e
gentl
emengent ober eleasedonf i
ne.

St
rengt
hs

 Actasagui detodescr i
bechangest hatledtoshapet heworl
dintowhatiti
s
today.
 FocusesonWest ernEuropebet ween1450and1670
 Per i
odofsi gnifi
cantdev el
opment
 Globali
zati
ont heor i
stcanal soshowhowdependencyi snotaonewayprocess
 I nterdependency
 Waller
steinwasoneoft hef i
rsttor ecogni
ze“globali
zati
on”oftheworld +
i
nternati
onal di
visionofl aborasbasisofglobali
nequali
ty.
 “semi-
peripheral”
 Cor e
 Per i
pheral
 All
owsf orsy st
emst hatareneithert
hisnorthat
 Enought oencompassr egionsallov
ert heworl
dduringthist
imeperi
od

248
Wor
ld-
Syst
em Theor
y(WST)

Whatshoul
dper
ipher
alnat
ionsdo?
- Accor
dingtoWSTScholars

1.Peri
pher
alcount ri
esmustav oidexploiti
veeconomi crelati
onswiththecore.
- Bewar eoft radeandf oreigninvestment s,whi chcanl eadtoexpl oi
tat
ionand
f
orei
gncont rol
2.Tryt
onurturedomest icI
ndust r
ies
- Don’tsellcoffeeandr elyoncor eforhi gh-
tech
- Tr yt
odev elopadv ancedindust r
ieslocally
- Concept :“Impor tantSubst it
uti
on”-dev eloping localindust
ries to avoi
d
i
mporti
ngpr oduct s.
3.Bondtogetherwi t
hot herpoornat i
ontof ightagainstthepoweroft hecor e
- Tradewi t
heachot her
 Per hapscreatecar t
elstobar gainwi ththecoreandsomear guet
o
startglobalanti-
capital
istrevolut
ion.

HowdoesWSTv
iewI
nter
nat
ional
Organi
zat
ion?

Answer
:Theydonotaf
fectt
hef
unct
ional
economi
cposi
ti
onsofcor
eandPer
ipher
y.

 Clai
m: MostInt
ernati
onal GovernmentOrganizat
ions( I
GOs)andInt
ernat
ional
Non-governmentalOrganizat
ions( I
NGOs)arecreatedbycorecountr
iesand
neverfundamentall
yunder mi
net hedominanceoft hecore.
- I GOsandI NGOst endtoper pet
uat
ecor edomi nance
Example:WTOhasnotgi venbi
gconcessiontoper i
pher
y.

I
swor
ld-
syst
em t
heor
yri
ght
?
 WSTmakesmanyclai
ms.Ther
eisnosi
mpl
eanswer

1.AnalysisofLatinAmer icaisgener
all
ythoughttobecompel l
ing
2.Rapi
di ndust
rial
izati
onofSout hKorea,Tai
wan,etc.-Majorexcepti
onst
oWST
3.Evi
denceoff oreign/
tradeinvest
mentismi xed,
butoftencontradi
ctWST.

Cr
it
ici
sm ofWST:

 Researchfindingsaremixedatbest
- Thespecifi
cWSTpr edi
cti
onsaboutsour
cesofgl
obali
nequal
i
ty/pover
tyhav
e
beenwr ong
- Itist
ruethattherei
shorri
blepover
tyi
ntheworl
d..
- BUT: Ar
epeopl eworseoffthani
fther
ewasnoglobal
economy ?Thati
sless
clear
.

FewConcept
s

 Devel
opment:Condit
ionofli
festyl
eandeconomi csit
uati
onisi
ncreasi
ng.
 Under-
devel
opment:Condit
ionoflifesty
leandeconomicsit
uat
ionisdecr
easi
ng.
 Undevel
opment:unchangedsituat
ion
 Now-devel
oped:Developmentisonst abl
epoint
.

GunderFr
ankDev
elopmentTheor
y

Cr
it
icalHi
stor
ical
Approach
 Rupt ur
ewitht
hecapital
i
stwor
ld-
econmy

249
 SamirAmi n,Delinki
ng:
Towardsapol ycentr
icwor
ld(
1985)
 Sel
f-
reliancethroughsoci
ali
sm (Tanzania)
 I
mpor tSubst i
tut
ionorDependentDevelopment-Car
doso
 Soci
al Revoluti
on-GunderFrank

HI
STORI
CALFORMSOFDEPENDENCE

1.ColonialDependence-t hecommer ci
alandf i
nancialCapitaloft hedomi nant
countryi nal li
ancewi thcolonialstatesmonopol i
zedt hecontrolofland,mi nes,
andhumanr esour ces( SerforSlav e)andtheexpor tofgold,silverandtropical
productsf rom t hecol onizedcountry.
2.Financial-Indust ri
alDependence-t heeconomi esoft hedependentcount r
ywer e
thencent eredupont heexpor tofr aw materi
alsandagr i
cult
uralproductsf or
consumpt ioninEur opeanCount ri
es.
3.Technol ogi cal
-I ndust r
ialDependence-emer gedi nthepost -Wor l
dWarI Iera,
when I ndust ri
aldev elopmentbegan t ot ake place in manyunder developed
countri
es.

FUNDAMENTALSTRUCTURALLI
MITATI
ONSPLACEDONTHEI NDUSTRI
AL
DEVELOPMENTOFUNDERDEVELOPEDCOUNTRI
ES

 I
ndustri
aldev elopmentnow dependentont heexist enceofanexpor tsect or
.
Underdev eloped nat i
on must mai ntain the preexi sti
ng r el
ation bet ween
product
ionandt hemai ntenanceofpowerbyt hetraditionaldecadentol igarchy.
 I
ndustri
aldev elopmenti sst ronglyinfl
uencedbyt hesi tuati
onsoft hebalanceof
payment s, l
eadi ngt oadef icit
.Thecausesoft hedeficitar ethree:
1.A hi ghl ymonopol i
zedi nternationalmarkett endst ol owert hepr i
ceof
indust rial products.
2.Si nce,f oreign capi t
alr etai
ns cont r
oloft he economy ofdependent
count ri
es; itcarri
esof fahi ghvol umeofprofi
t.
3.Ther esul tis“ ForeignFi nancing”– inthef orm off orei
gncapi t
aland
for eignai d– becomesnecessar ytocov ert heexi st
ingdef ici
tandt o
financef ur t
herdev elopment .

 Indust
ri
aldev
elopmentisstr
onglycondi
ti
onalont
het
echnol
ogi
calmonopol
y
exerci
sedbyt
heimperi
alcent
ers.

TheseFactorsobli
gethegovernmentoft
hedependentcount
ri
estofaci
li
tat
ethe
entryoffor
eigncapi
tali
ntothei
rdomesti
cmarket
sinordertoobt
aintheneeded
technol
ogyandpatentedrawmat er
ial
s

 Whatar et he ef f
ects oft hislat estform oft echnol ogicalindustr
ial
dependenceont heproduct i
vest r
uct ur
eofunder developedcount ri
es?
 Fi r
st ,theunequalcapi tali
stdev el
opmentatt heinternati
onallevel
i
sr eproduced i nternall
yi n an acut efor m,wi tht hepr oducti
ve
structur eofunder developedcount ri
estornbet weena“ tr
adit
ional”
agrar i
anexpor tsect oranda“ moder n”sect oroftechnologicaland
economi cfinancialconcent rati
on.
 Second,t hecont extofal ocalcheapl abormar ketcombi nedwith
theut il
izati
onofacapi tal-
intensiv
et echnologyhasl edtoprofound
dif
f erencesamongv ariousdomest icwagel evels.
 Thi rd,t hisunequalpr oduct i
onst ructur
ehasi mposedl i
mitsinthe
growt hofi nter
nal mar ketsinunder developedcount r i
es.

250
SOCI
ALCHANGE

Def
ini
ti
on
 I tis a pr
ocess ofpl anned orunplanned modifi
cat
ion/
alt
erat
ions i
nvalues,
att
it
udes and behaviorofpeopl e on one hand,and tr
ansmissi
on ofsocial
syst
emsandst ruct
uresont heotherhand.
 Soci al
Changerelat
iveto:ti
meandspace

Sel
ect
edSCTheor
ies/
Per
spect
ives

 Evolut
ionary Perspecti
ve -Human Soci et
ies have pr
ogr
essed fol
lowi
ng a
succession ofstagesf rom rel
ati
vel
ysimplepatter
nsto morecompl exand
div
ersepat t
ernofli
fe.
 Economy -ori
ent
edPer specti
ve-fr
om tr
adi
ti
onalagri
cul
tur
esoci
etytotheageof
hi
ghmassconsumpt i
on.

SCTheor
ies/
Per
spect
ive

 SystemsTheor y-A soci alsy stem iscomposedofcomponentpar t


st hatare
i
nt er
related.Tosur vive,asy stem mustengagei nfoursetsofact i
vit
iesaimedat
meet ing i ts needs: adapt ati
on, goal at tai
nment,i ntegrat
ion ( regul
ate
i
nt er
relatednessofi t
spar t
s),andpatternmai ntenance.
 Mar xistPer spect i
ve-Asoci etyi nwhateverst ageofdev el
opmentr est sheavil
y
oneconomi cf oundat ion-Modeofpr oducti
on.Usi nghist
ori
calmat erial
ism,the
stagesofdev elopmentgoest hrought r
ibalowner shi
pt oancientorsl avemode
ofpr oductiont ocapi tali
sm, t
hencommuni sm.
 Femi nistPer spective-Genderi nthepat t
erni
ngofr el
ati
onshi
pbet weenmenand
women.Femi nist theories include G-diff
erence,G- i
nequalit
y,G- oppressi
on,
structuraloppr ession.

Howdoeschangecomeabout
?

1.CATACYLYSMIC
- resul
tsofnat ur
aldi
saster
s
 Ear thquake
 Er uptionofVol
cano
 Ty phoons
 Floods
 Simi larcat
astr
ophicev
ent
s

2.SOCIAL-
CULTURALDRI FT
- changecomesinahaphazardway
 theyarenotsought
 from i
nteract
ionbet
weenandamongpeopl
e

Soci
alChange-Pl
annedChange

 Usual
l
ymani f
estedinthechangingv
aluesofpeopl
easar
esul
tof
- Urbani
zation
- Migrat
ion
- Coloni
zation
- Exposuret oot
hercul
tures

251
3.PLANNED
 somepeopl econsci
ouslysetoutt
omodi fysegmentsofcommuni
tyli
fe.
Thisimpli
est hatchangecanbei nf
luenced and i
tcanbeplanned -
processofchangeisi
ntenti
onal
.

3basi
cpl
annedchangest
rat
egi
es

……changei
sacont
inuouspr
ocess

 RATI
ONAL-EMPI
RICAL

 Basedont heassumpti
ont hatmanisrati
onalandwil
lfol
l
owhisr
ati
onal
sel
f-i
nter
estoncethi
sisrev eal
edt
ohim.
 Manwi l
ladoptchangeifitcanber at
ional
lyj
usti
fi
edandshownt
hathe
wil
lbenef
itfr
om thechange.

 NORMATI
VERE-
EDUCATI
VESTRATEGY

 Based on t he assumpt i
on t hatpat ter
ns ofact i
on and pr acti
ces are
supportedbysoci o-cul
tur alnor msandbycommuni ti
esont hepar tofthe
i
ndivi
dual t
ot hesenor ms.
 Rel ationshipbet weenmanandenv i
ronmenti sguidedbynor ms,
culture,hencechangesi nbehaviorarechangesi nv aluesand
habits.
 Changesi nnor mat iv
est ructur
eandinsti
tuti
onal r
olesarechanges
atthesoci o-cul
tural level.
 The indivi
duali s encour aged tdev el
op and grow wi tht he help of
supporti
vemechani smsl iket raini
nggroups,encount ertechniquesand
otherforms ofpeopl et echnol ogywher etherei s di
alogicalrelat
ion
betweentrainersandt rainees, teachersandstudents.

 POWER–COERCI
VESTRATEGY

 Basedont heconceptt hatpoweri sani ngredientt oallhumanact ion,a


wayinwhichpoweri sgener atedandappl i
edint hechangepr ocess.
 Strategyofnon- violencer emi niscentoft heEDSA Rev ol
ut i
oni n
1986char acteri
zedbypr ay erralli
es,peacef uldemonst r
ationof
cour ageanduni tybef oreadv ancingmi li
taryuni t
sandot herf orms
ofact iv
enon- vi
olentact i
onst hatpreventedl ossofliv
es.
 Theuseofpol i
ti
cali nsti
tutionst oachi evechange.Ex.l obby ingin
congr ess,Init
iat
iv e according t o Articl
e VI ,Secti
on 32 oft he
Phili
ppineConst itution,Petiti
onssentt ogov ernmentmachi neries,
etc.
 Changet hroughr e-composi tionandmani pulat
ionoft hepower
el
ite.Ex .Armedst rugglebyt hepeasant rytoef fectsocio-cultural
changes.

PURPOSEOFGUI
DINGFORCHANGE

1.Thepersondi scov erstheneedf orhel


p, sometimeswitht
hechangeagent .
2.Thehelpingr elationshipisest abli
shed:
 Capaci tyandmot ivationofper son.
 Resour cesofchangeagent
 Cl arifyingexpect ations
 Ant icipat i
ngdi f
ficulties
3.Probl
em isi dent i
fiedandcl arif
ied
4.Alt
ernat
ivepossi bili
ti
esf orchangear eexami ned;goal
sareest
abli
shed
5.Changeef fortsi nthereal i
tysi tuati
onoft hecli
entsyst
em ar
eattempted.
6.Change i s st abili
zed by assessi ng the effect
s ofchange,sust ai
ning t
he
moment um oft hechangeef for t
.

252
7.Thehelpi
ngr
elat
ionshi
psendsoradi
ff
erentt
ypeofcont
inui
ngr
elat
ionshi
pis
def
ined.

SUSTAI
NABLEDEVELOPMENTGOALS

1.NOPOVERTY
 Endpover
tyi
nal
li
tsf
ormsev
ery
wher
e

2.ZEROHUNGER
 Endhunger,achi
evefoodsecur
it
yandi
mpr
ovednut
ri
ti
onandpr
omot
e
sust
ainabl
eagri
cul
tur
e.

3.GOODHEALTHANDWELL-BEI
NG
 Ensur
eheal
thyl
i
vesandpr
omot
ewel
l
-bei
ngatal
lages.

4.QUALI
TYEDUCATI ON
 Ensureexclusi
veandequi
tabl
equal
i
tyeducat
ionandpr
omot
eli
fel
ong
oppor
tuni
ti
esforal
l
.

5.GENDEREQUALITY
 Ensur
egenderequal
i
tyandempoweral
lwomenandal
lgi
rl
s.

6.CLEANWATERANDSANI TATI
ON
 Ensur
eav
ail
abi
l
ityandsust
ainabl
emanagementofwat
erandsani
tat
ion
atal
l.

7.AFFORDALEANDCLEANENERGY
 Ensuretoaccesst
oaf
for
dabl
e,r
eli
abl
e,andsust
ainabl
eandmoder
n
energyf
oral
l
.

8.DECENTWORKANDECONOMI CGROWTH
 Pr
omotesustai
ned,i
ncl
usi
ve,andsust
ainableeconomi
cgr
owt
h,f
ulland
pr
oduct
iveempl
oymentanddecentwor
kf orall
.

9.I
NDUSTRY,INNOVATI ONANDI NFRASTRUCTURE
 Build r esi
li
ent i
nfr
astr
uctur
e, promot
e i
ncl
usi
ve and sust
ainabl
e
i
ndustr
iali
zati
onandfost
eri
nnovat
ion.

10.
REDUCEDINEQUALITY
 Reducei
nequal
it
yamongcount
ri
es

11.
SUSTAI
NABLECI TIESANDCOMMUNI TI
ES
 Make ci t
ies and human sett
lement i
ncl
usi
ve,saf
e,r
esi
l
ient and
sust
ainable.

12.
RESPONSIBLECONSUMPTI ONANDPRODUCTI ON
 Ensuresust
ainabl
econsumpt
ionandpr
oduct
ionpat
ter
ns

13.
CLI
MATEACTI
ON
 Takeur
gentact
iont
ocombatcl
i
mat
echangeandi
tsi
mpact
.

14.
LIFEBELOW WATER
 Conser veandsust
ainabl
yuseoft
heoceans,seas,mar
iner
esour
ces,f
or
sust
ainabl
edevel
opment.

15.
LIFEONLAND
 Prot
ect
,rest
oreandpr
omot
euseoft
err
est
ri
alecosy
stem,sust
ainabl
e

253
manage for
est
,combat,desert
if
icat
ion,and hal
tand r
ever
se l
and
degr
adat
ionandhal
tbi
odi
ver
sit
yloss.

16.
PEACE,JUSTICEANDSTRONGI NSTI TUTI
ON
 Promotepeacefulandinclusivesoci
eti
esforsust
ainabledevel
opment
,
provi
deaccesst ojust
icef orallandbuil
deffect
ive,account
abl
e,and
i
nclusi
veinst
it
uti
onsatalll
ev el
s.

17.
PARTNERSHIPFORTHEGOALS
 Str
engt
hen t
he means ofi mplement
ati
on and r
evi
tal
i
ze t
he gl
obal
part
ner
shi
pforsust
ainabl
edev
elopment
.

MI
LENNI
UM DEVELOPMENTGOALS

 The Mill
ennium Dev elopmentGoal s( MDGs)wer et he eighti nternat
ional
devel
opmentgoal sf ort hey ear2015t hathadbeenest abl
ishedf ol
lowingthe
Mill
enni
um Summi toft heUni t
edNat i
onsi n2000,thefoll
owingadopt ionofthe
Unit
edMi l
lennium Declarati
on.All 189UnitedNationsmemberst atesatthetime
(t
hereare193cur rentl
y ),andatl east23i nter
nat
ionalorgani
zations,commi tt
ed
tohelpachievethefoll
owi ngMi l
lennium Dev el
opmentGoal sby2015.

1.Toeradicateextremepov ertyandhunger
2.Toachieveuniver salpri
mar yeducation
3.Topromot egenderequal i
tyandempowerwomen
4.Toreducechildmor tal
ity
5.Toi
mpr ov emat ernalhealth
6.TocombatHI V/ AI DS,malaria,andotherdi
seases
7.Toensur eenvi
ronment alsustainabi
li
ty
8.Todevelopagl obalpar tnershi
p

 Each goalhad specifi


ct arget s,and dates f orachievi
ng those tar
gets.To
accelerat
eprogress,t
heG8f inancemi nistersagr eedinJune2005t oprovide
enoughf undstot heWor l
dBank,t heInternationalMonetar
yFund( I
MF)and
Afri
canDev el
opmentBank( Af DB)t ocancel$40t o$55bil
li
oni ndebtowedby
member softheheavi
lyindebt edpoorcount r
ies( HIPC)t
oallow them redir
ect
resourcestoprogramsf orimpr ov
ingheal t
handeducat i
onandf orall
eviat
ing
poverty.

 Cri
ti
csoft heMDGscompl ai
nedofal ackofanal y
sisandj ust
if
icati
onbehindthe
chosenobj ecti
ves,andt hedif
ficult
yorl ackofmeasur ementsf orsomegoal s
and uneven pr ogr
ess,among ot hers.Although dev el
oped countri
es’aidfor
achi
evingt heMDGsr osedur i
ngt hechallengeper iod,morethanhal fwentfor
debtreli
efandmuchoft heremai ndergoingt owardsnaturaldisast
errel
iefand
mili
tar
yaid, r
atherthanfurt
herdev elopment.

 Asof2013,progresst owardst hegoal swasunev en.Somecountri


esachieved
manygoals,whil
eot herswer enotont racktoreali
zeany .AUNconfer
encei n
September2010reviewedpr ogr esstodateandconcl udedwit
htheadoptionof
aglobalpl
antoachiev etheei ghtgoalsbyt hei
rtar
getdate.Newcommi t
ment s
tar
getedwomen’sandchi l
dr en’shealth,andnew i ni
ti
ati
vesintheworldwide
batt
leagai
nstpovert
y ,
hungeranddi sease.

 Amongt henon-gover
nmentalorgani
zat
ionsassisti
ngweretheUnit
edNations
Mil
lennium Campaign,theMill
enni
um PromiseAlli
ance,I
nc.
,thegl
obalpover
ty
pr
oject,theMicahChall
enge,TheYouthi
nAct i
oninEUPr ogr
amme,“Car
toonsin
Action”v i
deoproj
ectand8visi
onsofHopegl obalar
tproj
ect
.

254
 From 2016onwar
ds,t
heSust
ainabl
eDev
elopmentGoal
s(SDG’
s)hav
erepl
aced
theMDGs

BACKGROUND

Mi
ll
enni
um Summi
t

 Preparationsfort he2000Mi ll
enni um Summi tlaunchedwi t
ht her eportofthe
Secretary-Gener
alent i
tl
ed“Wet hepeopl e:TheRol eoftheUnitedNat i
onsinthe
Twent y-f
irstCentury”
.Additi
onalinputwaspr eparedbyt heMi ll
ennium Forum,
whichbr oughtt ogetherrepr
esentat i
vesov er1,000non- government alandcivil
societyor gani
zati
onsf rom moret han100Count r
ies.Theforum meti nMayt o
conclude a t wo-yearconsult
ation pr ocess covering i
ssues such as pov ert
y
eradicati
on,env ir
onment alprotect i
on,human r ight
s and pr otecti
on oft he
vulnerable.

 MDGsder i
vef r
om earl
ierdevel
opmenttar
gets,wher
ewor l
dleader
sadoptedthe
Uni
ted Nations Mill
ennium Declar
ati
on. The approvalof the Mil
lenni
um
Decl
arat
ionwast hemai nout
comeoftheMi l
l
ennium Summit/

 The MDGs or i
ginated fr
om t he Uni
ted Nations Mi l
lenni
um Declarat
ion.The
declarat
ionasser t
edt hatev eryindiv
idualhaddi gnity;andhence,ther ightt o
fr
eedom,equal i
ty,abasi cstandar dofli
vingthatincludesfreedom f
rom hunger ,
vi
olenceandencour agest ol
er anceandsol i
dar
ity.TheMDGssetconcr etet argets
andi ndi
cator
sfoepov ertyreduct i
oninordertoachi evetheright
ssetforthint he
Declarat
ion.

Pr
ecur
sor
s

 TheBr
ahi
miRepopr
ovi
dedt
hebasi
soft
hegoal
sint
hear
eaofpeaceandsecur
e.

 TheMi llennium Summi tdecl arati


onwas,howev er,onlypartoftheoriginsoft he
MDGs.Mor eideas came f rom Adam Fi guer
oa,Or gani
zati
on ForEconomi c
Cooper ationandDev elopment( OECD) ,theWor ldBankandt heI nternati
onal
Monet aryFund.Aser iesofUN- l
edconf er
encesint he1990’sfocusedoni ssues
suchaschi ldr
en,nutr
iti
on,humanr i
ghtsandwomen.TheOECDcr iti
cizedmaj or
donorsf orreduci
ngt heirlevelsofOf fi
cialDevelopmentAssistance( ODA) .UN
SecretaryGener alKofiAnnansi gnedar eportti
ted,wet
l hepeoples:TheRol eof
st
Unit
ed Nat ions in 21 Cent ury. The OECD had f ormed itsi nternati
onal
DevelopmentGoal s(I
DGs) .Thet woef f
ortswerecombi nedfortheWor l
dBank’ s
2001meet i
ngtoformt heMDGs.

HumanCapi
tal
,I
nfr
ast
ruct
ureandHumanRi
ght
s

 TheMDGsemphasi zedthreeareas:HumanCapi t
al,Infrastr
uctur
eandHuman
Rights(social
,economi c and polit
ical)
,wi t
ht he intentofi ncreasi
ng li
vi
ng
standar
ds.HumanCapi t
alobject
ivesincludenutri
ti
on, healt
hcare(i
ncludi
ngchild
mor t
ali
ty,HIV/AI
DS,t uber
culosis and mal ar
ia,and r eproduct
ive heal
th)and
educati
on.Infr
ast
ructureobject
ivesincludeaccesstosaf edr i
nki
ngwat er
,energy

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and moder ni nformat i
on/communicati
on t echnology;increased far
m out puts
using sustainable practi
ces;tr
ansportat
ion;and env ir
onment .Human r ights
objecti
vesi ncludeempower i
ngwomen,r educingv i
olence,incr
easingpoliti
cal
voice,ensur i
ng equalaccess t o publi
c ser vi
ces and i ncr
easing secur
ityof
propert
yr ights.Thegoal swerei nt
ended t oi ncreasean i ndi
vidual
’shuman
capabil
iti
esand“ advancethemeanst oapr oducti
v eli
fe”.TheMDGsemphasi ze
thateachnat i
on’spolici
esshouldbet ail
oredt othatcount ry’
sneeds;therefore
mostpol i
cysuggest ionsaregeneral
.

Par
tner
shi
p

 MDGsemphasi zether oleofdev el


opedcountriesinaidingdevel
opingcount r
ies,
as outli
ned in GoalEi ght,which sets obj
ectives and tar
getsfordev eloped
countr
iest oachievea“ gl
obalpartner
shipfordev el
opment”bysuppor ti
ngf air
tr
ade,debtr el
ief,i
ncreasingaid,accesst oaffordableessenti
almedicinesand
encouragingtechnologyt ransf
er.Thus,developingnat i
onsostensibl
ybecame
part
nerswi t
hdev el
opednat i
onsinthestr
ugglet oreduceworldpovert
y.

GOALS

 The MDGs were dev el


oped outofsev er
alcommi t
ments setf or
thinthe
Mill
enni
um Decl
arati
on,si
gnedinSept
ember2000.Therear
eeightgoalswi
th21
tar
gets,
andaseriesofmeasurabl
ehealt
hindi
cat
orsandeconomicindi
cat
orsf
or
eachtar
get
.

Goal1–Er
adi
cat
eext
remePov
ert
yandHunger

 Tar
get1A:Halve,bet
ween1990and2015,t heproporti
onofpeopl
eli
vi
ng
onl
essthan$1.25aday
- Pov ert
yGapr ato[
i i
nci
dencexdepthofpoverty]
- Shar eofpoorestqui
nti
l
einnat
ionalconsumpt i
on

 Target1B:Achi ev
eDecentEmpl oymentforWomen,Men,andYoung
People
- GDPGr owthperemployedper
son
- Empl oy
mentRate
- Pr oporti
onofemployedpopulati
onbelow $1.
25perday(PPP
values)
- Pr oporti
onoff
amily
-basedworker
sinemploy
edpopul
ati
on

 Tar
get1C:Halve,between1990and2015,t heproporti
onofpeoplewho
suf
ferf
rom hunger.
- Preval
enceofunderweightchil
drenunderf
iveyearsofage
- Proport
ionofPopulati
onbel ow mini
mum levelofdietar
yener
gy
consumption

Goal2-
--Achi
eveUni
ver
salPr
imar
yEducat
ion

 Target2A:By2015,al lchi
ldr
en can compl
etea f
ullcour
sepr
imar
y
school
ing,
gir
lsandboys
- Enroll
mentinPri
maryEducati
on
- Compl et
ionofpr
imaryEducat
ion

Goal3-
--Pr
omot
egenderequal
it
yandempowerwomen

 Tar
get3A:El
i
minat
egenderdi
spar
it
yinpr
imar
yandsecondar
yeducat
ion

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pr
efer
abl
yby2005,andatalll
evel
sby2015.
- Rati
osofgir
lstoboysi
nprimar
y,secondar
yandter
tiar
yeducation
- Share ofwomen in wage employmentinthe non-agr
icul
tural
sector
- Proport
ionofSeat
sheldbywomeni nnati
onal
parl
iament

Goal4-
--Reducechi
ldmor
tal
it
ycases

 Tar
get4A:Reducebyt wo-thir
ds,between1990and2015,theunder
-f
ive
mort
ali
tyrat
e
- Under -f
ivemortal
ityrate
- I nf
ant(under1)mor t
ali
tyrat
e
- Pr oport
ionof1-year-ol
dchil
drenimmunizedagai
nstmeasl
es

Goal5-
--I
mpr
ovemat
ernalheal
th

 Tar
get5A:Reducebyt hreequart
ers,
bet
ween1990and2015,t
he
mater
nalmortal
ityr
ati
o
- Mat ernalmortali
tyrat
io
- Pr oporti
onofbirthsatt
endedbyski
l
ledheal
thper
sonal

 Tar
get5B:
Achieve,by2015, uni
versalaccesst
orepr
oduct
iveheal
th
- Cont r
acepti
vePrevalencerate
- Adolescentbirt
hrate
- Antenatalbi
rthrate
- Unmetneedf orFamilyPlanning

Goal6-
--CombatHI
V/AI
DS,
mal
ari
a,andot
herdi
seases

 Target6A:Hav ehal tedby2015andbegunt or ever sethespr eadof


HIV/AIDS
- HI Vpr evalenceamongpopul ati
onaged15- 24y ears
- Condom useatl asthi gh-ri
sksex
- Pr oportionofpopul ationaged15- 24y earswi thcompr ehensiv
e
correctknowl edgeofHI V/AIDS
 Target6B:Achi eve,by2010,uni versalaccesst ot reatmentf orHIV/ AI
DS
foral
lthosewhoneedi t
- Pr oportionofpopul ationwi thadvancedHI Vinfectionwithaccess
toant i
retr
ov i
raldrugs
 Target6C:Hav ehal t
edby2015andbegunt or everset heincidenceof
malari
aandot hermaj ordiseases
- Pr evalenceanddeat hr atesassociatedwi thmal ari
a
- Pr oportionofchi ldrenunder5sl eepi ngunderi nsecti
cide-t
reat
ed
bednet s
- Pr oportionofchi l
dr enunder5wi t
hf everwhoar et
reatedwi t
h
appropr i
ateant i
-malar iadrugs
- I nci
dence, pr evalence and deat h r ates associ ated wi t
h
tuberculosis
- Pr oportionoft ubercul osiscasesdet ectedandcur edunderDOTS
(Dir
ectlyObser vedTr eatmentCour se)

Goal7-
--Ensur
eenv
ironment
alsust
ainabi
li
ty

 Target7A:Int
egratetoprincipl
esofsustai
nabledevel
opmentint
ocountry
poli
ciesandprograms;reverselossofenvir
onmentalresour
ces
 Target7B:Reducebi odiversi
tyloss,achi
ev i
ng,by2010,asi gni
fi
cant
reducti
onintherateofloss
- Pr oport
ionoflandar eacoveredbyforest

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- CO2emi ssions,total percapi taandper$1GDP( PPP)
- Consumpt ionofozone- depl etingsubstances
- Proporti
onoff ishst ockswi thinsafebiol
ogicalli
mits
- Proporti
onoft otal wat err esour cesused
- Proporti
onoft errestrialandmar i
neareaspr ot
ected
- Proporti
onofspeci est hr eatenedwi t
hextincti
on
 Target7C:Hal ve,by2015,t he pr oporti
on oft he populat
ion wit
hout
sustai
nableaccesstosaf edr i
nki ngwat erandbasi csani
tati
on
- Pr oport
ionofPopul at i
onwi thsust ai
nableaccesst oani mproved
watersource, urbanandr ural
- Pr oport
ionofur banpopul ationwi thaccesst oimprovedsanit
ati
on
 Target7D:By2020,t ohav eachi ev edasi gnif
icantimprovementint he
li
vesofatleast100mi lli
onsl um- dwel l
ers
- Pr oport
ionofur banl ivingi nsl ums
Goal8-
--Dev
elopaglobalpartnershipf ordev elopment

 Target 8A:Dev elop f urther an open,r ul e-based,pr edictabl e,non-


discri
mi natoryt radi ngandf i
nanci alsystem
- I ncl
udesacommi t
mentt ogoodgov ernance,dev elopment ,and
pover tyreduct i
on–bot hnat ionallyandi nt ernat i
onal ly
 Target8B:Addr esst hespeci alneedsoft hel eastdev elopedcount ri
es
(LCDs)
- I ncl
udes:Tar iffandquot af reeaccessf orLCDexpor ts;enhanced
progr ammeofdebtr elieff orHI PC andcancel lat i
onofof f
icial
bil
ater aldebt ;and mor egener ousODA ( Of fi
ci alDev elopment
Assist ance)f orcount riescommi ttedt opov ertyr educt ion
 Target8C:Addr esst hespeci alneedsofl andl ockeddev el opingcount ri
es
andsmal li
slanddev elopi ngst ates
- Thr ough t he Pr ogramme of Act i
on f or t he Sust ainabl e
Dev elopmentofSmal lIslandDev elopi ngst atesandt heout come
ofthet went y-secondspeci alsessi onoft hegener al assembl y
 Target8D:Dealcompr ehensi velywi tht hedebtpr obl emsofdev el oping
countries t hrough i nt ernat i
onal measur es i n or der t o make debt
sustainableint hel ongt er m.
- Someoft hei ndi cat orsl istedbel ow ar emoni toredsepar at elyf or
the l east dev eloped count ri
es ( LCDs) , Af rica, l andl ocked
developi ngcount riesandsmal lislanddev elopi ngst ates.
- Of fi
ci aldev elopmentassi stance( ODA):
o NetODA,t otalandt oLCDs,ar eper cent ageofOECD/ DAC
donor s’ GNI
o Pr opor t i
onofbi l
at eralODAofOECD/ DACdonor st obasi c
soci alser v i
ces ( basi c educat i
on,pr imar y heal th car e,
nut riti
on, saf ewat erandsani tation)
o Pr opor t i
onofbi l
at eralODA ofOECD/ DAC donor st hati s
uni ted
o ODAr ecei vedi nl andl ockedcount ri
esaspr opor tionoft heir
GNI s
o ODA r ecei ved i n smal li sl and dev elopi ng st ates as
propor tionoft hei rGNI s
- Mar ketaccess:
o Pr opor tionoft otaldev elopedcount ryimpor ts( byv alueand
excl udi ngar ms)f rom dev elopingcount ri
esandf rom LDCs,
admi ttedf reeofdut y
o Av erage t ariff
s i mposed by dev el oped count ries on
agr i
cul tur al pr oduct s and t ext i
les and cl othing f rom
dev el opi ngcount r
ies
o Agr icult ural suppor t est imat e f or OECD count ri
es as
per cent ageoft hei rGDP
o Pr opor tionofODApr ov i
dedt ohel pbui l
dt radecapaci ty
- Debtsust ai nabi lit
y :
o Tot alnumberofcount r
iest hathav er eachedt hei rHI PC

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decisionpoi nt sandnumbert hathav ereachedt heirHIPC
compl et
ionpoi nts(cumulati
ve)
o Debtr eliefcommi t
tedunderHIPCiniti
ati
ve,US$
o Debtser vi
ce as per centage ofexpor ts ofgoods and
serv i
ces
 Target8E:I n co- operation wi t
h pharmaceuticalcompani es,pr ovi
de
accesstoaffordabl e,essentialdrugsindevel
opingcountri
es
- Pr oportionofpopul ationwi t
haccesst oaf f
ordabl
eessent i
aldrugs
onasust ainablebasi s
 Target8F:Inco- oper ati
onwi ththepr i
vatesector,makeav ail
ablethe
benefi
tsofnewt echnol ogies,especi
all
yinfor
mat i
onandcommuni cat
ions
- Tel ephonel i
nesandcel lul
arsubscri
bersper100popul at
ion
- Per sonal comput ersinuseper100popul ation
- I nt
ernetuser sper100popul ati
on

CRI
TICI
SM

Gener
al

 Gener alcr i
ticismsi ncl udeaper ceiv
edl ackofanal yti
calpowerandj usti
ficati
on
behindt hechosenobj ect i
v es.
 The MDGsl ackst rong obj ectivesand i ndicatorsf orwi thin-countryequal ity
,
despi tesi gni f
icantdi spar i
tiesinmanydev elopingnat ions.
 Furthercr iti
queoft heMDHsi st hatthemechani sm bei ngusedi sthattheyseek
toi ntroducel ocalchanget hroughext ernali nnov ationssuppor tedbyext ernal
fi
nanci ng.Thecount erpr oposalbei ngt hatt hesegoal sar ebet terachievedby
communi t
yi niti
ative, bui l
dingf r om resour cesofsol idar i
tyandl ocalgrowthwi thin
existingcul turalandgov ernmentst r
uctur es;it
erat i
onsofpr ov enlocalsuccesses
canscal eupt oaddr esst hel argerneedt hroughhumanener gyandexi sti
ng
resour cesusi ng met hodol ogiessuch asPar t
icipat oryRur alAppr aisal,Asset
BasedCommuni tyDev elopment ,orSEED- SCALE.
 MDG 8 uni quelyf ocuses on donorachi evement s,r athert han dev el
opment
successes.TheCommi tmentt oDev elopmentI ndexpubl ishedannual lyby 7the
Cent erf orGl obalDev elopmenti n Washi ngton,D. C. ,isconsi dered the best
numer i
cali ndicatorf orMDG8.I tisamor ecompr ehensi vemeasur eofdonor
progr esst hanof ficialdev elopmentassi stance,asi tt akesi nt oaccountpol icies
on a numberofi ndi cat or st hataf f
ectdev elopi ng count ries such as t rade,
migr ationandi nvest ment .

Al
legedLackofLegi
ti
macy

 Theent ireMDG pr ocesshasbeenaccusedofl ackinglegi


timacyasa
resultoffail
uretoinclude,oft
en,thevoicesofthev erypart
ici
pant
st hat
theMDHsseekt oassist.TheInt
ernati
onalPl
anningCommi t
teeforFood
Sovereignty
,initspost2015t hematicconsul
tat
iondocumentonMDG1
states “The maj orLi mit
ati
on oft he MDGs by t he mostaf fected
constit
uencies”.

HumanRi
ght
s

 Accordi
ng t o Deneul i
n&Shahanit he MDGs under -
emphasized local
part
ici
pation and empower ment( othert han women’sempower ment).
FIANInternational
,ahumanr ightsor ganizati
onfocusingont heri
ghtto
adequatef ood,contri
butedtothepost2015pr ocessbypoi nti
ngouta
l
ackof“ primacyofhumanr i
ghts;qual i
fyingpoli
cycoherence;andof
human r ights based moni t
oring and account abi
li
ty.Wi t
hout such
accountabil
ity
, nosubst
anti
alchangei nnat i
onalandint
ernat
ionalpol
ici
es.

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I
nfr
ast
ruct
ure

 TheMDGswer eat t
ackedforinsuf
fi
cientemphasi
sonenv i
ronmental
sust
ainabi
li
ty.Thus,t
heydonnotcaptureallel
ement
sneededtoachi
eve
thei
dealssetoutintheMil
lenni
um Decl
arat
ion
 Agri
cult
urewasnotspeci f
ical
lymenti
onedi ntheMDGsev enthough
mostofthewor l
d’spoorar
ef ar
mers.

HumanCapi
tal

 MDG 2f ocusesonpr imar yeducat i


onandemphasi zesenr ollmentand
compl et i
on.I n some count ries,pr imar y enr ollmenti ncr eased att he
expenseofachi ev ementl ev els.I nsomecases,t heemphasi sonpr imar y
educat ion has negat iv ely af fect ed secondar y and post -
secondar y
educat ion.
 Apubl icat i
onf rom 2005ar guedt hatgoal sr elat edt omat er nalmor tality,
mal ar iaandt uber culosi sar eimpossi blet omeasur eandt hatcur rentUN
estimat esl acksci ent i
ficv al i
dityorar emi ssi ng.Househol dsur vey sar e
thepr imar ymeasur ef ort heheal thMDGsbutmaybepooranddupl icat ive
measur ement st hatconsumel i
mi tedr esour ces.
 Fur ther mor e,count r
ies wi tht he hi ghestl ev els oft hese condi t
ions
typical lyhav et hel eastr eliabledat acol lect ion.Theamountofpr ogr ess,
l
eav i
ngMDGsasl ittlemor et hanar het orical cal ltoar ms.
 MDG pr oponent ssuchasMcAr t
hurandSachscount eredt hatset ti
ng
goal si sst il
lval iddespi temeasur ementdi fficul ties,ast heypr ov idea
politicalandoper ationalf ramewor kt oef forts.Wi thani ncr easei nt he
quant ityandqual ityofheal thcar esy stemsi ndev elopi ngcount ri
es,mor e
dat acoul dbecol lect ed.Theyasser tedt hatnon- heal thr el atedMDGswer e
oftenwel lmeasur ed,andt hatnotal lMDGswer emademootbyl ackof
dat a.
 Theat tentiont owel l-bei ngot hert hani ncomehel psbr ingf undi ngt o
achi ev ing MDGs. Fur ther MDGs pr ior i
tize i nt er vent i
ons, est abl ish
obt ainabl e object ives wi t
h usef ulmeasur ement s ofpr ogr ess despi te
measur ementi ssuesandi ncr easedt hedev elopedwor ld’si nv olvementi n
wor ld- wi depov er tyr educt i
on.MDGsi ncl udegenderand r epr oduct ive
ri
ght s, env i
ronment alsust ai nabi li
ty ,andspr eadoft echnol ogy .Pr i
or iti
zing
i
nt erv ent ionshel psdev elopi ng count ri
eswi thl imi t
ed r esour cesmake
deci sionsaboutal l
ocat ingt hei rr esour ces.MDGsal sost rengt hent he
commi tmentt ot hegoal sl ikel yi ncr easest hel i
kel ihoodoft heirsuccess.
Theynot ethatMDGsar et hemostbr oadl ysuppor tedpov ertyr educt i
on
target si nwor ldhi story .
 Achi ev ingt heMDGsdoesnotdependoneconomi cgr owt hal one.I nt he
caseofMDG 4,dev el opi ngcount r i
essuchasBangl adeshhav eshown
thati ti spossi blet or educechi ldmor tali
t ywi thonl ymodestgr owt hwi th
i
nexpensi vey etef fectiv ei nt erv ent ions,suchasmeasl esi mmuni zat ion.
Still
, gov ernmentexpendi tur einmanycount ri
esi snotenought omeett he
agr eedspendi ngt arget s.Resear chonheal thsy st emssuggest st hata
“onesi zef it
sal l”modelwi llnotsuf fi
cient lyr espondt ot hei ndi v i
dual
heal thcar epr ofilesofdev elopi ngcount ries;howev er,t hest udyf ounda
commonsetofconst r aint si nscal ingupi nter nat ionalheal th,i ncl uding
the l ack absor pt iv e capaci t
y ,weak heal th sy stems,human r esour ce
l
imi tat ions,and hi gh cost .The st udyar gued t hatt he emphasi s on
cov er ageobscur est hemeasur esr equi redf orexpandi ngheal thcar e.
These measur es i ncl ude pol itical, or gani zat ional , and f unct i
onal
dimensi onsofscal ingup, andt heneedt onur t
ur el ocal or gani zat i
ons.
 Fundament al issues such as gender ,t he di v ision bet ween t he
humani t ari
an and dev elopmentagendas and economi c gr owt h wi l
l
det ermi ne whet her or not t he MDGs ar e achi ev ed,accor di ng t o
resear cher satt heOv erseasDev elopmentI nstitut e( ODI )
 Accor di ngt oD+CDev elopmentandCooper ationmagazi ne, MDG7i sst il
l

260
farfr
om beingreached.Sincenationalgovernmentsoft
encannotprovi
de
thenecessaryi nf
rast
ructure,ci
vilsocietyinsomecount r
iesorgani
zed
and wor ked on sani t
ation. For instance,in Ghana an umbr ella
organizat
ioncal
ledCONI WAS( Coali
ti
onofNGOsi nWaterandSanit
ati
on),
enli
stedmor ethan70memberor ganizat
ionstoprovi
deaccesstowat er
andsani t
ati
on.

 TheI nternat
ionalHeal thPar tnership( I
HP+)ai medt oaccel erateMDG
progr ess by apply i
ng i nt
ernat i
onalpr i
nciples f oref fecti
ve aid and
devel opmenti nhealthsector.I ndev el
opingcount ri
es,signifi
cantfunding
for heal th came f r
om ext ernalsour ces r equiri
ng gov ernment st o
coor dinatewithinternati
onaldev el
opmentpar tner
s.Aspar tnernumber s
i
ncr eased v ari
ati
ons i nf undi ng streams and bur eaucratic demands
foll
owed.Byencour agingsuppor tforasi nglenat ionalhealthstrategy,a
singlemoni t
oringandev al
uat i
onf ramewor k,andmut ualaccountabili
ty,
IHP+at temptedt obui ldconf idencebet weengov ernment ,civ
ilsociety,
devel opmentpar t
ner sandot herheal thstakehol ders.

EQUI
TY

 Furtherdev elopment si nr et hinkingst rat


egiesandappr oachest heMDGs
i
ncluder esearchbyt heOv erseasDev el
opmentI nst
itut
ei ntot her oleof
equity.Resear chersatt heODIar guedt hatprogr esscouldbeaccel erated
duet orecentbr eakthr oughsi nt her oleequitypl aysincreatingav irt
uous
cir
clewher er i
singequi tyensur est hepoorpar tici
pateint heircount ry’
s
developmentandcr eat esr educt ionsi npovertyandf i
nancialstabi l
ity.Yet
equityshoul dnotbeunder stoodpur elyaseconomi c,butalsoaspol i
tical
.
Exampl es abound, i ncl uding Br azil

s cash t r
ansfers, Uganda’ s
eli
mi nati
onsofuserf eesandsubsequenthugei ncreaseinv isit
sf r
om t he
verypoor estorel se Maur i
tius’s dual -
tr
ackappr oach tol i
ber ali
zation
(i
nclusivegr owt handi ncl usivedev el
opment )ai dingitonitsr oadi ntot he
Wor l
dTr adeOr ganizat ion.Resear chersattheODIt huspr oposeequi tybe
measur edi nl eaguet abl esi nor dert opr ovi
deacl earerinsighti ntohow
MDGscanbeachi ev edmor equi ckly;theODIi swor kingwi thpar tnerst o
putforwar dleaguet abl esatt he2010MDGr eviewmeet i
ng.
 Theef f
ect sofi ncreasi ng dr ugsusewer enot ed bytheI nternational
Journal ofDr ugPol i
cyasadet errentt othegoal oftheMDGs

Women’
sIssues

 Increasedf ocusongenderi ssuescoul daccel erateMDH pr ogress,e. g.


empower i
ngwoment hroughaccesst opai dwor kcoul dhel pr educechi l
d
mor tali
ty.Insout hAsi ancount ri
esbabi esof tensuf f
eredf rom l ow bir
th
wei ghtand hi gh mor tali
tydue t ol imited accesst o heal t
h car e and
mat ernalmalnut ri
ti
on.Pai dwor kcoul di ncr easewomen’ saccesst o
heal th car e and bet ternut rit
ion,r educi ng chi l
d mor tali
ty.Increasing
femal eeducat ionandwor kfor
cepar t
icipationi ncreasedt heseef fects.
Impr ovedeconomi coppor tunit
iesf orwomenal sodecr easedt hespr ead
ofAI DS, MDG6A.
 Althought her esour ces,t echnol ogyandknowl edgeexi stt o decrease
pov er tyt hrough i mpr ov ing genderequal it
y,t he pol it
icalwi l
lis often
mi ssi ng.I fdonoranddev elopingcount riesf ocusedonsev en“ pri
ority
areas” ,greatpr ogresscoul dbemadet owar dst heMDG.Thesesev en
prior i
tyar easi ncl ude:i ncreasinggi rls’compl et i
onofsecondar yschool ,
guar ant eeing sexual and r eproduct ive heal th r ights, i mprov i
ng
i
nf rast ructuret o easewomen’ sandgi rl’st imebur dens,guar anteeing
women’ spr oper t
yr ight s,reducinggenderi nequal it
iesi nempl oyment ,
i
ncr easi ngseat shel dbywomeni ngov er nment ,andcombat ingv i
olence
agai nstwomen.
 Itist houghtt hatthecur r
entMDGst arget sdonotpl aceenoughemphasi s

261
ontr
ackinginequal
i
tiesinpov er
tyreduct
ionandemploymentasthereare
onl
y gender goal s r elat
ing to heal t
h, educati
on, and polit
ical
empower mentandpr ogresstowardsMDGs,i ncr
easedemphasisshould
beplacedongendermai nst
reamingdevelopmentpoli
ciesandcol
lecti
ng
dat
abasedongender .

Pr
ogr
ess

 Gr aphofgl obalpopul ati


onl i
vingunder1,1. 25and2equi valentof2005
USdol larsaday( r
ed)andasapr opor ti
onofwor ldpopul ati
on( blue)f rom
1981t o2008basedondat af r
om theWor l
dBank.
 Pr ogr esst owar dsr eachi ngt hegoal shasbeenunev enacr osscount ri
es.
Br azilachi evedmanyoft hegoal s, whileot hers,suchasBeni n, ar enoton
trackt or eali
zeany .Themaj orsuccessf ulcount ri
esi ncludechi na( whose
pov er typopul at
iondecl i
nedf rom 452mi ll
iont o278mi l
li
on)andI ndi a.
TheWor ldBankest imat edt hatMDG1A( hal vi
ngt hepr oportionofpeopl e
l
iv i
ngonl esst an$1aday )wasachi evedi n2008mai nlyduet ot her esult s
from t heset wocount r
iesandEastAsi a.
 Int heear l
y1990’ sNepalwasoneoft hewor l
d’spoor estcount ri
esand
remai nsSout h Asia’ spoor estcount ry.Doubl i
ng heal th spendi ng and
concent rati
ngoni tspoor estar eashal v
edmat ernalmor tali
tybet ween
1998and2006.I t
sMul t
idimensi onalPov ertyIndexhasseent hel argest
fallsofanyt r
ackedcount ry.Bangl adeshhasmadesomeoft hegr eatest
i
mpr ov ement sininf antandmat ernalmor t
alityeverseen, despi temodest
i
ncomegr owth.
 Bet ween1990and2010t hepopul ati
onl i
v i
ngonl esst han$1. 25adayi n
dev el opingcount r
ieshal v edt o21%,or1. 2bi l
li
onpeopl e,achi ev ingMDG
1A bef oret het ar
getdat e,althought hebi ggestdecl inewasi nChi na,
whi ch t ook no not ice oft he goal .Howev er,t he chi l
d mor t ali
tyand
mat ernalmor tali
tyar edownbyl esst hanhal f.Sanitationandeducat ion
target swi l
lalsobemi ssed.

Mul
ti
lat
eraldebtr
educt
ion

 G-8FinanceMi ni
stersmeti nLondoni nJune2005i npr epar ati
onf ort he
GleneaglesSummi tinJul yandagr eedt opr ovi
deenoughf undst ot he
Wor l
dBank,I MFandt heAf r
icanDev elopmentBank( AfDB)t ocancelan
additi
onalt he remaining HI PC mul ti
l
ater aldebt( $40 t o $55 bi lli
on).
Recipi
ent swoul dtheor eti
call
yr e-
channeldebtpay ment st oheal thand
education.
 TheGl eaneaglesplanbecamet heMul t
il
ater alDebtRel i
efI ni
tiati
ve( MDRI ).
Countriesbecameel igibl
eoncet heirleadi ngagencyconf i
rmedt hatt he
countri
eshadcont i
nuedt omai ntaint heref ormst heyhadi mpl ement ed.
 Whilet heWor l
dBankandAf DBl i
mi tedMDRIt ocount r
iest hatcompl ete
theHIPCpr ogram, theI MF’seli
gibil
itycr i
teriawer eslightlylessr estri
ctive
soast ocompl ywi t
ht heI MF’suni que“ uni for
mt r
eatment ”requirement .
Inst
eadofl i
mi ti
ngeligibil
i
tytoHI PCcount ries,anycount rywi thpercapi ta
i
ncomeof$380orl essqual ifi
edf ordebtcancel lati
on.TheI MFadopt ed
the$380t hresholdbecausei tcloselyappr oximatedt heHI PCt hreshold.

Sub-
Sahar
anAf
ri
ca

 Onesuccesswast ost r
engthenr i
cepr oducti
on.Byt hemid-
1990sr i
ce
i
mpor t
sr eached nearl
y $1 bill
ion annually.Far mers had notfound
suitablespeciest
hatproducehighy i
elds.NewRi ceforAfr
ica(
NERICA),a
high-yi
eldi
ngandwel ladaptedstrai
nwasdev elopedandi nt
roducedin
areasi ncl
udingCongo,Brazzavi
ll
e,Coted’Ivoir
e, theDemocrat
icRepubli
c
oft heCongo,Gui nea,Kenya,Mal i
,Nigera,TogoandUganda.Some18
vari
et i
esoft hehybri
dspeci esbecameav ai
lable,enabl
ingfarmersto

262
produceenoughr icetofeedt heirfamili
esandhav eextr
atosel l
.
 Ther egion al so showed pr ogresst owardsMDG 2.Schoolf eest hat
i
ncluded Par ent-
Teacher Associ ati
on and communi ty contributi
ons,
text
bookf ees,compul soryuniformsandot herchangestookupnear l
ya
quarterofapoorf ami l
y’
sincomeandl edcountri
esincl
udingBur undi,the
Democr atic Republ i
c oft he Congo,Et hiopi
a,Ghana,Keny a,Mal awi,
Mozambi que,Tanzani a,andUgandat oeliminat
esuchf ees,increasing
enrol
ment .Fori nstance,inGhana,publ i
cschoolenr ol
l
menti nt hemost
depri
v eddi st
ri
ctssoar edfrom 4.2mi ll
i
ont o5.4mill
i
onbet ween2004and
2005.I nKeny a,primaryschoolenr ol
lmentadded1. 2mill
ionin2003and
by2004, thenumberhadcl i
mbedt o7.2mi l
li
on.

Gr
aphsf
rom t
heMi
ll
enni
um Dev
elopmentGoal
sRepor
t2010

 Mal ari
adeathsdecli
nedbymor ethanone-thi
rd,savingmi l
li
onsoflives.
 Alt
houghdev el
opedcount ri
es’financi
alaidr osedur i
ngt heMillennium
Chal l
enge,mor et han halfwentt owards debtr el
ief.Much oft he
remai nderaid money wentt owards disast
err eliefand mili
tary aid.
Accor dingtotheUni tedNat i
onsDepar tmentofEconomi candSoci al
Affairs(2006)
,the50l eastdevel
opedcount ri
esr eceivedaboutonet hird
ofal l
aidflowsfrom devel
opedcount ri
es.

Fundi
ngcommi
tment

 Overthepast35y ears,UNmember shav erepeat


edly“commi tted0.7%of
ri
ch-
countries’gr oss nationalincome ( GNI)to OfficialDev el
opment
Assi
stance”Thecommi t
mentwasf irstmadei n1970byt heUNGener al
Assembly.
 Thetextoft heCommi tmentwas:
- Eacheconomi callyadvancedcount rywil
lprogr essi
velyincrease
i
tsof f
ici
aldev el
opmentassi stancetodev el
opi ngcount r
iesand
wil
lexer titsbestef for
tstor eachami ni
mum netamountof0. 7
percentofi t
sgr ossnat ionalpr oductatmar ketpricesbyt he
middl eofthedecade.

Eur
opeanUni
on

 I
n 2005 European Uni
on reaffi
rmed i
tscommi t
mentt ot he0. 7% aid
tar
5get
s,notingthat“fouroutoff i
vecountr
ies,whichexceedt heUN
tar
getforODAof0.7%,ofGNIar ememberstat
esoft heEuropeanUni on”
.
Furt
her
mor e,t
heUN“ beli
evesthatdonor
sshouldcommi tt
or eachingthe
l
ong-st
andingtar
getof0/7percentofGNIby2015”.

Uni
tedSt
ates

 Howev erthe United Stat


es as wel las ot hernat i
ons di sput
ed the
Mont er
reyConsensusthaturged“ dev
elopedcountriesthathav enotdone
sotomakeconcr eteeffort
st owardsthetargetof0. 7%ofgr ossnational
product(GNP)asODAt odev elopi
ngcount r
ies”
 TheUSconsi st
entl
yopposedset t
ingspeci
ficforei
gn-ai
dt ar
get ssi
ncethe
UNGener alAssemblyfi
rstendorsedthe0.7%goal in1970.

OECD

263
 ManyOr ganizati
onf orEconomicCo-operati
onandDev elopment( OECD)
nati
ons,didnotdonat e0.7%oftheirGNI.Somenations’contr
ibut
ionsfel
l
farshor
tof0. 7%.
 The Austral
ian governmentcommi tt
ed to provi
ding 0.5% ofGNIi n
I
nternat
ionalDevelopmentAssistanceby2015-2016.

Rev
iewSummi
t2010

 Amaj orconf
erencewashel datUNheadquartersinNew Yorkon20- 22
September2010t orevi
ewpr ogr
esstowardstheeightanti
-pover
tygoals.
Majornew commi t
ment s on women’s and chi
ldr
en’s heat
h,poverty,
hungeranddiseaseensued.

I
mpr
ovement
s

 Impr ov i
ng l i
ving condi t
ions in dev el
oping countries may encour age
healthywor kersnott omov etoot herplacesthatofferabet t
erlif
estyl
e.
 Cuba,i tsel
fadev elopi
ngcount ry,playedasi gni
ficantroleinpr ovi
ding
medi calper sonnelt ootherdev elopingnat i
ons;ithast rai
nedmor ethan
14,500medi calst udent
sf r
om 30di f
fer
entcountri
esati t
sLat i
nAmer ican
SchoolofMedi cineinHav anasi nce1999.Mor eover,some36, 000Cuban
Phy sicians wor ked in 72 count ries,from Europe t o SoutheastAsi a,
i
ncludi ng31Af ricancount ri
es,and29count ri
esinAmer i
cas.Count ri
es
such as Hondur as,Guat emala,and Ni caragua benef i
tf r
om Cuban
assist ance.

Post2015dev
elopmentagenda

 Although t here has been maj or adv ancement s and i mpr ovement s
achi evingsomeoft heMDGsev enbef oredeadl ineof2015,t hepr ogress
has been unev en bet ween t he count ri
es.I n 2012 t he UN Secr etary-
Gener alest abli
shedt he“ UN Sy st em TaskTeam ont hePost -2015UN
Dev elopmentAgenda” ,br i
ngingt oget hermor et han60UNagenci esand
i
nt ernat i
onal or gani zations t o f ocus and wor k on sust ai
nable
dev elopment .
 Att he MDG Summi t,UN MemberSt at es discussed t he Post -
2015
Dev elopmentAgenda and i niti
at ed a pr ocess ofconsul tat i
ons.Ci vil
soci etyor ganizat i
onsal soengagedi nt hepost -2015pr ocess,al ongwi th
academi aandot herr esearchi nstitutions, incl
udi ngthinktanks.
 The Sust ainabl
e Dev el
opmentGoal s( SDGs)hav e been pr oposed as
target sr elati
ngt of uturei nter
nat ionaldev el
opmentoncet heyexpi r
eat
theendof2015.
 OnJul y31, 2012, Secr etary-Gener alBanKi -moonappoi nted26publ i
cand
privatel eader stoadv isehim ont hepost–MDGagenda.
 In 2014,t he UN; s Commi ssion On St atus ofWomen agr eed on a
documentt hatcal l
edf ortheaccel erationofpr ogresst owar dsachi ev i
ng
theMi ll
enni um Dev elopmentgoal s,andconf i
rmedt heneedf orast and-
alonegoalonGenderequal it
yandwomen’ sempower menti npost -
2015
goal s.

Rel
atedact
ivi
ti
es/
organi
zat
ions

 The Unit
ed Nations Mi
l
lennium Campaign is a UNDP campaign t
o
i
ncreasesupportfort
heMill
ennium Devel
opmentGoals.TheMil
l
ennium
Campaign t ar
gets int
ergov er
nmental
, government, ci
vi
l societ
y
organi
zat
ionsandmediaatglobalandregi
onal
level
s.

264
 TheMi llennium Pr omi seAl li
ance,Inc.( orsi mpl ythe“Mi l
lennium Promi se”)
i
saU. S- basednon- profitorganizationf oundedi n2005byJef fr
eySachs
and RayChamber s.Mi ll
ennium Pr omi se coor di
nat ed t he Mil
lennium
Vil
lagesPr ojecti npar tnershipwi thCol umbi a’sEarthI nstitut
eandUNDP;
i
taimst odemonst r
at eMDGf easibil
it
yt hroughani ntegr ated,communi ty
-
l
edappr oach.Asof2012t heMi llennium Vi l
lagePr ojectoper atedi n14
sit
esacr oss10Sub- Sahar aAf ri
ca.
 TheGl obalPov ertyPr ojectisani nternat ionalcampai gnt hatencour ages
MCsuppor tinEngl i
sh- speakingCount ries.
 The Mi cah Chal l
enge i s an i nt
er nationalcampai gn t hatencour ages
Christ
ianst o suppor tMi l
lennium Dev elopmentGoal s.Thei raim i st o
“encour ageourl eader st ohalvegl obal pov ertyby2015. ”
 TheYout hinAct i
onEUPr ogramme“ Car toonsi nAct ion”pr oj
ectcr eated
animat edv ideosaboutMDGs,andv ideosaboutMDGst argetsusi ng
ArcadeC64v i
deogames.
 TheWor ldWeWant2015i sapl atf
or m andj oi
ntv entur ebetweent he
United Nat ions and Ci vilSoci et
yOr gani zat i
ons thatsuppor ts citi
zen
parti
cipat i
oni ndef i
ninganewgl obaldev elopmentf ramewor ktor eplace
theMi l
lenni um Dev elopmentGoal s.

Educat
ion

 Accessi ngDev elopmentEducat i


oni sawebpor tal
.Itpr ovidesr elevant
i
nf ormat i
on about dev elopment and gl obal educat i
on and hel ps
educat orsshar er esourcesandmat eri
alsthatar emostsui t abl
ef ort hei
r
wor k.
 TheTeachMDGsEur opeanpr oj
ectaimst oincreaseMDGawar enessand
publicsuppor tbyencour agingteachert r
aini
ngi nsti
tutes,t eachersand
pupilsindev elopingl ocalteachi
ngresourcest hatpromot etheMDGswi th
af ocusi nsub- SaharaAf ri
ca.
 GlobalEducat i
onMagazi nei sanini
tiat
ivelaunchedbyt het eachingt eam
thatf ormul ated t he proposalmostv oted int he gr
oup “ Sustainable
Dev el
opmentf orEr adicati
onofPov ert
yi nRi o20” .Itissuppor t
edby
UNESCOandUNHCRandai mst ocreateacommonpl acet odi ssemi nate
transcultural,
transpol i
ti
cal,tr
ansnat
ionalandt ranshumani stknowl edge

UNGoal
s

 UNGoalsisagl
obalproj
ectdedi
cat
edtospreadi
ngknowl
edgeofMDG
thr
oughv
ari
ousi
nter
netandoff
li
neawar
enesscampai
gns.

Li
brar
iesandMi
ll
enni
um Dev
elopmentGoal
s

 Li
br ariansand ot hersint hei nformat i
onpr ofessionsar ei nauni que
posi ti
ont ohel pachievetheMi ll
ennium Dev el
opmentGoal s.Itisoftent he
dissemi nat ionofkeyi nformat i
on,e.g.,aboutheal t
h,thatchangesdai ly
l
ifeandcanaf f
ectanent i
recommuni ty
 Mi l
lennium Dev el
opmentGoal sarenotonl yf ort hedev elopingwor ld.
Mar et( 2011)speci fi
call
yaddr esseshowU. Spubl i
clibr
ariescanhel pthe
UnitedSt atesmeett hegoal s.Thewor kofU.S.l i
brari
anshasev olvedina
mannert hati ncorporates human r ightv alues and pr ecepts wi thout
havinggener al
lyusedt helanguaget hatchar acteri
zest hephi losophi cal
andet hicalgoal sofhumanr ightsandhumandev el
opment .Libr
ariansar e
ablet of ur thertheMi l
lennium Dev elopmentGoal sand cont ri
but eby
prov i
dingi nformationandser vicestoal lpeopl einv aryi
ngf ormat sand
l
anguages.
 AlbrigthandKwooy a(2007)r eportthatcul t
uralandf i
nanci albarriersin
sub- Sahar anAf ri
cai mpedeLI Seducat i
onpr ogr ams.Asar esult,MDG

265
goal
sf orpovert
y,heal
thcare,and educationfallshort
.Highr at
esof
HIV/
AIDS,andescal
ati
ngchildandmat ernalmortal
it
yarethedir
ectresul
t
of pover
ty and substandard medicalcar e. Limit
ed inst
ructi
on in
i
nformati
onaccessandexchangecontributestothi
songoingdil
emma.

SOCIALWELFARE
POLICIES,
PROGRAMSAND
SERVICES

Rev
iewer
:

266
Dr
.Mar
cel
inaG.Car
pizo,
RSW

Def
ini
ti
onofSoci
alPol
icy

 Isagui def
orasetl edcourseofact ioncomposedofcol lecti
vedecessi
ons
dir
ectl
yconcernedwithpromotingthewel l
-beingofallorapar
toft hepopul
ati
on
 Rulesthegovernpeople'
sli
vesanddi ct
ateex pectati
onforbehav i
or
 Pri
nciples that gov ern act i
on di r
ect ed t oward gi ven ends-chargi
ng
si
tuati
ons,sy
stems,practi
ces,
behav i
or;i
spr oblem andacti
onor i
ented

Soci
alWel
far
ePol
icy

 Lawsandr egulati
onst hatgover nwhi chsocialwelfar
eexi st, whatcategori
esof
cl
ientsareservedandwhoqual if
iesf oragivenprogram; soi ncl
udesstandards
 Socialwelfare pr
ogr am ar e put t
ing into act
ion ori mpl ement at
ion ofsocial
welfar
epolicy
 Socialwelf
arepolicymustembodyempower ment&t hedel i
v eryofpubli
c
welfar
eserv i
cesmustef fectani ntenttoempowert heindiv idual
 Asapr ocessconsi stofconsequent i
alstepsproblem-solving
 Asapr oduct:l
aws, judi
cialdecisions,admi ni
str
ati
v edir
ect i
v es

Soci
alWor
kandSoci
alPol
icy

 Provideper specti
vesonthecontextinwhichsocialworkispracticed
 Poli
cyi nfusespracti
ce&practi
ceaf f
ectspoli
cyincompl ex&div erseways
 Int
egr ati
onofSW pr act
ice&pol i
cy:pol
icyinf
luencespractice&pr acti
ceinforms
poli
cy
 SWr s as pol i
cymaker s:can & should be commi tt
ed a pr omot i
ng cit
izen'
s
enti
tlement sthatpowersocialstr
uctur
e,enhancesocialf unct
ioningandensur e
j
usticeal ll
evels

Pol
i
cyPr
act
ice&Pol
icyAdv
ocacy

 4thdimensi onofSW pr act i


ce
 Policypr actice:ef fortst ochangepol i
ciesi nl egisl
ati
ve,agency&communi t
y
settingswhet herbyest abli
shingnewpol icies,i
mpr ovingexi
stingonesor
defeat i
ngthepol icyiniti
at i
vesofot herpeopl e
 Policyadv ocacy :policypr act
icet hataimst ohel pr el
ati
vel
ypower l
essgr oups
i
mpr ovetheirr esources&oppor t
uniti
es
 Processofwor ki
ngwi thand/ oronbehal fofclientstoobtainserv ices/r
esources
thatwoul dnotot herwi sebepr ovi
ded;modi fyi nfl
uencepol i
cies,pr ocedures,
pract i
ces t hat adv ersely af fect groups/ communi ti
es promot el egi
slati
ons
poli
ci es thatwi l
lr esulti
nt heprovision/mushneededr esour ces/servi
ces.

267
Val
uePerspect i
veonSoci alResponsi bili
ty
 Conser vati
sm:philosophyt hatindivi
dualsar er esponsibl
ef orthemselves;that
gov ernmentshouldpr ovidemi nimal i
nterf
erencei npeopleliv
esandt hatchange
i
sgener all
yunnecessar y;pr omotecapi tal
isti
cf ree-
mar keteconomyt r
aditi
onal
values,ruggedi ndiv
idual i
sm,compet iti
on,adv ocate,pr i
vat
izi
ngsoci alwelfare
serv i
cesthruNGOs, self-
helpor ganizati
ons&busi nessventures
 Li berali
sm:philosophyt hatsuppor ts governmenti nv
olvementi nt he social,
politi
cal&economi cst ructuresot hatallpeopl e'
sr i
ght&pr ivi
l
egear eprotected
i
nt henameofsoci aljustice;socialwel f
arei st hecol l
ect
iveresponsibi
lit
yof
society;championsoci alpolici
est hatupholdf undament alhumanr i
ghts&soci al
equi t
y

Per
specti
vesonSoci alWel f
ar e
 Resi dual:Concei ves soci alwel f
are st
ructure as tempor ar
y,of fered duri
ng
emer gencysituations&wi thdrawnwhent her egul
arsoci alsystem- famil
y&t he
economy -
isagai nwor ki
ngpr operl
y;general
lyreact
iveandcar ri
est hest i
gmaof
"dol
es"or" charity
"
 I nst
ituti
onal:seessoci alwel far
easapr operlegi
timat ef uncti
on ofmoder n
society;t
hatsomei ndividual
swhoar eunabletomeett hei
rneedsi sconsi dereda
"normal"condition&hel pingagenciesareacceptedas" regular"i
nsti
tut i
ons
 Phi l
ippines:Combi nati
onoft hetwoperspecti
vesinviewoft henatureofpeopl e'
s
problemsandneeds.

Changi
ngCont
ext
sAf
fect
ingSoci
alPol
icy&Soci
alWor
k

 I
deascont ext:values&i deasshapepol ici
es&t hedeliv
erysocialservices:v i
ew
towar dt hepoor :exper i
ences&bel i
efs
 Demogr aphi ccont ext:popul ationincr ease&mi gr
ati
on:ov er
seasempl oy ment&
technol ogy
 Organi zationalcont ext:t ensionsbet weent henat i
onalandl ocalgover nment&
gov ernment&nongov ernment / pr
ivatesect ors
 I
nt ernationalcont ext:gl obalizati
on ( economi c,social
,cul t
ural
);inter nat
ional
peace&secur it
y/terrorism: humanr ight s&f undamental f
reedoms;

Soci
alPol
icyFor
mul
ati
on

 Ident i
fi
cat
ion&definit
ionofthepr obl
em
 Anal ysi
softheproblem
 Dev elopmentofpoli
cygoal sincl
udingthei
nvol
vementofot
heragenci
es
 Buildingofpubli
csuppor t
 Legislati
onorenunciationofpolicy
 Impl ementat
ionandadmi ni
strat
ion
 Assessment&ev al
uation

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionofSoci
alPol
ici
es

 Publ i
cpol i
cy:act i
onusual l
yunder takenbygov ernmentdi r
ectedatapar ti
cular
goal &legi t
imat edbyt hecommi t
mentofpubl i
cresour ces
 l
egi sl
ativepol i
cy :Congr ess/ Sangguni an
 Execut i
v epol i
cy :Of fi
ceoft hePr esi dent -
executiveor der
s,proclamations,local
chiefexecut ive'smemor anda, di
rectives.
 j
udi ci
al poli
cy: courtdeci sionsatal llev els
 Admi nistrati
ve pol icy:pol ices wi thint he cont extofa par ti
cularpr obl
ems,
program- admi nistrativeor der s,guidelines, dir
ecti
v es
 Agencypol icy:policiesgov erningt hesoci alagencyf rom whi chrules,
procedures
&r egulationsar ebasedi .e.t argetclient el
e, pr
ograms/ servi
ces,
met hodsofi mpl ement ation&ev al
uat ion

268
POLI
CIESONCHI
LDRENANDYOUTH

UNConvent
ionont
heRi
ghtoft
heChi
ld

 AdoptedbytheUni
tedNati
onson20November1989
 Rat
ifi
edbythePhil
i
ppinesi
nJuly
,1990

RI
GHTOFTHECHI
LD

 Survi
val -name&nat i
onali
ty,t
obebor nwell,
basi
cneeds,famil
y,et
c.
 Development-health,educati
on,r
ecreat
ion,pl
ay,
etc.
 Prot
ect i
on-abuse,neglect,
exploi
tat
ion
 Part
icipati
on-expr
essownv iewsandopinionsonmatter
saf f
ecti
nghi
s/herl
i
fe

Gui
dingPr
inci
ples

 Non-di scrimi
nation(Ar
t.2)
 Bestinterestofthechil
d( Ar
t.3)
 Surv
ival &development(Ar t
.6)
 Part
icipation(Art
.12)

UNConvent
ionont
heRi
ghtoft
heCHI
LD

 Set
souttheseri
ghtsi
n54ar t
icl
esandt woOptionalProt
ocol
s:
 ontheinvol
vementofchil
dreninarmedconf l
ict
 onthesaleofchi
ldr
en,chil
dprosti
tut
ion,andchil
dpornogr
aphy

Bar
angay-LevelTot
alDevel
opment&Pr
otect
ionofChi
ldr
enAct
(
RA6972)

 ApprovedNov ember20, 1990


 Establ
ishmentofadaycar ecenteri
nev
erybarangayf
orchi
ldr
enupto6y ear
sof
ageofwor ki
ngmot hers
 Incl
udesmoni tor
ingofregist
rati
onofbi
rth&immunizat
ionofchi
l
dren,
growth&

269
nut
ri
ti
onalwit
hsuppl
emental
nutr
it
ionalf
eedi
ng
 DSWDt osetst
andar
dsandaccr
editdaycar
eworker
s/cent
ers

Ear
lyChi
ldhoodCareandDevel
opmentAct
(RA8990)

 Prov
idesacoher ent&compr ehensi
venati
onalpolicyf
orthei
mplementat
ionof
ECCD
 Prov
ideoftheinstit
uti
onal
izati
onofanat i
onalsystem f
orECCDforchi
l
dren0-6
year
sofaget hatiscomprehensive,i
ntegr
ati
ve,sustai
nabl
e&inv
olvesmulti
-
sect
oral&int
er-agencycol
laborati
onatalll
evel
s
 Approvedon5December2000

ECCDObj
ect
ives

 Improv einf ant&chi l


dsur viv
al rates
 Enhancet hehol isticdev el
opmentofy oungchi l
dren
 Facil
itate a smoot ht ransition f rom car e & educat ion provided athome t o
communi tyt oschool -
basedset ting
 Ensuret haty oung chi l
dren ar eadequat elypr epar ed fort hef ormallearning
system
 Establish an ef ficientsy stem f orear lyi dentifi
cat i
on,pr eventi
on,r ef
erral&
i
ntervent i
onf ordev el
opment al disorders&di sabili
ti
esi nearlychil
dhood
 Enhancet her oleofpar ents& ot hercar egi v
er sast hepr imaryeducat ors&
caregiversoft heirchi l
drenf rom bi rthonwar ds
 Enhancet hecapabi l
i
tiesofser vicepr oviders&t heirsuperv i
sorst ocompl ywith
qualit
yst andar dsf orv ari
ousECCDpr ograms
 Enhance&sust aint heef f
or tsofcommuni tiest opr omoteECCD pr ograms&
ensuret hatspeci al suppor tispr ov i
dedf orpoor&di sadvantagedcommuni ti
es
 Improv edt hequal itystandar dsofpubl icandpr ivateECCDpr ograms

ECCDSyst
em Pr
ogr
ams

 Creat
edt henat i
onalECCDCoor dinat
ingCouncil
int
heCouncilfort
heWel f
are
ofChil
drenupt otheprovi
nci
al,ci
ty,munici
pal&bar
agay
 Acti
vepar t
icipati
onoftheparents&communi ti
es
 BRIGHTCHI LD-packageofheal t
h,educati
onandpsychosoci
alser
vices
 Li
censing&accr edi
tat
ionofECCDpr ograms&centers

Domest
icAdopt
ionActof1998
(
RA8552)

 Prov i
sionofper
manentf amil
ytoachi l
dwhoi sabandoned,neglect
ed&wi thout
af amily
 Adopt i
onisasoci o-l
egalprocesswher eaper manentparent-
chil
d&r el
ationship
i
sf ormedandt hechi l
dacqui r
est hesamer ight
s& pr iv
il
egesast hatofa
biologi
calchi
ld
 Prov i
sionofservicestobiologicalparentstoassistthem keeptheirchil
dunder
theircareandotheroptionsinconsi derat
ionofthebestint
erestofthechild

Chi
l
drenf
orAdopt
ion

 Anyper sonbelow 18y


earsol
dwhohasbeendeclaredavai
l
ableforadopt
ion
(DVC/DA
 I
llegi
ti
mat echi
l
dbyaquali
fi
edadopt
ert
oimpr
ovest
atustot
hatoflegi
ti
macy

270
 Personofl egalagei f
,pri
ortoadopt i
on,saidper
sonhasbeenconsi
stent
ly
considered&treat
edbytheadoptersastheirchi
ld
 Chil
dwhoseadopt i
onhasbeenrescinded
 Anor phanedchil
d

WhoMayAdopt

 AnyFi li
pinocit
izenofl egal age,i
npossessionoffullci
vilcapaci ty&legalr ights,
ofgoodmor alchar acter ,hasnotbeenconv i
ctedofanycr imei nvol
vi
ngmor al
turpi
tude,emot ionally&psy chol
ogi
cal
lycapable,atleast16y ear solderthant he
adopt ee&whoi sablet osuppor t&careforhis/herchil
dr eni nkeepi ngwi ththe
meansoft hefami ly
 Anyal i
enpossessi ngt hesamequal i
fi
cati
onspr ovidedhe/ shehasl iv
edi nthe
Phili
ppinesf oratl east3cont i
nuousyear& wi llmaint ainr esidenceunt i
lthe
compl etionoftheadopt ion
 A guar dianwithr espectt ot hewardafterthet erminat i
onofguar dianship&
clearanceofall account abiliti
es.

Pr
ocessofAdopt
ion

 Appli
cati
onincludingatt
endancetoanadopti
onforum
 Conductofadopt i
onhomest udybyasocialwor
ker
 Matchingwithachi l
d,i
fapproved
 Pl
acementl eadingtosupervi
sedtri
alcust
ody
 Courtheari
ng
 I
ssuanceofadopt iondecreeincl
udi
ngchangeofname

Ef
fectofAdopt
ion

 Chil
dunderthepar
entalauthor
it
yofadopti
veparent
s
 Chil
dconsider
edal egi
ti
mat echil
dofadopter
s-useoff ami
l
ynameandot
her
ri
ghts
 Chil
dhassamer i
ghtsinsuccessi
onasthatofalegi
ti
mat
echil
d

I
nter
-Count
ryAdopt
ionAct
sof1995(
RA8043)

 I
nter-count r
yadopt i
on-soci o-l
egalprocessofadopt ingaFi l
ipinochildbya
forei
gneroraFi li
pinocit
izenspermanent lyr
esidingabr oadwheret hepeti
ti
onis
fi
eld,super visedt ri
alcustodyisunder taken&t hedecr eeofadopt i
onisissued
outsidethePhi li
ppines
 I
CASast helastr esort-whenchi l
dcannotbeadopt edinthePhil
ippines
 State Par tyt ot he Hague conv ent
ion on t he protect
ion ofchi l
dren and
Cooper ationi nrespectofInter-
CountryAdoptionin1995
 Createdt heI nter-
CountryAdopt i
onBoar d
 Samer equirement s&pr oceduresasdomest i
claw

Compr
ehensi
veJuveni
leJust
ice&Wel
far
eActof2006
(
RA9344)

 Increaset
heageofcr i
mi nalresponsi
bil
ityofachi
ld
 Usest hef
ramewor kofrestorati
vejusti
ce
 Diversi
onfrom t
hejusti
cesy stem thr
ucommuni ty-
basedprogr
ams/ i
nter
vent
ions
 CreatedtheJuv eni
leJust i
ce&Wel fareCouncil&aj uveni
lejust
ice&wel far
e
system

Si
l
entPr
ovi
sions

271
 Rest orati
vej ust i
ce-pr inciplewhi chr equi resapr ocessofr esol vingconf li
ctswi th
themaxi mum i nv olvementoft hev ictim,r econci li
ati
onoft heof fended&t he
communi t
y&r eassur ancet ot heof f
endert hathe/ shecanber eintegr atedi nto
soci ety.
 Juv enil
eJust ice& Wel fareSy stem -sy stem deal i
ng wi thchi l
drenatr isk&
childreni nconf lictwi tht hel aw whi chpr ov i
deschi ld-appr opriatepr oceedi ngs,
i
ncl uding pr ogr ams & ser v ices f orpr ev ention,di version,r ehabi li
tation,r e-
i
ntegr ati
on&af tercar et oensur etheirnor mal growt h&dev el opment
 Childi n conf li
ctwi tht he l aw ( CICL)used i nstead oft he t erm " youthf ul
offender "
inPD603; ri
ght sofCI CL( Sec.5)
 Max imum ageofcr imi nal responsi bil
ity
 Chi ld15y r
s.Ol dorunderatt het imeoft hecommi ssi onoft heof f
ensei s
exemptf rom cr imi nal r
esponsi bili
tybutsubj ectt ointerv entionpr ogram
 Chi ldabov e15y rs.Butbel ow 18y rs.Ol di sal soexemptf rom cr i
mi nal
responsi bili
ty&besubj ect edt oani ntervent i
onpr ogr am unl ess
he/sheact ed wi th di scer nment i n whi ch case be subj ected t o
appropriat epr oceedi nge. g. diver sionpr ogr am ofsuspendedsent ence
 Deter mination of age - bi rth cer tifi
cat es,bapt i
smal cer tifi
cat e,phy sical
appear ance, school recor ds, ect .
 Prev enti
onofj uv eni l
edel i
nquency
 f amily:nur turing&car i
ngchi ldren
 educat ional sy stem t owor kwi ththecommuni ties&agenci es, NGOs
 massmedi a: pr omot iononchi ld'
sr ight s&messages
 est abli
shment /strengt heni ngofl ocal counci lsf orthepr ot ectionofchi ldren
 Sangguni angkabat aanf ori mpl ement ationofi nterventionpr ograms
 appoi ntmentofl ocal Soci alWel f
ar e&Dev el
opmentOf fi
cer

 Comprehensivej uvenil
ei nt
erventionpr ogram
 primaryinterv enti
on-gener al measur est opromotesoci
alj
ustice&equal
opportunitywhi cht ackl
er ootcauses
 secondaryi nter v
ent i
on-measur etoassi stchi
ldr
enatri
sk( OSY,st
reetchil
d,
abandoned, abused, exploit
ed, ect.
)
 tert
iaryi
nt ervention-measur est oavoi dunnecessar
ycontactwitht
hef or
mal
justi
cesy stem &ot hermeasur est opr eventre-
off
endi
ng

 Fact
orsi ndetermi ni
ngdi versi
onpr ogram
 nat ure&ci rcumst ancesoft heoffense
 frequency&sev erit
yoft heact
 circumst ancesofchi l
d(age, maturit
y,i
ntel
li
gence,
ect.
)
 influencesoff ami ly&env i
ronmentonchi l
d'
sgrowth
 repar at
ionofi njurytothev i
ctim
 wei ghtofev i
denceagai nstthechild
 saf etyoft hecommuni ty
 besti nterestoft hechild

 SW determineswet herchi
l
dactedwithdi
scernmentornot
 Whichmay bechallengedbyv i
cti
m,pr
osecutor&others
 SW formulatesdiv
er si
onprogr
am wit
hchil
d,fami
ly,vi
cti
m
 Courtproceedings

Yout
hinNat
ion-
Bui
ldi
ngAct
(RA8044)

 Youth-personwhoi sfrom 15to30y rsofage


 Creat
edtheNat ionalYout
hCommi ssionwhichformulatedthemedium-Term
Youth DevelopmentPl an & the Nat i
onalCompr ehensive & Coor
dinat
ed
Program onYout hDevelopment
 Consti
tut
edt he"YouthParl
iament"convenedevery2y ears

272
 Est
abli
shedanAdv
isor
yCounci
l
 Approv
edonJune1995

 NYCPr
ograms&Ser vi
ces
 Yout hEntr
epreneurshi
pPr ogram (YEP)
 TenAccompl i
shedYouthOr ganizati
on(TAYO)
 PANGAnt i
-DrugCampai gn
 President
ialYouthFell
owshi pProgram (
PYFP)
 Gov ernmentInt
ernshipProgram

MAGNACARTAforDI
SABLEDPERSONS
(RA7277)

Def
ini
ti
onoft
erms

 Disabledpersonsarethosesuf f
eringf r
om restri
cti
onordi f
ferentabi l
it
ies,asa
resultofament al
,physi
cal orsensor yimpairment,t
operform andact iv
ityin
themannerorwi thi
nther angeconsi derednor malf
orahumanbei ng
 Impairmenti sanylossdi mi nutionoraber rati
onofpsy chological,anatomical
structur
eorfuncti
on
 Disabili
tyshal
lmeana)phy sicalorment alimpair
mentthatsubst anti
allyli
mits
oneormor epsychol
ogical,psy chologicaloranatomicalf
unctionofani ndivi
dual
oract ivi
ti
esofsuchani ndividual;b)ar ecordofsuchi mpairment ;c)bei ng
regardedashav i
ngsuchani mpai rment

Ri
ght
sandPr
ivi
legesofDi
sabl
edPer
sons

 Empl oyment : equal oppor tunity f or empl oy ment ; shel tered empl oy ment;
vocat i
onal rehabi l
itat i
on, guidance&counsel i
ng;incent i
v est oempl oy ers
 Educat ion:accesst oqual i
tyeducat i
on;speci aleducat ion,v ocat ional/technical
tr
aining, non-formal educat i
on; assistancet odisabledst udent s, SUCs
 Heal t
h: national heal thpr ogr am, medi calrehabili
tationcent er s, healthser vices
 Auxi l
i
arysoci al ser vice: DSWD
 Assistancei nt heacqui siti
onofpr ostheticdev ices& medi alintervent ionof
specialtyser vices
 Prov i
sionofspeci alizedt rainingact ivit
iesrelat
edt ocommuni cat i
onski l
ls
 Dev el
opmentamongPWDsaposi ti
vesel f
-imaget hr ucounsel i
ng, orientation &
mobi li
ty&st r
engt heni ngdai lylivingcapabi l
ity
 Prov i
sion of f ami ly car e ser v i
ces gear ed t owar ds dev el opment f amili
es'
capabi l
itytor espondt oneeds
 Prov i
sionofsubst it
ut ef ami lycar eser vi
ces&t hef aci l
i
tiesf orabandoned,
neglected, abused&unat tachedPWDs
 Prov i
sionofaf tercar e&f oll
ow- upser vi
ces
 Prov i
sionofdaycar eser vi
cesf orchildrenofpr e-school age
 Telecommuni cat i
ons:si gn l anguage i n broadcastmedi a,speci alt elephone
de4v i
ces, f
reepost al ser v
ices
 Accessi bili
ty( BP 344) :bar ri
er -
free env i
ronmentf oraccess t o private/publi
c
buil
dings& est abl i
shment s;mobi l
it
y( dri
v i
ngmot orv ehi cle) ;accesst opubl i
c
tr
anspor tati
onf aci l
ities
 Politi
cal &ci vi
l r
ight s-righttov ote,assembl eandt oor gani ze

Ot
herPr
ovi
sions

 Prohi
bit
ion ofdi
scri
minati
on on employ
ment,transpor
tat
ion,use ofpubl
i
c
accommodat i
on&serv
ices;
freeuseofgovt
.Spor
tsfaci
li
ti
es

273
 Prohibiti
onofhousingprogram
 Taxi ncenti
vesfordonors
 Suppor ttoNGOs&v ol
unteerserv
ice
 National Counci
lfort
heWel far
eofDisabl
edPer
sons-pol
i
cy-
maki
ngcoor
dinat
ing

Amendi
ngRA7277
(RA9442)

 AnActAmendi ngRA7277si gnedon30Apr il2007


 PWDsar eent it
ledt opr i
v i
leges& i ncent
ives( 20% discountinland,ai
r,sea,
tr
ansport
ati
on;medi cines,medi cal& dental,diagnosti
c& l abor
ator
yservi
ces;
l
eisur
e,cult
ural&amusement ;hotel
s,lodgi
ng, ect
.expresslanes)
 I
ncenti
vesforcar i
ng&l i
vingwi thPWD
 Penal
ti
esincludi
ngv il
i
fication/publi
cridi
cul
eofPWDs
 Changefrom "di
sabledper sons"t oPWDs

Execut
iveOr
der709

 EO709-Redef i
ningtheFunct i
ons&Or ganizati
onalStruct
ureofNCWDPwhi chis
renamedNat ionalCounci lonDi sabil
it
yAf fair
s&at tachedt ot
heOf f
iceoft he
Presidenti ssuedon26Febr uary2008
 Funct i
ons:pol i
cy& pr ogr am dev el
opment ,monit
oring ofimplement at
ion of
nati
onal l aws & commi tments,r esearches,data-banking coordinat
ion &
networ king
 Gov erningBoar d-NGAs&6pr i
vateindi
viduals(2NGOs,2PWDs,2ci vicgroups)
assistedbysecr etar
iat
 LGUsencour agedt ocr eatel ocalcommi tteesondisabili
tyaff
airs/
designatea
coor di
nat or

I
nter
nat
ionalI
nst
rument
s

 UNConv enti
onont heRightsofPWDsadopt edinDecember2006
 Standar
dRul esontheEqualizati
onofOpportuni
ti
esforPWDsadoptedbytheUN
on20December1993
 Wor l
dProgrammeofAct ionConcerni
ngDisabledPersonsadopt
edbyUNon3
December1982
 Agendaf orActionforAsia&t hePacifi
cDecadeofDi sabl
edPer
sonsbasedon
theBiwakoMi l
lenni
um Framewor kact
ion

Bi
wakoMi
ll
enni
um Fr
amewor
kforAct
ion

 Topr omot eaninclusi


ve,
bar r
ier-
free&r i
ghts-basedsociet
yforPWDs
 "i
nclusive"soci
etymeansasoci etyf oral
l
 "bar
rier-
free"soci
etymeansasoci etyfreef r
om physical&atti
tudi
nalbar
ri
ersas
wellasoci et
y,economic,&cul t
ural barri
ers
 ri
ghts-based"societymeansasoci etybasedont heconceptofhumanr i
ghts,
i
ncludingt heri
ghttodevelopment

Pr
ior
it
yAr
easf
orAct
ion

 Self
-hel
por gani zati
onsofPWDs&r el
atedfami l
y&parentassoci
ati
ons
 Womenwi t
hdi sabil
iti
es
 Earl
ydet ecti
on, earl
yinterventi
on&educat i
on
 Trai
ning&empl oyment ,
includi
ngself
-employment
 Accesst obuiltenv i
ronment&publ i
ctranspor t
 Accesst oinfor ms&communi cat
ions,incl
udinginf
ormati
on,communi cati
ons&
assi
stivetechnol ogies
 Poverty all
eviat i
on through capacit
y -
buil
ding,socialsecuri
ty & sustai
nabl
e

274
l
i
vel
i
hood

St
rat
egi
est
oAchi
eveTar
get
s

 Nati
onal pl
anofact i
onondisabil
it
y
 Pr
omot ionofrights-
basedapproachtodisabi
li
tyissues
 Di
sabil
itystat
isti
cs/commondef i
niti
onofdisabi
li
tiesforpl
anni
ng
 St
rengthened communi ty-
based approaches tot he pr
event
ion ofcauses of
di
sabil
i
ty ,r
ehabil
it
ation&empower mentofPWDs

Convent
ionont
heRi
ght
sofPer
sonswi
thDi
sabi
li
ti
es

 Adoptedbyt heUNGener al Assembl yon13December2006


 Openedf orsi gnaturebymembercount rieson30Mar ch2007si gnedbyPhil.in
Sept.
 2001AdHocCommi t
teecr eatedbyt heGAdr aftedtheconv ention
 650 M PWD' s wor l
dwi de,about10% oft he world's populati
on lack the
opportuni
tiesoft hemai nst ream populati
on
 Purpose:topr omot e,prot ect&ensur ethef ull&equalenj oymentofal lhuman
ri
ghts&f undament alfreedomsbyal lPWDs&t opromot erespectforthei
r
i
nherentdigni t
y
 PWDsi ncludet hosewhohav elong-t
erm physical,mental,
intel
lect
ualor
sensoryimpai rment swhi chi ni nt
eracti
onwi thv ari
ousbar ri
ersmayhi ndert
heir
ful
l&ef f
ect i
vepar ti
cipationi nsociet
yonanequal basi
swi thothers.
Gener
alPr
inci
ples

 Respectf ort heinherentdignity


,i ndiv
idualautonomyincl
udingt
hef r
eedom to
makeone' sownchoi ces&i ndependenceofper sons
 Non-di
scr i
mi nati
on
 Ful
l&ef fecti
v eparti
cipati
on&i nclusioninsociety
 Respectf ordi f
ference& accept anceofPWDsaspar tofhumandi ver
sit
y&
humanity
 Equali
tyofoppor tunit
y
 Accessibil
it
y
 Equali
tybet weenmen&women
 Respectf ortheinvolvingcapaciti
esofchi ldr
enwi thdi
sabi
l
iti
es&respectf
orthe
ri
ghtsofCWDst opreservetheiridentit
ies

Sal
ientPr
ovi
sionsoft
heConvent
ionont
heRi
ghtofPWDs

 Countri
est odev el
op&car ryoutpolici
es,l
aws&admi ni
str
ati
vemeasuresf or
securi
ngt herightsrecogni
zedi ntheConv enti
on& abol
ishlaws,regul
ati
ons,
customs&pr acti
cesthatconsti
tut
ediscri
minati
on
 Countri
esaret ocombatst er
eotypes&pr ej
udices&promoteawarenessofthe
capabil
i
tiesofPWDs

Sal
ientPr
ovi
sions

 Countriest oguar ant eethatPWDsenj oytheirinherentrighttolifeonanequal


basiswi thot hers;ensuret heequalrights&adv ancementofwomen&gi r
lswith
disabil
i
ties&pr otectCWDs
 CWDsshal lhaveequalr i
ghts,shallnotbesepar atedf r
om theirparentsagainst
theirwill,exceptwhent heaut horit
iesdeterminet hatt hi
si sthechi ld'
sbest
i
nt er
est&i nnocaseshal lbesepar atedfr
om t heirparentsont hebasi sofa
disabil
i
tyofei t
hert hechil
dort heparents
 Countriesar etor ecogni
zet hatallpersonsareequalbef orethelaw,topr ohibit
discri
mi nationont hebasisofdisabil
it
y&guar anteeequal protect
ion
 Countriest oensur etheequalr i
ghttoown&i nheritproperty,t
ocont r
olfinancial
affai
rs&t ohav eequal accesstobankl oans,credit&mor tgages

275
 Count ri
est oensur eaccesst oj ust iceonequalbasi swi thot her&t hatPWDs
enj oyt her i
ghtt ol iber ty&secur ity&ar enotdepr ivedofl iber tyunl awf ully&
arbi trarily
 Count i
esmustpr ot ectt hephy si cal&ment ali nt egr i
tyofPWDsj ustf orev er yone
else,guar ant ee f reedom f rom t or tur e& f r om cr uel ,i nhuman ordegr ading
treat mentorpuni shment&pr ohi bi tmedi calorsci ent i
ficexper i
ment swi t houtt he
consentoft heper sonconcer ned
 Laws& admi nist rativ emeasur esmustguar ant eef reedom f rom expl oitation,
violence & abuse;i n case ofabuse,count r i
es shal lpr omot et he r ecov er y,
rehabi li
tat i
on&r eint egr ationoft hev ictim &i nv est igat et heabuse
 PWDsar enott obesubj ect edt oar bi traryori llegali nter ferencewi tht hei rpr i
v acy ,
fami l
y ,home, cor respondenceorcommuni cat ion; pr ivacyoft hei rper sonal ,heal th
&r ehabi litationi nfor mat ioni st obepr otect edl iket hatofot her s
 Count ri
esshal lident ify&el i
mi nat eobst acl e&bar rier&ensur ePWDscanaccess
thei renv ir
onment ,t r
anspor tat ion,publ icut iliti
es& ser vices& i nf ormat i
on &
communi cat i
ont echnol ogi es.
 PWDsmustbeabl et ol ivei ndependent ly ,t obei ncl udedi nt hecommuni ty,t o
choosewher e&wi thwhom t ol ive&t ohav eaccesst oi n-home,r esident i
al&
communi ty suppor tser v i
ces,per sonalmobi l
ity& i ndependence ar et o be
fost er edbyf aci l
itatingaf for dabl eper sonalmobi li
ty ,t rainingi nmobi l
ityski l
ls&
accesst omobi l
ityai ds, dev ices, assi stivet echnol ogi es&l iveassi stance
 Count ri
est or ecogni zet her ightt o anadequat est andar d ofl iving & soci al
prot ect ion;i ncl udi ngpubl ichousi ng,ser vices&assi stancef ordi sabi lityr elated
needs, aswel l asassi stancewi thdi sabi lity-r elat edexpensesi ncaseofpov erty
 Count ryt opr omot eaccesst oi nfor mat ionbypr ov i
di ngi nfor mat ioni ntendedf or
thegener alpubl i
ci naccessi bl ef or mat s&t echnol ogi es, byf aci litatingt heuseof
Br aill
e,si gnl anguage&ot herf or msofcommuni cat i
on&byencour agi ngt he
medi a&i nter netpr ov ider st omakeon- linei nf ormat ionav ailabl ei naccessi ble
for mat s
 Discr i
mi nat i
on r elating t o mar riage,f ami ly & per sonalr elat ions shal lbe
elimi nat ed.PWDsshal lhav et heequaloppor tuni tyt oexper i
encepar ent hood,t o
mar ry&t of oundaf ami l
y ,todeci deont henumber&spaci ngofchi l
dr en, t
ohav e
tor epr oduct ive&f ami lypl anni ngeducat ion&means,t oenj oyequalr i
ght s&
responsi bilit
iesr egar dingt heguar di anshi p, trust eeshi pandadopt i
onofchi ldren
 Count ri
es ar et o ensur e equalaccess t o pr imar y & secondar y educat ion,
vocat ionalt rai ning,adul teducat i
on&l i
f elongl earni ng;educat ioni st oempl oy
appr opr iatemat er ials, techni ques&f or msofcommuni cat i
on; pupi lswi t hsuppor t
needsar et or ecei vesuppor tmeasur es; pupi lswhoar ebl i
nddeaf&deafbl indar e
tor ecei v et hei reducat i
oni nt hemostappr opr i
at emodesof
communi cat i
on f rom t eacher s who ar ef luenti n si gn l anguage & Br aille;
educat i
onofPWDsmustf ost ert hei rpar ti
ci pat i
oni nsoci ety,t hei rsenseof
digni ty&sel f-wor th&t hedev elopmentoft hei rper sonal i
ty, abi l
ities&cr eativ i
ty
 PWDs hav et he r ightt ot he hi ghestat tai nabl e st andar d ofheal th wi thout
discr imi nat ionont hebasi sofdi sabi li
ty ;t heyar et or ecei v et hesamer ange,
qual ity&st andar doff reeoraf for dabl eheal thser vi
cesaspr ov idedot herper sons,
recei v et heseheal th ser vicesneeded becauset hei rdi sabi l
iti
es& nott o be
discr imi nat edagai nsti nt hepr ov isionofheal thi nsur ance
 Toenabl ePWDst oat tai nmaxi mum i ndependence&abi l
ity,count ri
esar et o
prov i
decompr ehensi vehabi li
tat ion&r ehabi litat i
onser v i
cesi nt hear easofheal th,
empl oy ment&educat ion
 Count ri
esar et oensur eequalpar tici pationi npol itical&publ icl ifei ncl udingt he
ri
ghtt ov ot e,tost andf orel ect ions&t ohol dof fice
 PWDs hav e equalr ight st o wor k & gai nal ivi
ng,count ries ar et o pr ohibi t
discr imi nat ioni nj ob- relat edmat ter s, promot esel f-empl oy mentent repr eneur shi p
&st ar ti
ngone' sownbusi ness,empl oyPWDsi nt hepubl icsect or ,pr omot et hei r
empl oy menti nt hepr ivat esect or&ensur et hatt heyar epr ov i
dedwi th
reasonabl eaccommodat ionatwor k
 Count ri
esar et opr omot epar ti
ci pat ioni ncul tur al l
ife, recr eat i
on, leisur e&spor t
s
byensur i
ngofTV pr ogr ams,museums,ci nemas& l ibr ariesaccessi ble& by
guar ant eei ngt hatPWDshav et heoppor t uni tyt odev el op&mobi li
zet hei rcr eat ive
pot ent ialnotonl yf ort hei rownbenef i
tbutal sof ort heenr ichmentofsoci et y.

276
Countriesar etoensur etheirparti
cipati
onbutal sof ortheenrichment&di sabil
it
y
specif
icspor ts.
 Countriesar eprov i
dedev elopmentassi st
ancei nef for
tsbydev elopi
ngcount ri
es
putint
opr act i
cet heconv enti
on
 To ensur ei mplement ati
on & moni t
oring oftheconv ent
ion,countriesar eto
desi
gnat eaf ocalpoi ntint hegov ernment&cr eateanat ionalmechani sm to
promot e&moni torimplement at
ion
 ACommi t
teeont heRightsofPWDsmadeupofi ndependentexper t
swi l
lrecei
ve
peri
odicr eportsf rom count r
ies on pr ogress made i ni mplementing the
convent i
on
 An18- arti
cleOpt ionalProtocolonCommuni cationsal l
owsi ndiv
iduals&gr oups
topeti
tiont heCommi tteeonceal lnati
onalresour ceprocedureshav e
beenex hausted

LegalBasesofDi
sabi
l
ityRel
atedCel
ebr
ati
ons

 Procl amat i
on No. 711- Decl ar i
ng t he Thi rd week of Januar y as Aut i
sm
Consci ousnessweek
 Procl amat i
on No. 157-Decl ar i
ng t he mont h ofFebr uar y as " Nat ionalDown
Sy ndr omeConsci ousnessMont h"
 Procl amat i
onNo.1385_ Desi gnat ingt heper i
odf rom Febr uar y14t o20, 1975, and
Ev eryYearTher eaf ter,as" Ret ar dedChi l
dren'sWeek"
 Procl amat i
onNo.467- Decl ari
ngt hel astweekofFebr uar yofEv er yYearas
Lepr osyCont rolweek
 Procl amat i
onNo.744- Decl ar i
ngt hel astMondayofMar chEv er yYearas
Womenwi t
hDi sabi l
iti
esDay
 Procl amat i
onNo.1870- Decl ar i
ng t heThi rd WeekofJul yEv er yYearast he
Nat ional Disabi li
tyPr event ionandRehabi l
itationWeek"
 Procl amat i
onNo.110- Decl ar i
ngt heSecondWeekofNov emberofEv eryYear
as" Nat ional skinDi seaseDet ect i
onandPr ev ent ionWeek"
 Presi dent i
alPr ocl amat ionNo.829- Decl ari
ngt hePer iodf rom Nov ember10- 16
ofEv eryYearas" Deafawar enessWeek"
 Procl amat i
onNo.1157- Decl ari
ngDecember3, 2005andEv eryYearTher eafter
as" International DayofPer sonswi thDi sabi l
iti
esi nthePhi lippi nes"
 Procl amat i
on No. 657-Decl ar i
ng t he Year2000- 2010 as t he " Bone and Joi nt
Decade"
 Procl amat i
onNo. 92-Decl aringt heThi rdweekofAugustofEv er yYearasBr ain
At t
ackAwar enessweek.
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onNo.230-Decl aringt heFi r
stWeekofSept emberofEv eryYearas
"Nat ional EpilepsyAwar enessWeek"Pr oclamat i
onNo.588Decl aringt hePer i
od
from Sept ember16t o22, 2004andEv eryYearTher eAf terasCer ebr al
Pal syAwar enessandPr otect i
onWeek.
 Procl amat i
onNo.452- Decl aringt heSecondWeekofOct oberofEv er yYearas
Nat ionalMent alHeal thWeekPr ocl amat ionNo.658Decl aringt he3rd Weekof
Oct oberofEv eryYearas" BoneandJoi nt( Muscul o-Skel etal )Awar enessWeek
 Procl amat i
onNo.472- Decl ar i
ngt heThi rdWeekofOct oberofEv eryYearas
"Nat ional Attent i
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 Admi nistrati
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Ownedand/ orCont roll
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tut i
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Gov ernment Uni ts, St ate Uni v ersities/Col leges and School s, and Ot her
Gov ernmentAgenci es/ Instrument aliti
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 Republ icActNo.6759- AnActDecl ar i
ngAugustOneofEachYearaswhi teCane
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277
TheFami
lyCode,
TheFami
lyCour
tsAct
,Supr
emeCour
tRul
es&Ot
herLaws

TheFami
lyCodeof1987

Mar
ri
age-speci
alcont
ractofper
manentuni
onbet
weenaman&awomanent
eredi
nto
i
naccor
dancewi
thl
awf
ort
heest
abl
i
shmentofconj
ugal
&fami
l
yli
fe.

Essent
ialr
equi
sit
esofmar
ri
age:
 Legalcapacit
yofcontr
acti
ngpar t
ieswhomustbeamale&af emal
eofatl
east
18yearsofage
 Consentfreel
ygi
veninthepresenceofthesol
emni
zi
ngof
fi
cer

For
malr
equi
sit
esofmar
ri
age:
 Author i
tyofthesolemni zingof f
icer
 Validmar ri
agelicense-
wi thexempt i
onsprovi
ded
 Amar ri
agecer emonywhi cht akesplacewit
htheappearanceoft hecontract
ing
partiesbeforet hesolemni zingof f
icerandthei
rpersonaldeclarati
onthatthey
takeeachot herashusbandandwi f
eint hepresenceofnotl essthantwo
witnessesofl egalage
 Fami ly
,thef oundationoft henat i
on,isabasicsocialinst
it
utionwhichpubl i
c
policycheri
shesandpr otects

Fami
l
yrel
ati
ons:
 Bet
weenhusbandandwif
e
 Bet
weenparent
sandchil
dren
 Amongbr
otherandsi
ster
s,wetheroft
hef
ull
orhal
fbl
ood

Typesofchi
l
dren:
 Legi
ti
mate;
 Il
l
egi
timat
e;and
 Legi
ti
matedchi
ldr
en

Par
ent
alaut
hor
it
y-t
hemassofr
ight
s&obl
i
gat
ionswhi
chpar
ent
shav
einr
elat
iont
othe
person&proper
tyoft
hei
rchi
l
drenunt
ilt
hei
remanci
pat
ion&ev
enaf
terundercer
tai
n
ci
rcumst
ances

 natural
right&dutyofpar ents
 cannotber enounced,tr
ansf er
redorwaivedexceptinthecasesaut
hori
zedby
l
aw
 j
ointl
yexer ci
sedbythef ather&mot her
 purel
yper sonal&cannotbeexer ci
se4dthruagents
 stempor aryandwillendchi l
disemancipated,cantakecar
eofhim/her
selfof
parentunabletoproperl
yexer cisetheauthor
it
y

Subst
it
utepar
ent
alaut
hor
it
y-whenpar
ent
sar
eunabl
etoexer
cisepar
ent
alaut
hor
it
y
 survi
vinggr andparent
 oldestbrotherorsisterov
er21y
ear
sol
d
 chil
d'sactual cust
odian

Foundl
i
ngabandonedchi
l
dren-DSWDt
hruj
udi
cial
proceedi
ngs(
PD603)

Republ
icAct9225

AnActAl l
owi
ngI l
l
egiti
mateChil
dtoUsetheSurnameofthei
rFat
herAmendi
ng
Art
icle176ofExecut
iveOrderNo.209,
Other
wise Knownast heFamilyCodeofthe
Phi
lippi
nes

278
Convent
ionont
heRi
ght
soft
heChi
ld

Ar
t.8.
 StatePartiesundertaketor espectt herightoft hechil
dtopr eservehisorher
identi
ty,
includi
ngnat i
onali
ty,nameandf amilyrel
ati
onsasr ecognizedbythelaw
wi t
houtunlawfuli
nterfer
ence
 Wher eachi l
disill
egallydepr i
vedofsomeoral ltheelementsofhi sorher
identi
tyStatesPart
iesshallprovideappropriateassi
stanceandpr otect
ionwi
tha
viewtospeedi l
yre-
establi
shinghi s/
heridentit
y.

Ci
vi
lRegi
str
yLaw

Sec.5 Requir
esthatthebir
thcert
ifi
cat
eoft hei
ll
egiti
matechil
dshallbesi
gned
andswor ntojoi
ntl
ybyhis/herpar
entsoronlybythemot herift
hefatherr
efusesi
nthe
l
attercase,
itshal
lnotbepermissi
bletost
ateorreveali
nt hedocumentthenameofthe
fat
herwhor ef
usestoacknowledgethechi
ld.

Pr
ovi
sionofRA9225

Ar
t.176Fami
l
yCode:I
ll
egi
ti
mat
echi
l
drenshal
l
:

 usethesur
nameandundert heparent
alaut
hor
ityofthei
rmother
 ent
it
ledtosuppor
tinconfor
mitywitht
hefamil
yCode
 l
egit
imateofeachil
l
egit
imatechi
ld-1/
2ofthelegi
ti
meofl egi
ti
matechi
l
d

I
ll
egi
ti
mat
echi
l
drenmayuset
hesur
nameoft
hei
rfat
heri
f:
 thei
rfi
li
ati
onshasbeenexpresslyrecogni
zedbythefat
hert
hroughtherecor
dof
bir
thappeari
ngintheci
vi
lregi
steror
 whenanadmi ssi
oninpubl i
cdocumentorpr i
vat
ehandwritt
eninstr
umentis
madebyt hefat
her

Fat
her'
srightt
oinst
it
uteanact
ionbef
oret
her
egul
arcour
tst
opr
ovenon-
fi
li
ati
on
dur
inghisl
if
etime.

AnActEst
abl
ishi
ngFami
lyCour
t(1997)
(
RA8369)

 FCinev er
ypr ov
inceandcity
 FCjudgehav edirectcont
rol&supervi
sionofyouthdetenti
onhomes
 SocialSer
vices&Counsel i
ngDivi
sionineachjudici
alr
egion
 SocialWorkAdv i
serundertheOffi
ceoft heCourtAdminist
rat
or
 Alt
ernati
vesocialservi
ce-DSWD&LGU

Jur
isdi
cti
onofFami
lyCour
ts
 Cri
minalcasewher eoneormor eoft heaccusedi sbel ow18y earsofagebutnot
l
esst han9y earsofageorwher eoneormor eoft hev i
cti
msi sami noratt he
ti
meoft hecommi ssionoft heoffense;
 Peti
ti
onsf orguar dianshi p,custodyofchi ldren,habeascor pusi nrel
ationtot he
l
ater;
 Peti
ti
onsf oradopt ionofchi ldr
en&r evocationthereof;
 Compl aintsf orannul mentofmar ri
age,declarati
onofnul l
ityofmar ri
age&t hose
rel
ati
ngt omar i
talst atus&pr opertyrelat
ionsofhusband&wi feli
vi
ngt ogether
underdi fferentst at us & agr eement s,& pet i
ti
on f ordissoluti
on ofconj ugal
part
ner shipofgai ns;
 Peti
ti
onsf orsuppor tand/ oracknowl edgment
 Summar yj udici
alpr oceedi ngsbroughtaboutundert heprovisionsoft hefami l
y
code;
 Peti
ti
onsf ort hedecl arati
onofst at
usofchi l
drenasabandoned,dependentor

279
neglected chil
dren,pet i
tionsf ort hevoluntaryori nvol
untar
ycommi t
mentof
chil
dren;thesuspensi on, t
ermi nat
ionorrestorati
onofpar ent
alauthor
it
yorother
casescogni zabl
eunderPD603, EO56&ot herrel
atedlaws;
 Peti
tionfortheconst i
tutionoft hefamilyhome;
 Casesagai nstmi nor
scogni zableundertheDanger ousDrugsAct,asamended;
 Viol
ationsofRA7610, asamendedbyRA7658;
 Casesofdomest icviolenceagai nstwomenandchi ldr
en

Supr
emeCour
trul
eonChi
ldWi
tnessExami
nat
ion
 A.
M.NO.004- 07- SC: RuleonExami nationofachi l
dwitnesseffect i
ve
December15,2000
 appointmentofguar di
anadl i
tem
 exami nationofachi ldwi t
ness;i nt
erpreterforthechil
d; facil
it
atortopose
quest ion tot hechi l
d suppor tper sons;separ atewai ti
ng area,
courtenv ironment
 li
ve-l
inkt elevisiont esti
monyofchi l
d; screens,one-waymi rrors&ot her
dev icest oshi eldchil
df rom accused,
 admi ssi
bi l
ity of v ideotaped & audi o-taped in-
depthi nvesti
gative or
discl
osur e i
nter vi
ewsinchi ldabusecases
 Protecti
onofpr ivacyandsaf ety-
confidential
i
tyofr ecor ds&pr otect
ive
order f orv ideo-taped/ audio-
t apetestimonyofchi l
d

Supr
emeCour
tRul
eonNul
li
tyandannul
mentofMar
ri
ages
 A.M.No.02-11-10-
SC:Rul eonDecl arationofAbsol uteNullit
yofVoidMar ri
ages
andAnnulmentofVoi dableMar ri
agesef fect
iveonMar ch15, 2003
 Void mar r
iage isi nexistentf r
om t he beginning due to absence of
essent i
al(age&consent )orf ormalrequisit
es( authori
tyofsolemnizi
ng
officer,val
idmar r
iagel icense;appear anceofpar ti
esdur i
ngmar ri
age
ceremonybef ore solemnizi
ngof f
icer&per sonaldecl
arati
on
inthepr esenceof2wi tnesses)
 Voidabl emar r
iageisv aliduntilannull
ed( absenceofessent i
alrequi
sit
es
only )
 SW i stoconductasoci alcasest udyreportbeforethef r
ee-
tri
al

Supr
emeCour
tRul
eonLegalSepar
ati
on
 A.
M.No.02- 11-11- SCRul eonLegal Separ ati
onef f
ect i
veMar ch15, 2003
 groundsf orl egalsepar ation:tobef i
l
edwi t
hi n5y earsf r
om t het i
meof
occur rence
 repeat edphy sicalv i
olenceorgr osslyabusiv econductdi rectedagai nstt he
petiti
oner ,acommonorchi ldofpet it
ioner
 mor al pressur etocompel pet i
ti
onert ochanger eli
giousorpol it
ical af
fi
liat
ion;
 Attemptofr espondentt ocor ruptori nducepet i
ti
oner ,acommonchi l
dor
childof pet i
tionert o engagei n prost
ituti
on,orconni vancei n such
corrupt i
onori nducement ;
 Finalj udgmentsent encingt her espondentt oi mprisonmentofmor et han6
years, ev eni fpardoned;
 drugaddi cti
onorhabi t
ualalcohol ism ofrespondent
 lesbianism orhomosexual ityofr espondent ;
 Cont ractingbyr espondentofasubsequentbi gamousmar riage,wi thi
nor
outside Phi l
.
 sexual i
nfidelityorper ver
sionofr espondent ;
 attemptont hel i
feofpet it
ionerbyr espondent ;or
 abandonedofpet iti
onerbyr espondentwi thoutj ustifi
abler easonf ormor e
than1 year

SW t
oconductsoci
alcasest
udyr
epor
tbef
orepr
e-t
ri
al

280
Supr
emeCour
tRul
eonCust
odyMi
nor
s
 A.M.03- 04-
04-SC RuleonCust odyofMi nor
sandWr i
tofHabeasCor
pusi
n
Relat
iontoCust odyofMinor
seffecti
veonMay15,
2003
 Fact orstoconsideri
ndeter
mi ni
ngcust
ody;

o any ext rajudicial agr eement whi ch t he par t


ies may hav e bound
themsel vest ocompl ywi threspectingt her ight soft hemi nortomai ntain
dir
ectcont actwi thnon- custodialpar entonar egularbasi s,exceptwhen
ther
ei sanex i
sti
ngt hreator dangerofphy sical,ment alsexualor
emot i
onalv i
olencewhi chendanger st hesaf etyandbesti nterestsoft he
minor;
o thedesi re&abi li
tyofonepar enttof osteranopen&l ov i
ngr elat
ionship
between minorandt heot herpar ent ;
o theheal th, safety&wel far eofthechi ld;
o anyhi stor yofchi l
dorspousalabusebyt heper sonseeki ngcust odyor
who hashad anyf il
ialr elat
ionship wi tht hemi nor
,i ncluding anyone
courti
ngt hepar ent;
o thenat ure, frequencyofcont actwi t
hbot hpar ent s
o habit
ual useofal cohol ,danger ousdr ugsorsubst s
o marital mi sconduct ;
o mostsui tablephy sical,emot ional
,spi r
itual,psy chol
ogi cal,educat i
onal
envir
onmentf orthehol i
st i
cdev .&gr owt hofchi ld;
o pref
er enceofmi nor,7y earsofage&ofsuf fi
cientdiscer nment ,unless
chosenpar entsi sunf i
t

SW toconductofsoci
alcasest
udyr
epor
tont
hemi
norandpar
ti
es
concer
ned

Sol
oPar
ent
sWel
far
eActof2000

 Anactprov
idingfort
hebenef
it
sandPriv
il
egestosol
oparentsandt
hei
rchi
l
dren
 Si
gnedintolaw onNovember7,2000andbecameef fecti
veonNovember28,
2000
 I
RRwasf ormulat
edandapprovedonApri
l10,
2002

Whoi
saSol
oPar
ent
?

 A womanwhogi vebi rthasar esul tofr apeorcr i


mesagai nstchast i
ty,ev en
withoutf i
nalconv icti
onoft heof fender:Pr ovided,thatt hemot herkeepsand
rai
sest hechild
 Parentl ef
tsolooral onewi t
ht her esponsi bili
tyofpar ent hoodduet odeat hof
spouse
 Parentl eftsolooral onewithther esponsi bi l
ityofparent hoodwhi l
ethespousei s
detained, orisservingsentencef oracr i
mi nal convict
ionf oratleastone( 1)y ear
 Thel awappl i
estot hespousesofpr i
soner s,whet herornotaf i
naljudgmenthas
beenr endered,providedtheyarei ndet entionf orami nimum per iodofone( 1)
year
 Parentl ef
tsolooral onewi t
ht her esponsi bili
tyofpar ent hoodduet ophy sical
and/orment alincapacityofspouseascer tifiedbyapubl icmedi calpracti
ti
oner
 Parentl eftsolooral onewithther esponsi bili
tyofpar enthoodduet olegal
separ ationordef actoseparationf rom spousef oratleastone( 1)year:pr
ov i
ded,
thatheorshei sent rustedwiththecust odyoft hechildren
 Parentl eftsolooral onewi t
ht her esponsi bilit
yofpar ent hoodduet odeclaration
ofnul lit
yorannul mentofmar ri
ageasdecr eedbyacour torchur ch:Provided,
thatheorshei sent rustedwiththecust odyoft hechildren

281
 Parentl eftsolooral onewi ththeresponsibleofpar enthoodduet oabandonment
ofspousef oratl eastone( 1)year
 Unmar ri
ed mot her/father who has pr efer
red t o keep and r ear his/
her
chil
d/ chil
dreni nsteadofhav ingotherscaref orthem orgi vethem uptoawel f
are
i
nst i
tution.
 Anyot herper sonwhosol elyprovidespar entalcar eandsuppor ttoachi ldor
chil
drenpr ov i
dedhe/ sheisdul yli
censedasaf osterpar entbytheDSWDordul y
appoint edlegal guar dianbyt hecourt
 Anyf ami lymember( r
elat
ivebyconsangui nit
yw/ in4th civi
ldegreeuncle/aunt
,
grandpar ent ,niece/ nephew,cousi n)whoassumest her esponsibi
li
tyofheadof
familyas a r esul toft he death,abandonment ,di sappearance orprolonged
absence oft he par ents orsol o parent:Pr ovided,t hatsuch abandonment ,
disappear ance, orabsencel astforatleastone( 1)y ear.

Achangei nthestat
usorci r
cumst anceoft
heparentcl
aimingbenef
it
sundert he
Act,sucht hathe/sheisnol ongerl
eftalonewitht
heresponsi
bil
it
yofparenthood,shal
l
ter
mi natehis/herel
igi
bil
i
tyforthesebenefit
s

TheCompr
ehensi
vePackageofSer
vicesf
orSol
oPar
ent
sandt
hei
rChi
ldr
en

Al
lSol
opar
ent scanavail
oft hef
oll
owi
ng:
 Workr el
atedBenefit
s
 HousingBenefit
s
 Psychosocial
Services

Soloparentswhoar eli
vi
ngbel
owthepov er
tyl
inecanav
ailoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:
 Li vel
i
hoodDev el
opmentSer
vices
 Educat i
onalServi
ces
 Heal thSer
vices
Procedureofavai
lment

 Appli
cati
onattheCi
ty/
Munici
pal
Soci
alWel
far
eandDev
elopmentOf
fi
ce
 Assessment
 I
nsuranceoftheSol
oParentI
D

Mi
grantWor
ker
s&Over
seasFi
li
pinoActof1995
RA8042

 Prot
ectandenhancet her ightsofFil
ipi
nomigrantwor kersbothdocument edand
undocumented
 Regulat
edrecruit
mentagenci est
hruPOEAt oensur ethatmigrantworkersare
notabusedandexpl oit
ed&j obplacementi
sappr opri
atel
ymat chedwithtrai
ning
&skill
s
 I
nsti
tutedmechani sm i
nt hecountryandabroadf ortheprotect
ionoftheright
sof
migrantworkerswhil
et heyar eemployedi
nforeigncount r
ies

Mechani
sm f
ort
hePr
otect
ionofMi
grantwor
ker
s
 Creationoft heDFA' sOf f
iceoftheUndersecret
aryforMigrantWorkersAffai
rs
(OUMWA)-pr ovi
sion&coor di
nati
onofal lassi
stancetomi gr
antwor ker
sand
Fil
ipi
noi ndistr
ess;
 EstablishmentofAssistancetoNationalf
und
 EstablishmentofMi grantWorkers&OtherOverseasFil
i
pinoResour
ceCent ers
i
nsel ectedcountri
eswi thalawyer&SW
 Repatr i
ati
onofwor kersundercer t
aincondit
ionsbyOWWAi ncoordinati
onwith

282
otheri nt
ernati
onal/nati
onalagencies wit
ht he Phil
ippi
ne Embassy & St
aff
workingasone- countryteam
 Establi
shmentofr e-
placement&moni t
ori
ngcent erbyTESDA&TLRCandt he
Migrantwor ker
s'Guarant eeFund
 I
ssuanceoft r
aveladvisories,
inf
ormat
iondisseminati
on

I
ndi
genousPeopl
e'
sRight
sActof1997
RA8371

 Recognizes,pr ot
ect & pr omotet he ri
ght s of IPs & cul
tural
/i
ndi
genous
communi ties
 Promulgat edonOctober29, 1997
 Creat
ed t heNat i
onalCommi ssi
on on IndigenousPeoplesand implementi
ng
mechanism
 Provi
def ortheconversi
onofcer t
ifi
catesofancest r
aldomaincl
aimsheldbyIPs
i
ntoCertifi
catesofAncest r
al DomainTitl
es( CADT)
 Requir
est he"fr
eeandi nformedconsent "oft heIP communit
iesbefor
eany
proj
ectscanbeunder takenbyout siderswithinancestr
all
ands

Ri
ght
s&Aspi
rat
ionsofI
Ps

 Righttoancest r
aldomain-ownership&possessi on
 Rightt oself-
governance&empower ment( self-det
erminati
on)&guar ant
eethe
ri
ghtofI Ps/communi t
iestofreel
ypursuetheireconomi c,soci
al&cultural
development
 Socialjusti
ce& humanr i
ghtsandt hatempl oymentofanyf orm ofcoer ci
on
againstIPs/communi ti
esshallbedealtwithbyl aw
 Culturalint
egri
ty-
preserve&pr otectthei
rculture,tr
adit
ions&i nst
it
utionswhich
shouldbeconsi deredintheformulati
on&appl icati
onofnat i
onalpl
ans&pol ici
es

Compr
ehensi
veDanger
ousDr
ugsActof2002
RA9165

 Int
ensi v
e&unr elentingcampai gnagainsttr
affi
cki
ng&useofdanger ousdrugs
&ot hersi mil
arsubst ances
 Provideef fect
ivemeasur estore-i
ntegrat
eintosoci
etydrugdependentsthru
sustai nablepr
ogr amsoft r
eatment&r ehabil
i
tati
on
 Creat ed the Phi l
ippine Drug EnforcementAgency( PDEA)whi ch ist he law
enfor cementar m oft heDanger ousDr ugBoar d(DDB)-t hepol i
cy-making&
str
at egy -
formulati
ngbodyi ntheplanningandformul
ationofprogr
ams&pol ici
es
ondr ugpr eventionandcont r
ol

Pi
ll
arsofAct
ion

 Suppl yr eduction-unl awf ulact sofi mpor t


ation,sal e,trading,admi ni
strati
on,
delivery,dispensat i
on,distribut i
on,t ranspor tation,manuf acture,possessi onof
danger ousdr ugs( 10gr ams) ,contr
ol l
edpr ecur sor&ot heressent i
alelement sas
wel lasmanuf act ure,deli
veryorpossessi onofequi pment ,instrument,appar atus
oranypar apher naliafordanger ousdr ugsi ncludi ngmai nt
enanceofaden, div
eor
resor tusedfordr ugtraffi
cki ngoruse.
 Higherpenal ti
esupt odeat h/ li
feimpr isonment
 Demandr educt i
on-f amilyabusepr ev entionpr ogr am,integrationofdr ugabuse
prev enti
oni nschoolcur ri
cul a,establishmentofspeci aldr ugeducat i
oncent ers
foroutofschool y outh&st reetchi l
dr en, publicat i
on&di stri
but i
onofmat erial
son
danger ousdr ugs,pr omot ionofdr ug- freewor kplaces,localgov ernmentuni ts,
mandat ory&r andom dr ug-test i
ng,tr
eat ment&r ehabil
i
tati
onofdr ugdependent s
 Alternativedev elopmentofl andsusedf orraisingmar i
juanasuchaspr ovisionof

283
l
ivel
ihood,IGPs
 Civi
cawar eness,I
ECondangerousdrugsandthel
aw
 Regionalandinter
nat
ional
cooperat
ion-Drug-
fr
eeASEANi
n2010

RA9231(
2003)

AnActpr ovi
dingfortheEli
minati
onoftheWorstFormsofChi l
dLaborand
Af
for
dingSt
rongerProtect
ionf
ort
heWor ki
ngChi
l
d,amendi
ngfort
hispur
poseRA7610

Empl
oymentofChi
ldr
en

Chi
l
drenbel
ow15y
ear
sol
dshal
lnotbeempl
oyed,
except
:

 Whenachil
dworksdirectl
yundersoleresponsibi
li
tyofparent
sorguar
diansand
onl
ymembersofthefami l
yareemployed
 employmentdoesnotendangerhis/herl
if
e/safety,
heathandmoral
s
 prov
idechi
ldwithprescri
bedpr
imaryand/ orsecondar
yeducat
ion

 Where a Chil
d's employ
ment or part
icipat
ion i
n publ
ic ent
ertai
nment or
i
nformati
on t
hrough ci
nema,r
adio,theater,TV orotherforms ofmediai s
essent
ial

 Employmentcontractconcludedbypar ent
swithexpressedagreementof
chi
l
dandwi t
happr ovalofDOLE
 Fol
lowi
ngrequi
rement sinal
l i
nstancesar
etobecompli
edwi t
htheemployer
:
o ensuresprotecti
on,health,safety
,moral
sandnor maldevelopmentof
chi
l
d

Requi
rement
stobemetbyEmpl
oyer
s(cont
'd)

 Insti
tut
es accountthe system and levelofr emunerat
ion and durat
ion &
arrangementofworki
ngti
me
 formulates&implement
ationssubjecttoapproval&supervisi
onofcompetent
authori
ti
es,aconti
nui
ngprogram f
ortrai
ning&skil
lsacqui
sit
ionofchi
ld
 fir
stsecureaworkpermi
tfrom DOLEengagi ngt
hechild

Hour
sofwor
kofWor
kingChi
ld

 Bel
ow15y r
s.-20hoursaweekbutnotmor ethan4hoursaday
 15yrsbutbelow18yrs.-8hr s.adaybutnotmorethan40hrs.aweek
 Bel
ow15y r
s.-noworkbet ween8pm to6am
 15yrs.butbel
ow18y rs.-nowor kbet
ween10pm to6am

Owner
shi
p,Use&Admi
nist
rat
ionofChi
ld

 Workingchil
d'sincomebel ongtohi m orheri nowner shi
p
 Setasidepri
mar il
yforhis/hersuppor t
,educat i
on,ski
ll
sacquisit
ion
 Secondarytot hecollecti
veneedsoft hef amil
ybutnotmor et han20%ofchi
ld
i
ncome
 I
ncome&pr oper t
yofchi l
dadmi nist
eredbybot hparents
 absenceori ncapacit
yofonepar ents,theotheradmi ni
ster
s
 ifbot hpar entsabsentori ncapacitated,orderofpr eferenceonparent
al
author
it
yundert hef amilyCodeappl ies

284
Tr
ustFundt
oPr
eser
vePar
tofChi
ld'
sIncome

Chi
ldbel
ow18- t
rustfundf oratl
east30%ofearningsofchi
ldwhi
chamountt
oatl
east
P200,
000/
year
 semi-
annual accounti
ngoffundtoDOLE
 uponreachingageofmaj ori
ty-
ful
lcont
rol
oftrustf
undbychi
l
d

Pr
ohi
bit
ionagai
nstwor
stFor
msofChi
ldl
abor

 Allformsofsl averyinRA9208orpr acti


cessimil
art oslaver
ysuchas:sal eand
traf
ficki
ngofchi l
dren;debtbondage&ser fdom;forcedorcompul sorylabor;and
recruit
mentofchi l
drenf oruseinarmedconf li
ct
 Usepr ocuring,of
feri
ngorexposi ngofachi l
dforprostit
uti
on,fort
hepr oducti
on
ofpor nographyorforpor nographi
cperformances
 Use,pr ocuri
ng orof fering ofchil
df orill
egalori l
li
ci
tact i
vit
ies incl
uding
productionandt r
affi
cki
ngofdr ugsandv ol
ati
lesubstances

Wor
stFor
msofChi
ldLabor

 Workwhi chbyi tsnat ureorci rcumst ancesi nwhi chi ti scar riedouthazar dousor
l
ikel
yt obehar mf ul totheheal th,saf et
yandmor alsofchi ldrensucht hatit:
 debases, degr adesordemeanst heint ri
nsicwor t hofchi l
dasahumanbei ng
 exposest hechi ldi nphy sical,emot ional ,orsexualabuseori sf oundt obe
l
ight l
yst ressf ul psy chologi call
yormaypr ejudi cemor als
 isper f ormedunder gr ound, under wat eroratdanger oushei ghts
 inv olvest heuseofdanger ousmachi ner y,equipment ,tool ssuchaspower
drivenorexpl osi vepower -actuatedt ool s
 exposest hechi ldt ophy sicaldangersuchasbutnotl imi tedt o:danger ous
featsofbal anci ng,phy sicalst rengt horcont ortion,orwhi chr equirest he
manual transpor tofheav yloads
 isper f ormedi nunheal t
hyenv i
ronmentexposi ngchi ldt ohazar douswor ki
ng
condit i
ons, element s, subst ances, co- agent sorpr ocessesi nvolvi
ngi onizi
ng,
radiation,fi
re, fl
ammabl esubst ances
 Noxiouscomponent set c/ort oext remet emper at
ur e, noisel ev elsorv i
brati
ons
 I sper formedunderpar ticularlydiffi
cul tcondi t
ions
 exposest hechi ldt obi ol
ogi calagent ssuchasbact eri
a,f ungi,protozoans,
nemat odesandot herpar asites
 inv olvest hemanuf act ureorhandl ingofexpl osi veandot herpy r
otechnic
product s
 no chi ldshal lbeempl oyedasamodeli nanyadv ertisementdi rectl
yor
i
ndi r
ect l
ypr omot ingal cohol icbev erages,i ntoxicat ingdr inks,t obaccoandi ts
bypr oduct s,gambl ingoranyf or m ofv iolenceorpor nogr aphy

Accesst
oEducat
ion&Tr
aini
ngf
orWor
kingChi
ldr
en

 Nochil
dshallbedeprivedofformalornon-f
ormaleducati
on
 Employert
opr ovi
deaccesstoatleastpri
mar y&secondaryeducat
ion
 Toensureandguar anteeaccesstoeducation&trai
ning,DepEdshallf
ormul
ate,
promul
gate,implement& conductr el
evant& ef f
ectiv
e course desi
gns &
educat
ionprograms,incl
udi
ngnon-formalprogr
am

Whomayf
il
eaCompl
aint
?

 Off
endedpar ty
 Parentsorguar di
ans
 Ascendantorcol l
atedrelat
ivewit
hinthe3rddegreeofconsangui
nit
y
 Off
icer,socialworkeror
 r epresentati
veofalicensedchil
dcari
ngi nst
itut
ion
 Of fi
cerorsoci alworkerofDSWD

285
 Bar
angayChai rper
sonoft heplacewherethev
iol
ati
onoccurr
ed,wherethe
chi
l
di sresi
dingoremployed
 Atleast3 concerned responsi
bleci
ti
zenswherethechil
disr esi
ding of
employed

Jur
isdi
cti
on

 Famil
yCourts
 I
nciti
esandpr ovi
nceswheretherear
enoFami l
yCour
ts,
RTCandtheMTCsshal
l
havecur
rentjuri
sdi
cti
ondependingonthepenal
ti
espr
escri
bedf
ort
he
off
ensecharged

Pr
ocedur
e

 Preli
mi nar
yinvest
igati
onwit
hinaperiodof30daysfrom dateoffi
ll
ing
 I
fpr imaf aci
ecase,infor
mationfil
edwithin48hrsf r
om theterminati
onoft he
i
nv esti
gati
on
 Tri
al ofcasesshallbeter
minatedbycourt
-90daysfr
om thefil
li
ngofinformat
ion
 Decisiononsaidcaseshallberenderedwit
hin15daysfrom dateofsubmissi
on
ofthecase

Ri
ghtofVi
cti
m ofChi
ldLabor

 Exemptionfrom paymentoff i
ll
i
ngfeeschil
dvicti
mi nst
it
utesasepar
ateci
vil
acti
onfortherecover
yofci
vildamages
 Righttof ree legal
,medicaland psycho-
socialservi
ces pr
ovi
ded by t
he
government

Cl
osur
eofFi
l
m byDOLE

 I
fv i
olat
ionar emor ethan3t i
mes, af
terduenot
ice&heari
ng,ordercl
osureof
fi
rm orestablishment
 I
mmedi atecl osureifviol
ati
onr esul
tedinthedeat
h,i
nsanit
yorser i
ousi nj
uryof
thechil
dempl oy
edorsuchf i
rmi sengagedoremployedi nprosti
tut
ionori n
obsceneandbol dshow
 I
ncaseofcl osure,employerrequir
edt opaytheemployee/sseparati
onpay&
othermonet arybenefit
sprovidedbylaw

Tr
ustFundf
rom Fi
nes&Penal
ti
es

 Finesimposedbyt hecourtshall
bet r
eatedasTrustFundadmi nist
eredbyDOLE
 Disbursedexclusi
velyfortheneedsi ncludi
ngt hecostsofr ehabil
i
tat
ionand
reint
egrat
ionintot
hemai nstream ofsocietyoftheworkingchil
drenvict
imsand
fortheprograms&pr oj
ectthatwill
preventactsoflabor

OTHERLAWS/
INSTRUMENTS

AnActPr
ohi
bit
ingt
heEmploymentofChi
ldr
enbel
ow15yearsofagei
nPubl
ic
&Pri
vat
eUndert
aki
ngsAmendingSec12RA7610
RA7658

 I
LOConvent
ion138(
1973)set
stheminimum ageofempl
oymentorworkat15
y
ear
sofage
 I
LOConv
enti
on183(1999)ont
heEli
minati
onoftheWor
stFor
msofChil
dLabor

286
SPECI
ALPROTECTI
ONOFCHI
LDREN
RA7610

AnActPr ov
idi
ngforStr
ongerDefer
enceandSpecialProt
ecti
onAgainstChi
ld
Abuse,Expl
oit
ati
onandDiscr
imi
nat
ion,
Provi
dingPenal
ti
esf
oritsViol
ati
onandforot
her
Purpose
Si
ngedonJune17, 1992

Chi
l
dAbuse

 Chil
d- personsbel ow18y earsofageort hoseoverbutareunablet of ull
ytake
care of t hemsel ves or pr otect themselves from abuse,negl ect,cruelt
y,
exploitati
onordi scr i
mi nationbecauseofphy si
cal,mentaldi
sabil
i
t yorcondi t
ion
 Chil
dabuser eferstot hemal -
treatment,wetherhabit
ualornot,oft hechi l
dwhich
i
ncludesanyoft hef oll
owi ng:
 Psychol ogicalphy si
cal abuse, neglect,
cruelt
y,sexualabuse&emot ional
maltreatment ;
 Anyactbydeedsorwor dswhi chdebases,degr adesordemeanst heintr
insi
c
worth&di gnityofachi l
dasahumanbei ng:
 Unreasonabl edepr ivationofhi sbasi cneedsf orsur vi
valsuch asf oodand
shelter;or
 Fail
ur etoimmedi atelygi v
emedi caltr
eatmenttoani njur
edchil
dr esul t
ingin
seri
ousi mpai rmentofhi sgr owt handdev el
opmentori nhis/ herper manent
i
ncapaci tyordeat h

Compr
ehensi
vePr
ogr
am

 Compr ehensiveprogr
am againstchi
ldexploi
tati
on&di scri
minati
onrefer
st othe
coordinatedprogr
am ofservi
cesandf aci
l
iti
estopr ot
ectchil
drenagai
nst:a)chil
d
prosti
tuti
onandot hersexualabuse;b)chil
dtraff
icki
ng;c)obscenepublicat
ions
&i ndecentshows;d)otheractsofabuse;ande)ci r
cumstanceswhichthreaten
orendangert hesurvi
valandnormaldevel
opmentofchi l
dren

Chi
l
dPr
ost
it
uti
on&ot
herSexualAbuse

 Chil
dren,maleorf emale,whof ormoney ,profi
toranyotherconsi der
ati
onor
duetocoer ci
onori nf
luenceofanyadul t
,syndicateorgr
oup, indul
geinsex ual
i
ntercourseorlascivi
ousconduct ;penal t
iestot hosewho:
 engagei norpromot e,faci
l
itateori nducechi l
dprost
itut
ion
 commi tt heactofsexuali ntercourseorl asci
vi
ousconductwi thachi l
d
exploit
edinprostit
utionorsubj ectedt oothersexualabuse
 dr i
vepr ofitoradv antaget herefrom wet herasmanagerorowneroft he
establi
shmentwher et heprost i
tutiontakespl aceoroft hesauna,disco,bar,
servi
ngasacov er

Chi
l
dTr
aff
icki
ng

 Tradinganddeal i
ngwi thchildren, i
ncludingbutnotl imited,t
otheactofbuy i
ng&
sell
ingofachi l
df ormoney ,orforanyot herconsiderati
on, orbarter
 Attemptt ocommi tchil
dt r
afficking:
 whenachi l
dt ravel
sal oneabr oadwi thoutcl earancef r
om t heDSWD or
wri
ttenpermitf rom t
hechi l
d'
spar ent
s/guar di
an
 whenapr egnantmot herexecut esandaf f
idavi
tofconsentf oradopt i
onf ora
consider
ati
on
 when a per son,agency ,est abli
shmentorchi ld-
caring i
nst i
tuti
on recruit
s
women/ coupl est obearchi l
dren
 whenadoct or, hospit
alorcl i
nicof fi
cial
/empl oyee,nurse,midwi fe,
localci
v i
l

287
r
egist
raroranyot
herpersonsi mulat
esbi
rt
h
 whenaper sonengagesi nt heactoff i
ndi
ngchi
ldr
enamonglow-i
ncome
famil
i
es,hospit
als,etcwhocanbeof
fer
edfort
raf
fi
cki
ng

Ot
herAct
sofAbuse
 Obscenepubl i
cati
onsandi ndecentshows
 Anyper sonwhoshal luse,coer
ceori ntimidateast r
eetchi
ldoranyotherchi
l
dt o
begorusebeggi ngasameansofl i
vi
ng; asacondui tormi
ddl
emani ndrug
tr
affi
ckingorpushingorconductanyi llegalacti
viti
es
 Sancti
onsf orest
abl i
shmentsorenter pri
seswhi chpr omot
e,faci
l
itat
eorconduct
acti
vi
ties:I
mmedi atel
yclosedandl i
censecancel led

Chi
l
drenofI
ndi
genousCul
tur
alCommuni
ti
es
 Surviv
al,protect
ion&dev el
opmentconsi
stentwi
thcust
om &t
radi
ti
onoft
hei
r
communi ti
es
 System andaccesst oeducat
ion
 Healthandnut ri
ti
on
 Discri
mination
 Parti
cipat
ion

Chi
l
dreni
nsi
tuat
ionofAr
medConf
li
ct
 Chi
l
drenasZonesofPeace
 Childrenshal lnotbet heobj ectofat tack&shal lbeent it
ledt ospeci alrespect
from torture,threat ,assault,orot hercr
uel, i
nhumanet reat ment
 Childrenshoul dnotber ecr uit
edt obecomemember soft heAFPori tsci vi
li
an
unitsorot herar medgr oupnotbeal l
owedt ot akepar ti
nt hef i
ghti
ngr tused
asgui des, cour i
ers,spies, etc.
 Deliveryofbasi csocial ser vi
cessuchaseducat i
on,pri
mar yheal t
h&
emer gencyr eli
efservicesshal l
bekeepunhamper ed;
 The saf ety& pr otection oft hose who pr ovide services i ncl
uding t hose
involvedi nfact-fi
ndingmi ssi
onofgov ernmentandNGOsshal l beensur ed;
 Publ i
ci nfr
astructuresuchasschool s,hospit
als,ruralhealthuni tsshallnotbe
util
ized f ormi l
itary pur poses such as command post s,bar racks,
detachment , suppl ydepot s,etc;
 Allstepsshal l beunder takent ofacilit
atethereuni onoff ami l
iestempor ari
ly
separ atedduet oar medconf l
ict.

WhoMayf
il
eCompl
aint
?

 Off
endedpar t
y
 Parents&guardi
ans
 Ascendantorcoll
ateralr
elat
ivewit
hinthe3rddegr
eeofconsanguini
ty
 Off
icerorsoci
alwor kerofDSWD
 Barangaychai
rperson
 Atleast3concernedresponsibl
ecit
izenswherethevi
olat
ionoccurr
ed

Ot
herPr
ovi
sion

 Prot
ectiv
ecust odychildbyDSWD; peti
ti
onf orcommi t
mentofchi l
dOD603
 DSWD of ficer free f r
om admi nist
rati
ve,ci v
ilor cri
mi nalliabil
i
tyi nthe
perf
ormanceoff uncti
on
 Confi
dentiall
y:not ocauseundue&sensat ionali
zedpubli
cit
y
 Specialcourtproceedi ng: casehear dint hechamber soft heFami l
yCourt
;
pref
erencet othehearingordisposit
ionofcasesi nv
olvi
ngviolat
ionviol
ati
ons

288
TheChi
ldandYouthWel
far
eCode
(PD603)

 Signon10December1974
 Sev eralpr ov i
sionsamendedl ikeadopt ion( RA8552&RA8043) ,daycar e( RA
6972)andy outhf ulof fender s(RA9344)
 Prov isi
onsonchi l
dpr otect ionenhancedt hruRA7610&RA9231
 Right&r esponsi bili
tiesofchi ld
 Right ,dut ies, li
abi lit
iesandassi stancet opar ent s
 Speci al cat egoriesofchi ldren
 Dependentchi ld-wi thoutapar ent,guar dian/ cust odian; oronewhose
par ent s/guar di
an f orgood r eason desi res t o be r el
ieved of
his/ hercar e& cust ody & i s dependentupon t he publicf or
suppor t
 Abandoned chi ld -has no pr operpar ent alcar e/guar dianship,orwhose
par ent s/ guar dians hav e deser ted hi m/ herf ora per i
od ofatl eastsi x
cont inuous mont hs
 Negl ect edchi l
d-hi s/ herbasi cneedshav ebeendel i
ber atel
yunat t
endedor
inadequat elyat tended-phy sical andemot ional
 Commi tmentofachi l
d-l egalactofent rust ingachi ldt oDSWD;r esult
si nthe
termi nat ionofpar ent alaut hor i
ty,
 i nvol unt ar
ycommi tment-j udi cialprocessofdecl ari
ngachi ldabandoned&
dependent
 v olunt ar ycommi tment-r eli
nqui shmentofpar entalrightsaf t
ercounsel ingby
asoci al wor ker
 Fost ercar e-f ami li
esbechosen,l icensedandsuper v
isedbyDSWDorl icensed
chil
dpl acementagency ;t empor arynat ureofpl acement& notal i
enatechi l
d
f
r om par ent s; preferredthani nst it
ut i
onal care
 Institutional /r
esi dent ialcar e-24hourr esidentgr oupf ort hephy sical
,ment al,
social &spi rit
ual wel l
-beingofni neormor echi ldren
 Licensi ngofchi l
dwel fareagenci esr equiredf rom DSWD
 Organi zat i
onofBar angayCounci lforthePr otect ionofChi l
dr en
 Creat edt heCounci lfort heWel fareofChi ldr en( CWC)-pol icyandcoor dinati
ng
bodyonchi ldren'swel f
are

Ant
i-
Mai
l-
OrderBr
ideLaw
(
RA6955)

 Republi
cAct6955oft hePhilippines,commonl yknownast heAnti-
Mail-
Order-
BrideLaw,prohibi
tsthebusinessofor ganizi
ngorfaci
li
tat
ingmarriagesbetween
Fil
ipi
nasandf orei
gnmen, orMai l-OrderBri
des.
 ThePhi l
i
ppinecongressenact edi n1990asar esul
tofstori
esinthelocalmedia
aboutFil
ipi
nasbeingabusedbyt heirforei
gnhusbands.Becauseofthis,
Fil
ipi
nas
often use "rever
se publicati
ons" – publ i
cati
ons in which men adv er
ti
se
themselves–t ocont
actforeignmenf ormarri
agetoFil
ipi
nawomen.

 TheRepublicActNo.6955wasappr ov edonJune13,1990.I
tdeclaredill
egal
:
 Foraperson,naturalorjuri
dical
,associ ati
on,cl
uboranyotherentit
yt ocommit
,
di
rectl
yorindi
rectl
y,anyofthef ol
lowi ngacts:
 Toestabl
ishorcar ryonabusi nesswhi chhasfori
tspurposethemat chi
ngof
Fi
li
pinowomenf ormar r
iaget oforeignnat i
onal
seit
heronamai l-orderbasi
sor

289
thr
oughper sonal int
roduct ion;
 Toadv er t
ise,publ i
sh,pr intordi stribut eorcauset headv ert
isement ,publi
cati
on,
pri
nting ordi stri
bution ofany br ochure,f l
ier,orany pr opaganda mat eri
al
cal
cul atedt opr omot et hepr ohibitedact si
nt hepr ecedi ngsubpar agraph;
 Tosol icit,enli
stori nanymannerat tractorinduceanyFi l
ipi
nowomant obecome
amemberi nanycl uborassoci at i
onwhoseobj ectiv
ei stomat chwomenf or
mar r
iaget of oreignnat i
onalsei t
heronamai l-
or derbasi sort hroughper sonal
i
ntroduct i
onf oraf ee;
 Touset hepost alservicet opr omot et heprohibitedact s..
.
 Forthemanagerorof ficer-i
n-char georadv ertisingmanagerofanynewspaper ,
magazi ne, t
elevisi
onorr adiost ati
on, orothermedi a,orofanadv ert
isingagency,
pri
ntingcompanyorot hersi mi l
arent i
ti
es,toknowi nglyall
ow,orconsentt o,t
he
actspr ohibitedint hepr ecedi ngpar agr aph.'
'

Womeni
nDevel
opmentandNat
ionBui
ldi
ngAct
(RA7192)

AnActknownast he“ Womeni nDev elopmentandNat ionBui l


di ngAct ”,pr omot est he
i
ntegr
ationofwomenasf ul landequalpar tner sofmeni ndev elopmentandnat ion
bui
ldi
ng.
 Al lgov er nmentdepar t
ment s shal lensur et hatwomen benef itequal ly and
par t
ici pat edi r
ect lyint hedev elopmentpr ogr amsandpr oj ect sofsai ddepar tment ,
speci fical lyt hose f unded underof fi
ci alf or eign dev elopmentassi stance,t o
ensur et hef ullpar ticipat ionand i nv olv ementofwomeni nt hedev el opment
process; and
 Al lgov er nmentdepar tment s and agenci es shal lr ev iew and r ev ise al lt hei r
regul at i
ons, circulars, issuancesandpr ocedur est or emov egenderbi ast her ein.
 Responsi ble Agency .
— The Nat ionalEconomi c and Dev elopmentAut hor it
y
(NEDA)shal lpr i
mar i
lyber esponsi blef orensur ingt hepar ticipat i
onofwomenas
recipient si nf or eignai d, gr ant sandl oans.I tshal ldet ermi neandr ecommendt he
amountt obeal l
ocat edf ort hedev elopmentact ivityi nv olv i
ngwomen.
 .Mandat e. — TheNEDA,wi tht heassi st anceoft heNat ionalCommi ssionont he
Rol eofFi lipinoWomen,shal lensur et hatt hedi fferentgov er nmentdepar tment s,
i
ncl udi ngi tsagenci esandi nst rument alitieswhi ch, direct lyori ndi r
ect ly,af fectt he
par t
ici pat ionofwomeni nnat ional dev elopmentandt hei rint egr ati
ont her ein:
 For mul ateandpr i
or itizer ur alorcount rysidedev el opmentpr ogr amsorpr oj ect s,
prov idei ncomeandempl oy mentoppor tuni ti
est owomeni nt her ur alar easand
thus, pr ev entt heirheav ymi gr ationf rom r ural t
our banorf orei gncount ri
es;
 I ncludeanassessmentoft heex tentt owhi cht hei rpr ogr amsand/ orpr oj ects
i
nt egr at ewomeni nt hedev el opmentpr ocessandoft hei mpactofsai dpr ogr ams
orpr oj ect sonwomen,i ncl udi ngt heiri mpl i
cat ionsi nenhanci ngt hesel f-
rel iance
ofwomeni ni mpr ovingt hei ri ncome;
 Ensur et heact i
vepar ticipat ionofwomenandwomen’ sor ganizat ionsi nt he
dev elopmentpr ogr ams and/ orpr oj ect si ncludi ng t hei ri nv olvementi nt he
planni ng,desi gn,i mpl ement ation,management ,moni tor i
ng and ev al uat ion
thereof ;
 Col l
ectsex -disaggr egat eddat aandi ncl udesuchdat ai ni tspr ogr am/ pr oject
paper ,pr oposal orst rat egy ;
 Ensur et hatpr ogr amsand/ orpr oject sar edesi gnedsot hatt heper cent ageof
womenwhor ecei veassi st ancei sappr oximat elypr opor tionat et oei thert hei r
traditionalpar ti
cipat ion i nt he t arget ed act iv i
ties ort hei rpr opor ti
on oft he
popul ation,whi chev eri shi gher .Ot her wi se,t hef ollowi ngshoul dbest atedi nt he
progr am/ pr ojectpaper ,pr oposalorst rategy ;
( a)Theobst acl ei nachi ev ingt he
goal ;
(b)Thest epsbei ngt akent oov ercomet hoseobst acl es; and( c)Tot heext ent
thatst epsar enotbei ngt akent oov er comet hoseobst acl es,whyt heyar enot
beingt aken.
 Assi stwomeni nact i
v itiest hatar eofcr it
icalsi gni fi
cancet ot heirsel f-
rel iance

290
anddev
elopment
.

 Equal
ityi
nCapacit
ytoAct.—Womenofl egalage,r
egardl
essofci
vi
lst
atus,
shal
l
havethecapaci
tytoactandenteri
ntocontr
actswhichshal
linev
eryr
espectbe
equal
tothatofmenundersimil
arci
rcumstances.

 I
nallcont
ractualsit
uati
onswher emar r
iedmenhav ethecapaci tytoact,married
womenshallhav eequalri
ghts.Tot hisend:
 Women shal lhav et he capaci tyt o borr
ow and obt ai
nl oans and
execut esecuri
tyandcr editar r
angementundert hesamecondi ti
ons
asmen;
 Womenshal lhav eequalaccesst oallgovernmentandpr iv
atesect or
programs gr anting agr icultural credit
,l oans and non- mat erial
resourcesandshal lenjoyequalt reatmentinagr ari
anr ef
orm andland
resettl
ementpr ograms;
 Womenshal lhav eequalr ightst oactasi ncorporatorsandent erinto
insurancecontracts;and
 Mar ri
edwomenshal lhav er ightsequalt ot hoseofmar ri
edmeni n
applying forpasspor t,secur ev isas and othert raveldocument s,
withoutneedt osecur etheconsentoft heirspouses.

 Inallothersi mil
arcont ractualr elati
ons, womenshal lenjoyequalr ightsandshal l
havet hecapaci tyt oactwhi chshal li nev eryrespectbeequalt ot hoseofmen
undersi milarcircumst ances.
 .EqualMember shi pi nCl ubs. —Womenshal lenjoyequalaccesst omember ship
i
nal lsoci al,ci
vicandr ecreat ionalcl ubs,commi t
tees,associ ati
onsandsi mi l
ar
otheror ganizati
onsdev ot edt opubl icpur pose.Theyshal lbeent itledt ot hesame
ri
ghtsand pr i
vil
egesaccor ded t ot heirspousesi ft heybel ong t ot hesame
organization.
 .Admi ssion to Mi l
itarySchool s.— Anypr ovi
sion oft hel aw tot hecont rary
notwithstanding,consi stentwi tht heneedsoft heser vi
ces,womenshal lbe
accordedequaloppor tuni ti
esf orappoi ntment ,admi ssion,t r
aining,gr aduat ion
andcommi ssioni ngi nal lmi litaryorsi mi l
arschool soft heAr medFor cesoft he
Phil
ippinesandt hePhi li
ppi neNat i
onalPol icenotl at
ert hant hef our t
hacademi c
yearfol l
owingt heappr ovaloft hi sActi naccor dancewi tht hestandar dsr equired
for men except f or t hose mi nimum essent i
aladj ustment sr equi red by
physiologicaldifferencesbet weensexes.
 .Volunt aryPag- IBIG,GSI SandSSSCov erage.—Mar ri
edper sonswhodev otef ul
l
ti
met o managi ng t hehousehol d and f ami l
yaf fair
sshal l,upont hewor king
spouse’ s consent ,be ent i
tled t ov oluntary Pag- I
BIG ( Pagtut ulungan—I kaw,
Bangko, I
ndustriyaatGoby erno) ,Gov ernmentSer vi
ceI nsuranceSy stem ( GSIS)or
SocialSecur it
ySy stem ( SSS)cov eraget otheext entofone- hal
f( ½)oft hesal ary
andcompensat ionoft hewor kingspouse.Thecont ri
but i
onsduet her eonshal lbe
deduct edf r
om thesal ar yoft hewor kingspouse.

TheGSISortheSSS,asthecasemaybe,shalli
ssuerul
esandr
egul
ati
onsnecessar
yto
eff
ect
ivel
yimplementt
heprovisi
onsoft
hissecti
on.

TheI
nter
-Count
ryAdopt
ionActof1995
(
RA8043)

 "ANACTESTABLI SHINGTHERULESTOGOVERNI NTER-COUNTRYADOPTI ON


OFFI LI
PINOCHI LDREN, ANDFOROTHERPURPOSES"
 Itisherebydecl aredthepol i
cyoft heStatetopr ovideeverynegl ect
edand
abandonedchi l
dwi thaf amil
ythatwil
lpr
ovidesuchchi ldwit
hl oveandcareas
wellasopportunit
iesforgrowthanddevel
opment .Towar dst
hisend, ef
for
tsshal
l
beexertedtoplacet hechil
dwi t
hanadoptivefamilyinthePhil
ippines.However
,
recogni
zingthatinter
-countr
yadopti
onmaybeconsi der
edasal lowingali
ensnot

291
presentl
yal l
owedbyl aw toadoptFil
i
pinochil
drenifsuchchil
drencannotbe
adoptedbyqual i
fi
edFili
pinoci
ti
zensorali
ens,theStat
eshallt
akemeasurest o
ensuret hatinter-
countr
yadopt i
onsareallowed when thesameshal lprove
benefici
alt othe chil
d's besti
nter
ests,and shal
lserve and pr
otecthi
s/her
fundament alr
ights.

 .Def
ini
ti
onofTer ms.—Asusedi nt hi
sAct.Thet erm:
 Inter -countryadopt i
onr eferst othesoci o-l
egalpr ocessofadopt i
nga
Fil
ipi nochi ldbyaf or
eigneroraFi li
pi noci t i
zenper manent l
yr esi
ding
abr oad wher et he petition isf i
led,t he super vised trialcust ody is
under taken, andt hedecreeofadopt i
oni si ssuedout sidethePhi l
i
ppines.
 Chi l
dmeansaper sonbel ow fif
teen( 15)y earsofageunl esssooner
emanci patedbyl aw.
 Aut hor izedandaccr edi
tedagencyr eferst otheSt atewelf areagencyora
li
censedadopt i
onagencyi nt hecount ryoft headopt i
ngpar entswhi ch
prov idecompr ehensivesoci alservicesandwhi chisdul yr ecognizedby
theDepar tment .
 Legal ly-
freechi l
dmeansachi ldwhohasbeenv oluntar
il
yori nvoluntar
il
y
commi ttedt ot heDepar tment ,inaccor dancewi tht heChi ldandYout h
Wel f areCode.
 Mat chingr eferst othej udici
ouspai r
ingoft headopt ivechi l
dandt he
appl icantt opr omot eamut ual
lysatisfy
ingpar ent-chil
drelationship.

 TheI nter
-Countr
yAdopt ionBoar d.— Thereisherebycr eatedt heInter-Country
Adopt i
on Board,her einafterr efer
red t
o as the Boardt o actas t he central
authorit
yinmat ter
sr elatingt ointer-
countr
yadoption.Itshallactast hepol i
cy-
making body f orpur poses ofcar ryi
ng outthe pr ovisi
ons oft his Act,in
consultati
onandcoor dinationwi ththeDepartment,thedi f
ferentchild-careand
pl
acement agenci es, adopt i
v e agencies, as wel l as non- gov ernmental
organizati
onsengagedi nchi l
d-careandplacementactivi
ti
es.Assuch, itshall
:

a.Pr otectt heFi l


ipinochi ldfrom abuse,expl oit
ation,tr af fi
ckingand/ orsale
oranyot herpr actice in connect i
on wi th adopt i
on whi ch i
s harmf ul,
detriment al
, orpr ejudicialtot hechi ld;
b.Col lect,mai nt ain,andpr eser v econf ident i
alinfor mat ionaboutt hechi l
d
andt headopt i
vepar ents;
c. Moni tor,f ollow up,andf acilit
atecompl etionofadopt i
onoft hechi l
d
throughaut hor i
zedandaccr editedagency ;
d.Pr ev enti mpr operf i
nancialorot hergai ni nconnect ionwi thanadopt ion
anddet eri mpr operpr acti
cescont rarytot hisAct ;
e. Promot et he dev elopmentofadopt ion ser vices i ncl uding post-l
egal
adopt ion;
f. Licenseandaccr edi tchild-caring/ placementagenci esandcol laborate
witht hem i nt hepl acementofFi li
pinochi l
dren;
g.Accr editand aut hor i
ze for eign adopt i
on agencyi nt he placementof
Fil
ipinochi l
dr eni nt heirowncount ry;and
h.Cancelt hel icenset ooper ateandbl acklistthechi ld-car ingandpl acement
agencyoradopt iveagencyi nvolvedf rom t heaccr edit at
ionli
stoft he
Boar duponaf indingofv i
ol ationofanypr ovisionundert hisAct
.

 .Composi ti
onoft heBoar d.—TheBoar dshallbecomposedoft heSecr etaryof
the Departmentas ex of f
icio Chai
rman,and si x( 6)othermember st o be
appointedbyt hePr esidentforanon- renewableterm ofsix(6)y ears:Pr ovi
ded,
Thatt here shallbe appoi nted one (1)psychiatr
istorpsy chologist,t wo ( 2)
l
awy erswhoshal lhaveatl eastthequal i
fi
cat
ionsofar egi
onaltri
alcour tjudge,
one ( 1)registered socialwor kerand t wo (2)r epresentat
ives from non-
governmentalor ganizati
onsengagedi nchil
d-cari
ngandpl acementact i
vi
ties.
Themember soft heBoar dshallrecei
veaperdi em al l
owanceofOnet housand
fi
vehundr ed pesos( P1,500)f oreach meet ing att
ended byt hem:Pr ovi
ded,
fur
ther,Thatnocompensat i
onshallbepai dformor et hanfour( 4)meet i
ngsa
mont h.

292
Sec.6.
Power sandFunct
ionsoft
heBoar
d.—TheBoar
dshal
lhav
ethef
oll
owi
ngpower
s
andfunct
ions:

a.t opr escr i


ber ul esandr egul at ionsasi tmaydeem r easonabl ynecessar y
to car ryoutt he pr ov i
si ons oft hi s Act,af terconsul tation and upon
favor abl er ecommendat ionoft hedi ff
erentagenci esconcer nedwi t
ht he
child- car ing, placement ,andadopt ion;
b.t o sett hegui del inesf ort heconv ening ofan I nt er-count ryAdopt i
on
PlacementCommi tt
eewhi chshal lbeundert hedi rectsuper v i
sionoft he
Boar d;
c. tosett hegui del inesf ort hemannerbywhi chsel ect i
on/ mat chingof
prospect iveadopt ivepar ent sandadopt i
vechi ldcanbemade;
d.t odet ermi near easonabl eschedul eoff eesandchar gest obeexact edi n
connect i
onwi tht heappl icat ionf oradopt i
on;
e. todet er minet hef orm andcont ent soft heappl icat ionf ori nter-count ry
adopt i
on;
f.t oi nst itutesy st emsandpr ocedur est opr eventi mpr operf inanci algai ni n
connect i
onwi thadopt i
onanddet eri mproperpr act i
ceswhi char econt rary
tot hi sAct ;
g.t opr omot et hedev elopmentofadopt i
onser vi
ces,i ncl udingpost -legal
adopt i
onser vices,
h.t oaccr editandaut hor i
zef or eignpr i
vateadopt i
onagenci eswhi chhav e
demonst r
at ed pr ofessi onal ism,compet ence and hav e consi stent l
y
pur sued non- pr of i
tobj ect iv est o engagei nt hepl acementofFi lipi
no
childr eni nt heirowncount ry: Pr ov i
ded, Thatsuchf or eignpr i
vat eagenci es
aredul yaut hor i
zedandaccr edi tedbyt heirowngov er nmentt oconduct
i
nt er -count r y adopt ion:Pr ov ided,howev er,Thatt he t otalnumberof
aut hor i
zedandaccr edit edf oreignpr ivateadopt ionagenci esshal lnot
exceedonehundr ed( 100)ay ear ;
i
.t ot akeappr opr iatemeasur est oensur econf ident iali
tyoft her ecordsof
thechi ld,thenat ural par ent sandt headopt i
vepar ent satal l ti
mes;
j
.t o pr epar e,r ev i
ew or modi fy,and t her eafter,r ecommend t ot he
Depar tmentofFor eignAf fairs, Memor andaofAgr eementr espect ingi nter
-count ryadopt ionconsi st entwi t
ht heimpl ement ationoft hisActandi ts
stat edgoal s,ent eredi nt o,bet weenandamongf or eigngov er nment s,
i
nt er nat ional or gani zat ions and r ecogni zed i nt ernational non-
gov er nment al or gani zations;
k. toassi stot herconcer nedagenci esandt hecour tsi nt hei mpl ement ati
on
oft hi sAct ,par ti
cul arlyasr egar dscoor dinat i
onwi thf or eignper sons,
agenci esandot herent itiesi nv olvedi nt hepr ocessofadopt ionandt he
phy si cal transf eroft hechi ld; and
l
.t o per form such ot herf unct i
onson mat tersr el ating t oi nter-count ry
adopt i
onasmaybedet er mi nedbyt hePr esident .

PROCEDURE

Sec.7Inter-Countr
yAdopt i
onast heLastResor t.— TheBoar dshal
lensur ethatall
possi
bil
iti
esf oradoptionoft hechildundert heFami l
yCodehav ebeenexhaust edand
thati
nter-countryadopt i
onisi nthebesti nterestofthechild.Towardst hi
send,the
Boardshal lsetupthegui del
inestoensur et hatstepswi l
lbetakentoplacethechil
din
thePhil
ippinesbeforet hechildisplacedf ori nt
er-
countryadopti
on:Pr
ov i
ded,however,
Thatthemax i
mum numbert hatmaybeal lowedf orfor
eignadopti
onshallnotexceedsi
x
hundred(600)ay earforthef i
rstf
ive(5)year s.

Sec.8WhoMaybeAdopt ed.— Onlyalegall


yfr
eechi
ldmaybet hesubj
ectofint
er-
countr
yadopti
on.I
n or
derthatsuch chi
ld maybe consi
der
ed forpl
acement
,the
fol
lowi
ngdocument
smustbesubmit
tedtotheBoar
d:

293
a)Chi l
dst udy;
b)Bi r
thcer ti
fi
cate/ foundli
ngcer t
if
icate;
c) Deed ofv olunt arycommi tment/decree ofabandonment/death cer
ti
ficat
e of
parents;
d)Medi calevaluation/ hi
story;
e) Psychological ev al
uati
on, asnecessar y
;and
f) Recentphot ooft hechild.
Sec.9WhoMayAdopt .—Anal ienoraFi li
pinocit
izenper
manentl
yr esi
dingabroadmay
fi
l
eanappl icati
onf orint er
-countryadoptionofaFi l
ipi
nochi
ldi
fhe/she:

a.isatl eastt went y


-sev en( 27)y earsofageandatl eastsi xteen( 16)y ears
oldert hant hechi ldt obeadopt ed,att het imeofappl icationunl esst he
adopt erist hepar entbynat ureoft hechi l
dt obeadopt edort hespouseof
suchpar ent :
b.ifmar ried, his/herspousemustj oint l
yfil
ef ort headopt i
on;
c. hast hecapaci tyt oactandassumeal lr i
ghtsandr esponsibilit
iesof
parent alaut hor ity underhi s nat ionall aws,and has under gone t he
appropr i
atecounsel i
ngf rom anaccr edi
tedcounsel orinhis/hercount r
y ;
d.hasnotbeenconv i
ctedofacr i
mei nv ol
vingmor alturpi
tude;
e. i
sel i
gi blet oadoptunderhi s/ hernat ional l
aw;
f.isi naposi tiont opr ovi
det hepr opercar eandsuppor tandt ogi vet he
necessar ymor alv al
uesandexampl et oallhischildren,incl
udi ngthechi l
d
tobeadopt ed;
g.agr ees t o uphol dt he basi cr i
ght s oft he child as embodi ed under
Phili
ppi nel aws,t heU. N.Conv entionont heRi ghtsoft heChi ld,andt o
abidebyt her ulesandr egul ati
onsi ssuedt oimplementt hepr ov i
sionsof
thisAct ;
h.comesf rom acount rywi thwhom t hePhi l
i
ppi neshasdi plomat icrelations
andwhosegov ernmentmai ntainsasi milarlyauthor i
zedandaccr edited
agencyandt hatadopt i
oni sal l
owedunderhi s/hernat i
onallaws; and
i
. possesses al lt he qual if
ications and none of t he disqual if
ications
providedher einandi not herappl icabl ePhilippinelaws.

Sec.10Wher etoFi
leAppli
cati
on.—Anappl icat
iontoadoptaFili
pinochil
dshal lbefi
led
eit
herwi ththePhil
ippi
neRegionalTr
ialCourthavingjuri
sdi
cti
onov erthechild,orwith
theBoar d,t
hroughaninter
mediateagency,whethergovernmentaloranaut hori
zedand
accredi
tedagency,inthecountr
yoftheprospectiveadopti
veparents,whi
chappl icat
ion
shallbeinaccordancewiththerequi
rementsassetf ort
hintheimplementingr ul
esand
regulat
ionstobepromulgatedbytheBoard.

Theappli
cat
ionshal
lbesuppor
tedbyt
hef
oll
owi
ngdocument
swr
it
tenandof
fi
cial
l
y
tr
ansl
atedi
nEngl
ish.

a.Bi rt
hcer ti
fi
cateofappl icant (s);
b.Mar ri
agecont ract ,i
fmar ried, anddivor cedecr ee,i
fappl i
cabl
e;
c. Wr i
ttenconsentoft hei rbi ologicaloradopt ivechildrenabov eten(10)
yearsofage, int hef orm ofswor nst atement ;
d.Phy sical,medi caland psy chologicalev al
uat i
on by a dul yl i
censed
physicianandpsy chologi st;
e. Incomet axretur nsoranydocumentshowi ngt hefinancialcapabi
li
tyof
theappl i
cant(s);
f. Policecl earanceofappl icant (s);
g.Char acterr efer ence f rom t he localchur ch/ mini
ster,the appli
cant'
s
empl oy erandamemberoft hei mmedi atecommuni t
ywhohav eknown
theappl i
cant(s)f oratl eastf ive(5)y ear s;and
h.Recentpost card- si
ze pi ctures oft he applicant(s)and hi simmediate
fami l
y ;

TheRul
esofCour
tshal
lappl
yincaseofadopt
ionbyj
udi
cial
proceedi
ngs.

294
Sec.11. FamilySelection/Matchi
ng.— Nochi l
dshal lbemat chedt oaf orei
gnadopt i
ve
famil
yunl essi tissat isf
act
oril
yshownt hatt
hechi ldcannotbeadopt edlocally.The
clear
ance,asi ssuedbyt heBoar d,wi
ththecopyoft heminut
esoft hemeet ings,shall
form partofther ecordsofthechi l
dtobeadopt ed.Whent heBoar disreadyt ot r
ansmit
thePlacementAut horit
yt ot
heaut hor
izedandaccr editedi
nter
-countryadoptionagency
andal lthetraveldocument soft hechil
dar er
eady ,theadopti
vepar ents,oranyoneof
them, shall
personallyfetcht
hechi l
dinthePhil
ippines.

Sec.12.Pre-adopti
vePl
acementCosts.— Theappl
i
cant
(s)shal
lbeart
hef
oll
owi
ng
cost
sincidentalt
othepl
acementoft
hechi
ld;

a.Thecostofbr i
ngingthechildfrom thePhili
ppinestot
her esi
denceoft he
appl
icant
(s)abroad,includingalltr
av elexpenseswithi
nt hePhil
ippines
andabroad;and
b.The costofpasspor t,visa,medi calexami nati
on and psychological
eval
uati
onrequired,andotherrelat
edexpenses.

Sec.13.Fees,ChargesandAssessments.—Fees,charges,andassessmentscoll
ected
bytheBoar dintheexerci
seofi
tsfunct
ionsshal
lbeusedsol el
ytoprocessappl
i
cations
fori
nter
-countryadopt
ionandtosuppor
ttheacti
vi
ti
esoftheBoar d.

Sec.14. Supervi
sionofTrialCustody .—Thegov ernment alagencyort heauthorizedand
accreditedagencyi nthecount r
yoft headopt i
vepar entswhichf i
ledtheappl i
cationf
or
i
nter-countryadoptionshallberesponsibleforthet r
ialcustodyandt hecar eofthechild.
Itshallalsoprovidefamil
ycounsel i
ngandot herrelatedservices.Thet ri
alcustodyshall
bef oraper i
odofsi x(6)mont hsfrom theti
meofpl acement.Onl yafterthelapseofthe
peri
odoft r
ialcustodyshalladecreeofadopt i
onbei ssuedinthesai dcountryacopyof
whichshal lbesentt ot
heBoar dtof orm par
toft herecor dsofthechild.

Duringthet ri
alcustody ,
theadopt ingparent(
s)shallsubmi ttothegov ernmentalagency
ortheaut hori
zedandaccr edit
edagency ,whichshalli
nt urntransmitacopyt otheBoard,
apr ogressr eportoft hechi l
d' sadjust
ment .Thepr ogressr eportshallbet akeninto
considerati
oni ndecidingwhet herornottoissuethedecr eeofadopt i
on.
TheDepar t
mentofFor eignAf fai
rsshallsetupasy stem bywhi chFi
li
pinochi l
drensent
abroadf ortri
alcust odyar emoni tor
edandcheckedasr eport
edbyt heaut hori
zedand
accredit
edi nter
-countryadoptionagencyaswel lasther epatri
ationt
ot hePhili
ppinesof
aFili
pinochi l
dwhoseadopt ionhasnotbeenappr oved.

Sec. 15.Execut
ive Agreements. — The Depar tment of Forei
gn Affai
rs, upon
repr
esentati
onoftheBoard,shallcauset
hepreparati
onofExecuti
veAgreementswith
countr
iesoftheforei
gnadopti
onagenciestoensurethel
egit
imateconcur
renceofsaid
countr
iesinuphol
dingthesaf
eguardsprov
idedbythisAct
.

PENALTI
ES

Sec.16.
Penal
ti
es.

(
a)Anyper sonwhoshal lknowi nglyparti
cipateintheconductorcar r
y i
ngoutof
ani l
l
egaladopt ion,inv iol
ationoft hepr ovi
sionsoft hi
sAct ,shal
lbepunishedwi tha
penaltyofi
mpr i
sonmentr angingf rom six(6)y earsandone( 1)daytotwelv
e( 12)years
and/oraf i
neofnotl esst hanFi f
tyt housandpesos( P50,
000),butnotmor ethanTwo
hundredthousandpesos( P200.000) ,atthediscreti
onoft hecourt.Forpur
posesoft his
Act,anadoptioni sill
egalifitiseffect edinanymannercont r
arytotheprovi
sionsofthis
Actorest ablished St atepol i
cies,i t
si mplement ing rul
esand r egul
ati
ons,executive
agreements,andot herlawsper tainingt oadopt i
on.Il
legali
tymaybepr esumedf rom the

295
f
oll
owi
ngact
s:

1.consentforanadopt ionwasacquiredthr ough,oratt


endedbycoerci
on,fr
aud,
i
mpr opermaterial
inducement;
2.ther
eisnoaut hori
tyfr
om theBoardtoeffectadopti
on;
3.theproceduresandsaf eguar
dsplacedundert helaw foradopti
onwerenot
compliedwit
h; and
4.Thechi l
dt o beadopt ed issubj
ected to,orexposed to danger
,abuseand
expl
oitat
ion.

(b)Anyper sonwhoshal lv i
olateestabl
ishedregulat
ionsr el
ati
ngtotheconf i
dent i
ali
ty
and i
ntegri
tyofr ecor
ds,document sand communi cationsofadopt i
on applicati
ons,
casesandpr ocessesshallsuffert
hepenal t
yofimpr i
sonmentr angi
ngfrom one( 1)year
andone( 1)dayt ot wo( 2)years,and/oraf i
neofnotl essthanFivethousandpesos
(P5,
000),butnotmor ethanTent housandpesos( P10,000),att
hediscr
etionofthecour t
.

Apenaltyl
owerbytwo( 2)degr
eesthanthatpr
escr
ibedf
ortheconsummat
edf el
ony
undert
hisArt
icl
eshal
lbeimposeduponthepri
nci
pal
softheatt
empttocommitanyof
theact
sherei
nenumerat
ed.

Actspuni
shabl
eunderthi
sArti
cle,whencommit
tedbyasy ndicateorwhereitinvol
ves
twoormorechil
drenshal
lbeconsider
edasanoff
enseconsti
tutingchi
l
dtraff
ickingand
shal
lmeri
tthepenal
tyofr
ecl
usionperpet
ua.

ActspunishableunderthisArt
icl
earedeemedcommi t
tedbyasyndicateifcar
riedoutby
agroupoft hree(3)ormor epersonsconspiri
ngand/orconf
ederati
ngwi thoneanother
i
ncar r
yingoutanyoft heunlawfulact
sdefinedunderthi
sArt
icl
e.Penalti
esasar eherei
n
provi
dedshal lbeinadditi
ontoanyotherpenalti
eswhichmaybei mposedf orthesame
actspunishableunderotherl
aws,ordi
nances,execut
iveor
der
s,andpr ocl
amations.

Sec.17. Public Of f
icers as Offenders.— Any gov er
nmentof fi
cial
,empl oyee or
functi
onarywhoshal lbefoundguilt
yofv i
olati
nganyoft heprovisi
onsoft hisAct ,
orwho
shallconspir
ewi thprivatei
ndivi
dualsshal
l,inadditi
ontotheabov e-
prescribedpenal t
ies,
be penalized i
n accor dance with exi
sti
ng civi
lser v
ice laws,rules and r egul
ati
ons:
Provided,Thatupon t he fi
l
ing ofa case,ei theradmi nist
rat
ive orcr iminal,sai d
governmentof f
icial
,empl oyee orf unct
ionary concerned shallautomat icall
y suffer
suspensionuntiltheresolut
ionofthecase.

FI
NALPROVI
SIONS

Sec.18. I
mplementingRulesandRegul ati
ons.— TheInter-
countryAdopt i
onBoar d,in
coordinat
ionwit
ht heCounci lfort
heWel f
areofChil
dren,theDepar t
mentofFor ei
gn
Aff
airs,andtheDepartmentofJustice,af t
erdueconsul
tati
onwi thagenci
esi nvolvedin
chi
ld-careand placement
,shal lpromul gatethenecessaryrulesand r egulat
ionst o
i
mpl ementtheprovisi
onsofthisActwithinsix(6)mont
hsaf t
erit
sef f
ecti
vi
t y
.

Sec.19.Appr opri
ati
ons.— TheamountofFi vemil
li
onpesos( P5,000,
000)ishereby
appropr
iatedf r
om thepr oceedsoft heLottofort
heini
ti
aloperat
ionsoftheBoardand
subsequentlyt he appropriat
ions oft he same shal
lbe i ncl
uded int he Gener
al
Appropri
ationsActforthey earfol
lowingit
senactment

Di
sast
erRi
skReduct
ionandManagement(
DRRM)Actof2010
(RA10121)

Whydoweneedtogivei
mpor
tancet
odisast
ers?
 Disast
erscauset
hedestr
uct
ionofcommuni
ti
es,deat
hofmi
l
li
ons,andcol
l
apse

296
ofpeopl e’sl ivelihoods.Di sast ersl eav ei ndel i
blei mpact sonphy sicallandscapes
andonpeopl e'smi nds.
 Indev el
opmentt erms,di sast erscanmeanser iouseconomi cimpactonnat ions,
communi t
ies, andhousehol ds.
 Foradev elopi ngnat i
onl i
ket hePhi l
ippines, di
sast ersal soposemaj orhur dl
esf or
theachi evementoft heMi ll
enni um Dev elopmentGoal s( MDG) .
 ThePhi lippi nesi soneoft hewor ld'smostdi sast erpronenat i
ons.Theexposur e
oft hePhi li
ppi nest odi saster scanbeat tributedt oitsgeogr aphicalandphy sical
char acter i
st ics.
 Earthquakesar ecommonandv olcanoesaboundbecauset hecount ryi sinthe
Paci fi
cRi ngofFi re.ThePhi li
ppinesal soabsor bsthef ullstr
engt hoft yphoons
thatdev elopi nt hePaci f
icOcean.
 Asidef rom nat uralcauses,t hePhi li
ppi nesal so exper ienceshuman‐ induced
disast ers.These ar e broughtaboutby hazar ds t hatar e ofpol i
t i
caland
soci o‐economi cor igi
nsandi nappr opr i
ateandi ll
‐appliedt echnologies.Manyar e
forced t o ev acuat e during t imes ofconf l
ict.Peopl e dief rom ear thquakes
primar il
ybecauseoft hecol lapseofsubst andar dbuildings.
 The heal th of peopl e i s sev erely af fected because of i ndustrial and
domest icwast et hatpol lutest hewat er, l
andandai r.
 Hazar dsbecomedi sastersonl yifv ulner ablepeopl eandr esourcesar eexposed
tothem.
 Peopl ewhol ivei npov ertyandadv ersesoci o‐economi ccondi ti
onsar ehi ghly
vulner ablet odi sast ers.
 Themostv ul ner ablesect or sincl udet hepoor ,thesi ck,peopl ewi thdi sabil
iti
es,
theel der ly,womenandchi ldren.Al thoughmanypeopl emaybeaf fected,these
vulner ablesect or swi llhav et hel eastcapaci tyt orecov erf r
om t hei mpactofa
disast er.
 Inthi scont ext ,itisi mportantf orsoci etyt ost rengthent hecapaci t
yofv ulnerable
sect ors.
 Indoi ngso,t hev ulnerablesect or sceaset obev ictimsofdi sast ersandwi l
l
becomeagent sofchangef ormeani ngf ul developmentofcommuni t
ies.

Whati
stheDRRM Act
?
 Republi
c Act No.10121 or t he Phili
ppi
ne Disast
er Risk Reducti
on and
ManagementActof 2010 (DRRM Act)is a new law which tr
ansforms the
Phil
i
ppines’di sast
ermanagementsy stem fr
om disasterrel
iefand response
towardsdisasterri
skreduct
ion(
DRR).
 I
twasappr ovedonMay27, 2010.I
trepeal
edPresi
denti
alDecreeNo.1566whi ch
wasenactedwaybacki n1978.

I
nfant
sandChi
ldr
enHeal
thI
mmunizat
ionActof2011
(RA10152)
ANACTPROVIDI
NGFORMANDATORYBASICIMMUNIZATIONSERVI
CESFORI NFANTSAND
CHI
LDREN,REPEALI
NGFORTHEPURPOSEPRESI
DENTIALDECREENo.996,
ASAMENDED.

Beitenactedbyt
heSenat
eandHouseofRepr
esent
ati
vesoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nesi
nCongr
ess
assembled:

Sect
ion1.Tit
le.-Thi
sActshal
lbeknownast
he"
Mandat
oryI
nfant
sandChi
l
drenHeal
th
I
mmuni zat
ionActof2011"
.

297
Secton 2.Decl
i ar
ati
on ofPol icy.-I n accor
dance with Arti
cleII
,Secti
on 15 oft he
Consti
tuti
on,I
ti sherebydeclaredt obet hepolicyoft
heStatetotakeapr oacti
v erol
ein
thepreventi
veheal thcareofi nfantsandchi l
dren.Towardst hi
send,theSt ateshal
l
adoptacompr ehensi
ve,mandat oryandsustainablei
mmuni zat
ionprogr
am f orvacci
ne-
prev
entablediseasesforal
linfant sandchildr
en.

Secton3.Cov
i erage.-Themandat orybasici mmunizat
ionforallinf
antsandchi
ldr
en
prov
idedunderthisActshal lcoverthefoll
owi ngvacci
ne-
prev
entabledi
seases:
a.Tuber cul osis;
b.Di pht her i
a,tetanusandper tussis;
c. Pol i
omy elit
is;
d.Measl es;
e. Mumps;
f. Rubel laorGer manmeasl es;
g.Hepat it
is-B;
h.H.I nfluenzat ypeB( HIB);and
i. Suchot hert y
pesasmaybedet er
minedbytheSecr et
aryofHeal
thina
depar tmentci rcul
ar.

Themandat or
ybasicimmuni
zat
ionshallbegivenforfreeatanygov
ernment
hospi
talorheal
thcentert
oinf
ant
sandchil
drenuptof
ive(5)year
sofage.

Hepat i
ti
s- Bv accineshal lbeadmi ni
st eredbyanydul yli
censedphy sician,nurseor
midwi fetoal li nfant sborni nhospi tal
s,heal thi nfirmar i
es,healthcent ersorl yi
ng- i
n
centerswi thobst et ricalandpedi atri
cser vices,whet herpublicorpr ivate,wi thi
nt went y-
four( 24)hour saf terbi rt
h:Pr ovi
ded,however ,
Thati ncasesofi nfantsbor ninpl aces
othert hant heabov e,anydul ylicensedphy si
cian,nur seormi dwi fewhodel iv
er s,or
assistsint hedel i
v er yofthenewbor nshal lber esponsi bleforadmi nisteringt hev accine
tothel at
ter:Provi ded,f urther,Thatf ordel i
veriesassi stedbyper sonsot herthant he
healthpr ofessional sment ionedabov e,thei nfantshoul dbebr oughtt oanyav ai
lable
healthar ef aci
litysoast obei mmuni zedagai nstHepat iti
s-Bwi t
hi nt went y-
four( 24)
hoursaf t
erbi r
thbutnotl at erthansev en( 7)day s: Provi
ded,f i
nally,Thatsubsequent
dosesofHepat it
is-Bv accinationshal lbecompl et edaccor dingt ot her ecommended
schedul eofHepat itis-Bimmuni zation,asmaybepr ov i
dedi ntheimpl ement i
ngr ul
esand
regulati
onst obei ssuedbyt heDepar t
mentofHeal th( DOH) .

Secton4.Educat
i i
onandInformat ionCampaign.–Allheal
thcarepracti
ti
oner
sorheal
th
careworkerswhoareadministeri
ngpr enat
alcar
eshalleducateal
lpregnantmot
herson
theimportanceofgi
vi
ngt heirinfantsthebasicimmunizati
onservicesaswellasany
possi
bleeffect
sofi
mmunizat i
on.

The DOH, ot her government agenci


es, nongov
ernment organi
zat
ions,
prof
essionalandacademicsociet
ies,andl
ocalgover
nmentunit
eshal
lmakeav ai
labl
e
appropr
iateinfor
mati
onmat er
ialsandshallhaveasy st
em ofitsdi
str
ibut
iontothe
publ
ic.

Secton5.Obl
i igat
iontoInform.-Anyphysi ci
an,nur
se,midwife,nursingaideorski l
led
bi
rthattendant,whodel i
vers,orassistsint hedeli
ver
yof ,anewbor nshal l
,priorto
del
iver
y,inform parent
sorlegalguardianofthenewbornoft heav ail
abili
ty,natur
eand
benefi
tsofI mmunizati
onagainstHepat i
ti
s-Bandothervacci
ne-preventabl
edi seasesat
bi
rth.

Section6.Cont inuingEducat i
onandTr ai
ningofHeal t
hPersonnel.-TheDOH,wi tht he
assistance of l ocal gov ernment uni t
s, academe, professional societi
es and
nongov ernmentalor ganizat
ions,shallundert
akecont i
nui
nginformation,educati
onand
tr
ainingpr ogramsf orallhealthpersonnelont herati
onal
eandbenef i
tsofaswel las
moder n pr ocedures f or immunization of infant
s and children against vaccine-
preventablediseases.

Sect
ion7.Appr
opr
iat
ions.-Theamountnecessar
ytocar
ryoutt
hei
mpl
ement
ati
onof

298
thi
sActshal lbechargedagai
nstthecurr
entyear
'sappropri
ati
onsforexpandedpr
ogr
am
onimmuni zat i
onoft heDOH.Ther eaft
er,suchsumsasmaybenecessar yf
orthe
conti
nued impl ementat
ion of t
his Actshallbe i ncl
uded int he annualGeneral
Appropri
ati
onsAct .
ThePhili
ppineHealthInsur
anceCorporat
ion(PHI
C)shallincl
udethebasicimmuni
zati
on
serv
icesinitsbenefi
tpackage.

Secton8.I
i mpl
ementingRul
esandRegul ations.– TheDOH,i nconsul
tat
ionwiththe
Nati
onalI
mmunizati
onCommi t
tee,shal
lissuet heimplement
ingrul
esandr egul
ati
ons
wit
hinni
net
y(90)daysaft
ert
heapprovalofthisAct.

Secton9.Separ
i abi
li
tyCl
ause.-If
,foranyreason,anypar torprov
isi
onofthi
sActshal
l
bedeclar
edunconstit
uti
onalorinval
id,theremaini
ngpr ovisi
onshereofwhi
charenot
aff
ectedt
herebyshal
lconti
nuetobeinf ul
lfor
ceandeffect.

Sect
ion10.Repeali
ngClause.-Al
ll
aws, decrees,execut
iveor
der
s,rul
esandregul
ati
ons
orpart
sthereofwhichareinconsi
stentwiththisActareherebyrepeal
ed,amendedor
modifi
edaccordi
ngl
y.

Secton11.Ef
i fect
ivi
ty.-Thi
sActshal
ltakeef
fectf
if
teen(15)daysaft
eritspubl
i
cat
ioni
n
theOffi
cialGazett
eori natl
eastt
wo(2)newspapersofgeneralci
rcul
ati
on.
Approved,

Cyber
cri
mePrevent
ionActof2012
(
RA10175)

An ActDefi
ning Cyber
cri
me,Pr event
ion,Invest
igat
ion,Suppr
essi
on and t
he
I
mposit
ionofPenalt
iesTher
eforandforOtherPurposes

 TheCy ber crimePr ev ent i


onActof2012,of fi
cial l
yr ecor dedasRepubl i
cActNo.
10175, isal awi nt hePhi l
ippinesappr ov edonSept ember12, 2012.
 Itaimst oaddr essl egali ssuesconcer ni ngonl inei nter act i
onsandt heInternetin
the Phi lippines.Among t he cy bercr ime of fenses i ncluded i nt he bi llare
cyber squat t
ing,cy ber sex,chi l
dpor nogr aphy ,ident i
tyt hef t,il
legalaccesst odata
andl ibel.
 TheAct ,dividedi nt o31sect ionsspl i
tacr ossei ghtchapt ers,cri
mi nalizessev eral
typesofof f ense,i ncl udi
ngi l
legalaccess( hacki ng) ,dat ai nterference,dev i
ce
mi suse,cy ber squat ting,comput er-relat ed of fenses such as comput erf raud,
cont ent -
relat edof fensessuchascy ber sexandspam, andot herof fenses.
 Thel awal sor eaffirmsexi stingl awsagai nstchi l
dpor nogr aphy ,anof fenseunder
Republ i
cActNo.9775( theAnt i
-ChildPor nogr aphyActof2009) ,andl ibel,an
offenseunderSect ion355oft heRev isedPenalCodeoft hePhi l
ippines,also
crimi nalizingt hem whencommi ttedusi ngacomput ersy stem.
 Finally,t he Acti ncl udes a " cat ch-all"cl ause,maki ng al lof fenses cur rently
puni shabl eundert heRev isedPenalCodeal sopuni shabl eundert heActwhen
commi tt
edusi ngacomput er, wi thsev ererpenal ti
est hanpr ov i
dedbyt heRev i
sed
Penal Codeal one.
 TheActhasuni ver saljurisdi ction:i tspr ovisionsappl yt oal lFili
pinonat i
onals
regar dlessoft hepl aceofcommi ssion.Jur i
sdi ctional sol ieswhenapuni shable
acti sei thercommi ttedwi thint hePhi l
ippi nes, whet hert heer ri
ngdev i
cei swhol ly
orpar tl
ysi tuat edint hePhi l
ippi nes,orwhet herdamagewasdonet oanynat ural
orj uridicalper sonwhoatt het imeofcommi ssionwaswi thint hePhi l
ippines.
Regi onalTr ialCour tsshal lhav ej uri
sdi ct i
onov ercasesi nv olvingv i
olationsoft he
Act .

Responsi
blePar
ent
hoodandReproduct
iveHeal
thActof2012
(RA10354)

299
TheResponsi bl
ePar ent
hoodandRepr oduct
iveHeal
thActof2012( Republ
icAct
No.10354) ,i
nformall
yknownast heRepr oducti
veHealthLaworRHLaw, i
sal awinthe
Phil
i
ppines,whi chguaranteesuniv
ersalaccesst omethodsofcontracepti
on,fert
il
it
y
contr
ol,sexualeducati
on,andmaternalcare.

Whil
et hereisgeneralagreementaboutitsprovisi
onsonmat ernalandchil
d
health,ther
ei sgreatdebateoni tsmandatethatthePhi l
ippi
negov er
nmentandt he
privatesect
orwi l
lfundandundert
akewidespr
eaddistr
ibuti
onoffamilyplanni
ngdevi
ces
such as condoms,bi rt
h cont
rolpil
ls,and I
UDs,as t he governmentcont i
nues t
o
disseminateinfor
mat i
ononthei
rusethroughal
lheal
thcarecenters.

Passageoft helegisl
ati
onwascont roversialandhi ghl
ydivi
siv
e,withtamabys,
academics,rel
igiousinsti
tuti
ons,andmaj orpol i
ticalfigur
esdeclari
ngt hei
rsuppor
tor
oppositi
onwhi l
ei twaspendi ngint helegislat
ur e.Heat eddebatesandr al
li
esbot h
supporti
ngandopposi ngtheRHBi lltookplacenat i
onwi de.
The Supr eme Cour tdelayed implement ation oft he l
aw in March 2013 in
response t
o chal l
enges.On Apr i
l3,2014,t he Cour truled t
hatthe law was "not
unconsti
tut
ional"butstr
uckdownei ghtpr
ov i
sionspar t
iall
yorinful
l.

TheSenat ePol i
cyBrieftitl
ed"Promot ingReproducti
veHeal t
h",t
hehi storyof
reproducti
v ehealthint hePhil
ippi
nesdat esbackt o1967whenl eadersof12count ries
i
ncludingt hePhi l
ippines'Fer
dinandMar cossi gnedtheDeclarat
iononPopul ati
on.The
Phil
ippinesagr eedt hatthepopul ati
onpr obl
em shouldbeconsi deredast hepr i
ncipal
elementf orlong-term economi cdev el
opment .Thus,t
hePopul ationCommi ssionwas
createdtopushf oral owerfamilysizenor m andprovideinf
ormat i
onandser vicest o
l
owerf erti
li
tyrates.

ExpandedAnt
i-
Traf
ficki
ngi
nPersonsActof2012
(RA10364)

ANACTEXPANDINGREPUBLI
CACTNO.9208,ENTITLED"ANACTTOINSTITUTEPOLICIESTO
ELI
MINATETRAFFI
CKI
NGI NPERSONSESPECI
ALLYWOMENANDCHI LDREN,ESTABLISHING
THENECESSARYI
NSTITUTI
ONALMECHANISMSFORTHEPROTECTI ONANDSUPPORTOF
TRAFFI
CKEDPERSONS,PROVIDI
NGPENALTI
ESFORI TSVI
OLATI
ONSANDFOROTHER
PURPOSES"

SALI
ENTFEATURES:

Sect
ion3ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"
Sec.3.
Def
ini
ti
onofTer
ms.–Asusedi
nthi
sAct
:

(
a)Tr aff
icki nginPer sons–r ef erst ot her ecruitment, obtaining,hir
ing, provi
ding,
offering,t r
anspor tati
on,t ransf er,mai ntaining,har boring,orr ecei ptofper sonswi thor
withoutt hev ict
im’ sconsentorknowl edge,wi t
hinoracr ossnat i
onalbor dersbymeans
oft hreat,oruseoff orce,orot herf ormsofcoer cion,abduction,f raud,decept i
on,abuse
ofpowerorofposi ti
on,taki ngadv antageoft hev ulnerabi
lit
yoft heper son,or ,
t hegivi
ng
orr eceivingofpay ment sorbenef i
tst oachi ev et heconsentofaper sonhav i
ngcont rol
overanot herper sonf orthepur poseofexpl oitationwhi chi ncludesatami nimum,t he
exploitati
onort hepr ostitutionofot hersorot herf ormsofsexualexpl oi
tation,forced
l
abororser vi
ces, slavery,ser vit
udeort her emov al orsaleofor gans.”
"Ther ecruitment, transport ation,transf er,har bor i
ng, adoptionorr eceiptofachi l
dforthe
purposeofexpl oitat i
onorwhent headopt ioni sinducedbyanyf or m ofconsider ati
onf or
exploitati
v epurposesshal lal sobeconsi der edas‘ tr
affi
ckingi nper sons’ev eni fitdoes
noti nvolveanyoft hemeanssetf orthi nthepr ecedi ngpar agraph.

(
b)Chi
l
d–r
efer
stoaper
sonbel
owei
ght
een(
18)y
ear
sofageoronewhoi
sov
er

300
ei
ghteen( 18)butisunabletof
ullyt
akecareoforprot
ecthi
mself/
hersel
ffrom abuse,
negl
ect,cruel
ty,expl
oit
ati
on,
ordiscr
imi
nat
ionbecauseofaphysi
calormentaldi
sabil
it
y
orcondi
tion.

(c)Prost
it
uti
on–r efer
stoanyact ,transact
ion,schemeordesi gninvol
vingt
he
useofapersonbyanother,f
orsexualint
ercourseorlasci
viousconductinexchangefor
money,
profi
toranyotherconsi
derat
ion.

(
d)For
cedLabor–r eferstotheextr
acti
onofwor korser vi
cesfrom anyperson
bymeansofent i
cement
,violence,int
imi
dati
onort hreat,useof ,f
orceorcoer cion,
i
ncludi
ngdepr
ivati
onoffr
eedom, abuseofauthor
ityormor alascendancy,debt
-bondage
ordecept
ioni
ncludi
nganywor korservi
ceextr
actedfrom anyper sonunderthemenace
ofpenal
ty.

(
e)Slavery–refer
stothestat
usorcondi
ti
onofapersonov
erwhom anyoral
lof
t
hepowersattachi
ngtother
ightofowner
shi
pareexer
cised.

(
f)Involunt
aryServitude– ref
erst oacondi tionofenf orcedandcompul sory
servi
ceinducedbymeansofanyscheme, planorpattern,i
ntendedtocauseaper sont o
bel
ievet hatifheorshedi dnotenterintoorcont i
nuei nsuchcondi ti
on,heorsheor
anotherpersonwoul dsufferseri
ousharm orot herf
ormsofabuseorphy sicalrest
raint
,
orthreatofabuseorhar m,orcoer ci
oni ncl
udingdepr i
vingaccesst otr
av eldocument s
andwi t
hholdingsalar
ies,
ort heabuseorthreatenedabuseoft helegalprocess.

(g)SexTouri
sm –refer
stoapr ogram organizedbytravelandtourism-r
elat
ed
est
ablishmentsandindi
vi
dualswhi
chconsi stsoftouri
sm packagesoractivi
ti
es,ut
il
izi
ng
andoff eri
ngescor
tandsexualser
vicesasent i
cementf ort
our
ists.Thisi
ncl
udessexual
ser
vicesandpr acti
cesoff
eredduri
ngr estandr ecreationper
iodsf ormember softhe
mil
it
ary .

(h)SexualExpl oitat
ion – r
efersto part
ici
pati
on byaper son i
n prosti
tuti
on,
pornographyort hepr oducti
onofpor nography
,inexchangef ormoney ,profi
torany
otherconsi der
ati
onorwher et hepart
ici
pat
ioniscausedorf aci
li
tatedbyanymeansof
i
ntimidat i
on orthreat,use off or
ce,orot herforms ofcoer ci
on,abduct i
on,fraud,
deception,debtbondage,abuseofpowerorofposi tionorofl egalprocess,taki
ng
advantageoft hev ulnerabi
lit
yoft heperson,orgi vi
ngorr ecei
vingofpay ment sor
benefit
st oachievet heconsentofaper sonhav i
ngcont r
oloveranotherperson;ori n
sexualintercour
seorl ascivi
ousconductcausedorf aci
li
tat
edbyanymeansaspr ovi
ded
i
nt hi
sAct .

(i
)DebtBondage– r eferstothepl edgingbyt hedebt orofhis/herpersonal
serv
icesorlabororthoseofaper sonunderhis/hercontrolassecuri
tyorpaymentfora
debt,whenthelengthandnat ur
eofservicesisnotcl ear
lydefi
nedorwhent hevalueof
theservi
cesasreasonablyassessedisnotappli
edt owardtheli
quidat
ionofthedebt.

(
j)Por
nogr
aphy– r
efer
stoanyr
epr
esent
ati
on,t
hroughpubl
i
cat
ion,exhi
bit
ion,
ci
nemat ogr
aphy,i
ndecentshows,infor
mat i
ontechnology,orbywhat
evermeans,ofa
personengagedinreal
orsimulat
edexplici
tsexualact
ivi
ti
esoranyr
epresent
ati
onoft
he
sexualpart
sofapersonforpri
maril
ysexualpurposes.

Sect
ion4ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"
Sec.4.ActsofTr
aff
icki
nginPersons.–I
tshal
lbeunl
awf
ulf
oranyper
son,nat
uralor
j
uri
dical
,tocommi
tanyofthef
oll
owingact
s:

(
a)Tor ecr
uit
,obtai
n,hir
e,provi
de,of
fer,t
ransport
,transf
er,maintai
n,har
bor,or
recei
veaper sonbyanymeans,i ncl
udi
ngthosedoneundert hepretextofdomesti
cor
overseasempl oymentort r
aini
ngorappr enti
ceship,forthepur poseofpr ost
it
uti
on,
pornography
,orsexualexpl
oit
ation;

301
(
b)Toi nt
roduceormat chformoney ,profi
t,ormateri
al,economicorot her
consi
derat
ion,anyper sonor,aspr ov
idedforunderRepubli
cActNo.6955,anyFi li
pino
womant oaf orei
gnnat ional
,formarri
ageforthepurposeofacquiri
ng,buyi
ng,off
eri
ng,
sel
li
ngort radi
nghi m/ hertoengagei nprosti
tut
ion,por
nography,sexualexpl
oit
ati
on,
for
cedlabor,sl
avery
,inv ol
unt
aryservi
tudeordebtbondage;

(c)Toof ferorcontr
actmarriage,realorsi
mulat
ed,forthepurposeofacquiri
ng,
buyi
ng,offer
ing,sell
ing,ortr
adingthem toengagei nprost
itut
ion,pornogr
aphy,sexual
expl
oit
ati
on,forcedlabororslav
ery,
inv ol
untaryser
vit
udeordebtbondage;

(d)To undert
ake ororganize t
our
s and t
rav
elplans consi
sti
ng oftouri
sm
packagesoracti
vi
ti
esf ort
hepur poseofut
il
izi
ngandoff
eri
ngpersonsforprost
it
uti
on,
pornogr
aphyorsexualexpl
oit
ati
on;

(
e)Tomai
ntai
norhi
reaper
sont
oengagei
npr
ost
it
uti
onorpor
nogr
aphy
;

(
f)Toadoptpersonsbyanyform ofconsiderat
ionforexpl
oit
ati
vepurposesorto
f
acil
i
tatethesameforpurposesofprost
itut
ion,pornography
,sexualexpl
oit
ati
on,f
orced
l
abor,sl
aver
y,i
nvol
untaryser
vit
udeordebtbondage;

(g)Toadoptorfacil
i
tat
et headopt
ionofpersonsfort
hepurposeofprost
it
uti
on,
pornogr
aphy,sexualexploi
tat
ion,for
cedlabor
,slavery,i
nvol
unt
aryservi
tudeordebt
bondage;

(h)Tor ecr
uit
,hire,adopt,transpor
t,t
ransf
er,obt
ain,harbor
,maint
ain,provi
de,
off
er,recei
veorabductaper son,bymeansoft hreatoruseoff orce,f
raud,deceit
,
vi
olence,coer
cion,orint
imidati
onf orthepurposeofremov alorsal
eoforgansofsaid
person;

(
i)Tor ecr
uit
,transpor
t,obt
ain,t
ransf
er,har
bor,mai
ntai
n,of
fer
,hir
e,prov
ide,
r
ecei
veoradoptachil
dtoengageinarmedacti
vit
iesi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nesorabr
oad;

(j
)Tor ecrui
t,t
ransport,t ransfer,harbor,obtain,maintai
n,offer,hi
re,prov i
deor
receiveapersonbymeansdef inedi nSect ion3oft hisActf orpurposesoff orcedl abor,
slavery,debtbondageandi nv oluntaryser vi
tude,includi
ngascheme,pl an,orpat tern
i
nt endedtocauset hepersonei ther:
1.Tobel i
evethati ftheper sondi dnotper f
orm suchl abororser vices,he
orsheoranot herper sonwoul dsufferseri
ousharm orphy sicalrestraint
;
or
2.Toabuseort hreat ent heuseofl awort helegalprocesses;and

(k)Tor ecruit,transport,har bor,obtai n,transf er


,mai ntain,hi re,of f
er,pr ovide,
adoptorr ecei
veachi l
df orpur
posesofexpl oitat
ionort radingt hem,i ncludingbutnot
l
imitedto,theactofbar ingand/ orsel l
ingachi ldforanyconsi der ati
onorf orbar terf or
purposes ofexpl oit
ation.Tr af
ficking f orpur poses ofexpl oitation ofchi l
dren shal l
i
nclude:
1.Al lformsofsl av eryorpr acti
cessi milartoslav er y
, i
nv oluntaryserv i
tude,
debtbondageandf orcedl abor ,includingr ecr uitmentofchi l
drenf or
usei nar medconf l
i
ct ;
2.The use,pr ocur i
ng orof fering ofa chi l
df orpr ostit
ution,f ort he
product ionofpor nography ,orf orpor nographi cper formances;
3.The use,pr ocur i
ng orof fer i
ng ofa chi l
df ort he pr oduction and
traf
fickingofdr ugs; and
4.Theuse,pr ocur i
ngorof f
eringofachi ldf ori ll
egalact ivi
ti
esorwor k
which,byi t
snat ureort heci rcumst ancesi nwhi chi tiscar r
iedout ,is
l
ikelytohar mt heirheal th,
saf etyormor als;and

(
l)Toorgani
zeordir
ectot
herper
sonst
ocommi
ttheof
fensesdef
inedasact
sof
t
raf
fi
cki
ngunderthi
sAct.
"

302
Secti
on5.Anew Sect
ion4-
Aisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
nRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,t
oreadas
fol
lows:

Sec.4-A.Attempt edTr aff


icki
ngi nPer sons.– Wher ethereareact stoini
ti
atethe
commi ssi
onofat r
affi
ckingoff
ensebutt heof f
enderfai
ledtoordidnotexecuteallthe
el
ement soft hecrime,byacci dentorbyr easonofsomecauseot herthanvol
untary
desi
stance,such ov er
tact sshallbedeemed asan at temptto commi tan actof
tr
aff
ickingi
nper sons.Assuch,anat tempttocommi tanyoftheoffensesenumerat
edi n
Sect
ion4oft hisActshallconst
ituteatt
empt edtr
aff
icki
nginpersons.

"I
ncaseswher
ethevi
cti
misachild,
anyoft
hef
oll
owi
ngact
sshal
lal
sobedeemedas
att
emptedt
raf
fi
cki
ngi
npersons:

a.Faci l
it
atingt hetrav elofachi l
dwhot rav el
salonet oaf orei
gncount r
yor
terri
torywi thoutv alidreasont hereforandwi thoutther equiredcl
earance
orper mi tfrom theDepar tmentofSoci alWel fareandDev elopment,ora
wr it
tenper mi torjustifi
cationf r
om thechi l
d’sparentorl egalguar
dian;
b.Execut i
ng,f ora consi deration,an af fidavitofconsentora wr i
tt
en
consentf oradopt ion;
c. Recr uit
ingawomant obearachi l
dfort hepur poseofsel l
ingthechil
d;
d.Si mul ati
ngabi rt
hf ort hepur poseofsel lingthechild;and
e. Sol i
cit
ingachi ldandacqui ri
ngt hecust odythereoft hroughanymeans
from amonghospi tals,clini
cs,nur series,day car
ecent ers,ref
ugeeor
ev acuationcent ers,andl ow- i
ncomef ami li
es,forthepur poseofselli
ng
thechi l
d. "

Secti
on6.Anew Sect
ion4-
Bisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
nRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,t
oreadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.4-B.AccompliceLi
abi
li
ty.– Whoeverknowingl
yaids,abets,cooper
atesi
nthe
executi
onoftheoffensebyprevi
ousorsimult
aneousactsdefinedinthi
sActshal
lbe
punishedi
naccordancewi
ththeprov
isi
onsofSecti
on10(c)ofthisAct
."

Secti
on7.Anew Sect
ion4-
Cisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
nRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,t
oreadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.4-
C.Accessor ies.–Whoev erhast heknowl edgeofthecommi ssionoft hecrime,
andwi t
houthav i
ngpar t
icipat edt herei
n,eitheraspr i
nci
palorasaccompl ices,takepart
i
ni t
scommi ssi
oni nanyoft hef ollowingmanner s:
a.Bypr of i
ti
ngt hemsel v
esorassi stingt heoffendertopr of
itbyt heef f
ects
ofthecr ime;
b.By conceal i
ng ordest royi
ng t he body oft he crime oref f
ects or
i
nst r
ument sther eof,i
nor dertoprev entit
sdiscovery;
c. Byhar bor ing, conceal i
ngorassi stingintheescapeoft hepr i
ncipalofthe
crime,pr ov i
ded t he accessor yact s wit
h abuse ofhi s orherpubl i
c
functi
onsori sknownt obehabi t
ual lygui
lt
yofsomeot hercrime.
Actsdefinedint hi spr ov i
sionshallbepuni shedinaccordancewi ththepr ovi
sion
ofSecti
on10(d)asst atedt her eto."

Sect
ion8.Sect
ion5ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.5.
Actst hatPromot eTraffi
cki
ngi nPersons.–Thef oll
owingactswhi chpromot e
orfaci
li
tat
etraffi
ckinginpersonsshallbeunlawful:
1.Topr oduce,pri
ntandi ssueordi st
ri
buteunissued,tamper edorfakecounsel ing
cert
if
icates,regist
rati
on sti
ckers,overseas employ mentcer t
if
icates orot her
cert
if
icatesofanygov ernmentagencywhi chissuest hesecertif
icates,decals
andsuchot hermar kersasproofofcompl i
ancewithgov ernmentregul at
oryand

303
pre-departurerequirement sfort hepurposeofpr omot ingt r
aff
icki
nginpersons;
2.Tot amperwi t
h,dest r
oy ,orcauset hedestructi
onofev idence,ortoinfl
uenceor
attemptt oinfl
uencewi tnesses, inani nvesti
gati
onorpr osecuti
onofacaseunder
thi
sAct ;
3.To dest roy,conceal ,remov e,conf i
scate orpossess,orat temptt o destroy,
conceal ,remov e,confiscateorpossess,anyact ualorpur portedpasspor tor
othertrav el
,immi grati
onorwor kingpermi tordocument ,oranyot heractualor
purportedgov ernmenti dent i
fi
cat i
on,ofanyper soni nor dertopreventorrestri
ct,
orat t
emptt opr eventorr estri
ct,withoutlawfulauthor i
ty,theperson’sli
bertyto
mov eort ravelinordertomai ntainthelabororservicesoft hatperson;or
4.Tout il
izehisorherof fi
cet oi mpedet heinvest
igation,prosecuti
onorexecut ion
oflawful ordersinacaseundert hisAct .
"

Sect
ion9.Sect
ion6ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.6.Qual ifi
edTr affi
ckingi nPer sons.–Violati
onsofSect ion4oft hisActshal lbe
consideredasqual ifi
edt r
afficki
ng:
1.Whent heof fenderi saspouse,anascendant ,parent ,sibl
ing,guar di
anora
personwhoexer cisesaut horit
yoverthetraffi
ckedper sonorwhent heoffensei s
commi ttedbyapubl icoff
icerorempl oy
ee;
2.Whent heof fenderisamemberoft hemi l
it
aryorl awenf orcementagenci es;
3.Whenbyr easonoronoccasi onoftheactoft raffi
ckingi npersons, theoffended
party dies,becomes i nsane,suf f
ers mut i
lation ori s af fl
i
ct ed wi t
h Human
Immunodef iciencyVi rus( HIV)ort heAcqui redI mmuneDef iciencySy ndr ome
(AIDS);
4.Whent heof fendercommi tsoneormor ev i
olationsofSect i
on4ov eraper iodof
sixty(
60)ormor eday s,whet hert
hoseday sar econtinuousornot ;and
5.Whent heof fenderdi rect
sort hr
oughanot hermanagest hetraf f
ickingvictimi n
carryi
ngoutt heexpl oit
ati
v epurposeoftraff
icking."

Sect
ion10.Sect
ion7ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.7.Conf i
denti
al i
ty.–Atanyst ageoft heinv esti
gat i
on,r escue,prosecuti
onandt ri
al
ofan of fenseundert hisAct,law enf orcementof fi
cers,pr osecutors,judges,cour t
personnel,socialwor kersandmedi calpractiti
oner s,aswel laspar tiestothecase, shal
l
protectther i
ghttopr ivacyofthet r
aff
ickedper son.Towar dst hisend,lawenf orcement
offi
cers,pr osecutors and judges to whom t he compl ainthas been r ef
erred may ,
whenev ernecessar yt oensureaf ai
randi mpar ti
alpr oceeding,andaf t
erconsider i
ngall
cir
cumst ancesf ort hebesti nter
estoft hepar ti
es,or deracl osed-doorinvestigati
on,
prosecutionort ri
al.Thenameandper sonalci rcumst ancesoft het r
aff
ickedper sonor
anyot herinfor
mat iontendingtoestabli
sht hei dent i
tyoft het r
affi
ckedper sonandhi sor
herfami l
yshallnotbedi scl
osedtothepubl i
c.

"
Itshallbeunlawfulf
oranyedi t
or,publ
isher,andr eport
erorcolumni stincaseof
pri
ntedmat er
ial
s,announcerorpr oducerincaseoft elev i
sionandr adio,producerand
dir
ectorofaf il
mi ncaseofthemov i
eindustry
, oranyper sonut i
l
izi
ngt r
i-mediafacili
ti
es
or electronicinfor
mat i
on technology to cause publ icity of t
he name,per sonal
ci
rcumst ances,oranyi nfor
mat i
ont endingtoest ablisht heidenti
tyoft het raf
ficked
person exceptwhen t he tr
affi
cked person in a wr i
tten statementdul y notar i
zed
knowingly,vol
untari
l
yandwi ll
ingl
ywai v
essaidconf i
dent iali
ty.

"
Lawenf orcementof f
icers,prosecut
ors,j
udges,courtpersonnel
,soci
alworkers
and medi calpractit
ioners shallbe t rai
ned on t he importance of maintai
ning
conf
identi
ali
tyasameanst oprot ecttheri
ghttoprivacyofv i
cti
msandt oencourage
vi
cti
mst ofil
ecompl ai
nts."

Sect
ion11.Sect
ion8ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

304
"
Sec.8.I
nit
iat
ionandPr
osecut
ionofCases.–

a)Initi
ati
on ofI nvestigation.– Law enf or
cementagenci es ar e mandat ed t o
i
mmedi at
elyi ni
ti
atei nvesti
gat
ionandcount er
-tr
affi
cking-
intel
ligencegat hering
upon r eceiptofst atement soraffidavi
tfrom v i
cti
msoft raffi
cking,mi gr
ant
wor kers,ort heirfami l
ieswhoar einpossessi onofknowl edgeori nf
or mation
aboutt raffi
ckinginper sonscases.
b)Pr osecuti
on ofCases.– Anyper son who has per sonalknowl edge oft he
commi ssionofanyof fenseunderthisAct,suchast het raff
ickedper son,t he
par ent
s,spouse,si bli
ngs,chil
drenorl egalguardianmayf i
leacompl aintfor
traffi
cking.

c) Aff
idavitofDesistance.–Casesi nv
olvi
ngt r af
fi
ckinginpersonsshouldnotbe
di
smi ssedbasedont heaf fi
dav
itofdesi
st anceexecut edbythev i
cti
msort hei
r
par
ent sorlegalguardians.Publ
icandpri
v ateprosecutorsar
edirect
edt ooppose
andmani festobj
ectionstomot i
onsfordismi ssal.

"Anyactinvol
vi
ngthemeansprovi
dedinthisActoranyat
temptther
eoffort
he
purposeofsecuri
nganAf f
idav
itofDesi
stancefr
om thecomplai
nantshal
lbe
punishabl
eundert
hisAct
."

Sect
ion12.Sect
ion10ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.10.Penalt
iesandSancti
ons.–Thefoll
owi
ngpenal
ti
esandsanct
ionsar
eher
eby
establ
ishedfortheoff
ensesenumer
atedi
nthi
sAct:

a)Anyper sonf oundgui l


tyofcommi tt
inganyoft heactsenumer atedi
nSect i
on4
shallsufferthepenal t
yofi mprisonmentoft went y(20)yearsandaf i
neofnot
l
esst hanOnemi l
li
onpesos( P1,
000,000.00)butnotmor ethanTwomi ll
ionpesos
(P2,000,
000.00);
b)Anyper sonfoundgui lt
yofcommi tti
nganyoft heact
senumer atedinSection4-A
ofthisActshal lsufferthepenal tyofi mpri
sonmentoff ift
een( 15)yearsanda
fi
neofnotl essthanFi vehundr edt housandpesos( P500,000.00)butnotmor e
thanOnemi l
lionpesos( P1,000,
000.00);
c) Anyper sonf oundgui lt
yofSect i
on4- Boft hi sActshallsufferthepenaltyof
i
mpr i
sonmentoff i
fteen( 15)year sandaf ineofnotl esst hanFivehundr ed
thousand pesos ( P500,000.00) but not mor e than One mi l
li
on pesos
(P1,000,
000.00);

d)I nev erycase,conv ictionshal lcauseandcar r


yt heaut omat i
cr evocat ionoft he
l
icenseorr egi strati
onoft her ecr ui
tmentagencyi nvolvedi ntrafficking.The
l
icenseofar ecruit
mentagencywhi cht r
af f
ickedachi ldshal lbeaut omat i
call
y
revoked.
e) Anyper sonf ound,gui ltyofcommi tti
nganyoft heact senumer at
edi nSect i
on5
shallsuf ferthepenal tyofi mpr i
sonmentoff i
ft
een( 15)y earsandaf ineofnot
l
esst hanFi v ehundr edt housandpesos( P500, 000. 00)butnotmor et hanOne
milli
onpesos( P1,000,000. 00);
f) Anyper sonf oundgui ltyofqual i
fiedt raff
ickingunderSect i
on6shal lsuf ferthe
penaltyofl ifei mpr isonmentandaf i
neofnotl esst hanTwomi lli
onpesos
(P2,000,000. 00)butnotmor ethanFi vemilli
onpesos( P5,000, 000.00) ;
g)Any per son who v iolates Sect ion 7 her eof shal lsuf fer the penal ty of
i
mpr i
sonmentofsi x( 6)y earsandaf i
neofnotl esst hanFi vehundr edt housand
pesos( P500, 000. 00)butnotmor et hanOnemi ll
ionpesos( P1, 000,000.00) ;
h)I ftheof f
enderi sacor porati
on,par tnership,associ at i
on,club,est abli
shmentor
anyj uridicalper son,t hepenal tyshal lbei mposedupont heowner ,pr esident,
partner,manager ,and/ orany r esponsi ble of f
icerwho par ti
cipated i nt he
commi ssionoft hecr imeorwhoshal lhav eknowi ngl yper mitt
edorf ai
ledt o
preventi t
scommi ssion;
i
) Ther egist r
ationwi t
ht heSecur iti
esandExchangeCommi ssion( SEC)andl icense
tooper ateoft heer r
ingagency ,cor porati
on,associ at ion,religiousgr oup,t ouror

305
travelagent ,club orest abli
shment ,oranypl ace ofent er
tai
nmentshal lbe
cancel ledandr ev okedper manent ly.Theowner ,president ,part
nerormanager
thereofshal lnotbeal lowedt ooper atesimi l
arest abli
shment si nadi f
ferent
name;
j
)I ftheof fenderi saf or eigner,heorsheshal lbei mmedi at
elydepor t
edaf ter
serv inghi sorhersent enceandbebar redpermanent l
yf r
om ent eri
ngt hecount ry ;
k) Anyempl oy eeorof fi
ci alofgov er
nmentagenci eswhoshal lissueorappr ovet he
i
ssuanceoft ravelexi tcl earances, passpor ts,regist
rationcer ti
fi
cates,counsel ing
certificat es,mar riagel icense,andot hersimi l
ardocument st opersons,whet her
j
ur i
di calornat ural,recr uitmentagenci es,establi
shment sorot herindiv i
dualsor
groups,whof ailt oobser v ethepr escr i
bedpr ocedur esandt her equirementas
prov idedf orbyl aws,r ulesandr egul at i
ons,shallbehel dadmi nistr
ativelyli
abl e,
wi t
houtpr ejudicet ocr iminall i
abili
tyundert hisAct .Theconcer nedgov ernment
officialorempl oy eeshal l,uponconv iction,bedismi ssedf rom theser vi
ceandbe
barr edper manent lytohol dpubl icof fice.Hisorherr eti
rementandot herbenef i
ts
shal llikewi sebef orfeited; and
l
) Conv iction,byf i
nalj udgmentoft headopt erforanyof fenseundert hisActshal l
resul tint hei mmedi ater escissi
onoft hedecr eeofadopt i
on."

Sect
ion13.Sect
ion11ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"
Sec.11.UseofTr
affi
ckedPersons.–Anyper sonwhobuy sorengagestheser
vicesof
atr
aff
ickedper
sonforprost
it
uti
onshallbepenali
zedwiththefol
lowing:Pr
ovi
ded,That
t
heProbati
onLaw(Presi
dent
ialDecreeNo.968)shal
lnotappl
y:

a)Pri
sionCor reccionali ni tsmaxi mum per iodt opr isionmay ororsi x( 6)y earsto
twelve(12)y earsimpr isonmentandaf ineofnotl esst hanFi ftyt housandpesos
(P50,000.
00)butnotmor et hanOnehundr edt housandpesos( P100, 000.00):
Provided,howev er,Thatt hef ollowi ngact sshal l beexempt edt her et o:
1.I fan of fense underpar agraph ( a)i nv olves sexuali nter course or
l
asci vi
ousconductwi thachi ld,thepenal tyshal lber eclusi ont empor al
i
ni tsmedi um per iodt or eclusionper pet uaorsev ent een( 17)y earsto
forty(40)y ear simpr isonmentandaf ineofnotl esst hanFi vehundr ed
thousandpesos( P500, 000.00)butnotmor et hanOnemi l
lionpesos
(P1,000,000. 00) ;
2.I fanof fenseunderpar agraph( a)i nv olvescar nalknowl edgeof ,or
sexuali ntercour sewi t h,amal eorf emal et rafficki ngv ictim andal so
i
nv olvest heuseoff orceori nt i
mi dat i
on,t oav i
ct im depr iv edofr eason
ort oanunconsci ousv ictim,orav ictim undert wel v e( 12)y ear sofage,
i
nst eadoft hepenal typr escribedi nt hesubpar agr aphabov et hepenal ty
shallbeaf ineofnotl esst hanOnemi l
li
onpesos( P1, 000, 000. 00)but
notmor et hanFi vemi lli
onpesos( P5, 000, 000.00)andi mpr i
sonmentof
reclusionper pet uaorf or ty(40)y earsi mpr isonmentwi thnopossi bil
ity
ofpar ole;exceptt hati faper sonv iolatingpar agr aph( a)oft hissect i
on
knowst heper sont hatpr ovidedpr ost itutionser v icesi si nf actav i
ctim
oft raffi
cking,t heof fendershal lnotbel ikewisepenal izedundert hi
s
sectionbutunderSect ion10asaper sonv iol
at i
ngSect ion4;andi fin
commi tti
ng such an of fense,t he of f
enderal so knowsa qual i
fyi
ng
cir
cumst ance f ort rafficking,t he of fendershal lbe penal i
zed under
Sect i
on 10 f orqual i
fied t rafficking.I fi nv i
olat ing t his sect i
on the
offenderal sov i
olatesSect i
on4,t heof fendershal lbepenal izedunder
Sect i
on10and,i fappl icable,f orqual i
fiedt r
afficki ngi nst eadofunder
thissect i
on;

b)Deport
ati
on–I faforeignercommi tsanyof f
ensedescri
bedbyparagraph(
1)or
(2)oft
hissect
ionorviolatesanyperti
nentprovi
sionoft
hisActasanaccompli
ce
oraccessoryt o,orby at t
empting any such off
ense,he orshe shallbe
i
mmedi at
ely depor
ted af ter ser
ving hi
s or her sentence and be barr
ed
permanent
lyfr
om enteringthecountry
;and

306
c) Publi
cOf f
ici
al–Ift
heoffenderi
sapublicoffici
al,heorsheshal lbedi
smi
ssed
fr
om serviceandshal
lsuff
erperpet
ualabsolutedisqual
i
ficati
ont ohol
dpubli
c,
offi
ce,inaddit
iont
oanyi mpri
sonmentorf i
ner eceiv
edpur suanttoanyother
provi
sionofthi
sAct
."

Sect
ion14.
Sect
ion12ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.12.Prescri
pti
vePeriod–Tr aff
ickingcasesundert
hisActshal
l prescri
beint
en(10)
years:Prov
ided,however,thattr
affi
ckingcasescommi tt
edbyasy ndicateorinalarge
scaleasdefinedunderSection6,oragai nstachi
l
d,shal
lprescr
ibei
nt wenty(20)y
ears.

"Thepr escri
pti
veper i
odshal lcommencet or unf r
om thedayonwhi chthe
tr
aff
ickedpersoni sdeliv
eredorreleasedfrom thecondit
ionsofbondage, ori
nthecase
ofachi ldvict
im,f rom thedayt hechildreachestheageofmaj ori
ty,andshallbe
i
nter
ruptedbyt hefili
ngoft hecompl aintorinfor
mationandshal lcommencet orun
agai
nwhent hepr oceedingsterminatewithoutt
heaccusedbei ngconvict
edoracquitt
ed
orar
eunj ust
ifi
ablystoppedforanyr easonnotimputabl
et otheaccused."

Sect
ion15.Sect
ion16ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.16.Programs t hatAddress Traf


ficki
ng in Per
sons.– The gover
nmentshall
establ
ishandi mplementprevent
ive,
protecti
veandrehabi
l
itat
ivepr
ogr
amsfortr
aff
icked
persons.Forthispurpose,
thefol
lowingagenciesar
eherebymandatedtoi
mplementthe
fol
lowingprograms:

a.Depar tmentofFor eignAf fai


rs( DFA)–shal lmakeav ai
l
abl ei t
sr esour cesand
facil
iti
esov erseasf ortraffi
ckedper sonsr egardlessoft hei rmannerofent ryt o
ther eceiv i
ngcount r
y ,andexpl oremeanst of urtherenhancei tsassi st ancei n
eliminating t raff
icking act i
vi
ties through cl osernet wor king with gov er nment
agenci esi nt hecount ryandov erseas,par t
icularl
yi nthef ormulationofpol i
cies
andi mpl ement ationofr elevantpr ograms.I tshal lprovideFi l
ipinov ict i
msof
traff
ickingov erseaswi t
hf r
eel egalassistanceandcounselt opur suelegalact i
on
againsthi sorhert raff
ickers,repr esenthi sorheri nt
er estsi n anycr iminal
i
nv estigationorpr osecution,andassi stint heappl icat
ionf orsocialbenef its
and/ orregul arimmi grati
onst atusasmaybeal lowedorpr ov i
dedf orbyt hehost
count ry.TheDFA shal lrepat ri
atet raf
f i
ckedFi li
pinoswi tht heconsentoft he
victi
ms.

"TheDFA shal ltakenecessarymeasur esf ort


heef f
ici
entimplementat
ionofthe
El
ectronicPassporti
ngSystem toprotectt
hei nt
egri
tyofPhil
i
ppinepassport
s,vi
sasand
othertraveldocument stor educe the i
ncidence oftr
affi
cki
ng through t
he use of
fr
audulentident
if
icati
ondocument s.

"I
ncoordinati
onwiththeDepartmentofLaborandEmployment,i
tshallprov
idefree
temporaryshel
tersandotherservi
cestoFil
ipinov
ict
imsoft
raf
fi
cki
ngov erseasthr
ough
themigrantworkersandotheroverseasFi
l
ipinosr
esour
cecent
ersestabl
i
shedov erseas
underRepubli
cActNo.8042, asamended.

b.Depar t
mentofSoci alWel fare and Dev elopment( DSWD)– shal limplement
rehabil
itativeandpr otecti
vepr ogr amsf ort r
aff
ickedper sons.Itshallprovi
de
counsel i
ngandt emporaryshel t
ertot raf
fickedper sonsanddev elopasystem for
accreditationamongNGOsf orpur posesofest ablishi
ngcentersandpr ograms
forinter venti
on inv ari
ous l evels oft he communi t
y.Itshallestabl
ish fr
ee
tempor aryshel ter
s,fort hepr otection and housi ng oft r
affi
cked personst o
providet hefoll
owingbasicser vicestot r
af f
ickedper sons:
1.Tempor aryhousingandf oodf acili
ti
es;
2.Psy chol
ogicalsuppor tandcounsel i
ng;
3.24- hourcallcent erforcr i
siscal l
sandt echnol
ogy-basedcounseli
ng

307
andr
eferr
alsyst
em;
4.Coor
dinat
ionwit
hlocal
lawenf
orcemententi
ties;
and
5.Coor
dinat
ionwit
htheDepar
tmentofJust
ice,amongother
s.

TheDSWDmustconducti nf
ormationcampaignsi ncommuni t
iesandschool
s
teachingparentsandf amil
i
est hatr
ecei
vingconsi
derati
oni nexchangeforadopt
ioni
s
punishableunderthelaw.Furt
hermore,i
nformat
ioncampai gnsmustbeconductedwit
h
thepol i
cethattheymustnotinducepoorwoment ogivetheirchi
l
drenupforadopt
ioni
n
exchangef orconsider
ati
on.

c. Depar tmentofLaborand Empl oy ment( DOLE)– shal lensur et he st ri


ct
i
mpl ement at ionandcompl iancewi tht her ulesandgui delinesr elat ivet ot he
empl oy mentofper sonsl ocal lyandov er seas.I tshal llikewi semoni tor ,document
and r epor tcases oft rafficki ng i n per sons i nv olv i
ng empl oy er s and l abor
recrui ter s.
d.Depar tmentofJust ice( DOJ)–shal lensur et hepr osecut ionofper sonsaccused
oft raf fickinganddesi gnat eandt rainspeci alpr osecut or swhoshal lhandl eand
prosecut ecasesoft raffi
cki ng.I tshal lal soest abl ishamechani sm f orf reel egal
assi stancef ort raffi
ckedper sons,i ncoor di
nat ionwi tht heDSWD,I ntegr at edBar
oft hePhi li
ppi nes( IBP)andot herNGOsandv ol unt eergr oups.
e. Philippi ne Commi ssion on Women ( PCW)– shal lact ively par ticipat e and
coor di nat ei nt hef ormul ationandmoni tor i
ngofpol i
ci esaddr essi ngt hei ssueof
trafficki ngi nper sonsi ncoor dinationwi t hr el
ev antgov ernmentagenci es.I tshall
l
ikewi seadv ocat ef ort hei ncl usionoft hei ssueoft raf fi
ckingi nper sonsi nbot h
i
tsl ocal andi nternat ional adv ocacyf orwomen’ si ssues.
f. Bur eauofI mmi grat i
on( BI )–shal lst ri
ct l
yadmi nist erandenf or cei mmi gration
andal i
enadmi nistrat i
onl aws.I tshal ladoptmeasur esf ort heappr ehensi onof
suspect edt rafficker sbot hatt hepl aceofar ri
v alanddepar tureandshal lensur e
compl i
ancebyt heFi li
pinof iancés/ fi
ancéesandspousesoff or eignnat ionals
wi t
ht hegui danceandcounsel ingr equi rementaspr ov idedf ori nt hisAct .
g.Phi lippi neNat i
onalPol i
ce( PNP)andNat i
onalBur eauofI nv est i
gat ion( NBI )–
shal lbe t he pr imar yl aw enf or cementagenci es t o under take sur vei ll
ance,
i
nv est igat ionandar restofi ndi vidual sorper sonssuspect edt obeengagedi n
trafficki ng.Theyshal lcl osel ycoor dinat ewi theachot herandwi t
hot herl aw
enfor cementagenci est osecur econcer tedef for tsf oref fect i
v einv est igationand
appr ehensi onofsuspect edt raffickers.Theyshal lal soest ablishasy st em t o
recei vecompl aintsandcal lst oassi stt r
af f
ickedper sonsandconductr escue
oper at ions.
h.Phi lippi neOv erseasEmpl oymentAdmi nistration( POEA)andOv erseasWor kers
andWel fareAdmi nistration( OWWA)–POEAshal limpl ementPr e-Empl oy ment
Or i
ent at ionSemi nar s( PEOS)whi lePr e-Depar tur eOr ientationSemi nar s( PDOS)
shal lbe conduct ed byt he OWWA.I tshal ll ikewi se f or
mul ate a sy st em of
prov idingf reel egal assi stancet ot raffickedper sons, i
ncoor dinationwi tht heDFA.

"ThePOEA shal lcr eateabl acklistofr ecrui


tmentagenci es,ill
egalr ecruit
ersand
personsf acingadmi nistrat
ive,civ i
landcr iminalcompl aint
sf ortraff
ickingf il
edinthe
recei
v i
ngcount r
yand/ ori nt hePhi lippi
nesandt hoseagenci es,ill
egalr ecruit
ersand
personsi nvolv
edi ncasesoft raff
ickingwhohav ebeenr escuedbyt heDFAandDOLEi n
ther eceivi
ngcount r
yori nt hePhi lippinesev enifnof ormaladmi ni
strati
v e,ci
vi
lor
cri
minalcompl ai
ntshav ebeenf il
ed:Pr ovided, Thattherescuedv i
ctimsshal lexecutean
affi
dav i
tattesti
ngt ot heact sv i
olati
veoft heant i-
tr
affi
ckinglaw.Thi sblacklistshal
lbe
postedi nconspi cuouspl acesi nconcer nedgov ernmentagenci esandshal lbeupdated
bi-
mont hly.

"
Thebl ackli
stshallli
kewisebeposted byt
hePOEA i nt heshared government
i
nfor
mationsy stem,whichismandatedt
obeestabl
ishedunderRepubl
icActNo.8042,
asamended.
ThePOEAandOWWAshal laccr
edi
tNGOsandotherserv
iceprovi
derst
oconductPEOS
and PDOS,r especti
vel
y.The PEOS and PDOS shouldincl
ude the di
scussion and
di
str
ibut
ionoft hebl
ackli
st.

308
Theli
censeorr
egi
str
ati
onofarecr
uit
mentagencythathasbeenblackl
i
stedmay
besuspendedbythePOEAuponarevi
ewofthecomplai
ntsfil
edagai
nstsaidagency
.

i
. Depar tmentoft heInt eri
orand LocalGov ernment( DILG)– shal linsti
tutea
systemat i
ci nformationandpr eventioncampai gnincoor dinati
onwi thper ti
nent
agenci esofgov ernmentaspr ovidedf orint hi
sAct .Itshal lprovidet r
aining
progr amst ol ocalgov er nmentuni ts,incoordinationwiththeCounci l,inensuring
wideunder standi ngandappl i
cat i
onoft hi
sActatt helocallevel
.
j
. Commi ssiononFi l
ipinosOv erseas– shal lconductpr e-departurecounsel ing
servicesf orFi l
ipi
nosi ni nt
ermar ri
ages.I tshalldevel
opasy stem foraccredit
ation
ofNGOs t hatmaybe mobi lized forpur poses ofconduct i
ng pr e-
departure
counsel ingser v i
cesf orFi l
i
pinosi ni ntermarri
ages.Assuch,i tshallensuret hat
the counsel ors cont empl at
ed under t his Act shal l hav e the mi nimum
qualificati
onsandt rainingofgui dancecounsel orsasprov i
dedf orbylaw.

"I
tshal ll i
kewise assi stint he conductofi nf
or mat
ion campai gns agai nst
tr
affi
cki
ng i n coordinat
ion wi thl ocalgov ernmentuni t
s,t he Phi
lippine Information
Agency,andNGOs.
k. Localgov ernmentuni ts( LGUs)– shal lmoni torand documentcases of
traff
icki
ngi nper sonsi nt heirar easofj uri
sdicti
on,effectt hecancel lat
ionof
l
icensesofest abli
shment swhi chv i
olat
et hepr ovisi
onsoft hisActandensur e
effecti
vepr osecutionofsuchcases.Theyshal lalsoundertakeani nformation
campai gn againstt r
affi
cking i n per
sons t hr
ough t he establishmentoft he
Mi gr
antsAdv i
soryandI nformat i
onNet wor k(MAI N)desksi nmuni cipali
ti
esor
provincesi ncoor dinati
onwi t
ht heDI LG,Phi l
i
ppi neInformat i
onAgency( PIA)
,
Commi ssi
ononFi li
pinosOv er
seas( CFO),NGOsandot herconcer nedagenci es.
Theyshal lencour ageandsuppor tcommuni ty-
basedi nit
iat
iveswhi chaddr ess
thetraffi
ckinginper sons.

"I
nimplement
ingt
hisAct
,theagenci
esconcer
nedmayseekandenl i
stthe
assi
stance ofNGOs,peopl
e’
s or
gani
zat
ions (
POs)
,civi
c or
gani
zat
ions and ot
her
vol
unteergr
oups.
"

Secti
on16.AnewSect
ion16-
Aisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
ntoRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,
tor
eadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.16-
A.Anti
-Tr
affi
cki
nginPersonsDat abase.–Anant i
-t
raff
icki
nginpersonscent
ral
databaseshal
lbeestabli
shedbytheInter-AgencyCouncilAgainstTraff
icki
ngcreat
ed
underSecti
on20oft hi
sAct .TheCouncilshallsubmitareporttothePresidentoft
he
Phil
ippi
nesandtoCongress,onorbeforeJanuar y15ofev eryyear
,withrespecttot
he
precedi
ngyear
’sprogr
amsanddat aontraffi
cking-
rel
atedcases.

"Allgovernmentagenci estasked underthel aw t o under


takeprogramsand
renderassi stance to address t
raf
ficking i
n per
sons shal ldevel
op thei
rr espect
ive
moni tori
ng and dat a col
lect
ion sy
stems,and dat abases,f orpurposes ofensuri
ng
effi
ci
entcol lecti
onandst orageofdat aoncasesoft raf
fickinginpersonshandledby
thei
rr espectiv
eof f
ices.Suchdatashal lbesubmit
tedtot heCouncilforint
egrati
onina
centraldatabasesy stem.

"
Forthispurpose,theCouncili
sherebytaskedtoensuretheharmonizat
ionand
standardi
zati
on of dat abases,incl
uding mini
mum dat ar equir
ements,defi
niti
ons,
report
ing formats,dat a col
lect
ion syst
ems,and dat averif
icat
ion syst
ems.Such
databasesshallhave,attheminimum, t
hefol
lowi
ngi nf
ormat
ion:

a.Thenumberofcasesoft raff
icki
nginper sons,sort
edaccordingtostat
us
ofcases,includingthenumberofcasesbei nginvesti
gated,
submitt
edfor
prosecuti
on,dr opped,andfil
edand/ orpendingbeforethecourtsandthe
numberofconv icti
onsandacquitt
als;
b.Thepr of
il
e/informationoneachcase;
c. Thenumberofv ict
imsoft r
affi
cki
ngi npersonsr ef
err
edt otheagencyby

309
desti
nati
oncount
ri
es/
areasandbyar
eaofor
igi
n;and
d.Disaggr
egat
eddataontraf
fi
cki
ngvi
cti
msandtheaccused/
def
endant
s.

Sect
ion17.Sect
ion17ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"Sec.17. LegalProt ecti


on to Traffi
cked Per sons.– Tr affi
cked per sons shallbe
recognizedasv i
cti
msoft heactoractsoftraffi
ckingandassuch, shallnotbepenal i
zed
forunlawfulactscommi t
tedasadi r
ectresultof,orasanincidentori nrelat
ionto,being
traf
fi
ckedbasedont heactsoftraf
ficki
ngenumer at
edinthisActori nobedi encetot he
ordermadebyt hetraffi
ckeri
nrelat
ionthereto.Inthi
sregard,theconsentofat raf
ficked
persont otheint
endedexpl oi
tat
ionsetfort
hi nthisActshal
l beirr
elevant.

"
Vict
imsoft r
affi
ckingforpurposesofprost
it
uti
onasdefi
nedunderSecti
on4of
thi
sActarenotcoveredbyAr ti
cle202oft heRevi
sedPenalCodeandassuch,shal
lnot
beprosecut
ed,
fined,orotherwi
sepenalizedundert
hesaidl
aw."

Secti
on18.AnewSect
ion17-
Aisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
ntoRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,
tor
eadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.17- A.Tempor aryCust odyofTr affi


ckedVi cti
ms.–Ther escueofv ict
imsshoul d
bedoneasmuchaspossi blewiththeassi stanceoft heDSWDoranaccr edit
edNGO
thatser vicestr
aff
ickedv ictims.Al aw enfor cementof fi
cer,onar easonablesuspi ci
on
thataper sonisav icti
m ofanyof fensedef i
nedundert hi
sActi ncl
udingat tempted
traf
ficking,shalli
mmedi at elyplacethatper soni nthet emporar
ycust odyoft hel ocal
socialwel fareanddev el
opmentof fi
ce,oranyaccr edit
edorl i
censedshelterinsti
tuti
on
devot edtopr ot
ect
ingt r
affickedpersonsaf terther escue."

Secti
on19.AnewSect
ion17-
Bisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
ntoRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,
tor
eadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.17- B.Ir
rel
evanceofPastSexualBehav i
or,Opi ni
onTher eoforReput ati
onof
Victims and ofConsentofVi cti
ms in Cases ofDecept i
on,Coer ci
on and Ot her
Pr ohi
bited Means.– The pastsexualbehav i
orort he sexualpredisposi
tion ofa
traffi
cked per
son shal
lbeconsi dered i
nadmissiblein evidencefort hepur poseof
prov i
ngconsentofthevicti
mt oengageinsexual behavior
,ortoprovethepredisposit
ion,
sexualorot herwi
se,ofat raf
fi
ckedper son.Furthermore,theconsentofav ict
im of
traffi
cki
ngt otheint
endedexpl oi
tati
onshal lbeirr
elevantwher eanyoft hemeansset
forthinSecti
on3(a)ofthisActhasbeenused. "

Secti
on20.AnewSect
ion17-
Cisher
ebyi
nser
tedi
ntoRepubl
i
cActNo.9208,
tor
eadas
fol
lows:

"Sec.17- C.I mmuni tyfrom Sui t,Prohibit


edAct sandI njuncti
veRemedi es.–Noact i
on
orsui tshal lbebr ought,insti
tutedormai ntainedinanycour tort ri
bunalorbef oreany
otheraut hor i
tyagai nstany :(a)lawenf or
cementof ficer;(b)socialworker;or( c)person
acti
ngi ncompl i
ancewi thal awf ulorderf rom anyoft heabov e,forlawfulact sdoneor
statement s made dur i
ng an aut horized r escue oper ati
on, r ecovery or
rehabili
tation/interventi
on,orani nvestigationorpr osecut ionofanant i-
traffi
ckingcase:
Prov i
ded, Thatsuchact sshal lhav ebeenmadei ngoodf aith.
Thepr osecut i
onofr etal
iatorysuitsagai nstv i
ctimsoft raff
icki
ngshal lbeheldin
abey ancependi ngf i
nalresolutionanddeci sionofcr i
mi nalcompl ai
ntfort r
afficki
ng.
Itshallbepr ohi bi
tedf ort heDFA,t heDOLE,andt hePOEAof fi
cial
s,law enf orcement
offi
cers,pr osecut orsandj udgest our gecompl ai
nant st oabandont heircriminal,ci
vil
andadmi nistrativecompl aintsfort r
affi
cking.

"
Ther
emedi
esofi
njunct
ionandat
tachmentofpr
oper
ti
esoft
het
raf
fi
cker
s,

310
i
l
legalr
ecr
uit
ersandper
sonsi
nvol
vedi
ntr
aff
icki
ngmaybei
ssuedmot
upr
opr
ioby
j
udges.
"

Sect
ion21.Sect
ion20ofRepubl
i
cActNo.9208i
sher
ebyamendedt
oreadasf
oll
ows:

"
Sec.20.Inter
-AgencyCouncilAgai
nstTr af
fi
cki
ng.–Ther eisherebyestabl
ishedan
I
nter-
AgencyCouncilAgainstTraf
fi
cking,to be composed ofthe Secr
etar
yoft he
Depart
mentofJust i
ceasChairper
sonandt heSecr etar
yoftheDepartmentofSoci al
Welf
areandDev el
opmentasCo-Chai
rpersonandshallhavet
hefol
l
owingasmember s:

1.Secr etar y,Depar t


mentofFor eignAf f
air
s;
2.Secr etar y,Depar t
mentofLaborandEmpl oyment ;
3.Secr etar y,Depar t
mentoft heInter iorandLocal Government;
4.Admi nistrator,Philippi neOv erseasEmpl oymentAdmi nist
rat
ion;
5.Commi ssioner ,Bur eauofI mmi gr at i
on;
6.Chi ef,Phi l
ippineNat ional Poli
ce;
7.Chai rper son,Phi l
ippi neCommi ssi ononWomen;
8.Chai rper son,Commi ssi ononFi l
ipinosOv erseas;
9.Execut iv eDirector ,Phi li
ppineCent erf orTransnationalCri
mes; and
10.Three( 3)r epr esent ativesf r
om NGOs,whoshal lincludeone( 1)representat
ive
each fr om among t he sector sr epresenting women,ov erseas Fi
li
pinos,and
chil
dren,wi t
hapr ovenr ecordofi nv olvementint hepr ev
entionandsuppr essi
on
oft r
aff i
cking i n per sons.These r epresentat
ives shallbe nomi nat
ed byt he
governmentagencyr epresent ativ es oft he Council,forappointmentbyt he
Presidentf orat erm oft hree( 3)y ear s.

TheAnt
i-
Bull
yi
ngAct
(RA10627)

 Itai mst opr ot ectchi l


drenenr olledi nki nder gar ten,el ement ary,andsecondar y
school s and l ear ning cent er s(collecti
v ely ,“ School s”)f rom bei ng bul lied.I t
requi r
esSchool st oadoptpol i
ciest oaddr esst heexi stenceofbul lyingi nt heir
respect iveinst itutions.
 Bul l
ying,asdef inedundert heAct ,isanysev er eorr epeat edusebyoneormor e
student sofawr itten, verbalorel ectronicexpr essi on, oraphy si calactorgest ure,
oranycombi nat iont hereof ,di r
ectedatanot herst udentt hathast heef fectof
act uall
ycausi ngorpl acingt hel atterinr easonabl efearofphy sicaloremot i
onal
har m ordamaget ohi spr oper t
y;creatingahost ileenv i
ronmentatschoolf ort he
otherst udent ;inf r
ingi ngont her ightsoft heot herst udentatschool ;ormat er i
ally
andsubst ant i
al l
ydi srupt i
ngt heeducat i
onpr ocessort heor der l
yoper ati
onofa
school ;suchas, butnotl imitedt o, t
hef ollowi ng:
 Anyunwant edphy sicalcont actbet weent hebul lyandt hev ict i
ml ikepunchi ng,
pushi ng,shov ing,ki cking,sl appi ng,t i
ckling,headl ocks,i nflict i
ngschoolpr anks,
teasing, fi
ght ingandt heuseofav ai
lableobj ect sasweapons;
 Anyactt hatcausesdamaget oav i
ctim’spsy cheand/ oremot i
onal wel l
-being;
 Anysl anderousst at ementoraccusat i
ont hatcausest hev ict im undueemot i
onal
distressl ikedi rect i
ng f oull anguageorpr of anityatt het arget ,name- calling,
torment ingandcomment i
ngnegat i
velyonv i
ct im’sl ooks, clot hesandbody ;and
 Cy ber-bull
y i
ng oranybul lying done t hr ough t he use oft echnol ogy orany
electronic means.The t er m shal lal so i nclude any conductr esul ti
ng t o
har assment ,i ntimi dat ion,orhumi l
iati
on,t hr ough t he use ofot herf ormsof
technol ogy ,suchas, butnotl imitedt otext ing, emai l
,inst antmessagi ng, chatting,
i
nt ernet,soci al medi a, onli
negames, orot herpl atformsorf ormat s.
 Soci albul lying,oranydel iberate,r epet iti
ve and aggr essi v e soci albehav ior
i
nt endedt ohur tot her sort obel i
ttl
eanot heri ndi vidual orgr oup.
 Gender -
basedbul ly i
ng,oranyactt hathumi l
iatesorexcl udesaper sonont he
basi sofper cei v edoract ual sexual orientat i
onandgenderi dent i
ty.
 Assuch, anyper sonwhocommi tsanyoft hef oregoi ngact s, isconsi der edabul ly.

311
Furt
hermore,anyactofr et
ali
ati
onagainstapersonwhor epor
tsbul
ly
ing,who
provi
desinf
ormationdur
inganinvesti
gati
onofbull
ying,orwhoisawit
nesstoor
hasreli
abl
einfor
mat i
onaboutbull
yi
ng,isl
ikewi
seprohibi
ted.

Bul
ly
ingmayhappenatt
hef
oll
owi
ng:

Schoolgr
ounds:
 Proper
tyimmedi atel
yadjacentt oSchool grounds;
 School-
sponsoredorSchool -rel
atedactiviti
es,functi
onsorprogramswhet heron
oroffSchoolgrounds;
 Schoolbusstops;
 Schoolbusesorot hervehi
clesowned, l
easedorusedbyaSchool ;
or
 SchoolbusesorSchool servicesprivat
ely-ownedbutaccr edi
tedbytheSchool.
 Bull
yi
ngmayal sooccuratunr elatedlocations,functi
onsorprograms,through
theuseoftechnologyoranel ectr
onicdev i
ceorot herformsofmedi a,
regardl
ess
i
fsuchisowned, l
eased,orusedbyt heSchool .

SchoolObl
i
gat
ions
 Schoolsar edirectedt oadoptpolicies,whi charet ober egular
lyupdated,t o
addresst heexist
enceofbul l
yi
ngi nt heirrespecti
veinsti
tut
ions.Thesepol i
cies
aret o ber eport
ed tot heappropriateschooldi v i
sionsuperint
endentoft he
DepartmentofEducat ion(“
Department ”)duringthefir
stweekofev eryacademi c
year.Dur i
ng this per
iod,the Schoolshal lalso submita reportofr elevant
i
nformat i
onandst ati
sti
csonbul l
yingandr et
ali
ati
onculledf r
om thepr evi
ous
academi cyear.

Whatmustt hesepolici
escont ain?
 Fi r
stofal l
,thepol i
ciesmustpr ohibitbul l
yi
ngasal r
eadydef i
ned.School smust
l
ikewisedefinet herangeofadmi nistr
ativedi scipl
inaryacti
onst hatmaybet aken
againstabul ly,oraper sonwhocommi tsr etal
iati
on.Theseact ionsmustbe
commensur atewi ththenat ureand gr avi
tyoft heof f
ensecommi tted.Such
acti
ons may i nclude wr it
ten r epri
mands,communi ty service,suspensi on,
exclusionorexpul sion,ast hecasemaybe.I naddi t
iontoanyact iontaken
againsta per petr
atorofbul lyi
ng orr etal
iation mustnecessar il
yi ncludethe
requirementthattheper petr
at orenterintoar ehabili
tat
ionprogram admi ni
ster
ed
bytheSchool .

 TheSchoolshal lalsoeducat epar


ent sandguardiansaboutbullyi
ng,itseffect
s,
theanti
-bull
yi
ngpol i
ciesoftheSchool ,andhow suchpar entsorguar di
anscan
provi
desuppor tini mpartingupont heirchar
gest hegravit
yofbul l
ying,andto
rei
nfor
cet hepoliciesoft heSchool.TheSchoolshal lprovi
dethest udentsand
thei
rparentsorguar dianswi t
hcopiesoft hesepolici
es,whichshallli
kewisebe
i
ncludedinthest udentandempl oy
eemanual oft
heSchool .

 TheSchool
shal
ll
ikewi
seest
abl
i
shcl
earpr
ocedur
esandst
rat
egi
esf
or:

 Repor t
ingact sofbul ly
ingorr et
al i
ati
on.TheSchoolmustpr ovi
dean
av enuewher einstudent smayanony mouslyreportactsofbul l
yingor
retaliat
ion;
 Respondi ngprompt lytoandi nv esti
gat i
ngreport
sofbully
ingorr etal
iat
ion;
 Rest oringasenseofsaf etyforav i
ctim andassessi
ngthest udent’sneed
forpr otecti
on;
 Prot ectingfrom bul l
yingorr etali
ationofaper sonwhor eportsact sof
bul l
ying,prov i
desi nformat i
ondur ingani nvesti
gati
onofbul lying,oris
wi tnesst oorhasrel i
ableinformat ionaboutanactofbul l
ying;and
 Prov idi
ngcounsel ingorr efer
r altoappr opri
ateservi
cesforper petrat
ors,
victimsandappr opriatefami l
ymember sofsaidstudent
s;

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I
nallcaseswher einapenal t
ymaypossi blybei mposed,duepr ocessmustbe
obser
vedtoprev entfalseaccusat ionsofbul lying.Atami nimum,t heSchoolcompl ies
wit
htherequi
rement sofduepr ocessby :
 I nformingt hestudentandpar entorguar dianoft hecomplainti
nwr i
ti
ng;
 Gi v i
ngt hest udent,witht heassi stanceofhi spar entsorguar di
an,an
oppor tuni
tytoanswert hecompl ainti
nwr it
ing;
 Requi ri
ngt heSchoolheadt oi ssuet hedecision,inwriti
ng,andstating
thef actsandr easonst hereof;and
 Al lowinganappeal forthedeci sionwi ththeappr opr
iat
edivisi
onoffi
ceof
theDepar tment .
 Anyst udent,afterduei nv est
igation,foundt ohav eknowi ngl
ymadea
falseaccusat ionofbullyingshal lbesubjectedt oappropri
atedisci
pli
nary
act i
onori ntervent
ioni naccor dancewi t
ht herulesoft heSchoolort he
Depar tment .

Whowi
lli
mpl ementt heseant i-
bull
yingpol i
ciesoft heSchool ?
 TheSchool ’sChi l
dProtecti
onCommi tt
ee( “Commi ttee”)shallser
v east hebody
whi chwi llhandl eallbully
ing casesi nt heSchool .TheCommi tt
eeshal lbe
composedof :
 theSchool headoradmi nistr
atoraschai rperson;
 theSchool guidancecounselor/teacherasv i
cechairperson;
 ar epresentati
v eoftheSchool steachersasdesi gnatedbyt heSchool f
aculty;
 ar epresentative of the par ents as desi gnated by t he Par ents-Teachers
Associ ati
on;
 ar epresentativeoft hestudent s,excepti nkindergar t
en,asdesi gnatedbyt he
studentcounci l;and
 Ar epresentati
v e ofthe communi tyas desi gnated byt he barangaycapt ain
wher eintheschooli slocated.Thei nclusionofacommuni t yrepr
esentativ
emay
bedi spensedwi t
hbypr i
vateSchool s.

Undert
heAct
,theyshallperf
ormt hef oll
owing:
 Conductawar eness-r
aisingpr ogramswi thschoolstakehol
dersinprev ent
ing
andaddressingbully
ing;
 Ensurethattheanti-
bull
y i
ngpol i
cyadoptedbyt heSchooli
simplement ed;
 Monitorall
casesori ncident srel
atedtoallreport
edcasesofbull
ying;and
 Maket henecessaryr eferralstoappropriat
eagencies,offi
cesorpersons,as
mayber equiredbytheci rcumst ances.

HowdoestheSchooltreatt heinformati
oninbully
ingcases?
 Anyi nf
ormati
onr elati
ngt otheidenti
tyandper sonalcircumstancesoft hebully
,
vict
im,orpersonwhor eportedorwi t
nessedt heincidentshallbet reatedwith
utmostconfidentiali
tybyt heCommi t
teeand t heSchool ,provi
ded,t hatthe
namesmayonl ybeav ail
abletotheSchoolheadoradmi ni
strat
or,teacheror
guidancecounselordesi gnatedbytheschoolhead,andpar entsorguar diansof
studentswhoareorhav ebeenv i
cti
msofbul ly
ingorr etali
ati
on.

Whathappensi ftheSchool ,oritspersonnel,fai


lstocomplywi t
htheAct ?
 Schoolper sonnelofpubl i
cSchool sshallbesubjectt
oadmi nistrati
vediscipli
nary
proceedings undert he r ul
es oft he CivilServi
ce ort he Depar tment .Er ri
ng
personnelofpr i
vat
e School s shallbe subjectto appr opriate administrati
ve
discipl
inarypr oceedi
ngsi mposedbyt heprivat
eSchool .Copiesofsuchdeci sions
shallbesubmi ttedbyt hepri
v at
eSchool totheDepartment ’
sdi visi
onof f
ice.
 Pr ivateSchool swhichf ailt
ocompl ywi t
ht heActandi t
sI RRshal lbeshal lbe
givennot iceofsuchf ail
urebyt heDepar t
ment ’
sdivi
sionof f
ice.TheSchoolshal l
begi vent hirt
y( 30)day swithinwhicht ocompl y.Afur t
herext ensionofone( 1)
mont hmaymebegr antedbyt heDepar t
ment’sRegionalDirect orinmer i
torious

313
cases.Fail
ureto complywit
ht he Actori
tsI
RR maycause t
he School

s
suspensi
on,orr
evocat
ionofl
i
cense.

CHI
LDREN’
SEMERGENCYRELI
EFANDPROTECTI
ONACT
(
RA10821)

SALI
ENTFEATURES:

 Firstofi t
ski ndany wher eint hewor l
d.
 Wi l
l impr ov et hecar eandpr ot ecti
onofchi l
dr enaf fectedbydi sast
er s,
 Itwi llincreaseaccount abil
ityt ocommuni ties–andwi llbui l
donbestpr act
ices
andl essonsl ear neddur ingr ecentemer gencyr esponsesi nt hePhilippines.
 Thisl egislationi st her esultofwor kwi t
ht hechi ldrenofYol andat oget herwith
childr en’schampi onsi nt heHouseandSenat e.
 Thisl awest ablishesanewgl obalstandar df oraccount abili
tyt ochildren:
 A Compr ehensi veEmer gencyPr ogram t o pr otectchi l
drenand suppor tt
heir
i
mmedi ater ecov ery.
 Hei ght ened sur veillance agai nstchi ldt raf f
icking and ot herv iolence agai nst
childr eni ntheaf termat hofdi sastersandcal amities.
 Asy st em ofr est oringci v
ildocument sf orchi l
drenandt heirfami liest obet t
er
accessser vi
cesandpr otectagai nstexpl oitation.
 Increasedpar ticipat ionofchi ldrenindi sast err i
skr educt i
on( DRR)pl anningand
post -disast erneedsassessment s.
 Lessdi srupt ion ofeducat i
on act i
vi
tieswi tht her educed useofschool sas
evacuat ioncent ersandt hepr operuseoft empor arylearningspaces.
 Impr ov edcar eandst epsf orf amilytracingandr euni f
icati
onf orunaccompani ed
andsepar at edchi ldren.
 Bet terdat acol lect i
onandr epor t
ingr elatedt ot heaf fectedchi ldr en—t obet t
er
under standandr espondt ot heirspecificneeds.
 Chi l
d- cent eredt rainingofal lresponder sf orcommuni t
y /
bar angayl eader s,school
per sonnel andr escuer s.

ANACTTOSTRENGTHENANDPROPAGATEFOSTERCAREANDTOPROVI
DE
FUNDSTHEREFOR
(
RA10165)

 Section2.Decl arat ionofPol i


cy.–Ar ticleXVoft heConst ituti
onpr ov i
dest hat
theSt at eshalldef endt her i
ghtofchi l
dr ent oassi stance,i ncludingpr opercar e
andnut riti
on,andspeci alprotecti
onf rom al lf ormsofnegl ect,abuse,cr uelt
y,
exploitationorot hercondi ti
onspr ej
udici altotheirdev el opment .
 Itisher ebydecl ar ed thepol icyoft heSt atet o prov ideev erychi ld who i s
neglect ed,abused,sur rendered,dependent ,abandoned,undersoci ocult
ural
dif
fi
cul ties,orwi thspeci alneedswi thanal ternativef ami lythatwi llpr ov i
delov e
andcar easwel lasoppor t
uniti
esforgr owt handdev el
opment .
 TheSt ater ecogni zest hati nmostcases,achi ldwi llbenef itmor ef rom f oster
caret hani nst
itutionalcar e.Towar dst hisend,t heSt at eshal lsyst emat i
zeand
enhancet hefost ercar eprogram int hecount r
y .Itshal lensur et hatt hef oster
familyshal lpr
ov i
deawhol esomeat mospher etot hef osterchi l
d.Fur thertot his
end,theSt aterecogni zesthatfostercar ei sani mpor t
antst ept owar dst hechild’s
ret
urnandr ei
ntegr ationt ohisbiologicalpar entsorpl acementwi thanadopt ive
family.
 TheSt at eshal lalsopr otectther i
ghtsoft hebi ologicalchi ldoft hef ost erfamily

314
andensur et hati nnocaseshal lt hechi l
dbedi sadv ant agedasar esultoft he
pl
acementofaf ost erchi ld.
 Secti
on3.Def initionofTer ms.–Forpur posesoft hisAct ,thef ollowi ngterms
aredefi
ned:
a.Agencyr ef erst oanychi ld- car ingorchi l
d- placi ngi nstitutionl icensedand
accr editedbyt heDepar tmentofSoci al Wel fareandDev elopment( DSWD)
toi mpl ementt hef ost ercar epr ogr am.
b.Chi ldr ef erst oaper sonbel owei ght een( 18)y earsofage,oronewhoi s
ov erei ght een( 18)buti sunabl etof ul l
yt akecar eoforpr otectonesel f
from abuse,negl ect ,cr uel ty,expl oi tationordi scriminat ionbecauseofa
phy si cal orment al disabi lityorcondi ti
on.
c. Chi ldCaseSt udyRepor tr ef er st oawr ittenr epor tpr epar edbyasoci al
wor kercont aini ngal lthenecessar yi nformat ionaboutachi ld.
d.Chi ldwi thSpeci alNeedsr ef erst oachi l
dwi thdev elopment alorphy si
cal
disabi l
ity.
e. Fami l
yr ef erst ot hepar ent sorbr other sandsi sters, whet heroft hefullor
hal f-blood, oft hechi ld.
f. Fost erCar er ef erst ot he pr ov i
sion ofpl anned t empor ar ysubst it
ute
par ent al car et oachi l
dbyaf ost erpar ent .
g.Fost erChi ldr efer st oachi ldpl acedunderf ost ercar e.
h.Fost erFami lyCar eLi censer ef erst ot hedocumenti ssuedbyt heDSWD
aut hor izingt hef ost erpar entt opr ov idef ost ercar e.
i
. Fost erPar entr eferst oaper son,dul yl icensedbyt heDSWD,t opr ovide
fost ercar e.
j
. Fost erPl acementAut hor ity( FPA)r ef erst ot hedocumenti ssuedbyt he
DSWD aut hor i
zi ngt hepl acementofapar ti
cul archi ldwi tht hef oster
par ent .
k. HomeSt udyRepor tr ef erst oawr i
ttenr epor tpr eparedbyasoci alworker
cont ainingt henecessar yi nf or mat iononapr ospect ivepar entorf ami ly
member .
l
. Mat chi ngr efer st ot hej udi ci ouspai r i
ngofachi l
dwi thf osterpar entand
fami lymember sbasedont hecapaci tyandcommi tmentoft hefoster
par entt o meett he i ndi v idualneeds oft he par ti
cul archi ld and t he
capaci tyoft hechi ldt obenef itf rom t hepl acement .
m.Par entr ef erst ot hebi ologi caloradopt ivepar entorl egalguar di
anofa
child.
n.Pl acementr efer st ot hephy sicalt ransf eroft hechi l
dwi tht hef oster
par ent .
o.Rel at i
vesr efert ot her el at i
v esofachi l
d,ot hert hanf ami l
ymember s,
wi thint hef our thdegr eeofconsangui nityoraf f i
nity.
p.Soci alWor kerr efer st ot her egi steredandl icensedsoci alwor keroft he
DSWD, local gov ernmentuni t( LGU)oragency .

ARTI
CLEI
I

ELI
GIBI
LITY
 Sect i
on4.WhoMayBePl acedUnderFost erCar e.– Thef oll
owingmaybe
placedinf ostercare:
a.Achi l
dwhoi sabandoned, sur r
endered, neglected,dependentororphaned;
b.Achi l
dwhoi sav i
ctim ofsexual,phy sical,oranyot herfor
m ofabuseor
exploi
tati
on;
c. Achi l
dwi t
hspeci alneeds;
d.Achi l
dwhosef amilymember saret empor ar
il
yorper manentlyunableor
unwill
ingtopr ovidethechildwi t
hadequat ecare;
e. Achi l
dawai tingadopt iveplacementandwhowoul dhavet obeprepared
forfamilyli
fe;
f. Achi l
dwhoneedsl ong-ter
m car eandcl osef amilyti
esbutwhocannotbe
placedfordomest i
cadopt ion;
g.Achi l
dwhoseadopt i
onhasbeendi srupt ed;

315
h.A chil
dwhoi sundersoci al
lydif
fi
cultci
rcumstancessuchas,butnot
l
imitedt o,
astreetchil
d,achil
dinarmedconfli
ctorav i
cti
m ofchil
dlabor
ortr
afficki
ng;
i
. Achi l
dwhocommi t
tedami noroff
ensebutisreleasedonrecogni
zance,
orwhoi sincustodysupervi
sionorwhosecaseisdi smi
ssed;and
j
. A chil
dwhoi si nneedofspeci alprot
ecti
onasassessedbyasoci al
worker,anagencyort heDSWD.

Pr
ovided,Thati
nthecaseof(b),(c)
,(f)
,(h)
,(i
),and(
j)
,thechi
l
dmusthav
eno
f
ami
l
ywil
li
ngandcapableofcar
ingandprovi
dingforhi
m.

 Secti
on5.WhoMayBeaFost erPar ent.–Anappl i
cantwhomeet sal lofthe
fol
l
owingqual if
icationsmaybeaf ost erparent:
a.Mustbeofl egal age;
b.Mustbeatl eastsi xteen( 16)y earsolderthanthechi l
dunlesst hef oster
parentisar el ati
ve;
c. Musthav eagenui nei nterest ,capacityandcommi tmentinpar enti
ngand
i
sabl etopr ov ideaf amilialat mospher eforthechil
d;
d.Musthav e a heal thy and har moni
ous relat
ionship wit
h each f amily
memberl i
vingwi thhi m orher ;
e. Mustbeofgoodmor alchar act er;
f. Mustbephy sicallyandment allycapableandemot ionall
ymat ure;
g.Musthav esuf f
icientr esour cest obeabl etopr ovidefort hef ami l
y’s
needs;
h.Mustbewi llingt of urtherhoneorbet rai
nedonknowl edge,attit
udesand
ski
llsincaringf orachi l
d; and
i
. Mustnotal readyhav et hemaxi mum numberofchi l
drenunderhi sf oster
careatt het imeofappl icat i
onorawar d,asmaybepr ov i
dedi nt he
i
mpl ement ingr ulesandr egulat ions(I
RR)oft hi
sAct .

Provided,Thatindetermi ni
ngwhoi sthebestsui
tedfosterparent,t
herelat
ivesof
thechil
dshal lbegivenpr i
ori
ty,solongast heymeettheabov equalifi
cati
ons:Provided,
fur
ther,Thatanal i
enpossessi ngtheabov equali
fi
cati
onsandwhohasr esi
dedi nthe
Phil
ippi
nesf oratleasttwel ve( 12)cont
inuousmont hsandmai nt
ainssuchr esidence
unti
ltheterminati
onofpl acementbyt heDSWDorexpi r
ati
onoft hefosterfamil
ylicense,
mayqual i
fyasaf osterparent.

ARTI
CLEI
II

PARENTALAUTHORI TYOFFOSTERPARENTS
 Section6.Par entalAuthori
tyofaFost erParent.–Fost erparent sshallhavet he
ri
ghts,dutiesandl iabi
li
ti
esofper sonsexercisingsubsti
tutepar entalauthori
ty,as
maybepr ovidedundert heFamilyCodeov erthechil
drenundert heirf
ostercare.
 Section7.Limi t
at i
onsonPar entalAuthorityofFosterPar ents.–Fost erparents
shallonlyhav ether i
ghtsofaper sonwi thspecialparentalauthoritytodiscipl
ine
thefosterchildrenasdef i
nedunderSect i
on233oft heFami l
yCode, insofarasit
prohibi
tsthei nfl
icti
onofcorporal puni
shmentupont hechild.

ARTI
CLEI
V

PROCEDURE
 Section 8. Recr
uitmentand Dev elopmentofFost erPar ents.– To r ecr
uit
appli
cat i
onsf orfostercar
e,theDSWDshal lreachoutt ov ari
ouscommuni t
ies
andLGUsandwor kpr ef
erabl
ywi ththeLocalCounci lf orthePr otectionof
Chil
dr en(LCPC) .
 Section9. SubmissionofHomeSt udyReport.–Thesoci alwor kershallmakea
detai
ledHomeSt udyRepor tofanappl i
cant’
sbackgr oundandci r
cumst ances,
carri
edouti naseri
esofplannedvisi
tsandintervi
ews,inor dertodetermi neifthe
appli
cantmeet sthebasicrequi
rementsforfostercar
eandi ssui t
abl
etobecome
afost erparent.

316
 Sect ion10. IssuanceofLi cense.–TheDSWDshal li ssueaFost erFami l
yCar e
Licensebasedont heHomeSt udyRepor tsubmi t
tedbyt heagencyt odet ermine
themot i
vations,capaci tiesandpot entialsf ordev elopmentofappl i
cant s.The
l
icensei srenewabl eev eryt hree( 3)y ear sunl essear lierrevokedbyt heDSWD.
 Sect ion11. Mat chi ng.–Mat chingshal lbedonebyt heagencyonl yaf t
ert hechi l
d
casest udyandt hehomest udyhav ebeenconduct ed,sav ef orexcept ionst obe
deter minedbyt heDSWD, taki ngi nt oconsi der ationt hebesti nterest soft hechi l
d.
 The chi l
d case st udy r epor tshal lest abl ish t he needs of t he chi ldf or
consi derati
oni nt hesel ectionoft hef ost erpar ent .Likewi se,t heHomeSt udy
Repor tshallest ablishsai df ost erpar ent ’scapaci tyandr esour cest opr ovidea
safe, secureandl osi nghomet ot hechi ld.
 Sect ion12. Pl acement .–Thephy sicalt ransf eroft hechi ldt othef osterpar ent
shallbeal l
owedonl yaf t
ert heFPAhasbeeni ssued,sav ef orexcept ionst obe
deter minedbyt heDSWD, taki ngi nt oconsi der ationt hebesti nterestoft hechi l
d.
 Sect ion13. Super vi
si onofFost erPl acement .– Super visedf ost erpl acement
begi nsassoonast hef osterpar entr ecei v est hechi l
di ntohi scar e.Dur i
ngt he
fosterpl acement ,thesoci alwor kershal lconductr egul arhomev i
sitst omoni t
or
thechi l
d’sadj ust menti nt hef ost erhomeandshal lsubmi tpr ogr essr epor t
st o
theDSWD.
 I ncaseofi nci dent ,injur yordeat hofaf ost erchi l
d, ori fher unsawayorget slost,
suchcaseshal lber epor tedi mmedi at elyt ot heagency ,whi ch,i nt ur n,shal l
i
mmedi atelyrepor tthesamet ot heDSWD.
 Sect ion14. Ter mi nat ionofPl acement .–Ter mi nati
onofpl acementshal lbedone
byt heDSWD, uponr ecommendat i
onoft heagency , ont hef oll
owi nggr ounds:
a.Ret ur noft hechi ldt obi ologi cal par ent s;
b.Pl acementf oradopt ionoft hechi ld;
c. Deat hoft hechi ld;
d.Deat hofbot hf ost erpar ent s;
e. Expi rat i
onoft heFPA; and
f.I nallcaseswher epl acementbecomespr ej udicialt ot hewel far eoft he
chil
d,suchas,butnotl imit edt o,abandonment ,mal t
reat ment ,sexual
assaul t,violenceorot herf ormsofabuse.
Prov ided,t hati nt hecaseof( f),t hef ost erchi l
d,wi t
ht heassi stanceofa
r
egi
ster
edsoci alwor ker ,shal l hav et heopt i
ont oappl yf orter mi nationofpl acement .

ARTI
CLEV

LONG- TERM FOSTERPLACEMENT


 Sect i
on15. Long- Ter m Fost erPl acementAut hor i
ty.–I fachi l
dhasbeenunder
thecar eofaf ost erpar entf oraper i
odofatl eastsev en( 7)y ears,t
hesai dfoster
parentmayappl yf orLong- Term Fost erPl acementAut hor ity(LTFPA) ,subjectt o
thef ol
lowingcondi ti
ons:
a.Thechi l
d’ sr et urnt ohi sbi ologi calpar entsorpl acementi nanadopt ive
familyisnoti mmi nent ;
b.Thef ost erpar entcont inuest opossesst hequal ificationsrequi redunder
tinsActandav al
idf ost erf ami lycar el i
censef ort heent i
redur ationofthe
fostercar e;
c. Thechi ld, iften( 10)y earsofageorov er,dulyassi stedbyasoci alworker,
giveswr ittenconsentf orl ong- ter m st
aywi tht hef ost erparent;and
d.Asi def rom t her egul armoni toringv isits,theDSWDshal lreassessand
reevaluat et hef ost erhomesi tuat i
onev eryt hree( 3)y ears,todet ermine
whet heri tisi nt hebesti nt erestoft hechi ldtocont inuelivi
ngint hefoster
homeonal ong- term basi s.
LTFPA gr antst he f osterpar entcust ody ov ert he f ost erchi ld withoutt he
requi
rementoft heev ent ual i
tyofadopt ionoft helatterbyt hef or mer .Dur i
ngt hisperiod,
thefost erchildshal lenj oyt her i
ght sofachi ldunderAr t
icle3oft heChi ldandYout h
WelfareCode, andunderot herl aws.Pr ov ided, thatther eshal lbenomandat oryr i
ghtsof
successi oninf avoroft hef ost erchi ld.

 Sect
ion16.
Long-
Ter
m Fost
erCar
eCommi
tment
.– Taki
ngi
ntoconsi
der
ati
on

317
thestabil
ityandbesti nterestofthefosterchil
d,af osterparent,whounilat
erall
y
ter
mi nat
est heLTFPA bef or
et hefosterchildr eachest heageofmaj or
it
yor
fi
nishest ert
iaryeducat i
on,shallmakepr ovi
sionsf ortheeducat ionandbasi c
needsoft hef ost
erchild,inaccordancewi t
hthest andardsinwhi chthechil
dhas
beenr ai
sedorhasbecomeaccust omedt o,wit
hint hesaidperiod:Provi
ded,That
thefasterpar enthast hemeanst osuppor tt
hef ost
erchi l
dinkeepi ngwit
ht he
fi
nancialcapacityofthef amily
.

ARTI
CLEVI

ADOPTI
ONOFAFOSTERCHI LD
 Secti
on17. Condi t
ions.–Af ost
erpar entmayadopthi sfosterchil
dsubj ectto
t
hefol
lowi
ngcondi ti
ons:
a.Thef osterpar entmusthav eal lt
hequal i
fi
cati
onsaspr ovi
dedf orby
Republ icActNo.8552, ot
herwiseknownast heDomest icAdopt i
onActof
1998orRepubl i
cActNo.8043,ot herwiseknownast heInter-
Count r
y
Adopt ionActof1995, asthecasemaybe;
b.Thet rialcustody ,asrequi
redinadopt i
on, maybewai ved:Provi
ded,Thata
harmoni ousr elati
onshipexist
sbet weent hechil
dandhi sfosterparent
andf ami lymember s;and
c. Thepr ocedur esf oradopti
on,forpurposesoft hi
sAct,shallbegov erned
byDomest icAdopt ionActof1998orI nter-
CountryAdoptionActof1995,
asthecasemaybe.

ARTI
CLEVI
I

LOCALGOVERNMENTUNI TS
 Section18.RoleofLocalGov ernmentUni ts( LGUs).–LGUsshal lpromot ethe
fost
ercar esystem int heirrespect iv
eterri
torial j
uri
sdict
ions.
 Section19.Fundi ng.– I naccor dancewi tht heLocalGov ernmentCode,LGUs
shallprimari
lyber esponsi bleforsoci alwel fareserviceswhichi ncl
udef ost
er
careprograms.Howev er,thenat ionalgovernmentshal lprovi
def i
nancial support
,
pri
ority given t o t hird ( 3rd) , fourth ( 4th) and f if
th ( 5t
h) cl ass
muni ci
pali
ti
es.1âwphi 1
 Section 20.Semi nars and Tr aini ngs.– The DSWD,i n coordination wi t
ht he
Depar t
mentoft heInteriorandLocalGov ernment( DILG),isherebymandat edto
developandpr ovidepr ogramst oensur et heawar enessandr esponsi venessof
l
ocalgov ernmentof f
icialsint hepr omot i
onanddev elopmentoft hefost ercare
system ineverycity,muni cipal
ityorbar angay .

ARTI
CLEVI
II

ASSI
STANCEANDI NCENTI VES
 Sect
ion21. Assistancet oaFost erChi ld
(
a)Fost erChi l
d Subsi dy .– A f ost erchi l
d,t hrough theagency ,shal lbe
enti
tled to a mont hly subsi dy f r
om t he DSWD,subj ectt o existi
ng
governmentaudi ti
ngr ulesandr egulations.Thesubsi dyispr i
maril
yaimed
atsuppor tingtheexpensesoft hechi ldtol essenthefinancialburdenon
thef osterpar ent :Pr ovided,Thatsuppor tmaybewai vedi fthefoster
parentiscapabl eofsuppor ti
ngt hef osterchil
d.
(
b)Heal thI nsurance.– A f osterchi ldshal lautomatical
lybeaPhi l
Health
benef i
ciar
yoft hef ost erpar entandassuch,ent i
tl
edtoheal thinsurance
benef i
ts.Ifthef osterpar entisnotaPhi l
Healthmember ,hemustseek
enroll
mentwi thPhi l
Heal th.LGUsandagenci esshallprovideassistance
tothef osterpar entst oensur eenr ol
lment .

 Sect
ion22.
Assi
stanceandIncent
ivest
oFost
erPar
ent
.–
a)Suppor
tCar eServ
ices.–TheDSWD,thesoci
alser
viceuni
tsofLGUs

318
andagenci esshal lpr ov i
desuppor tcar eser vi
cest oi ncl
ude,butnot
l
imitedt o,counsel ing,v i
sit
s,t r
ainingonchi ldcar eanddev elopment ,
respitecar e,ski
llstrainingandl i
velihoodassi st
ance.
b)Addi tionalExempt i
onf orDependent s.–Forpur posesofcl ai mi ngt he
Twent y-fi
vet housandpesos( PhP25, 000. 00)addi t
ionalexempt i
onf or
fosterpar entsf oreachdependentnotexceedi ngf our( 4)aspr ovi
ded
forbyRepubl icActNo.9504,t hedef ini
tionoft het erm" dependent "
underSect ion35( B)oft heNat i
onalI nternalRev enueCode( NI RC)of
1997shal lbeamendedt oinclude" fost erchi l
d":Prov ided,Thatal lother
conditionspr ovidedf orundert heaf oresai dsect i
onoft heNI RCof1997
must be compl i
ed wi t
h: Pr ovided,f urther. That t hi
s addi t
ional
exempt i
onshal lbeal lowedonl yiftheper iodoff ost ercar eisatl easta
continuousper i
odofone( 1)taxabley ear .
Forpurposesoft hissect ion,onl yone( 1)fost erpar entcant r eatthef ost erchi l
d
asadependentf orapar t
iculart axabley ear.Assuch,noot herpar entorf ost erpar ent
cancl
aimthesaidchi ldasadependentf orthatper i
od.

 Sect
ion23.Incentivest oAgencies.–Agenci esshal
lbeentit
ledtot hefollowing
taxi
ncent
ives:
(a)Exempt ionf rom I
ncomeTax.–Agenci esshal
lbeexemptf rom income
taxon t he income deriv
ed byi tassuch or gani
zati
on pur suantt o
Section30oft heNIRCof1997, asimpl
ementedbyRev enueRegul at
ion
(RR)No.13- 98;and
(b)Qualifi
cationasaDoneeI nsti
tut
ion.– Agenciescanal soappl yfor
quali
ficationasadoneei nstit
uti
on.

 Secti
on24.Incenti
vest oDonor s.–Donor sofanagencyshal lbeent i
tl
edt othe
fol
l
owing:
(a)All
owableDeduct i
ons.–Donor sshallbegrantedal
lowabledeductions
fr
om itsgrossi ncometotheext entoftheamountdonat edtoagencies
i
naccor dancewi thSecti
on34(H)oft heNIRCof1997; and
(b)Exempt i
on from Donor ’
s Tax.– Donor s shallbe exempt ed fr
om
donor’
st axunderSect i
on101oft heNIRCof1997:Pr ov i
ded,Thatnot
mor ethant hi
rtypercent(30%)oft heamountofdonat i
onsshal lbe
spentforadmi nist
rat
iveexpenses.

ARTI
CLEI
X

PENALTI ES
 Sect ion25. Penalties.–
a)Anyf ost erpar ent,foundt obecommi tti
nganyactofnegl ect,abuse,cr uel
ty,or
expl oitationandot hersi mi l
aract sprejudicialtothechild’sdev elopment ,
shallbe
penal izedi naccor dancewi thRepubl icActNo.7610, other wiseknownas" AnAct
Prov idingForSt rongerDet errenceandSpeci alProtectionAgai nstChi l
dAbuse,
Expl oitation and Di scrimi nation,Pr oviding ForI t
s Vi olati
on,and ForOt her
Purposes" ,andot herappl icablel aws.
b)Anagencywhi chv i
olatesSect i
ons11,12,13oranyot herpr ovisionoft hi
sAct
andi tsIRRshal lsufferthef ol
lowi ngpenal ti
es:
1.Fort hefirstv i
olati
on,af i
neofnotl essthanTwent y-fivethousandpesos
(PhP25, 000. 00)butnotexceedi ngFi ft
ythousandpesos( PhP50, 000.
00);
and
2.Foranysubsequentv i
ol ati
on,af i
neofnotl esst hanFi ftythousandpesos
(PhP50, 000. 00)butnotexceedi ngOnehundr edt housandpesos( PhP
100,000.00) ,andr ev ocat i
onoflicenset ooperate.
c) Anyper son,nat uralorj ur i
dical,othert hant hef osterpar entoranyagency ,
violating any pr ovisi
on of t his Actand i tsI RR shal lbe penal ized with
i
mpr isonmentofone( 1)mont ht osix(6)y ears,dependi ngont hegr avit
yoft he
offenseoraf ineofnotl esst hanTent housandpesos( Php10, 000.00)butnot
mor et han One hundr ed t housand pesos ( PhP 100, 000.00) ,orbot h,att he
discr etionoft hecour t
.
d)I ftheof f enderisapubl icof fi
ci al
,thecour tmayi mposet headdi tionalpenalt
yof

319
di
squali
fi
cat
ionf
rom of
fi
cei
naddi
ti
ont
othepenal
ti
espr
ovi
dedi
nthepr
ecedi
ng
par
agraph.

ARTI
CLEX

FI
NALPROVI SI ONS
 Sect ion26.Fost erCar eCommi tt
ee.– TheRegi onalChi ldWel fareSpeci ali
st
Groupoft heDSWDshal lserv east heFost erCar eCommi t t
ee,whi chshal lhav e
thef ollowingf unct ions:
a)Rev iewanddel i
ber atei ssuesaf f
ect i
ngt hepl acementofapar t
icularchi l
d;
b)Maker ecommendat ionst or esolveanydi sput ebet weenandamongt heagency ,
thepar ents, t
hef ost erpar entsandt hechi l
d;
c) Moni tort he i mpl ement ati
on,r eview,and r ecommend changes i n pol icies
concer ningf ost
ercar eandot hermat tersr elatedt othechi l
d’swel fare;
d)Submi tt ot heSecr etaryoft heDSWDandt oCongr essanannualr eportoft he
policies, pr
ogr amsandact i
vit
iesr el
at i
vet ot hei mpl ement ationoft hisAct ;and
e) Per f
or m suchot herf unctionsanddut i
esasmaybepr escribedbyt heDSWD.
 Sect ion27. Appr opr iation.–Theamountnecessar yt ocar ryoutt hepr ovi
sionsof
thisActshal lbei ncludedi nt heGener alAppr opriationsActoft hey earfollowi ng
i
t senact menti nt ol aw andt hereafter.Ani nit
ialamountofTwent y-f
ivemi ll
ion
pesos( PhP25, 000, 000. 00)shal lbeal locat edf ort hef i
rsty earofi tsoper ation.
Suchsum shal lbei ntendedt osuppor tthef ost ercar epr ogramsoft heDSWD
andagenci es.
 Sect ion28. Implement ingRul esandRegul at i
ons.–TheDSWD,asl eadagency ,
theDepar t
mentofJust i
ce( DOJ) ,theDepar tmentofHeal th( DOH) ,theBur eauof
InternalRev enue( BIR) ,theCounci lonWel fareofChi ldren( CWC) ,theDI LGand
otherconcer nedgov ernmentagenci es,inconsul tati
onwi thagenci esar eher eby
mandat edtopr epar eanddr afttheI RRt ooper ational i
zet hepr ovisionsoft hisAct
within( 3)mont hsf rom i tsef fect
ivity.

10THI
NGSYOUNEEDTOKNOW ABOUTTHEDI
VORCEBI
LLI
NCONGRESS

ThePr
oposedBil
lTit
led“
AnActInst
it
uti
ngDi
vor
ceAndAbsol ut
eDi
ssol
uti
onOf
Mar
ri
ageInThePhil
ippi
nes”
,Subst
it
utedHouseBi
ll
s116,1062,2380And6027 And
PassedCommitt
eeLevelOnFebr
uary21,2018.ForTheFi
rstTi
meInTheHist
oryOfThe
HouseOfRepr
esent
ati
ves,ADi
vorceBi
llWil
lReachTheHousePlenar
yForDel
iber
ati
on.

TheneedforaDi
vor
ceLawisreal
.Iti
slongov
er due.I
tishi
ghti
methatt
hestate
gi
veswomen,andmen,i
nabusi
veandir
repar
ablemar
riagestheopti
ontof
il
efordi
vorce.

Thereisprogress.TheHouseCommi tt
eeonPopul at
ionandFami lyRel
ati
ons
unanimously appr
oved t he pr
oposed “An Act Insti
tut
ing Divorce and Absol
ute
Dissol
uti
onofMar ri
agei nthePhil
i
ppines”
.Aconsolidat
ionoff ourseparat
emeasures
fi
ledbyatleast30congressmen.Herearethehi
ghl
i
ght softheproposedlaw:

1.Spouseshav et heOpt i
onof il
ef oranabsol utedi v
orce,al egalsepar ation,or
annulmentofmar r
iage.
2.Thegov er
nmentshoul dassur et hatthedi vorceshallbei nexpensi veandi ts
process,eff
icient.
The“ I
ndigents”,def i
nedundert hebi l
larethosewhodonothav er ealpropertyof
mor ethanP5mi l
li
oncanav ailoft hecour t
sser v
icesforfr
ee.Sect i
on6( c)oft he
bi
llstatesthat“ Uponappl icationofaqual i
fiedindigentpet i
ti
oner ,thepr oper
courtshallwai vethepay mentoft hef i
li
ngf eesandt heothercost sofliti
gati
on,
and shallappoi ntaCounseldeOf i
ciof orsai d peti
ti
onerand assi gnsoci al
workers,psy chologists,psy chiatrist
spr eferablyf r
om appr opriategov er
nment
agenciestoassi stthesai dpet i
tionerandt hecour t
.”
3.Thebi l
lalsopr ovidessummar yj udici
alpr ocessoranexpedi tiousmannerof

320
resol
vi
ngthepet
it
ionofdi vor cebutonl yont hesegr ounds:
a.Whent hespouseshav ebeensepar atedf oratl eastf i
ve
years;
b.When oneoft hespouseshascont racted a bi gamous
mar riage;
c. Whent hespouseshav ebeenl egall
ysepar atedbyj udicial
decr eef ort woy ear sormor e;
d.When one of t he spouses has been sent enced t o
impr isonmentf orsixy ear ,ev eni fsubsequent lypardoned;
and
e. When one of t he spouses has under gone a sex
reassi gnmentsur gery .Thesummar yJudi cialPr oceedings
maybeconcl udedi nlesst hanay ear.
4.Thegroundsf
orabsoluteDi v or ceundersect ion5ar easf ollows:
a.Phy sicalVi olence orgr ossl y abusi ve conductdi r
ected
againstt hepet iti
oner ,acommonchi l
dorachi l
doft he
petitioner ;
b.Phy sicalVi olence or mor alpr essur et o compelt he
petitionert ochanger eligiousorpol i
ti
cal affi
liati
on;
c. Attemptofr espondentt ocor r
uptori nducet hepetiti
oner,a
common chi ld or chi l
d of pet i
ti
oner t o engage i n
prost it
ut ion;
d.I mpr isonmentofr espondentf ormor et hansi xyears,even
ifpar doned;
e. Drugaddi cti
onorhabi tualal coholism orChr onicgambl i
ng
ont hepar tofr espondent ;
f. Respondent ’sHomosexual i
ty
g.Bi gamousmar ri
agecont ract edbyr espondent
h.Mar itali nfideli
ty orper ver si
on orhav ing a chi ld with
anot herper sonot hert hanspousedur i
ngmar ri
age,except
uponmut ualagr eement
i
. At temptagai nstt hel i
f eoft hepet i
ti
oner ,commonchi ldor
chil
dofpet iti
oner
j
. Abandonmentby pet it
ionerorby r espondentwi t
hout
justi
f i
abl ecausef ormor et hanoney ear

Undert
heBi l
l,t
hegr oundsforaJudici
alDecreeofAbsolut
eDi v
orcearethe
gr
ounds forlegalseparati
on underart
icl
e 55 ofthe Famil
y Code ofthe
Phi
li
ppi
nesandgr oundsforannul
mentofmarri
ageunderar
ti
cle45oftheFamil
y
CodeofthePhil
ippi
nes.

5.Thef ili
ngofj ointpet i
ti
onf orAbsol uteDi vor cebyspouseswhoar esepar atedf or
fi
vey ear sorlegallysepar at edbyj udicialdecl arati
onf oratleastt woy ear s.
6.Thepol icyoft hest atet opr otectandpr eser vemar riageasasoci alinst i
tution.
Oneoft hesei st hemandat orycool i
ng-offper i
od,buti tiswai vedi ncasesof
domest icabuseori fther ei sdangeragai nstonespouseorachi l
d.Ther e’salsoa
provisioni nt hebi llthatmandat est hest atet oconductpr e-nupti
alandpost -
patri
moni alactiv
itiesi nor dert oemphasi zet hatmar r
iagei sasoci alinstituti
on.
7.Peti
tioner swhoar eOFWs( Ov erseasFi li
pinoWor kers)shallbegi venpr eference
bythepr opercour twi t
hr espectt ot hehear i
ngoft heirpetiti
onsandt hecour t
shallsett herecept i
onofev i
dence, upont heav ail
abilit
yoft hepet i
ti
oner s, fornot
mor et hant woconsecut iveday s.
8.Thepr oposali mposest hepenal t
yofi mpr isonmentoff ivey earsandaf i
neof
P200, 000t oaspousewhoi spar tyt oapet i
ti
onf orabsol utedivorce,whoi s
foundbyt hecour tt ohav eusedt hreat sorcoer ci
ont ocompelt heot herspouse
i
nf i
lingt hepet i
ti
on, andt hespouseswhoar egui l
tyofcol l
usion.
9.Section2oft hepr oposedbi l
lgi veust her ati
onalef oradi vorcelaw,andt hat
whilet he state“ Cont inues t o protectand pr eserve mar r
iage as a soci al
i
nstitutionandast hef oundat ionoft hef ami ly,
”adi vorcewoul dgiveachancef or
coupl est oterminat e“ Acont inuingdy sfunct i
onofal ongbr okenmar ri
age. ”The
bil
lhopest o“Savet hechi l
dr enf rom pai n,st ressandagonyconsequentt ot heir

321
parentsconstantmar i
talclashes”and“ Grantthediv or
cedspousest her ightto
mar r
yagainforanotherchanceatmar i
talbli
ss.”
10.The stil
lunnumber ed billwas r ecommended bya t echnicalwor king gr oup
headedbyAl bayRep.EdcelLagman.Thepr oposedBi l
ltitled“Anacti nstituti
ng
DivorceandAbsol uteDi ssolut
ionofmar r
iageint hePhi l
ippi
nes”,“Subst it
uted
housebill
s116, 1062,2380and6027.
Ifyoufeelt
hattheDi v
or ceBilli
simpor t
antt oyou,showy oursuppor tforit.Ifyou
areagainstit,thev oicey ouropi ni
onaswel l.Thinkaboutt hebenef i
t sand
consequencescar ef
ully.Thinkabouthowy ou,someoney ouknow,orev enhow
yourownchildrenwillbeaf f
ectedbyt hebillifi
tbecomesl aw.

322
SOCIALWORK
STATI
STI
CS

Rev
iewer
:
Asso.Pr
of.Gl
oryJeanG.Leoni
n,RSW,
MSW

Basi
cConcept
s:

323
Stat
ist
ics–ist
hetheoryandmet hodsofcol l
ecti
ng, t
abulati
ng, andanal y
zi ngdata.
(Rey
es1996).
- Isconcernedwi thscienti
fi
cmet hodsforcol l
ecting,organizing,
summar izing,presenti
ngandanal yzi
ngdat a,aswel lasdrawi ngv ali
d
conclusi
onsandmaki ngreasonabledeci si
onsont hebasisoft his
analysi
s.(Hannagan, 1982).Stati
sti
csi sconcer nedwi t
hthesy stematic
coll
ecti
onofnumer i
caldataandi tsint
erpretati
on.
Thewor d“ stat
isti
cs”isusedt oreferto:
1.Numer i
calfacts,suchast henumberofpeopl eli
v i
nginapar ti
cular
town;
2.Thest udyofway sofcollecti
ngandi nterpretingthesef acts.

Mai
nfunctionofst at
isti
cs
1.Topr ov
ideinf
or mati
onwhichwil
lhel
pinmakingdecisi
ons.
2.St atisti
csprovidethi
stypeofi
nfor
mationbyprovi
dingadescr
ipt
ionoft
he
present,profi
l
eoft hepastandanesti
mateofthefutur
e.

Useofst
atisti
cs:
1.Stati
sti
cscanbeastabi
l
izi
ngfor
ce,
dispell
i
ngr umouranduncer
tai
nty
;
2.Helpingtosol
vear
gumentsar
isi
ngfr
om indiv
idualcases

Obj
ect
iveofstat
ist
ics:
1.Toacqui r
est at
ist
icalt
ool
st hatcanbeusedt oint
erpretanddata,whi
ch
ei
therquantit
ati
ve(numeri
cal
)orquali
tat
ive(Cat
egori
cal)
data.
2.Theendr esul
tsareusef
ulinf
ormati
onorv al
uabl
econclusionsf
romr
awdata.

Pr
ocedur
e:
1.Toknowexact lywhati stobei nvesti
gatedandtofor mul at
et heproblem as
preciselyaspossi ble.
2.Decideont her elevantdatatobecol lect
edbasedont hepr oblem.
3.Collecteddataar ethear r
angedi nreadablef
orm usingt ables,graphs,or
diagramsandadescr ipti
vemeasur esuchaspropor ti
ons, averagesor
standar ddeviationsar ecalcul
ated.
4.Sampl ei suset or epresentthestateofthepopul
ation, wher estati
sti
cstryi
ng
toansweront hebasi ssampl e.

Var
iabl
e–i
sanobser
vabl
echar
act
eri
sti
cofaper
sonorobj
ectwhi
chi
scapabl
eof
t
aki
ngsev
eral
val
uesorofbeingexpressedinseveraldif
ferentcat
egor
ies.
- Aret
herawmat eri
alsofstati
sti
calanal
ysis.(Reyes,
1996)

Exampl
e:sex,
eyecol
or,
wei
ghtandage

Ki
ndsofVariables:
1. Cont i
nuousvari
able–i sav ar
iabl
ewhi chtakeanyvaluewit
hinaspecif
ied
rangeofv al
ues.Betweenanytwov al
uesofthevari
able,
aninf
ini
tenumberof
valuesmayoccur .
Cont i
nuousvari
able–whosepossiblevaluehasnobreakorgap.

Exampl
e:wei
ghtofababy
,hei
ght
,vol
ume

2. Disconti
nuousordi
scret
evari
abl
e–cant
akeaspeci
fi
cval
uesonl
y.I
tisa
vari
ablewithbr
eakorgaps,
orj
umps.

Example:numberofcar
abaosi
nagi
venf
arm
Pri
ces
No.ofrevi
ewees
Famil
ysize

Not
e:Ingener
al,measur
ement
sgi
vesr
iset
ocont
inuousdat
a,whi
l
ecount
inggi
vesr
ise
t
odiscr
etedat
a.

324
Measur
ementScal
e:

1. Nomi nalmeasurement–li
mit
edt y
peofmeasur ement
.Iti
smerel
yusedt o
diff
erent
iat
eclassesorcat
egori
esf orpur
elycl
assi
fi
cat
ionori
dent
if
icat
ion
purposes.
-codingpur
poses

Exampl
e:Mal
e,f
emale(numberIf
orf
emaleand2f
ormal
e)
NumberofPlayer
susedi
nbasket
bal
l

2. Ordi
nalmeasurement s – or
dinaldo notonl
ycl assi
fybutalso orderthe
cl
asses.Expr
essedi nranksi
spossibleifadi
ffer
entdegreeofattri
butesor
pr
opertyi
spresent.
Withordi
nalmeasurementwecant al
kofgreat
erthanorlesst
han.

Exampl
e:r
anksi
nthebeaut
ycont
est
Rankofat
eacher

3. I
nter
valmeasurement–hastheat
tri
buteofordi
nalmeasur
eplusonemor e:
i
tcandif
fer
enti
atebet
weenanytwoclassesi
nter
msofdegreesofdi
ff
erence.

Exampl
e:mentalabi
l
ityt
estscore
Achi
evementtestscor
e

4. Rati
omeasurement–r at
iomeasurementdiff
ersfr
om i
nter
valmeasurement
onlyinoneaspect
:ithasatruezerowhichindi
cat
esatotalabsenceofthe
propert
ybei
ngmeasured.
Rati
omeasurements,mult
ipl
i
cati
on,anddiv
isi
onhavemeanings.

Example:t
emperatur
e
Cel
sius
Note:Itiscust
omarytotr
eatint
erv
alandr at
ioscal
esi
nsamemanner.Thus,what
ever
stati
sti
calt
reat
mentsoranal
ysesareappli
edtorat
iomeasur
ement
scanal
sobeapplied
tointer
valmeasur
ements.

TABULARPRESENTATI
ONOFDATA

1.Fr
equencyt
abl
eusi
ngdi
scr
etedat
a:

Yearlevel Fr
equency Percent
age
Fi
rstyear 1,
300 32.
5%
Secondy ear 1,
100 27.
5%
Thir
dy ear 900 22.
5%
Fourt
hy ear 700 17.
5%
Total 4,
000 100.0%

Yearlev
el-cat
egor i
es
Frequency-numberofobservat
ionorcases
Percent
age-frequencydi
vi
dedbythetotalno.ofcasesmul
ti
plybyonehundr
ed
1,300/4,000x100%=32.5%

2. Ungroupedfrequencydist
ri
buti
on–usedwhent her
eisasmal lnumberof
observat
ions.Dataareusual
lyarr
angedfr
om hi
ghestt
ot hel
owestt hatshows
thefr
equencyofoccur r
enceofthedif
fer
entv
aluesofthevar
iable.

325
Exampl
e:
Score Fr
equency
30 2
29 3
26 5
25 20
23 18
21 6
19 3
16 2
Total 59

3. Groupedfr
equencydist
ribut
ion-isanarrangementofdatathatshowsthe
fr
equencyofoccur
renceofv aluesfal
li
ngwi t
hint
hearbit
rar
ydef i
nedrangesof
t
hev ari
abl
eknownascl assinterval
s.

Scores Fr
equency
42-44 2
39-41 2
36-38 3
33-35 4
30-32 7
27-29 8
24-26 5
21-23 2
18-20 3
15-17 1
12-14 2
9-
11 1
Total 40

Note:42-44-classi nterval
9-11-classl i
mi t
9-l
owerlimit-
smal l
ernumber
11-upperli
mit-largernumber
10-Classmar k,mi dpointwhichistheaverageofthel
owerandupperli
mit
s.
Range-hi ghestscor eminuslowestscore
Classinterval-productoftherangeplusonemoredivi
dedbyten.

4. Relat
ivef
requencydist
ri
but
ion–frequencyforeachclassobtai
nedbydi
vi
ding
thecl
assfrequencybythet
otalf
requency.f
/n=r el
ati
vefrequency

5. Cumul
ati
vef
requency-obtai
nedbyaddi ngt
hef
requenci
essuccessi
vel
y,st
art
ing
fr
om t
hebot
tom oftheindiv
idual
frequency
.

Gr
aph–i
sageomet
ri
cal
orpi
ctor
ial
imageofasetofdat
a.I
nfor
mat
ioncaneasi
l
ybe
gr
aspandmor
eint
erest
ingt
oreadwhendat
apr
esent
edgr
aphi
cal
l
y.

Met
hodsofr
epr
esent
ingadi
str
ibut
ionofscor
esgr
aphi
cal
l
y

1. Histogram orcolumndiagr
am isagraphconsi sti
ngaseriesofvert
icalcolumns
orrectangleseachdrawnwithabaseequal tot heclassi
nter
valandahei ght
correspondingtothecl
assfrequency
.
Iti
ssui t
ablegraphforr
epresenti
ngdataobtainedf r
om conti
nuousv ar
iables.
Iti
spl ott
edwithaclassmarkinthehorizont
al axis,
andfrequencyonthev er
ti
cal

326
axi
s.

2. Bargraph–i spar t
icul
arl
yusefuli
npresentingdatagather
edfr
om discr
ete
var
iablesthatar emeasuredonnominalscal e.
I
tusesr ectanglesorbarstorepr
esentdiscretecl
assesofdat
a.Categor
iesar
ein
tur
nplacedei theri
nhorizont
alorver
ti
cal axisbasedontheposi
ti
onofthebars.

3. Pi
edi
agr
am –gr
aphi
cal
l
ytopr
esentt
heper
cent
age.

PROPERTI
ESOFFREQUENCYDI
STRI
BUTI
ONS

Fr
equencydistri
buti
onsdi fferfr
om eachot heri
ntermsoff ourproperties:
1. Centr
allocati
on–r eferstot heval
uenearthecenteroft hefrequencydistri
buti
on.
2. Vari
ati
ons-refertot heextentofspreadi
ngoutofindividualmeasur esfrom the
measureofcent raltendency .
3. Skewness-referstot hesy mmetryorasymmetry(lackofsy mmet r
y)ofa
fr
equencydistri
bution.
4. Kurt
osis-ref
erstot heflatnessorpeakednessofonedi stri
butioninrel
ationto
anot
her.

Sampl
ingandsampl
ingdi
str
ibut
ions

I
nfer
ent
ialst
ati
sti
cs-maki
nggener
ali
zat
ionsaboutt
hepopul
ati
onbasedonsampl
edat
a.

Popul
ati
on–r
efer
stot
het
otal
i
tyoraggr
egat
eofobser
vat
ionsr
egar
dingpeopl
e,obj
ect
s,
r
eact
ions,
orevenanimal
shavingsomecharact
eri
sti
csi
ncommont
hatper
mit
i
dent
ifi
cat
ioni
nagivenprobl
em si
tuat
ion.

Sampl
e–i
sanysubgr
ouporsubaggr
egat
eofobser
vat
ionsdr
awnf
rom t
hepar
ent
popul
ati
onbysomeappropr
iat
emethodsot
hatthechar
acteri
sti
csofthepopul
ati
oncan
beest
imated.
-r
efer
stot
hepeopl
ewechoosetorepr
esentthepopul
ation.

Sampl
esi
ze–i
sanumberofobser
vat
ionsi
nagi
vensampl
e.n=i
sdesi
gnat
edf
ora
sampl
esi
ze
Sampl
ingmet
hods

Ty
pesofsampl
i
ng:

 Pr obabil
it
ysample
 Samplesel ect
edonthebasisofr
andomness.Whentheresear
cherhasa
probabi
lit
ysample.(Reyes,
1996)
 Provi
desev erymemberofthepopul
ati
on(N)achancetobechosenas
partofthesample(n).

1. Random sampl
e–isonewhichissoselectedthatev
erymemberoft
he
popul
ati
onhasequal
chanceofbeingselected.

Exampl
e:“
gol
dfi
shbowl
”pr
ocedur
eorl
ott
ery

St
ep:
Simpl eRandom Sampl i
ng
 Getal i
stoft hetotalpopulat
ionoruni ver
se
 Cutpi ecesofpapert osmal l
sizes( about1x1inch)thatcanberol
led
 Putanumberoneachpi eceofpapercor respondi
ngt oeachnumberofthet
otal
populationoruni v
erse
 Rol leachsmal l
pieceofnumber edpaper
 Putt her oll
edpaper sinaboxorhat
 Shaket heboxorhatt ogiveequal chanceforeveryoneintheuni
verset
obe
chosenassampl e
 Pi ckoutoner ol
ledpaperatat ime

327
 Unrol
lthepaperandrecor
dthenumber
 Repeattheprocessunt
ilt
hedesi
redsampl
esi
zei
sobt
aine

2. St
rat
if
iedrandom sampl i
ng
 Ist heprocessofsubdivi
dingthepopulationintosubgroupsorstr
ataand
drawingmember satrandom from eachsubgr ouporstratum.P=n/N
 Ensur esthatthesampleisdrawnfrom ahomogenoussubsetoft he
populat
ion,thati
s,f
rom apopulati
onwi thsimilarchar
acteri
sti
cs.
Homogenei t
yhelpsresearcher
stor educesampl ingerr
ors.

St
ep:Thi
sisusedwhent her
ei sareadyli
stoftheuniversewhosemembersare
cl
assi
fi
edint
ocer t
aincategori
essuchasst udents,f
armers,andfi
sher
men.The
pr
ocedurei
nusingthisschemei sasf ol
l
ows:
 Getalistoftheuniverse
 Decideonthesampl ingsizeortheactualpercent
ageoftheuni
ver
sethat
shouldbeconsideredassampl e
 Getanequal proporti
onofsampl efr
om eachgr oup

Exampl e:Supposethereare-
200students x. 10=20
300fisher
men x. 10=30
500farmers x. 10=50
̅
Totalsample 100
 Selectthe100r espondent
seitherbysi
mpl
erandom sampl
i
ngorsy
stemat
ic
sampl i
ng

3. Systemati
cr andom sampli
ng
 I samodifiedform ofsi
mplerandom sampli
ng.I
tinv
olvessel
ecti
ngev er
ykth
elementi
nt hepopulati
onunti
lthedesi
rednumberofsubject
sisatt
ained.
K=n/N

St
ep:Thi
sisusedwhent hereisar eadyli
stofthetotal
uni
v er
seorpopulat
ion.The
pr
ocedur
esinusingthisschemear easf oll
ows:
 Getal i
stofthet otaluniverseorpopulat
ion
 Di vi
dethetotaluniverseorpopul at
ionbythedesi
redsamplesizetogetthe
sampli
nginterval
Example:I
fthet otalpopulati
onoruniversei
s5000andt hedesir
edsampl ei
s
100

=500=50
100
 Getnumber50asthefir
stsampl
eandevery50thper
soni
nthel
i
stor100,
150,
200,et
c.unti
l100r
espondent
sar
epickedout

4. Clustersampl i
ng
 I sresortedtowhent hepopul
ati
onisveryl
argeandwi
delyspreadoutovera
widegeogr aphicalar
ea.Themoreconveni
entfr
om ot
hertypeofrandom
sampl i
ngpr esented.

Step:Thisisusedwhent hereisanar eawher et her esultsofseveral surveysoncertai


n
i
ssuesv i
rtuallymatchedt henat ional results.Forexampl e,i
ftheresul tsofseveral
nati
onalelectionsinMani l
awer et hesamewi tht henat i
onaloutcome, Manilacoul
dbe
thecenterofasur v
eyusingclust ersampl i
ng.Ther esul tsofthi
ssur veycoul dbeusedto
proj
ectthenat ionalout
come.Thest epsi nusi ngt hisschemear easf oll
ows:
 Deci deont hesampl esi ze;
 Sel ectageogr aphical areat hathasshownt hesamesur veyr esult
sast he
national r
esult
sforsev eralpr evioussur vey s: and
 Sel ectt hesamplewi thint hi
sar eabyf oll
owi ngei t
herthesy stemat i
cor
stratifi
edsamplingdependi ngupont heav ailablei
nformation

328
5. St
agesampl i
ng
 Extensi
onofcl
ustersampli
ng.I
tist
heselect
ionofasamplei
nstepsor
stage.
 Iscall
edmult
isamplingi
nwhichhousehol
dorpersonsar
eselect
ed
rathert
hangr
oups.

Step:
Mul ti
-stageSampling
Thi
si susedf ornati
onal ,
regional,
orprovinciallevelstudies.Ast henamesuggest s,
sampli
ngi sdoneateachl ev el
.Thest epsinusingt hisschemear e:
 Deci deont hel
evelofanal ysi
sthatshouldbest udiedsuchasnat ional,r
egional,
orpr ovi
ncial
 Sel ectthesampl eatt henextlowerlevel.Forexampl e,ifthesurveyisregional,
thesampl i
ngshouldst ar
tattheprovinciallevel.Useoneoft heear l
iersampling
techniques
 Fol lowthesamepr ocessunt i
lsamplingr eachest her espondents’level

Exampl
e:1stlevel
3pr ovi
nces/regi
on -3
nd
2 l evel2prov i
nces -6
3rdlevel2town -12
4thlevel4vil
lages/t
owns-48
th
5l evel5respondents/vi
l
lage -240

 Non-Probabi
li
tysample–f r
equent
lyusedi
nmassmedi aresear
ch
par
ti
cularl
yinthefor
m ofavail
abl
esamplessuchassamplesusing
vol
unteersubj
ectsandpurposi
vesamples.
(Ar
boleda,
1998)

1. Av ail
abl esampl e-acol lect ionofr eadilyaccessi blesubj ectsf orst udy ,suchasa
groupofst udent senr olledi nani ntroduct orymassmedi acour se.Av ail
abl e
sampl escanbeusef ul i
npr etestingquest i
onnai resorot herpr eliminar y( pi
lot
study )wor k.Theyof tenhel pel i
mi natepot ential pr obl emsi nr esear chpr ocedur es,
test i
ng, andmet hodol ogybef oret hef i
nal r
esear chst udyi sat tempt ed.
2. Vol unteersampl es-Subj ect swhoconst ituteav olunt eersampl eal sof or ma
nonpr obabi lit
ysampl e, sincet hei ndivi
dual sar enotsel ectedmat hemat i
cal l
y .
Ther ei sconcer ninal l areasofr esear chwi t
hr egar dt oper sonwhowi ll
ingly
par ti
cipat ei nresear chpr oject s;thesesubj ect sdi ffergr eatlyfrom nonv ol unteers
andmayconsequent lypr oduceer roneousr esear chr esul t
.
3. Pur posi vesampl e-Apur posi vesampl ei ncludessubj ect ssel ect edont hebasi sof
speci fi
cchar acteristicsorqual i
tiesandel i
mi nat est hosewhof ai ltomeett hese
cri
t eri
a.Pur posivesampl esar eof tenusedi nadv ertisingst udies; resear cher s
selectsubj ectswhouseapar ticulart ypeofpr oductandaskt hem t ocompar eit
withanewpr oduct .Itischosenwi ththeknowl edget hati tisnotr epresent at i
veof
thegener al popul ationr at heri tat t
empt st orepr esentaspeci ficpor ti
onoft he
popul at i
on.
Step: Deci deont hesampl esi zebyl ooki ngatt het abl eofsampl esi zein
stat i
sticsbookandhandout s
Deci deont hecr iteriai nchoosi ngt hesampl e.Thesecr iteri
amayi ncludeage, sex,
andeducat ion
Chooset hesampl ebasedont hecr i
teria.Forexampl e, iftheconsi der edcr iteri
on
i
sagegr oup21t o30y ear sol d, t
henonl yrespondent sbel ongi ngt ot hisage
groupneedt obei nterviewed
4. Quot asampl e-Inquot asampl e,subj ectsar esel ect edt omeetapr edeter minedor
knownper cent age.Forexampl e,ar esear cheri nt erest edi nf i
ndi ngouthowmany
owns, VCRowner smayknowt hat10%ofapar ticularpopul ationownsaVCR.
Ther efor et hesampl et her esear chersel ectedwoul dbecompr isedof10%VCR
owner sand90%non- VCRowner s( tor eflectt hepopul ationchar act er
istics).

5.I
nci
dent
aloracci
dent
al
 Deci
deont
hesampl
esi
ze

329
 Lookf
orpeopl
ewhocanbeint
erv
iewed
 Ift
hesampl
esizedeci
dedoni
s100,i
nter
viewt
hef
ir
st100peopl
eyoumeet

I
ndeci
dingwhethert
ouseapr
obabi
l
ityoranon-
probabi
l
itysampl
e,ar
esear
cher
consi
der
sforpoi
nts:

1. Costversusval ue.Thesampl eshoul dpr oducet hegr eatestv al uef orthel east
i
nvestment .Ifthecostofapr obabilit
ysampl eistoohi ghinr elat i
ont othet y pe
andqualit
yofi nformationcollected, anon- probabili
tysampl ei sapossi ble
al
ternati
ve.
2. Timeconst raints.Inmanycasesr esear cherscol l
ectingpr el
imi naryinformat i
on
operateundert imeconst r
aintsimposedbysponsor ingagenci es, management
dir
ecti
vesorpubl icati
ongui deli
nes.Si ncepr obabili
tysampl ingi sof t
entime
consuming, anonpr obabil
it
ysampl emaypr ovidetempor aryr elief.
3. Purposeoft hest udy.Somer esear chst udiesar enotdesi gnedf orgener alizati
on
onthepopul ationbutr athertoi nvestigatev ari
ablerel ati
onshi psort ocol l
ect
explor
atorydat af ordesigningquest i
onnai r
esormeasur ementi nstrument s.A
nonprobabili
tysampl eisoftenappr opri
at einsituati
onsoft heset ypes.
4. Amountofer roral l
owed.Inpr eliminaryorpi lotstudies, wher eer r
orcont rolisnot
aprimeconcer n,anonpr obabi l
itysampl ei susuallyadequat e.

Measur
esofCent
ralTendency

 Average-measur esofcent r
altendencyandmeasur esofl
ocati
on.Anaverage
summar isesagroupoff iguresandr epresentsi
tint
hesensethatt
heaverage
prov
idesani mmedi ateideaaboutt hegroup
 CentralTendency-anaver ageprovidesav aluear
oundwhichasetofdat
ai s
l
ocated( Hannagan,1982) .

Themostcommonmeasur esofcent
ral
tendencyare:
1. Ari
thmeti
cmean-simpl
yknownas“mean”(popular
lycal
l
edt
heaver
age)ist
he
sum oft
hesepar
atescor
esormeasuresdivi
dedbynumberoft
hescores

 Theadvantagesofthear it
hmeti
cmean:
1.Itiswidelyunderstoodandthebasiccalculati
onisstr
aightf
orwar
d
2.Itmakeuseofal l t
hedat ai
nthegroupandi tcanbedeterminedwi
th
mathemat i
calpr
ecision
3.Itcanbedet erminedwhenonl yt
het ot
al v
alueandt henumberof
i
temsar eknown

 Thedisadvantagesoft hear i
thmeti
cmean:
1.Af ewi t
emsofav eryhighorverylowv aluemaymaket hemean
appearunrepresentativ
eoft hedistr
ibuti
on
2.I tmaynotcor respondt oanactualvalueandt hi
smaymakei tappear
unreal
i
stic
3.Whent her
ear eopen- endedclassinterv
als,assumpt
ionshav
et obe
madewhi chmaynotbeaccur ate

 TheAr
it
hmet
icMeanofaf
requencydi
str
ibut
ion
For
mul
a:

̅ ∑f
x
x = ∑f
Wi
tht
heuseoft
heassumedmeant
hisbecomes:

̅ ∑f dx
x = ∑f

Twomet
hodsofcal
cul
ati
ngt
hear
it
hmet
icmeanofaf
requencydi
str
ibut
ionwi
thcl
ass

330
i
nter
val
s:
 Mi
d-pointmet
hod-
 Cl
assinter
val
method-i
sver
yof
tensi
mpl
ermet
hodf
orcal
cul
ati
on

2. Median-isthatpoi
ntonthescal
eofmeasurementt
hatdiv
idesaser
iesofr
anked
observat
ionsint
ohalves,
suchthathal
foft
heobser
vat
ionsfal
labov
eitandthe
otherhal
fbelowit

 Theadv antagesoft hemedi an:


1.Ext remehi ghandl owv aluesdonotdi st or
titasar epresentat
ive
average.Ther efor
eitisusef ulfordescribi
ngdistr
ibutionsinareas
suchaswageswher eaf ewext r
emev alueswoulddi stortthe
ari
thmet i
cmean
2.I ti
sst r
aightforwardtocal culat
eev enifnotallt
hev al
uesar eknown,
orwher etherear eir
regularclassinter
v als
3.I ti
sof tenanact ualval
ueandev enwheni tisnotitmay‘ look’
representati
veandr eali
stic

 Thedisadv antagesoft hemedi an:


1.I tgivesthev alueofonl yonei t
em.Theot heritemsar eimpor t
anti n
ascer t
ainingtheposi tionoft hemedi an,butt heirvaluesdonot
i
nf l
uencet hev alueoft hemedi an.Ifthev aluesar espr eader r
aticall
y,
themedi anmaynotbeav eryrepresentativef i
gure
2.I nacont inuousser ies, groupedincl assint er
v al
s,thev alueoft he
medi anisonl yanest i
mat ebasedont heassumpt iont hatt hev alues
ofthei t
emsi nt hecl assar edi
stri
but edev enlywi t
hint hecl ass
3.I tcannotbeusedt odet erminethev alueofal l t
heitems; t
henumber
ofitemsmul t
ipli
edbyt hemedi anwi llnotgi v
et het otalfort hedat a;
thereforeitisnotsui tabl eforfur
therar i
thmet i
calcalculations

3. Mode-thepoi
ntonthemeasurementscal
ewi t
hthemaxi
mum frequencyi
nthe
gi
vendist
ri
but
ion.I
tist
hemidpointoft
heclassint
erv
alt
hathasthegreat
est
fr
equency

 Theadv antagesoft hemode:


1.I tisacommonl yusedav erage,alt
houghpeopl edonotalwaysr eali
ze
thattheyar eusi ngit
2.I tcanbet hebestr epresentativeofthetypical i
tem,becauseitisthe
valuethatoccur smostf requent l
y
3.I thaspr acticaluses.Fori nstance,employerswi llof
tenadoptthe
modal rat
esofpay ,theratepai dbymostot herempl oyer
s.Carsand
clothesar emadet omodal sizes,housesar ebui l
tonthebasisoft he
modal averagesi zeofthef ami l
y
4.Modal i
nformat ioncanof tenbesuppl iedqui ckl
ybypeopl ewhohav e
experiencei napar ti
cularar ea
5.Themodei sof t
enanact ual val
ueandt her
ef oremayappeart obe
reali
sticand‘ sensibl
e’

 Thedisadv
antagesoft hemode:
1.Itmaynotbewel ldefinedandcanof t
enbeamat terofj
udgement
2.Itdoesnotincludeal l
t heval
uesinthedi
str
ibuti
on
3.Itisnotveryusefulitthedist
ri
butioni
swidelydispersed
4.Itisunsui
tableforfurtherorotherki
ndsofcalculati
onbecauseofi
ts
l
ackofexactness

Measur
esofVar i
ati
on, Skewness,andKur t
osis
 Range-anev erydaymet hodofdescribingthedisper
sionorspreadofdataitcan
bedefinedast hehighestvalueinadist r
ibut
ionminusthelowest
 Int
erquart
il
er ange-(orquart
iledevi
ation)canbedefinedasthediff
erence

331
bet
weentheupperquar
ti
leandt
hel
owerquar
ti
l Q3-
e( Q1)
.Ithel
pst
osummar
ize
andcl
ari
fyt
hedist
ri
buti
on.

Twot
ypesofr ange:
- Exclusiverange-t hedif
ferencebetweenthel
argestandthesmal
lestscores
inagi vendi st
ri
but i
on
- Inclusiverange-thediffer
encebet weent
heexactupperli
mitoft
heclass
intervalcontai
ningt hel
argestscoreandtheexactlowerl
imi
toftheclass
intervalcontai
ningt hesmallestscore
 Quarti
leDev iat
ion-thatdonotdependonsuchext remes


Thr
ee’
quar
ti
les:
- Thelowerquart
il
e:Q1
- Themi ddl
equart
il
e:Q2(
thi
sist
hesameast
hemedi M)
an:
- Theupperquart
il
e:Q3

 AverageDev iati
on-thesi mpl estmet hodoft akingi ntoaccountt hev ariat
ionof
allt
heitemsi nseriesf r
om t hepoi ntofcent r
altendencywhi chmayei therbe
themode, themedi an, orthemean
 Vari
anceandSt andar dDev iati
on
 Var iance–t heav erageoft hesquar eoft hedev i
ations
 St andar dDev iat
ion-ameasur eofdisper sionwhi chusesal lthev aluesi
n
adi st
ributi
oni nthesenset hatever yvaluecont r
ibutestot hef inalresul
t
inthesamewayt hatev eryvaluecont r
ibut est othecalculationoft he
arit
hmet icmean
 Coeffi
cientofVar i
ation-expr essest hestandarddev i
ati
onasaper cent ageof
themean
 Skewness( sk)andKur tosi
s( ku)-skewnessandkur tosi
sdependont hedegr ee
ofscatt
eroft hescor esaboutt hemeasur eofcent rall
ocation
 Kur tosis-ameasur eoft hedegr eeofpeakednessorf l
atnessofa
distri
bution

UsesofSkewnessandKurt
osi
s
Themeasur
esofskewnessandkurt
osi
sindi
cat
etheext
entofdepart
ureofa
di
str
ibut
ionf
rom nor
mali
tyandper
mitcompari
sonoftwoormoredi
stri
bbuti
ons.

332
SOCI
ALWORK
AGENCY
ADMI
NISTRATI
ON

Rev
iewer
:

Dr
.Jocel
ynT.Gaas,
RSW

333
Rev
iewCour
seOut
li
ne

Par
tI

A.Over
viewofSoci
alWor
kAdmi
nist
rat
ion

1.Theor eti
cal concept sofsoci al workadmini
str
ati
on
1.1.Def i
niti
onsofconcept s, processandmethods
2.Thet woel ement sofadmi nistration
a.Or ganizationandmanagement
3.Thesoci al wel f
areagency
4.Social wor kandmanagement
4.1.Admi nistrati
on’srootsi nmanagement
4.2.Theor iesofmanagementandi t
scontri
but
ioni
nthef
iel
dofadmi
nist
rat
ion.
4.3.Admi nistrati
on’srootsi nsocialwork
5.Basicpr inciplesinSoci alwor kadmi ni
str
ati
on

B.Theadmi
nist
rat
iveFunct
ions:

b.
1.Pol icyFor mulat
ions
b.
2.Planni ngandpr ogrammi ng
b.
3.Organi zation
b.
4.Staffing
b.
5.Directing
b.
6.Cont rolli
ng
b.
7.Coor dinat i
ng
b.
8.Communi cati
on
b.
9.Budget i
ngandf inancing
b.
10.Recor di
ngandRepor ting
b.
11.Publ icrelati
ons
b.
12.Ev aluationandr esearch

C.Soci
alSy
stem

1.Definit
ionofasoci al system
2.Component sofasoci alsyst
em
3.Closedandopenpr oper t
ies
4.Multipl
esy stems
5.Systemsequi l
ibr i
um
6.Relati
onsoft hesy stemsappr oachtot
hemanagementpr
ocess(Acompl
exi
nput
-
outputsystem, thepr ogr am asasystem)
7.Levelsintheor ganization
7.1.Pol i
cylevel
7.2.Admi nistrativeorexecut i
ve
7.3.Super vi
sor ylevel
7.4.Directserv icelevel

Par
tII–SocialWor
kSuper vi
sion
A.Overvi
ewofsuper
visi
on

334
1.Defi
nit
ionsandconcepts
2.Hist
ory,phi
l
osophy /
ethi
cs/
assumpt
ions
3.Purposesofsupervi
sion
4.Typesofsupervi
sion

B.Funct i
onsofsuper
visi
on
1.Administ
rat
ive
2.Teachi
ng
3.Helpi
ng

C.Basi
cpr
inci
plesofsuper
visi
on
D.Gamespeopl
eplayinsupervi
sion

Par
tI

A.Ov
erv
iewofsoci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ion

I
ntroduci
ngthest udentsto acour sei nadmi ni
strat
ionwhi l
et heyar ebei
ng
preparedforcompet encei ndir
ectpract
icesuppor t
st het heorythatadmi ni
str
ati
onisa
system ofcooper ative effor
ts atalllevels oft he organizat
ion and nott he sol
e
responsibi
lit
yofhighexecut i
ves.Associ alwor kisgener all
ypr acti
cedi nanagency
setti
ng,thenewpr acti
ti
oneri sbroughti
ntoanadmi nist
rati
vesit
uat i
onthatrequir
esan
understandingofitsprocessesandone’ spartici
pationandcont ri
buti
onf orachi
evi
ng
agencygoal s.

Anot herconsi der at i


on ist he factt hatBSSW gr aduates byv i
rtue ofgood
perfor
manceory earsi ndi rectpr act i
cegetpr omot edt osuper visoryoradmi ni str
ative
positi
ons,whi ch i st ypicaldev elopmentofpr ofessi onalcar eersi n or gani zational
setti
ngs.Si ncei ti slikelyt hatpr act i
tionerswi llcont inuet or i
sef rom ther anksofdi rect
practi
cet oadmi nist
rativ eposi t
ionsev enwi thl i
ttl
eornoadmi nistr
ativet raining,i tis
deemedpr acticalt hatani nt r
oduct or ycour sei nadmi nistrati
onandsuper v i
sionbepar t
oftheirpr of essionalt raini ng.Abasi ccour sewi llnoty etfull
yequi pt hegr aduat esf or
supervisoryandadmi nist rat i
ver esponsi bil
iti
esbutmaygi vethem awar enessoft he
needf orcont i
nui ngpr of essi onaleducat ionort rainingi nadmi nistrat
ionespeci allywhen
theystartoccupy ingadmi nistrat
iv eposi ti
ons.
Ther ear echangesoccur ringi nsoci alwor kpr ofessionf oremostofwhi chi st he
upgradingoft hepol iciesandst andar dsf ortheBachel orofSci encei nt heSoci alWor k
Program byt he Commi ssi on on Hi gherEducat i
on i n conj unct i
on wi tht he “ Hi
gher
EducationActof1994”andt he345thRegul arCommi ssiononBasi cResol utionNo.499-
2009dat edDecember23,2009.I tshoul dbeunder scoredf urthert hatt heacademi c
requir
ement sfort heBachel or’
sdegr eeshoul dadher et ot hegl obalst andar dsf orSoci al
Wor kEducat ionandTr ai ningaspr escr i
bedbyt heI nt ernat i
onalAssoci ationofSchool s
ofSoci alwor k( IASSW)andt heI nternationalFeder ationofSoci alWor ker s( IFSW)i n
2001.Anot hermaj ordev el opmentt hathasaf fectedt hesoci alwor kprof essioni st he
passageoft heLocal Gov er nmentCode, whichsawt hedev olut
ionofsoci al serv i
ceswi th
manyBachel orofSci encei nSoci al Wor k(BSSW)gr aduat esassumi ngt headmi ni str
ative
andsuper visoryposi tions.

1.Theor
eti
calconcept
sofsoci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ion:

Thisunitisbasicall
yapr esent ati
onoft heor
iesandconcept sonsocialwor k
admi ni
strat
ion.Theyar edrawnf rom or gani
zationaltheor
y,socialworkconceptsand
othersocialandbehaviouralsciencest hatserveasf oundat
ionknowledgetosocialwork
admi ni
strat
ion.I
talsobr i
ngsi ntof ocusdi st
inctaspectsofsocialworkadministr
ati
on,
thesocialwelfareagencyandt hesoci alsyst
em asnecessar yforeff
ici
entandeffect
ive
socialservi
cedeliv
ery.

WhyweneedAdmi
nist
rat
ion?

Admi
nist
rat
ioni
sani
mpor
tantar
eai
nor
gani
zedhumanser
viceact
ivi
ty.I
thas

335
beenconsideredaprocessorasetofr el
ati
onshipsbet
weenandamongpeopl ewor ki
ng
toward common obj ecti
ves in an or gani
zati
on. Ev
ery organi
zati
on r equir
es
administr
ati
ontofunct
ioneffect
ivel
ytoachieveit
sgoal
s.Admini
str
ati
onisnecessaryto
orchestr
atethemyri
adactiv
iti
esoftheorganizat
ion.

1.
1. Def
ini
ti
on:

HermanSt ei
ndescri
bestheconceptofadminist
rati
on“asapr
ocessofdefi
ning
t
heobj
ect
ivesofanorgani
zat
ionthr
oughasystem ofcoordi
nat
edandcooper
ati
veeff
ort.

Admi nist r
ationasamet hodofpr acti
ce,admi ni
str
ati
oni
ssai
dtodealpr
imar
il
y
wi
tht
hefol l
owi ng:
1.Det ermi nat i
onofgoal sandorset t
ingofobjecti
ves;
2.For mul at i
onofpol i
cies
3.Cr eatingandmai ntaininganor ganizati
on
4.For mul at i
onofpl ans
5.Secur ingr esources
6.Sel ectingnecessar yt echnologiesf oroper
ations
7.Desi gni ngpr ogramsandser vi
ces
8.Opt imi zingor ganizationalbehav iour
9.Ev aluat i
ngr esultsfort heimpr ovementofser v
ices;
and
10.Account i
ngf orresour ceut i
l
izat i
on

Admini
str
ati
onisacont inuouspr ocessthatl
eadstoorgani
zati
onalgrowt hand
devel
opment .Administ
rati
on therefor
ei sa phenomenon occurri
ng i
n gov ernments,
schools,busi
nessfi
rms,laborunions,hospital
sandinanyorgani
zedgoalseekinggroup
ofpersons.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Thebasiccharact
eri
sti
csspel
ledouti
nper
ti
nentl
it
erat
urei
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1. Admi nist
rati
onisahumanent er
priset hatinvol
vestheact i
vi
tyofpeopl
einthe
organizati
on.
2. I
tisacont i
nuous,dynamicprocessf oracommonpur poseorgoalt
hati
spusued
throughuninterr
upted,conti
nuinginteracti
veactivi
tybetweenandamongpeople
i
nver ti
calandhor i
zontalposi
ti
onsint heor gani
zati
on.
3.Ther esourcesoft hepeopl eandmat eri
alsar ehar nessed& coor dinatedt o
achiev eorganizational goals.
4.Leader shipi simpl ici
ti nadmi ni
strat
ion.Leader shiphasbeendef i
nedast he
abil
ityofani ndividualt oi nfl
uence,mot ivat
eandenabl eother st ocont ribute
towar dt heef fectivenessandsuccessoft heor gani
zati
onofwhi cht heyar e
member s.Leader ship occur s atal llevels oft he organi
zation.The t ask of
l
eader shipv ari
eswi t
ht heposi tionthatitoccupi esi ntheorganizationalhierarchy,
beitatt het op-level,mi d-l
evel,etc.
5.Coor dinati
on, cooper ation & par ti
cipat
ion ar e t he means f or achiev ing
organizationalgoal s.Compl ement ati
on–wor kingandact ingt ogether-i
nv olves
peopl etakingpar tinor ganizational t
asksf orshar edgoal s.

2.Two(
2)pr
imar
yEl
ement
sofadmi
nist
rat
ion:

1.Or
gani
zat
ion–i
stheset
ti
ngupoft
hef
ramewor
korst
ruct
ureoft
hedi
ff
erent
unit
softhesyst
em tocarr
youtorper
for
m di
sti
nctt
asksf
ort
heat
tai
nmentof
thegoal
sofadmini
str
ati
on.

Accor
dingt
oChest
erI
.Ber
nar
d,anOr
gani
zat
ioncomesi
ntobei
ngwhen

1.Ther
earepersonsabletocommunicat
ewi
theachot
her
,
2.Whoarewil
li
ngt ocontr
ibut
eact
ion,

336
3.Toaccompl
i
shacommonpur
pose.

These3arefoundinal
ltypesoforgani
zat
i EFFECTI
ons, VENESS&EFFI
CIENCY–ar
e
necessar
yfori
tsconti
nuedexist
ence.

2.Management–i
stheact
ivi
tyt
hatal
l
ocat
esandut
il
izesr
esour
cest
oachi
evet
he
goalsoft heorganization.Mor especi ficall
y,itist hescientif
icuti
lizati
onof
manpower ,money ,machi nes,mat erial
s,met hods,t i
me,spaceand al lother
resourcesfortheat t
ainmentofor ganizat i
onalgoals.Itinvolvesthet askof
establ
ishi
ngandmai ntaininganorgani zationalcl
imat eori
nternalenv
ironmenti n
whichpeoplewor ki
ngt ogetheringroupscanper form eff
ecti
v el
yandef fi
cient
ly
towardstheatt
ainmentofgr oupgoals.
 Managementi sessent i
alinal
lor gani zedactivi
ty,aswellasatal llevelsof
organi
zationinanent
erpr
ise.I
tisundert
akenbyamanagerwhogetsthings
donebywor kingwi
thpeopleandot herresour
cest
oattai
norgani
zati
onal
object
ives.
 I
tcan be conceptual
i
zed as “v
ari
ous ways ofshapi
ng and exer
ti
ng an
i
nfl
uenceov ert
heworkenv
ironment
.”Assuchiti
sprimari
l
yaproacti
vethan
areact
iveacti
vi
ty.
 Managementi
sthefunct
ionoft
heuni
versi
typr
esidentandthearmygener
al,
aswellast
heshopf
oremanandthesoci
alwelf
areagencysupervi
sor

Admi nist
rationinhumanser vi
ceorgani
zati
ons
Social admi ni
strati
on, social welf
are administ
rat
ion and social wor k
admi ni
strat
ion aref ound in soci
alworkl i
ter
atur
e astheyappl yto human serv
ice
organizati
ons.Concept uall
ytheyneednotbedi f
fer
ent
iat
edast heyar
enotseparatenor
mut uall
yexcl usi
veentiti
esalthoughtheyemphasizethemacrot omicrocont
inuum in
organizati
onal devel
opment .

SOCI
ALADMI
NISTRATI
ON-Accor
dingt
oHanl
anf
ocusesont
hepol
i
cies,pl
anni
ng,and
admi ni
strat
ion ofgoods and ser vices i
nr elat
ion to pol i
ti
cal,socialand economi c
i
nstituti
onsandt othedet erminantsoft hedistri
butionofnat ionalresourcestosocial
welfareneeds.Thisconsiderst hesocialwor kprofessionasasubsy stem ofthel ar
ger
social,poli
ticaland economi ci nsti
tut
ions ofsoci ety
.Gener al
l
y,t he ter
m “ soci
al
admi ni
strat
ion”isusedtor efertoadmi nist
rati
onint hef iel
dsofheal th,educat
ionand
othersocialdevel
opmentfields.

SOCI
ALWELFAREADMI
NISTRATI
ON – r
efer
smor
especi
fi
cal
l
ytot
headmi
nist
rat
ive
processesi nasoci alwel f
areagency ,t
hef or
mul ati
onofi tspoliciesandplansandt heir
i
mpl ement ati
onintopr ogramsandser vi
cesf orspecificcli
entgr oups.I
tisalsoreferred
toassoci alagencyadmi nistr
ati
on.
Edwar ds Schwar t
z cl ai
ms t hat the maj or obj ect
ive of soci al welfare
admi ni
strat i
onist heenhancementofsoci alfunct i
oning.Boehm hasusedt het erm
“socialfunct i
oning”i nhi sdef i
nit
ionoft hepr ofessionofsoci alwork.Schwartzhas
i
mpl iedt herefor
et hat“ socialwelf
areasaf i
eldofadmi nist
rati
onandsoci alwor kasa
professionmaybeconsi deredtohaveashar edobj ecti
ve”.

SOCI
ALWORK ADMI
NISTRATI
ON -i
samet
hodofsoci
alwor
kconcer
nedwi
tht
he
provisionanddi stri
butionofsoci etalresour cessoast oenablecer taintypesofper sons
andpeopl etomeett heirneedsandf ul
fi
l theirpotenti
als.
I
tisassumedt hati ntransfor mingsoci alpol
iciesintoprogr amsandser vi
cesthe
socialwor k admi nistrator appl i
es a sy nthesis of soci alwor k met hods int he
admi nistrat
ivepr ocesses.
As a secondar ymet hod i n soci alwor k,admi nist
rat
ion accor di ng to Walt
er
Fri
edl anderisbasedupont hepr inciplesandt echniquesofadmi nistrati
oni ngeneralbut
addressedt ot hespeci fi
csoci alwor kt asksofdef ining&sol vingandsol vinghuman
problemsandsat isfyi
nghumanneeds.
Aspartofsoci alwor kpr actice,thecodeofEt hicsequall
yappl i
est oit.Thesame
corev aluessuchast hewor thanddi gni tyofper sons,ser vi
ce,soci aljusticeamong
othersappl yt osoci alwor kadmi nistrat
ion.I nadmi nistrat
ion,t
her ear egr eaterchances

337
ofethi
calconf
li
ctsthanbeingadirectserv
icewor
ker
,becauseoft
hegr
eaternumberof
st
akeholder
sinvolv
edint heorganizat
ionandtheneedtomeetnumerousobli
gat
ions
wit
hinandoutsi
detheorganizat
ion.

Soci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ionasdef
inedbysoci
alwor
kleader
s:

Kidneigh1950
SocialWorkAdminist
rat
ion–istheprocessoftransf
ormingsocialpol
i
cyi
ntosoci
al
servi
ces.Atwowayprocess:
 Tr ansf
ormi
ngpoli
cyint
oconcret
esocial
ser
v i
cesand
 Theuseofexper i
encei
nrecommendingmodifi
cat
ionofpol
icy.

Spencer
Administ
rat
ion–istheconsci
ousdir
ect
ionsoftheinter
nalr
elati
onshi
psandact i
vi
tiesof
theenter
pri
setowardtheachiev
ementofgoals.Itincl
udes“theconsciousi
nterv
ent i
on
i
nt heinter
acti
ngforcesoperat
ingbet
weent heagencyandt helargercommuni tyto
whichiti
sapart.

Dunham
Admi ni
str
ati
onistheprocessofsupporti
ngorfaci
l
itatingacti
vi
ti
eswhi charenecessary
andincident
altot
hegivingofdir
ectservi
cebyasoci alagency.Administ
rat
iveacti
vi
ties
rangefrom thedeterminati
onoff uncti
onsandpol iciesandexecutiveleader
shipt o
routi
neoperati
onssuchaskeepingr ecor
dsandaccount sandcarr
yingonmai nt
enance
servi
ces.

Stei
n
Suggest
sthatdef
ini
ti
onsofadministr
ati
onar
enumer ousbutcentr
alt
othosemost
accept
edistheconceptofadmi
nistr
atonasapr
i ocessofdefi
ningandat
tai
ningt
he
obj
ect
ivesofanor
gani
zat
iont
hroughasyst
em ofcoor
dinat
edandcooper
ati
veef
for
t.

Char
act
eri
sti
csofsoci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ion:

1. Theuseoft
hepr
inci
plesandt
echni
quesofadmini
str
ati
oningener
al.
2. Theuseofthephil
osophyai
msandf unct
ionsofsocialwork,i
tsmet
hodsof
socialdiagnosi
s,anal ysisandsynthesisofi ndivi
dual,grouporcommuni tyneeds,
andofgener ali
zationsf orchangeordev elopmenti nagencygoal sandfuncti
ons.
It
spr i
mar yfocusisahel pi
ngprocessf orindi v
idual
s,groupsandcommuni ti
es.
3. Wor ki
ng wi t
hpeopl ebased ont heknowl edgeand under standi
ng ofhuman
behav i
our,humanr elationsandhumanor ganizati
ons.
4. Met hodsencompassi ngnotonl yi
nt heser vi
cespr ov
idedbyt heagencybutal so
i
nt headmi nist
rat
ivepr ocessandst affrelati
ons.
5. Ethicsplayi
ngasi gnifi
cantr ol
e.

ACTI
VITI
ESUNDERTAKENI
NSOCI
ALWORKADMI
NISTRATI
ON

Har
lei
ghTreckerspel
lsoutt
hef
oll
owi
ngact
ivi
ti
esasmaj
orar
easofadmi
nist
rat
ive
r
esponsi
bil
it
y:

1.Studyandanal yzethecommuni ty
.
2.Determineagencypur poseasbasi sforcl
ientel
eselect
ionorpeopletobeserved.
3.Prov i
definanci
alresour ces,
budget i
ngandaccount i
ng.
4.Dev el
opagencypol icies,programsandpr ocedur
esf ortheimplementat
ionof
agencypur poses.
5.Selectandwor kwithagencyl eadershi
p,professi
onal&nonprofessi
onal
,boards,
commi t
tees,andserv i
cev ol
unteers.

338
6.Pr ovi
de&mai ntainphysicalpl
ant,
equipment&suppl ies.
7.Dev elop a plan,est abli
sh and maintai
n effecti
ve communi t
yr el
ati
ons,and
i
nterpretprograms.
8.Keepf ul
l&accur aterecordsofagencyoperat
ionsandmaker egul
arreport
s.
9. Pl
an&conductr esearchonar egul
arbasis.
10.Continuouslyconductregulareval
uati
onofprogr am andper
sonnel.

I
mpor
tanceofSoci
alWor
kAdmi
nist
rat
ion
Soci
alworkadminist
rationisthekeystoneformaxi
mizi
ngtheeffect
ivenessof
socialworkprogr
amsint hesolutionsofsoci
alprobl
emsandint
hebetter
mentofsoci al
conditi
ons.
Soci
alworkadminist
rat
ionpr ovi
destheframeworkf
orsoci
alworkpracticethat
rel
atesi tto ot
heragencyf unct i
ons.Thequal i
tyofsoci
alworkpracti
ceisgr eat
ly
i
nfluencedbysocialworkadmi nistr
ati
on.

Aspect
s:
Theaspect
sofsoci
alwor
kincl
udef
unct
ion,
str
uct
ureandpr
ocess.

1.OfstructureconsistsFunct i
ons
Thef uncti
onsofsoci alwor kadmi nist
rationaret hefoll
owing:
 I tisthemeansbywhi chidentif
iedsoci alneedsar edealtwi
thbyappr
opr
iate
socialservi
ces,whet herunderpubl icorpr i
vat eauspices.
 I tissocietalactionf orimpr ovedornew ser vi
cesneededbyspecifi
ccl
ient
groupsort hecommuni t
yasawhol e.
 I tisadecision-makingatev eryl
evel ofadmi nist
rati
on

2.Structure
Thestudyof :
1.St udyi
ngiti
nrelat i
ontoorganizationasanel ementinadminist
rat
ion.
2.Knowi ng thatt he socialwel fare agency representsthe organi
zat
ional
struct
urei
nsocial workadministration.
3.PROCESS: Soci alWor kAdmi nistr
ationisacont inuesdynamic;andtotal
processofbri
ngi ngtogetherpeopl e,resour
cesandpur posestoaccompli
sh
theagencygoalofpr ovi
dingsocial servi
ces.

As a process,iti
s based upon knowledge ofhuman nature and human
organi
zati
ontoestabli
shandmaintai
nasy stem ofpar
tici
pat
iveandcooperat
iveef
for
t
atalll
evel
softheorgani
zat
ion.

Treckerpoi nt
soutt hatasapr ocesssocialwor kadmi ni
strat
ionhasatl east3
i
mpor
tantdimensi ons.
1.Acent raldi mensionist hetaskofwor kassignmentwi thi
nanagencyst ructur
e.
Thereiswi dedi str
ibut
ionofr esponsi
bil
it
yint heagencywi ththeallocati
onof
tasks&f uncti
onsf oreverylevelofwork.
2.The communi tyi n which the agency wor ks af f
ect
s agency pur poses and
programsasi tisthesour ceofsuppor taswell ast heobjectofservi
ces.
3.Thepsy chosocialdimensi oninwhi chpeopler eleasetheirfeel
ingsandener gies
–t hefeel i
ngsandener giesofpeopl ewhenpr operlyharnessedbyadmi ni
str
ators
constit
ut ethehumanr esourcesf orachi
evingagencygoal s.

EVALUATI
ON OF ORGANI
ZATI
ONAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHI
PIN SOCI
AL
WORKADMI NI
STRATI
ON

Basedonthefi
eldpr
act
icum ev
aluat
iongui
del
i
nesusedasr
efer
ence,
her
ear
e10
ar
easofeval
uat
ion:

1.Appropr
iateuseofsel fi
nr elat
iont ot
heagency ’
sorganizat
ionalstr
uct
ureand
i
ndivi
dualstafffunct
ions.
2.Eff
ecti
vecommuni cati
onandhandl ingofconf
li
cts.
3.Abil
it
ytoinit
iateandmai ntainsyst
emsofi mpl
ement i
ngideas.
4.Ski
lli
nassessi ngavail
ableinfor
mation,i
ncl
udi
ngbudgetsf orplanni
ng.

339
5.Init
iati
veinanal yzi
nganddesi gningprogram component s.
6.Skilli
nut i
l
izingmanagementi nformati
ont echnology.
7.Capaci t
iest ocoor dinateact iv
iti
es,dev el
opl eadership,anddelegatetasksin
worki
ngwi thstaff,commi tt
eesorcoal i
ti
ons.
8.Abilit
ytoov ercomest afforor ganizat
ionalresi
stancet otaskcompleti
on.
9.Abilit
ytomoni t
orandev al
uateout comesanddet erminealter
nat
ivestrat
egi
es.
10.Capacit
yt ost r
ategicall
yutil
izesel fandv ari
etyofl eadershi
pstyl
est omobili
ze
ot
hers.

3.TheSoci
alWel
far
eAgency

The socialwelfar
e agency i
st he str
uctured f
ramework wit
hin whi
ch the
admini
strat
ivet
asksar ecarr
iedout
.Itisthei
nstrumentofsoci
etyestabl
ishedt
hrough
gover
nmentorv olunt
aryeff
ortst
oachieveasoci
al goal
.

PeterDruckerout l
i
neshow asoci alwel
fareagencyinit
ssi mplestfor
m comes
i
nto beingwhen“ severalpeopleseeanunmetneed,wantt o meett hatneed,get
communi t
ypermi ssi
ont omeett hatneedandacceptl egalr
esponsibi
l
ityforseei
ngthat
theresour
cessecur ed,ormadeav ail
able,areusedforthespecifi
cpur poseforwhich
theyweregivenratherthanforsomeot herpurpose.

Ty
pesofsocial welf
areagenci es:
1.Gov er
nment alorpubl i
cagencieswhicharesuppor t
edbyt axes.
2.Priv
ateorv oluntaryagenciessupportedbypr i
vatecontr
ibuti
onsordonati
onsor
i
ncomef rom services.Thesearepopularl
yreferr
edtoasNGOs( non-
gover
nment
organizati
ons).
3.Semi -
privat
eorquasi -
government
alorganizati
onsso-cal
l
edbecauset heyr
ecei
ve
somesubsi dy,eitherincashorinkindfrom thegovernment.

Charact
eri
sti
csofpubl icagencies
1.Theyar ecreat ed
 Byconst itutionalmandate
 Bylegislativeact
 Byexecut i
v eorderofthePresi
dentoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes,pr
esi
dent
ialdecr
ee,or
let
terofi nstructi
on.

2.Theircreati
on,functi
ons,andprogramsar ecreatedbylawandcanbechanged
onlybylaworexecut i
veorderhencemayonl ybechangedormodi f
iedbylawor
executi
veor der.
3.Theiror ganizat
ionalstr
uctureis bur
eaucrati
c and l
ess flexi
blethan pri
vat
e
agencies.
4.Theymustconf orm to gover
nmentpr oceduresespecial
l
yi naccounti
ngand
audit
ingoff unds andpropert
y.

Char
act
eri
sti
csofPr
ivat
eAgenci
es

Pr
ivat
eWel
far
eagenci
esar
echar
act
eri
zedbyt
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.Theyar eorganizedasar esponseofpr i


v ateorgani
zati
onst omeett hepeopl
e’
s
needsint hecommuni t
y .
2.Theymaybenat i
onalchapt er
sofi nt
ernat i
onalorganizationssuchast heRed
Cross,YMCA, YWCA, etc.
3.Theymayhav ebeenest abli
shedbysect arianornon-sectarianorgani
zati
ons.
4.Theyar egov erned byt heirownchar ters,consti
tut
ionand b y -l
awsand by
governi
ngboar d.
5.Theiror gani
zationalst ructure does notf oll
ow a bur eaucrat
ic pat
ter
n,and

340
theref
oret heyaremor ef l
exibl
einthei
rpoli
ciesandprogr
ams,andcanrespond
topeople’sneedsmor equickly
.
6.Privat
eagenci escanpi oneerandhavedemonst r
ati
onproj
ect
swhichl
atercanbe
turnedov ertot hegov ernment.Thelatt
ercanadoptt heprogr
am onal arger
scalewithmor er esour
cesav ail
abl
e.

Si
ze

Thesoci alwel fareagencymaybea smal lorganizat


ion wit
haf ew peopl
e
i
nvol
vedi nthepr ogram oracompl exsocialsyst
em invol
vingagr eatnumberorpeople.
Foralargesoci alwelfarethepersonnelwoul dincl
udeadmi nistr
atorsatvar
iouslevel
s,
member soft hedifferentrel
atedpr of
essions,andcleri
cal,t
echnicalandmanualst af
f.
TheDSWDi sagoodexampl eofal ar
gesoci alwel
fareagencywher ethestaffi
smade
upofadmi nistr
ators,supervi
sors,professi
onals,t
echnical
,cleri
calandmanualwor kers
aswellasvolunteersandpar aprofessi
onals.

Nat
ureofsoci
alwel
far
eagenci
es

Rosemar yC.Sar r
iandRober tD.Vi ntersuggestt hatsoci alwelfar eagenci es
“mustbev iewedasbot hasanadmi nistrati
vebureaucraciesandassoci alsy st
ems. ’
Theyar eadmi ni
strati
vebur eaucraciesi nt hattheyar eestabli
shedt oat tainspeci fi
c
goals,and t heirinternalst r
uctures,t echnologi
es and pr ocedures are desi gned to
i
mpl ementt hesegoal s.Anexampl ei st heSt andardOper ati
ngpr ocedures( SOP)of
agenciesmeantt ogui deagencywor ker sint heperformanceoft heirtaskst oserve
part
icularcli
entgr oupsi naccordancewi thagencygoal s.Theyar esoci alsy stemst hat
adapti
v el
yr espond t o ex t
ernaland i nternalpressures,and t heygener atei nformal
patt
ernst hatmaybot hf aci
li
tat
eandhampergoalat tai
nment .Bei ngsoci alsy stems,
soci
al agenciesar esubj ecttopressuresf rom outsi
deandwi thi
ntheor ganizat i
on.

1.Poli
ticalf actorsf ori nstance interfere with normaloper ati
onsoft he public
agenci esasi ntheappoi ntmentofst aff.
2.Socio-cult
ur alf actors such as “ Utang na l oob” ( debt of gr ati
tude) and
“Pakikisama” ( gett
ing al ong wi th) of tenti
mes char acteri
zed t he infor
mal
rel
ationshipst hatmaycont r
avenet hef ormal t
enetsorgani zati
on.
3.Theeconomi csi t
uational soaffectsf undingandsuppor ttosoci alagenciesthat
maycauset hecut ti
ngdownand/ orel i
minat i
onofexistingpr ograms.
4.Thepr of
essi onalcultureinfl
uencessoci alagenciesbyest abli
shingstandardsof
practicewhi char emandat edthroughl i
censurerequirement sest abl
ishedbylaw.
R.A.4373hasmadeadi f
ferenceint hest andardsofpr ofessionalstaff
ingofbot h
publi
candpr iv
ateagenci es.

Ot
hert
ypesofSoci
alAgenci
es

Ot
hertypes ofsocialagencies maybe cr eated byf oundati
ons setup by
i
ndivi
dual
s,busi
ness corporati
ons,r
eli
gious or
ganizat
ions,orev en univ
ersi
ti
es.An
exampleisthePBSP- Phi
li
ppineBusi
nessf orSocialProgress,acor porat
enon-profi
t
soci
aldevel
opmentfoundati
oninthePhil
i
ppinesthatiscommi tt
edt opovertyal
l
eviat
ion
andpeopl
edevelopment.

4.Soci
alWor
kandManagement

Acrosst
hecent
uri
es,l
eadershav
ebeenext
oll
edandleadershi
put
il
izedt
or eachgoal
s
andpromot
eval
ues.Morethan2,
500y
ear
sago,Lao-
tse,
intheBookofTao,wrote:

Aleaderisbest
Whenpeopl ebarel
yknowthatheexi sts….
Butofagoodl eaderwhotal
kslitt
le
Whenhiswor kisdone,hi
saimf ulf
il
led,
Theywill
say ,
“Wedi dt
heseourselves.”

341
Thecur r
entchal l
engeinsocialwor ki
stobl endt hepri
ncipl
esofmanagement
eff
ici
encywi t
hi nter
estsi nhumanr el
ati
onstobr ingaboutt heef fect
ivedel
iveryof
human services.Busi ness-or
ient
ed managementencompasses t he processes of
pl
anning,or
ganizinganddi rect
inginanattempttoincreaseandi mprovetheoperati
ons
andproductsofanor ganizati
on.Insoci
alwork,t
hesesamepr ocessescanbeut i
l
izedto
str
engthenagencyoper ati
ons.

4.
1.Admi
nist
rat
ion’
sroot
sinmanagement

KoontzandO’ donnelldefinemanagi ngast hecreati


onofaninter
nalenvir
onment
i
nanent erpr
isewher ei ndiv
idualswor kingtogetheri
ngroupscanper f
orm ef
fi
cientl
yand
effecti
velytowar dt he at t
ainmentofgr oup goals.Managing couldthen be call
ed
“perfor
mance env ironmentdesi gn.”Essenti
all
y managi ng i
st he artofdoi ng and
managementi sthebodyofor ganizedknowl edgewhichunderl
inestheart
.
Inaddi ti
on,theycl assi f
yt hef i
v emai nprocessesthatmakeup t headministrat
ive
met hod:
1.Pl anning
2.Or ganizing
3.St affi
ng
4.Di recti
ng
5.Cont r
oll
ing

Thesehav ebeengener al
lyacceptedbymanager sandsocialworkersasbasic
cl
assi
fi
cati
onsforstudyi
ngandi mplementingthetotal
admi
nist
rat
iveprocess.
Ther oot
sofmanagementgobackal ongwayandinvol
venumer ouswrit
ersand
l
eader
sandwewi lll
ookintot
heirbeginni
ngconcept sofmanagement.Wewi l
lhighl
i
ght
afewofthepioneersi
nthisfi
eldandtheircontri
buti
ons:

A.Char
lesBabbagewhol
i
vedi
ntheear
lyni
net
eent
hcent
ury
,pi
oneer
edi
nappl
yi
ng
sci
enti
fi
c methodol
ogyt
othe st
udyand i
mpl
ement
ati
on ofpr
oduct
ion and
admini
str
ati
on.

Ful
mersummar
izeshi
scont
ri
but
ionsas

a)Fi
rstt
osuggestt hatv ar
iouspartsoft het otaljobshouldbeassi gnedt oworker
s
onthebasisofwor kerskil
ls.Di
visionoflaborwasusef ulf
orf ourreasons…
 Lear ni
ngtimei sreducedbecauseonewor kermustlearnonl yoneskil
l
 Lesst imeislostinchangi ngfrom oneski llt
oanotherdur i
ngpr oducti
on.
 Wor kmen( workers)arel ikel
yt odev eloppr of
ici
encybecauset heyare
repeati
ngthesameoper ationtimeaf terti
me.
 Becauset hej obi sbrokendowni ntoitscomponentpar ts,specialt
ool
s
andequipmentar elikel
ytobedev eloped.

b)Secondar eainwhichBabbagepi oneer edwaspr ovi


dinggui del
i
nesbywhich
managerscouldwei ghtherel
ati
vev aluesofmachi nepr ocessesver
sushuman
operat
ions.Thenewestmachi neont hemar ketwasanaut omatedpinmaker.
Babbageev al
uated themachine’spr oductand costand gav ethefol
lowi
ng
questi
ons:
 Whatdef ect
si sthemachi
nepr oductl i
abletohave?
 Whatadv antagesdoesthemachi neproductpossess?
 Whati stheprimecostofthemachi ne?
 Whati stheexpenseofkeepingt hemachi neinrepair?
 Whati stheexpenseofmov i
ngandat t
endingthemachi ne?

CharlesBabbagehadami ssi
ont omaket ediouscomputati
onsandproduction
easierforman.Today ,hi
spioneeringtheori
esareindailyuse.Consider
eda"fatherof
thecomput er"
,Babbageiscredi
tedwi thinvent
ingthefirstmechani
calcomputerthat
eventuall
yledt omorecompl
exdesi gns.

342
B.Fr
eder
ickW.Tayl
or,t
hef
atherofsci
ent
if
icmanagementof
fer
ednumer
ous
suggesti
ons f
or i
mprovi
ng effici
ency and effect
iveness.His st
udies and
recommendati
onssuggest
ed thatdi v
isi
on oflabor,piecewor
kincenti
veand
caref
uluseofti
mecouldobtai
nef f
ici
ency.Heusedthest opwat
chtoassistwi
th
thi
sattemptt
obecomemor eproducti
veandeffi
cient
.

In1903,heproducedahandbook,“ ShopManagement ”publ


ishedundert he
auspices ofthe American Societ
y ofMechani calEngineer
s.His philosophy was
i
ndicatedbyt hedefi
nit
ionhepr esentedoft hear tofmanagement ,“
Knowi ngexactl
y
whaty ouwantment odo, andthenseeingthattheydoi ti
nthebestcheapestway ,
”.He
al
sosuggest ed“i
tissafet osaythatnosy stem orschemeofmanagementshoul dbe
consideredwhichdoesnoti nthel ongrungi vesat i
sfact
iontobothempl oyerand
employ ee”
.

Tayloradv ocateddi v
isionoflabor,get t
ingawayf rom t he“singlegangboss” ,
mili
tar
yt y
pe of or ganization”,and mov ing towar d what he cal led “ Funct
ional
management ”
.Thi smeantdi vidi
ngt hewor ksot hateachman,f rom theassi stant
superi
ntendent,ondown, woul dhav eafewf uncti
onsaspossi blesot hathecoul ddohi s
workwel l
.
Taylor demonst rated t he practi
cali
ty of hi s philosophy and sy st
em by
experi
ment i
ngwi ththehandl i
ngoft hepigironatt heBethlehem St eelCompanyar ound
theturnoft henineteenthcent ury
.Bysubst i
tuti
ngpi eceworkf ordaywor k,thewor kers
wereablet oincreaset heirdailyearni
ngsf r
om $1.15t o$1. 88,andt heav eragecostf or
handli
ngat onofpi gironwasr educedf r
om sevencent stothr eecents.

C.Henr
yFayol
,aFr
enchmi
ningengi
neerwasadvocat
ingnumer
ouschangest
o
i
mpr ovepr
oducti
oninhiscountr
y .Hi
sphil
osophyandguidel
i
neswerepr
esent
ed
i
nabookpubl ishedin1916,“GeneralandIndust
ri
alManagement”i
nwhichhe
descri
beandemphasizedthefol
lowingpri
nci
plesofmanagement
:

14Pr
inci
plesofManagementdescr i
bedbyHenr iFay ol
.
1.Divisi
onofLabor
a)Henr yFayolhasst r
essedonthespeci ali
zati
onofjobs.
b)Her ecommendedt hatworkofallkindsmustbedi vi
ded&subdi videdand
all
ottedtovariouspersonsaccordi
ngt ot hei
rexpert
iseinapar t
icularar
ea.
c) Subdi v
isi
onofwor kmakesitsi
mpl erandr esul
tsineffi
ciency
.
d)I t also helps t he indi
vi
duali n acqui ri
ng speed,accur acy i n hi
s
performance.
e) Speciali
zati
onl eadstoeff
ici
ency&economyi nspheresofbusiness.

2.Par
tyofAuthorit
y&Responsi bi
lit
y
a)Aut horit
y&r esponsibili
tyareco- exist
ing.
b)I fauthori
tyisgiventoaper son, heshouldalsobemader esponsible.
c) Inasameway ,ifanyonei smader esponsi
bleforanyjob,heshoul dalso
haveconcer nedauthor i
ty.
d)Aut horit
yr eferstot her ightofsuper ior
st ogetexact nessf rom their
subordinates wher eas r esponsibil
it
y means obl igation f or t he
performanceoft hejobassi gned.
e) Thereshoul dbeabal ancebet weent hetwoi .e.t
heymustgohandi n
hand.
f) Authorit
ywi thoutresponsi bil
ityleadst oir
responsi
blebehav iorwher eas
responsibi
lit
ywithoutaut hor i
tymakest hepersonineff
ective.

3.Pr
incipl
eofOneBoss( Unit
yofCommand)
a)Asubor di
nateshouldreceiv
eor der
sandbeaccount
abletooneandonl
yone
bossatat i
me.
b)Inot herwords,asubordinateshoul
dnotrecei
vei
nst
ructi
onsfr
om morethan
onepersonbecause
1.I tunder
minesaut hori
ty
2.Weakensdi sci
pli
ne
3.Di vi
desloyalt
y

343
4.Cr eatesconf usi
on
5.Del aysandchaos
6.Escapi ngr esponsibi
li
ti
es
7.Dupl icat
ionofwor k
8.Ov er
lappingofefforts
c) Ther efore,dualsubor dinati
on shoul
d be avoi
ded unless and unt
ilitis
absol utelyessent i
al.
d)Uni tyofcommandpr ovidestheenterpr
iseadiscipl
i
ned,stable& order
ly
existence.
e) Itcreateshar moniousrelati
onshi
pbetweensuperi
orsandsubordi
nates.

4.Uni
tyofDi r
ecti
on
a)Fay oladv ocatesoneheadonepl anwhi chmeanst hatt
her eshoul dbeone
planforagr oupofact i
viti
eshav i
ngsimil
arobj ecti
ves.
b)Rel atedact i
vit
iesshouldbegr oupedtogether .Thereshouldbeonepl anof
acti
onf orthem andt heyshouldbeundert hechar geofapar ticularmanager.
c) Accor di
ngt ot hispri
nciple,eff
ortsofallthemember soft heor gani
zati
on
shouldbedi rectedtowardscommongoal .
d)Wi t
houtunityofdi r
ecti
on,unityofacti
oncannotbeachi eved.
e) Infact,uni
tyofcommandi snotpossibl
ewi thoutunityofdirection.

Basi
s Uni
tyofcommand Uni
tyofdi
rect
ion

Meani
ng Itimpl i
es t hat a subordi
nat
e Itmeansonehead,oneplanfor
should receiv
e or der
s & a gr oup of activi
ti
es hav
ing
i
nstruct
ionsfrom onl
yoneboss. simi
larobj
ect
ives.

Nat
ure I
tisrelat
edt
othef
unct
ioni
ngof I
tisrel
atedtothefuncti
oni
ngof
per
sonnel
. depar
tments,oror
ganizati
onas
awhole.

Necessi
ty I
t i s necessary f or f i
xi
ng It is necessar
y f
or sound
r
esponsi
bil
i
tyofeachsubor
dinate. or
gani
zat
ion.

Adv
ant
age Itavoi
ds conf
li
cts,conf
usi
on & Itav
oids dupl
i
cat i
on ofeff
ort
s
chaos. andwast
ageofr esour
ces.

Resul
t It leads to bet t
er super
ior Itl
eadstosmoot
hrunni
ngoft
he
subordi
nat
erel
ati
onshi
p. enter
pri
se.

Theref
oreiti
sobviousthattheyaredi
ffer
entfrom eachot
herbutt
heyaredependenton
eachotheri.
e.uni
tyofdirect
ionisapre-r
equisi
teforuni
tyofcommand.Butitdoesnot
automati
call
ycomef r
om theunit
yofdirect
ion.

5.Equity
a)Equi t
ymeanscombi nati
onoff airness,ki
ndness&j usti
ce.
b)The empl oy eesshoul d be treated wi t
h kindness& equi tyifdevoti
on is
expectedoft hem.
c) Itimpli
est hatmanager sshoul dbef ai
randi mpar ti
alwhi l
edealingwit
ht he
subordinates.
d)Theyshoul dgi vesimil
art r
eatmentt opeopl eofsimi l
arpositi
on.
e) Theyshoul dnotdi scriminatewi t
hr especttoage, caste,sex,rel
i
gion,
relat
ion
etc.
f) Equit
yi sessent i
alt o createand mai ntai
n cordialr el
ati
onsbet ween the
manager sandsubor dinate.
g)Butequi t
ydoesnotmeant ot
al absenceofhar shness.
h)Fay olwasofopi ni
ont hat,“att imesf orceandhar shnessmi ghtbecome
necessaryf orthesakeofequi ty ”
.

344
6.Order
a)Thi spr i
ncipleisconcernedwithpr
oper&sy st emati
carrangementoft hi
ngs
andpeopl e.
b)Ar r
angementoft hingsiscal
ledmateri
alorderandpl acementofpeopl ei s
cal
ledsoci alorder.
c) Mat er
ialorder-Thereshouldbesaf
e,appropriateandspecif
icplaceforevery
art
icle and ev ery pl
ace t
o be ef
fecti
vely used forspecifi
c acti
vit
y and
commodi ty.
d)Soci alorder -Selecti
onandappointmentofmostsui t
ableper sonont he
sui
tablej ob.Ther eshouldbeaspeci f
icplacef oreveryoneandev ery
one
shouldhav easpeci f
icpl
acesothattheycaneasi lybecontactedwhenev er
needar i
ses.

7.Di
scipli
ne
a)Accor ding t
o Fay ol,“ Di
scipli
ne means si nceri
ty,obedience,respectof
authori
ty&observanceofr ulesandr egulat i
onsoftheenterpri
se”
.
b)Thi sprinci
pleappliest hatsubor di
nateshoul drespecttheirsuperi
orsand
obeytheiror
der.
c) Iti
sani mport
antrequisiteforsmoot hr unningoftheenterpri
se.
d)Di sci
pli
neisnotonl yrequir
edonpat hofsubor di
natesbutalsoont hepar
tof
management .
e) Disci
pli
necanbeenf orcedif:
 Ther earegoodsuper iorsatalll
ev els.
 Ther eareclear&f airagreement swi thworkers.
 Sanct i
ons(puni shment s)arejudiciousl
yapplied.

8.Ini
ti
ative
a)Wor kersshouldbeencour agedtotakeinitiat
ivei
nthewor kassignedtothem.
b)I tmeanseager nesst oini
ti
ateacti
onswi thoutbeingaskedtodoso.
c) Fayoladv i
sedthatmanagementshoul dpr ovideopport
unitytoitsemployees
tosuggestideas, exper
iences&newmet hodofwor k.
d)I thelpsindevelopinganatmospher eoftrustandunderstanding.
e) Peopl ethenenjoywor kingintheor ganizati
onbecausei taddst othei
rzeal
andener gy.
f) Tosuggesti mpr ovementinformulati
on&i mplement
ationofplace.
g)They can be encour aged witht he hel p ofmonet ary & non-monet ar
y
incenti
ves.

9.Fai
rRemuner ation
a)Thequant um andmet hodofr emuner ationt obepai dtothewor kersshould
bef air
,reasonabl e,sati
sfactory&r ewardingoft heeff
ort
s.
b)Asf araspossi bleitshouldaccor dsat isfactiontobothempl oyerandt he
empl oyees.
c) Wagesshoul dbedet erminedont hebasi sofcostofl ivi
ng,workassi gned,
fi
nanci alposi t
ionofthebusi ness,wager atepr evai
l
ingetc.
d)Logi cal& appr opri
atewager at
esandmet hodsoft hei
rpay mentr educe
tension&di ff
erencesbet weenwor kers&managementcr eat
eshar monious
rel
at i
onshi pandpl easingatmospher eofwor k.
e) Fayolal sor ecommendedpr ovisi
onofot herbenef i
tssuchasf reeeducat i
on,
medi cal &r esi
dentialf
acil
iti
est owor kers.

10.St
abi l
i
tyofTenur e
a)Fay olemphasi zedthatempl oyeesshouldnotbemov edfrequentl
yf rom one
j
obposi ti
ontoanotheri.e.t
heper i
odofservi
ceinajobshouldbef ixed.
b)Ther eforeemploy
eesshoul dbeappoi ntedaft
erkeepinginv i
ewpr incipl
esof
recruit
ment&sel ecti
onbutoncet heyareappointedthei
rservicesshoul dbe
served.
c) Accor dingtoFayol.“Timeisr equi
redforanempl oyeetogetusedt oanew
wor k&succeedt odoi ngitwellbutifheisr
emov edbeforethathewi l
lnotbe
ablet orenderwort
hwhi l
eser v
ices”.

345
d)Asar esul
t,thet
ime,eff
ortandmoneyspentontr
ainingt
hewor kerwi
l
lgoto
waste.
e) St
abili
tyofj obcreat
est eam spi
ri
tandasenseofbel ongi
ngnessamong
workerswhichul
timatel
yincr
easethequal
i
tyaswellasquanti
tyofwor
k.

11.Scal
arChai n
a)Fay oldef i
nesscal archain as“ Thechain ofsuper i
orsranging fr
om t he
ult
imat eauthor i
tytothel
owest”.
b)Ev er yorders,instr
ucti
ons,messages,requests,expl
anati
onet c.hastopass
throughScal archain.
c) But,f orthesakeofconv eni
ence&ur gency
,thispathcanbecutshor tand
thi
sshor tcutisknownasGangPl ank.
d)A GangPl anki sat emporar
yar rangementbet weentwodifferentpointsto
facili
tat
equi ck&easycommuni cati
onasexplainedbelow:

I
nt hefi
gur egiven,ifD hast o communi cat
ewi t
h G hewillf
ir
stsend t
he
communicati
onupwar dswiththehelpofC, BtoAandt hendownwardswit
hthehel
pof
EandFt oG whichwi l
ltakequit
esomet i
meandbyt hatti
me,itmaynotbewor t
h
ther
efor
eagangpl ankhasbeendev el
opedbet weenthetwo.

e) GangPl ankclar
if
iest
hatmanagementpr
inci
plesar
enotr
igi
drathert
heyare
veryf
lexibl
e.Theycanbemouldedandmodi f
iedaspert
herequir
ementsof
sit
uat
ions

12.SubordinationofI ndividual I
nteresttoGeneralInterest
a)Anor gani zationismuchbi ggerthant hei ndivi
dualitconstitutestheref
ore
i
nterestoft heunder takingshoul dprevai
linal l
circumstances.
b)Asf araspossi ble,r econcil
iati
onshoul dbeachi evedbetweeni ndiv
idualand
groupi nterests.
c) Butincaseofconf l
ict,i
ndividualmustsacrificeforbiggerint
erests.
d)Inor dert oachi evet hisatti
tude,iti
sessential t
hat
 Empl oyeesshoul dbehonest&si ncere.
 Pr oper&r egularsuper vi
sionofwor k.
 Reconci li
ati
onofmut ualdi f
fer
encesandcl ashesbymut ualagr eement.
Forexampl e,forchangeofl ocationofpl ant,forchangeofpr of
itshari
ng
ratio,etc.

13.Espri
tDe’ Corps( canbeachi evedt hr
oughuni tyofcommand)
a)Itr eferst ot eam spi ri
ti.e.har mony i nt he wor
k groups and mutual
understandi ngamongt hemember s.
b)Spi r
itDe’ Cor psi nspireswor kerstowor kharder.
c) Fayolcaut ionedt hemanager sagai nstdi
vi
dingtheemployeesint
ocompeting
groupsbecausei tmi ghtdamaget hemor al
eoft heworkersandint
erestof
theunder takingi nt helongr un.
d)Toi nculcat eEspr itDe’Corpsf oll
owi ngst
epsshouldbeundertaken
 Ther eshoul dbepr operco-ordinati
onofwor katal
ll
evels

346
 Subor dinatesshoul dbeencour agedt odev elopinformalrelat
ionsamong
themsel v es.
 Ef fort
sshoul d be made t o create enthusiasm and keennessamong
subor di
nat essot hattheycanwor ktothemaxi mum abi l
it
y.
 Ef fi
cientempl oyeesshouldber ewar dedandt hosewhoar enotupt othe
mar kshoul dbegivenachancet oi mprovetheirperfor
mance.
 Subor dinatesshoul dbemadeconsci ousoft hatwhat ev
ert heyar edoi
ng
i
sofgr eati mportancetothebusi ness&soci ety.
e) Heal socaut i
onedagai nstthemor euseofBr it
aincommuni cationtothe
subor dinatesi .
e.facet of acecommuni cati
on shoul d bedev eloped.The
manager sshoul dinfuset eam spirit&bel ongingness.Thereshoul dbeno
placef ormi sunderstanding.Peoplet henenjoywor kingintheor ganizat
ion&
offertheirbestt owardstheor gani
zation.

14.Central
ization&De- Cent rali
zati
on
a)Cent r
alizationmeansconcent rati
onofaut horit
yatt het opl evel.Inot her
words, cent rali
zationi sasituat i
oninwhi cht opmanagementr etainsmostof
thedeci sionmaki ngaut horit
y.
b)Decent rali
zat i
onmeansdi sposalofdeci sionmaki ngauthorit
yt oallthelevels
of the or ganization.I n ot her wor ds,shar i
ng authori
ty downwar ds i s
decent ral
ization.
c) Accor dingt oFay ol ,“Degr eeofcent rali
zationordecent r
ali
zationdependson
no.off actorsl i
kesi zeofbusi ness,exper ienceofsuper i
ors,dependabi li
ty&
abil
ityofsubor dinat eset c.
d)Any thing whi ch incr eases the r ole ofsubor dinat
ei s decent r
alizat
ion &
anythingwhi chdecr easesi tiscent r
al i
zati
on.
e) Fayolsuggest ed t hatabsol ute cent ral
ization ordecent r
alizat
ion is not
feasible.Anor ganizat ionshoul dst r
ikeabal ancetoachieveal otbetweent he
two.

Fayolmai
ntai
nsstr
ongconv i
cti
onsabouttheimport
anceofhi
spri
ncipl
eof
managementand cl
aimed hi
s code isindi e.“
spensabl BE ITIN THE CASE OF
COMMERCE, POLI TICS, RELI
GION, ETC. IN EVERY CONCERN, THERE I S A
MANAGEMENTFUNCTI ONTOBEPERFORMED,ANDFORI TSPERFORMANCETHERE
MUST BEPRI NCIPLES,THAT IS TO SAY ACKNOWLEDGED TRUTHS REGARDED AS
PROVENONWHI CHTORELY.Andi ti
sthecodewhi
chrepr
esent
sthesum t
otaloft
hese
tr
uthsatanygi
venmoment .

D.HenryL.Gant
t,acont
empor
aryofTay
lor
,wasoneoft
hefi
rstper
sonst
opioneer
i
nt he “
Humanizi
ngoftheScienceofmanagement
”.Heopposeddict
atori
al
decisions and aut ocr ati
c domi nati
on,and stated thatknowl edge ofhuman
acti
v i
tieswasessent ialforef fecti
v emanagement .In1910,hepubl i
shedabook
“Wor k,Wages and Pr ofit”in whi ch he presented practi
cali deas about
management ,incl
udingappl icati
onoft hescienti
fi
c met hodt olaborpr obl
ems,
uti
li
zat ionofl abor
,adv antagesanddi sadvant
agesofdaywor kandpi ecewor k,
andr ewar dsf orbothsuper vi
sorsandwor kers.In1916,hewr oteI ndustr
ial
Leader ship,inwhichhest ressedhi sideasaboutt heimpor t
anceoft hehuman
el
ement sandact i
vi
ti
esi npr oduction.Hesuggestedt hefamouschar tt hatbears
hi
sname,t heGANTTCHART,at i
mechar tthathelpwithef f
ectivepr oducti
on.
Accor
dingtoGanttt
heory,
aGanttchar
tisabarchar
tshowi
ngt
hepr
ogr
essi
onof
ti
methroughthephasesofapr
oject

E. FRANKGI
LBRETHi
ntheear
lydecadesoft
het
went
iet
hcent
ury
,madesi
gni
fi
cant
contri
buti
ons tothe impr ovementofsci ent
if
ic management .He conduct ed
mot i
onstudiestoascert
aint hei
mpor t
anceofv ari
ouschar acter
isti
csofwor kers
andoft hevari
ousmov ement stheyperformed.Heendeav ouredt ofi
ndthemost
eff
ici
entandef f
ecti
vepatternsinproductionandformulatedsetsofr ul
estohel p
bri
ng about i mpr
ov ements.He suggest ed thi
rty
-four “GeneralRul es” for
i
mpr ovi
ngproducti
onandmanagement ,incl
udi
ngthef ol
lowing:

347
1.Addr essal lcommuni cationst oFrankGi l
brethandnott oanyot hername.
2.Est imat esar enott obegi venbyany one,atanyt imewi thoutfi
rstconsultingthe
offi
ce.
3.Consul tof fi
ceabouti temizingwor kman’ scost ssot hatcostmaybecompar ed
withsimi larjobsandwi t
hourest imatebook.
4.Whenmenar ewant edaskt heof fi
ce.
5.Donotbot hertheoffi
ceunnecessar y.
6.Uni onl abour ersaretobegi venpreferenceatal ltimes, butnononsensei st obe
takenbyt hem.
7.Bl ow onebl astofwhi stl
eat5mi nut esbef orest arti
ngt ime.Twobl astsat
starti
ngt ime.
8.Onebl astatqui t
ti
ngtime.Bl astsofwhi stlet
obenotov erfoursecondsl ong.
9.Al lmenar eexpect edt oqui twor katqui tt
ingt i
measpr ompt lyast heybegan
wor k.
10.Nosmoki ngi sall
owedont hewor kexceptt of i
nishnoon- smoke–notov erone
halfhourandnor efi
ll
ingofpi pes.
Frank and Li li
an Gi l
breth, husband and wi f e, made v arious addi t
ional
contr
ibuti
onst ot hefiel
dsofsci entifi
cmanagementandper sonnelmanagement .They
gai
nedr ecognitionasef f
ici
encyex per t
s,inparticul
arthrought hepopul arbookCheaper
bytheDozen, whi chappearedi n1948andwaswr it
tenbyt wooft heGilbrethchil
dren.

F.El
tonMay
o–r
egar
dedast
heFat
herofhumanRel
ati
ons.

ELTONMAYO'
SHAWTHORNEEXPERI
MENTS

Whatcauseswor kersto bemor epr oducti


ve?Resear chershav easked t his
quest i
onforyears.I
nfact, pi
oneeringworkbegani nthe1920sasanat t
empttodi scov er
way stoincreaseproducti
onef fi
ciency–andt henledbotht othef oundingofthehuman
relati
onsschoolofmanagement ,andt othedev el
opmentofmanyoft hemotivati
onal
toolsthatareusedtoday .
Att hecenterofthi
swor kwasEl tonMay o,aHar var
dresearcher.Hel ookedatther esults
ofear lymot i
vat
ionexper imentsandconcl udedt hatpsychologicalandsoci alfactor s
playedalargerrolei
npr oducti
vit
yt hanphysi
cal el
ements.

Exper
iment
satHawt
hor
ne

In1927,r esearchersweret ryingtodet ermi


net heopt i
malamountofl i
ghting,
temper atur
e,andhumi dit
yforassembl i
ngelectroni
ccomponent satWest ernElectr
ic'
s
Hawt horne plant.The r esult
s showed t hatlight
ing had no consistenteffecton
production.Resear cherswer efrustrated to di
scoverthatincreasi
ng li
ghtincreased
output,butr educinglightalsoincreasedout put.Thecommonf act
or,i
tseemed,was
thatsomet hingint hewor kenv i
ronmentwaschanged,andt hatposit
iveeff
ectswer e
thenobser ved.

Aft
erthoroughlyexaminingt heresult
s,EltonMayoandhi sf ell
ow researchers
determinedthatwor kersweren'trespondingt othechangeinlightingcondi t
ions,but
i
nsteadwer ereactingtothef actthattheywer ebeingobserv
edbyt heexper i
ment er
s.
Thisphenomenonbecameknownast heHawt hor
neeffect
.Thewor kers'
awar enessthat
researcher
swer emeasur i
ngtheirproducti
vit
ywassuf f
ici
entt
oincreasepr oductiv
ity
.

Thi
sideaissi
milari
nphil
osophyt
othePy
gmal
i
onef
fect
,whi
chst
atest
hathi
gh
expect
ati
onsleadtohi
ghoutcomes.

The ident
if
icati
on oft he Hawthorne effectl ed t ot he r
ecogni
ti
on oft he
i
mportanceofpsy chologicalandsocialfactorsatwor k.Furtherexper
imentsoverthe
nextf
iveyearsrevealedthathumanf actorsplayedal argerol
ei nworkpl
acemotivat
ion
andproducti
vit
y.Researchersmanipulatedfactorslikebr eakt
imes,pay,andthet
y peof
super
visi
on.Eachtime,theyfoundincreasesinout put.

348
Thr ough t he t estr esults and i nter vi
ews wi tht he wor ker si nvolv ed int he
experiment s,r esear cher sdi scov eredt heef fectsonpr oduct ivi
tyofwor kerat ti
tudes,the
peergr oup,andot hersoci alf orces,aswel lsuper visoryst yle.Inter estingly,andcont r
ary
to popul ar beli
ef, the resear cher s concl
uded
htt
ps://www. mindt ools.com/ pages/ ar t
icle/newTMM_ May o.htm) t hat wor ker s wer e
mot i
vatedbypsy chol ogicalcondi tionsmor ethanphy sicalwor kingcondi tion.Heal so
concludedt hatwor kerswer emot ivatedbymor et hansel fi nter estandi nsteadt he
fol
lowingappl i
ed:
1.Ther ei sanunwr i
ttenunder standi ngbet weent hewor kerandempl oyerr egarding
whati sexpect edf rom t hem; May ocal l
edt histhepsy chol ogi cal contract.
2.Awor ker’smot ivationcanbei ncreasedbyshowi ngani nt erestint hem.May o
classi f
iedst udyingt hewor kers( t
hrought heexper iment s)asshowi ngani nt
erest
inthewor ker s.
3.Wor ki sagr oupact i
vit
y ,t eam wor kcani ncreaseawor ker ’
smot ivationasi t
all
owspeopl et of orm st rongwor kingr elationshipsandi ncr easest r
ustbet ween
thewor kers.Wor kgr oupsar ecr eat edf or mallybyt heempl oyerbutal sooccur
informal l
y.Bot hi nformaland f or malgr oups shoul d be used t oi ncrease
product i
vityasi nf ormal gr oupsi nfluencet hewor ker’shabi tsandat t
itudes.
4.Wor kersar emot ivatedbyt hesoci alaspectofwor k,asdemonst ratedbyt he
femal ewor kerssoci al i
singdur i
ngandout si
dewor kandt hesubsequenti ncrease
inmot ivation.
5.Wor kersar emot i
vatedbyr ecogni t
ion, secur it
yandasenseofbel onging.
6.The communi cation bet ween wor ker s and managementi nfluences wor kers’
mor ale and pr oduct ivi
ty.Wor kers ar e mot ivated t hr ough a good wor king
relationshi pwi thmanagement .

G.Dougl
asMcgr
egor
’sTheor
yXandY

Anotherimportantcontributorinshapingourconcept i
onofman’ sbehav i
ouri n
anor ganizati
onwasDougl asMcGr egor.InhisTheHumanSi deofEnt erprise( 1957) ,he
describedt wot ypesofmanager shol dingoppositeassumpt i
onsaboutman.Onei s
Theor yXmanagerwhov i
ewst heav eragemanasbasi cal l
ylazy;whoav oidswor kif
possible,isselfi
sh,anddi shonestandcannotbet r
ustedorr el
iedupont ocar ryon
responsibil
iti
es.Theor
yXt hereforeexer ci
sestightcontrolifhismen,dr ivingt hem t o
workbyt hreatsofbei
ngpenal ized( e.
g.,salar
ydeduction,terminati
onofser vices)and
acti
ngi nbossyandaut ocrat
icmanner .Theor yX describesthewor kingsi t
uationi n
whichl eadersareauthorit
ativ
e,aut ocraticandmai nt
aincl osecontrol.Wor kerspl aya
minorr oleindeci
sion-
maki ng.

Theor yYont heot herhand,i st hereverseofTheor yX.I tbeli


evest hatmani s
basical
l
ypossessi ngsel f
-direct
ionandsel f
-control;canbet rustedandr el
iedupon,and
i
sseekingr esponsi bil
it
yandsel f-
ful
fil
ment .Theor yYmanageri spermissive,supportive
and encour ages i ndependent -
mi ndedness,i ndividualdev elopmentand expr ession,
all
owingsubor dinatestof indf ul
fil
menti nt heirwor koft heset womanager si s.The
pict
urethatonecani maginei sthatoft hetheoryXmanagerhol di
ngthepr overbi
alstick
(symboli
zingt hreat)andt heoryYmanager ,t
hecar rot(symbol i
zingencouragement ),
the
purposeofbot hbei ngthesame,andt hatis,t omaket hesubj ect
,“horse”representi
ng
manpower ,orwor kfor
ce,mov etowardsadesi r
eddi rect
ion.

COMPARI
SONOFMCGREGOR’
STHEORYXANDTHEORYY

THEORYX THEORYY
1.Thet ypi
calmanhasnat uraldi
sli
keof 1.Wor
kisasnat
ural
aspl
ayorr
est
.
workandwi l
lavoi
ditifhecan.
2.Mostpeopl e,theref
ore need to be 2.Cont
rolandpunishmentar
enottheonl
y
coerced, cont r
oll
ed, di rect
ed, and way to bri
ng abouteffor
tt owar
ds t
he
thr
eatenedwithpuni
shmentt ogetthem t
o companygoals.
work.

349
3.The av erage person pr efer
st o be 3.Peopl ear enotbynat urel azy– i tis
dir
ected,av oids r
esponsibil
i
t y
,has lit
tl
e exper i
encet hatt aughtt hem t obecomeso.
ambition,
andwant ssecur i
tyaboveall
. 4.Peopl eexer ci
sesel f
-di
rect i
onandsel f-
controlt oachi evet heobject ivest owhi ch
theyar ecommi tted;commi tmenthast odo
with r ewar ds associ at
ed wi th t hei
r
achiev ement .
5.Theav erageper son l
ear ns,gi ven the
ri
ghtcondi ti
ons,notonl ytoacceptbutt o
seekr esponsi bi l
ity;theycanappl ytowor k
thei
ri magi nationi ngenuity
, andcr eativi
ty.
4.Dependence, dominati
onandcont r
ol 4. I ndependence, f reedom and
permi ssiveness
5.Aut hori
tari
an,autocrati
c.To t hr
eaten, 5. Per missive,democr atic. To pr ov i
de
contr
ol and mani pulate empl oyees env ironment f or r el
easing empl oyee
towardscompanygoal s potent i
als so t hat i ndi vidual and
organizat i
onal goal sbecomecompat i
ble.

Inrecentyears,Theor
yZhasbeenproposedal
ongwi
tht
heot
herappr
oaches
t
hatsuggestamiddlegroundbet
weent
heor
iesXandY.

H. Wi
ll
iam Ouchi

sTheor
yZ

Wil
li
am G.Ouchioft heUniversi
tyofCal if
orni
aLosAngel espubl i
shedthebook
“TheoryZ( 1981) ”
.I twast her esul
tofhisext ensivest udyoft hemaj orcorpor
ationsin
Japanandt heUni tedSt ates.Hewast ryi
ngt opi ecet ogetherwhatmadeJapanese
producti
vitythehi ghesti nt heworld,andwhatgener ali
zationscanbemadef rom the
Japaneseexper ienceandt hoseoft hesuccessf ulcorporationsinAmer ica.Hewasabl e
toisolat
eandcat egorizeonecl assoforganizationsasTy peZor ganizati
ons,i
ncont r
ast
withthetradi
tional bureaucrati
candhi er
archicaltypeAor ganizat
ions.

TypeZcompani espr acti


cetheoryZ.Theor yZisanappr oacht omanagement
wheret he key to increased pr oducti
vit
yi s parti
cipati
on,inter
dependence and
i
nv ol
vementofallmember soft heor gani
zation.I
tisfoundedont rust,subt
let
yofthe
supervi
sorto know hi
speopl e;and inti
macyt hroughcl osesocialrel
ati
onsamong
member softhecompany .Accor di
ngt oOuchi,someoft hecharacter
isti
csofTheor
yZ
organi
zati
onsare:

1.Thecompanyconsi stsofasetofmanager swhoseecl earl


yt hatthei
rcapacit
yto
achievecl osecooper at
iondependsi npartont heirarguingonacent r
alsetof
objectives andway sofdoi ngbusiness.
2. Abroadst at
ementt hatcontempl at estheproperrelati
onshipoft hebusinessto
it
sempl oyees, i
tsowner s,
itscust omer sandtot hepubl i
cat-l
arge.
3.Thef reedom ofauni tmanagert osetgoal sandpur suethem t othei
rconclusi
on
ischer i
shed.
4.Decision-maki ngprocessist ypicallyaconsensual ,
par t
ici
pati
v eact.
5.Providesfort hebroaddi ssemi nationofi nf
ormationandv alueswi thi
nthe
organizati
on( Ouchi 1981).

I
. Pet
erDr
ucker
’sManagementbyObj
ect
ives(
MBO)

PeterDr uckerfi
rstusedManagementbyObj ectiv
es( MBO)i nhi
spr acti
ceof
management ,i n1954,andsi ncewasadoptedbyot hermanagementt heori
stsand
admini
strators.Theuseofthissyst
em wit
hsomemodi f
icati
ons,hasgai
nedmoment um,
bothingov ernmentalagenci
es,andinthepr
ivat
esector.Odior
ne,whohasi nter
preted
andpopul ari
zedMBO,descr ibesthebasi
cpremisesofManagementbyObj ecti
vesas
fol
l
ows:

350
1.Businessmanagementt akespl acewi thintheeconomi csy stem t hatpr ov i
desthe
env i
ronment alsi tuation f ort hei ndi vidualf i
rm.Thi senv i
ronment ,whi ch has
changed dr asticallyov ert he past30 y ear s,i mposes new r equirement s on
compani esandoni ndividual manager s.
2.ManagementbyObj ectiv esi sawayofmanagi ngai medatmeet ingt hesenew
requirement s.Itpr esumest hatt hef i
r ststepi nmanagementi stoi dentify,byone
means oranot her ,t he goal s oft he or gani zat i
ons.Al lot hermanagement
met hodsandsubsy stemsf ollowt hispr eli
mi nar yst ep.
3.Once or gani zational goal s hav e been i dent i
fied,or derly pr ocedur es for
distr
ibut i
ngr esponsi bili
tiesamongi ndi vi
dualmanager sar esetupi nsuchaway
thatthei rcombi nedef for tsar edi r ect edt owar dachi ev i
ngt hosegoal s.
4.Management by obj ect i
v es assumes t hat manager ialbehav iour i s more
i
mpor tantt hanmanagerper sonal it
y ,andt hatt hisbehav i
ourshoul dbedef i
nedin
termsofr esul tsmeasur edagai nstest ablishedgoal s,rathert hani nt ermsof
commongoal sf oral lmanager s,orcommonmet hodsofmanagi ng.
5.Italsopr esumest hatwhi lepar ticipat ioni shi ghlydesi r
abl eingoalset ti
ngand
decision- maki ng.I tspr inci palmer itl iesini tssoci alandpol it
icalv aluesr at
her
thani nitsef fect sonpr oduct i
on, t houghev enher ei tmayhav efav ourabl eimpact,
andi nanycasesel dom hur ts.
6.Itregar dst hesuccessf ulmanagerasamanagerofsi tuation,mostofwhi chare
bestdef inedbyi dent ifyingt hepur poseoft heor ganizationandt hemanager ial
behav iourbestcal culat edt oachi ev et hatpur pose.

J.Her
zber
g’st
wo-f
act
ort
heor
y

Freder i
ckHer zber gpr oposedanot heranI ndust r
ialPsy chol ogicalTheor y–t he
mot i
vation-hygienet heor y.Thet heorywaspr esentedi n1959i nTheMot ivat
iont owor k
andwasf urtherdev el opedi nWor kandNat ureofMan,publ i
shedi n1966.Her zber g,
afterdoi ng studi esr egar ding j ob sat i
sfact i
on and di ssati
sfact ion on empl oy eesi n
numer ouswor kset tings,cl aimed t hatmanyoft he t r
aditi
onal lyr evered fact or si n
wor kingsy stem suchassal ar i
esandf ri
ngebenef its-ar enotnear lyasi mpor t
anti n
relati
ont omot i
vationandpr oduct ionashasbeent hought . Heconcl udedt hatt he
followingf actorscoul dl eadt oj obsat i
sf acti
on:companypol icyandadmi nistration,
super vision,interper sonalr elations,wor kingcondi tions,sal ary,st atus,andsecur ity.On
the ot herhand,j ob sat isfact i
on and concomi t
antmot i
vation r elate especi al l
yt o
oppor tuni t
iesf orachi evement ,recogni t
ionf orachi ev ement ,wor ki t
self,responsi bil
ity,
adv ancementandgr owt h.Hesuggest edt hatt hehy gienef actor snecessar ytopr ev ent
discont entwi t
haj ob;butt hesecondgr oupf act
or s,whi chpr ov i
def orpsy chol ogical
growt har epar ticularlysi gnifi
cantf ormot ivationandef fecti
vepr oduct ion.

Phil
osophi
call
y,the basic posi
ti
on ofsoci alwork admi
nistrati
on i
st hat–
pri
nci
plesofmanagement ,eff
ici
ency,andeffect
ivenessshouldbeut i
l
izedbutmust
rel
atetoaf ramework based on sound human r el
ati
ons.The “human”f actori
n
admini
strat
ionisofpart
icul
arconcerntosoci
alwork.

K.Masl
ow’
sHi
erar
chyofNeedTheor
y

Humanar eorganismst hatseekandpur suet hesati


sfact
ionoft hei
rneeds.
According t
o Maslow,t hese needs are pr
esentin a per
son butv ar
yi nintensi
ty,
dependingont heci
rcumstances.Ingeneral
,onepr
ogressesfr
om onedomi nantneedto
theotherfol
lowingt
hissuccession:

1.Fir
stl evel:Physiological.Thiscompr isessurvi
valneedsforfood,dr i
nk,sleep,
mov ement ,ai
r,warmt h,li
ghtandt helike.Thisseti
sbasictosust ai
nhumanl i
fe.
Althought hisisdomi nantamongi nfants,t
hereareinst
ancesi nt headultlif
e
wher ethephy si
ologicalneedsst andoutast hetoppri
ori
ty,
e.g.whenonemi ssed
oneormor emeal s,theur get oeatcanbecomet hemostpr essi
ngconcer ns
wher ever.Peopletendt orespondi mmedi atel
ytopsychol
ogicalneedbutonce
thesear esati
sfi
edt oacer t
ainextent,
theyattendandseektosat i
sfyotherneeds.

351
2.Secondl ev el
:Saf etyandsecur i
t y.Hav ingadequat elyprov i
dedf orthef i
rstl ev el
needs, peopl ewoul dl iket ohav eanassur ancet hatt hisadequacywoul dcont inue,
i
fpossi blef oral ongt ime.Thuspeopl e,bui ldt heirhouseswi thst rongand
durabl emat eri
als.Thei rof f
iceshav edev i
cesandmeanst opr otectempl oyees
from f i
r e, acci
dent s, cal ami t
ies, thieves, poll
ut i
on, etc.Theyopenbankaccount s.
Theyand/ ortheircompanypayf orinsur ance.Theyl ookf orwar df orr eti
rement
benef i
t s.Al ltheser eflectpeopl e’sconcer nf orpr otect i
onf r
om possi blephy sical
harm andeconomi cdi fficul t
y .
3.Thirdl ev el:social.Thi sr eferst oasetofneedst hatcausespeopl et oseekf rom
otherpeopl eaf fil
iation,compani onshi p,camar ader ie,orpl ainconv ersation,f or
them t of eelt hattheybel ongandar epar tofagr ouport hatt heyar eneededbya
group,company ,ori ndiv idual .Thi sneedmaybeanswer edf ull
yout sideoft he
organi zat ion,butconsi der ingt hatabogchi nkofaman’ swaki nghouri sspentat
wor k,andwor kent ai l
si nt eract i
ngwi t
hpeopl e,thisneedf i
ndsansweral so,and
somet imesmor esi gni ficant ly,int hewor kset ti
ng.
4.Four t
hl ev el.Esteem.Ther ei saneedofaper sont obel ieveandf eelwi thin
onesel ft hatot herswhoar ecr edi bleandr espect edbyt hatper son,l i
kewi se,
conf i
rm suchv alueofonesel f
.A wor kerf eelst hatwhat ev erhiswor ki s,hi s
respectand di gnit ymustbe uphel d.Hi s aspi r
ation and capabi l
iti
es as an
i
ndi vi
dual must be r ecogni zed. Thi s need encompasses t he need f or
i
ndependence, self-conf idence, reput ati
onandappr eciati
on.
5.Fift
hl ev el.Sel f
-act ual i
zat i
on.Ther ei sa t ime i nt he l
ife ofa per son when
satisfact ioni naccompl ishi ngi t.I tbecomesaneedwhenaper soncr avest o
util
izeand“ pusht ot hel imi t”al lhisorhernat uralendowment sorpot ent i
als.Thi s
needi snotcommonamongor di narypeopl east herear eonl yaf ewwhor each
thislev el;manyar ef orev erpr eoccupi edwi t
hl owerl ev elneeds.

I
tisimportanttonotethatwhi l
et hefirsttwol ev el
sofneedcanbesuppl i
edtoa
pointofdest r
ucti
on,higherneedsappar entlyarel imi t
lessi nscope.Satisfyi
nglower-
l
ev elneedscanext endbeyondt hephy si
cal/biol
ogicalr equirementsresul
tinginaf at
al
overdose oratt imesa t rauma,whi ch are both di sastroust othe indivi
dual.Over
providing forsecur i
tyand saf etycan r esultin ov erdependence,compl acencyand
senselessconf ormity—sur
edet errent
st oself–dev elopment .Ontheotherhand, i
tisnot
easyt omeasur eandsayt hatonehasov erlysatisfiedhi ssocialesteemedorsel f-
actualizati
onneeds.Hewoul dt endtocont inueseeki ngt of ul
fi
lthem,andt herewil
l
al
way sbeahi gherplaneoffulf
ilment.

One pi tf
allof manager i st ot hi
nk t hat by pr ovidi
ng better wage and
compensat ion,empl oyeescouldusethefinancialrewardst otakecareofsat i
sfyingall
theirotherneeds.Thi seconomicapproachdoesnothol dupwhenanal yzedintermsof
thef i
vebasicl evelsofneeds,si
ncemoneyappl i
esmost lytot hefir
stt
wo,accor dingto
Dav i
s( 1978).Furthermore,humanneedscannev erbef ull
ymetandneedssat isfacti
on
willtheref
ore,poseaper pet
ualconcer
nofanyor ganizat
ion.Inmot i
vat
ingempl oyees,it
willnotwor kmucht hatthemeansf ormot ivati
ngar et hoseneedsal readysat i
sfi
ed
ratherthanneedst hatar
estil
lwanti
ngtobesat i
sfied.

F.Ski
nnerOper
antTheor
y

(Burr
hausFr ederic),Skinner,ani nf
luenti
alex ponentofbehaviourism,cont ested
thetheor ythathumanneedsar et hedet erminantofhumanbehav i
our .Backedupby
extensivescientifi
cst udies,Skinner( 1953)bel i
ev edthat“theenvir
onmentdet ermines
thei ndivi
dualbehav i
ourev enwhenheal t
erst heenv ir
onment”.Hecont ended that
empl oyeescanbemot i
v at
edbypr operl
ycr eati
ngt hewor kenvir
onmentandpr ovi
ding
rewar dorstimulusf ort hedesi rableempl oyeeper formance.Furt
hermor e,t hatiti
st he
externalenvir
onmentt hatinfluencest heexactbehav i
ourpeopleexhibitratherthant hei
r
externalneedswant sanddesi r
es.
Inthi
st heory,rewar dsoranyst i
mul ithatserveasposi t
iverei
nf orcersofcer tai
n
behav i
ouraref oundt obemor epower fulthannegat iveandneutralreinforcers,evenif
bothset sofreinforcersmaybeused.
Inacompany ,r
ewar dort heprospectofi tcanl eadtoadesiredr esponsebyt he

352
employee when such response bri
ngs aboutposit
ive consequences to boththe
employeeand themot i
v at
or( manager
).Negati
veconsequencest end t
o deter
mine
repeat
edbehavi
our.Examplesofreward/
positi
ver
einf
orcer
sar e:

1.Importantassignments
2. Appeali
ngcompensat i
on
3.Parti
cipati
onindecisi
on-making
4.Otherincenti
vesandbenefit
s

Skinnerstat
edt hat“usuall
yt heul
ti
materei
nfor
cementissimil
art
othatpr
est
ige
oresteem. ”
Negative r einfor
cers ( e.g. suspensi
on f rom wor k) and neut ral
rei
nforcers(e.
g.t
ransferofwor kplace)mayalso beut i
l
ized t
o di
scour
ageunwanted
behaviourandencour agef avourableemploy
eesbehavi
our.

Anof f
shootofthestudiesonoper antcondi t
ioningtheoryisitsapplicati
ont o
organi
zati
onal concerns through behav iour modi f
icati
on pr ograms. Behav ior
modifi
cati
onistheprocessofsy st
ematical
lyrei
nforci
ngposi ti
vebehav i
ourwhi l
eatthe
same time ignor
ing orexorcisi
ng negati
ver ei
nforcement st o eli
mi nat
e unwanted
behavi
our.
..
issometimesequat edwi t
hl earni
ngi t
self,i.e.anychangei nbehav i
our”
(Harl
ouandHanke1975) .

Terryand Frankl
in( 1982)Hammerand Hammer ,who studied i
n 1976 ten
companiesusingpositi
vereinforcementorbehav i
ourmodi
fi
cati
onprograms,wereable
toidentif
y six consi
derat
ions f ort he use ofposi
ti
verei
nfor
cementi n modif
ying
moti
vationalbehavi
oursofempl oy ees.These:

1.Don’trewar dequall
y.I
treinf
orcesaverageandmedi ocr
eperfor
mance.
2.Fai
luretor einf
orcemayencour agepoorsubsequentperfor
mance.
3.I
nform empl oy
eeswhatt heycandot ogetreinf
orcement.
4.Tel
l employ eeswhenandwhatt heyaredoingwrong.
5.Don’tpunishsubor di
nateinfrontofother
s.
6.Befair.

4.
3.Admi
nist
rat
ion’
sroot
sinsoci
alwor
k

Socialwor kasapr ofessioni sr elat ivelyy oung.Al thought hedi sadv ant aged
peopl ehav ebeenai ded,di rect lyori ndi rect ly ,forcent uriesbyi ndi viduals,gr oupsor
organi zations,f or mal ized pr ofessi onalsoci alwor k educat i
on ev olv ed f r
om si mpl e
begi nnings.Att het urnoft he19th cent ur y,shor tt er m cour seswer e1st of feredat
Columbi aUni v ersity,theUni versityofChi cago,Bost onUni versity,andt heUni v ersityof
Pennsy lvania.Educat ionalandPr ofessi onalassoci ati
onscamei ntoexi stencegr adual ly,
buti twasonl yi n1955t hatt heNat ionalAssoci ati
onofSoci alWor ker swasf ormed,
whensev endi fferentsoci al wor kassoci at ionsj oi
nedt oget her.
In1952,t heCounci lonSoci alWor kEducat ionwascr eatedandbecameav iable
national ,educat ionalor gani zationf orpr ov idinggui delines,accr edi t
at i
on,st andar dsand
reviews,andr esour cemat erialsf orschool sofsoci alwor k,agenci esandi ndi vidual
member s.
Ineducat ion,acour sei nadmi ni st rationwasof fer edbyaschoolofsoci alwor kin
1914.By1944,t he r evised cur ri
cul um st atementf ort he Amer ican Associ ation of
School sofSoci alWor kl i
stedadmi nist rat i
onasoneoft hebasi cei ghtsubj ect st hat
shoul dbeof feredi nal l school sofsoci al wor kwer edoi ngsoi n1992.
Socialwor kli
ter aturehasbeenl imi tedi ntheadmi nistrationar ea, alt
houghmany
publ i
cat i
onsaboutsoci alwor kknowl edgeandski l
lshav ei ncludedmat erialsandcases
i
nt hisf i
eld.Har lei
gh Tr ecker ,Elwood St reet ,El la Reed,and ot her shav epr ov i
ded
i
ntroduct orybooksonadmi nistration.Amaj ort heor eticalsoci alwor kcont ributionwas
VolumeI IIoft hecur ri
cul um st udyoft heCounci lonSoci alWor kEducat i
onwhi ch
appear edi n1959.Thi sst udyi ndicat edt hatadmi nistr ationhadr eachedasi gni fi
cant
l
ev elinsoci alwor keducat ionandpr act ice,andi tsuggest edt hatgr aduat est udent s
coul dr eceivesoundt rainingf oradmi ni strat ionposi tionswi tht woy ear sofgr aduat e
study .Noat temptwasmadet odi st i
ngui shbet weenadmi nist rationandcommuni t
y

353
or
gani
zat
ion.Thest
udypoi
ntedupt
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.Thei mpor t
anceofadmi nistrati
vepr acti
cet ot heprof essionofsocial work;
2.Thenecessi tyt hatal lgr aduat esofschool sofsoci alwor khav epr eparation
suffici
enttoenabl e t hem t of ulfi
lt hei
rr ol
esappr opr i
atel
yi ntheadmi nistr
ative
structureandpr ocessesoft he agencyi nwhi cht heyar eemploy ed,
3.Thatt hisprepar ationshoul dal sobeadequat etoser veast hebasisforfurtheron
-t
he-joband post gr aduat e l ev el traini
ng i n admi ni
strat
ion t o facili
tate
promot i
onstohi gherlev elpositionsand mor e adequat ef uncti
oning atl ower
l
ev els;
4.Thatt hepr epar ation ofper sonnelf ordi rectent ryi nto executiv
eand sub -
execut iv
elev elposi ti
onsi mmedi atelyaftergr aduationi sanappr opriat
ef unction
i
nt heschool sofsoci al wor kwi t
hi nt hemast er ’
slevel curri
culum;and
5.Thatt hemat terofwhoshoul dbeadmi ttedtosuchpr ogram ofstudyi sacar eer-
adv i
singorst udentadv isingf unct i
on.

I
n1970t heCSWEpubl ishedt wov olumesonadmi nistrati
ont hati ndicatedi ts
growi ng i nt er esti nt hi
sf ield:Soci alWor k Admi ni
st rati
on:A Resour ce Book and
casewor ki nSoci alWor kAdmi ni
st r
at i
on.Thef irstv olumei ncludesf ortyar t
iclesand
reprintsf r
om t hemat eri
alsrelevantt oadmi nist r
at i
onandwasdev elopedasar esour ce
bookf orst udent sandpr acti
tioners.Up- to-dat ear ti
clesar eincluded, aswel las, writ
ings
from t hepast , suchasMaxWeber ’s“ Bureaucr acy”andHenr iFay ol’
s“ Gener alPr inci
pl es
ofmanagement ”
.TheCasebook,acompani onv olume,cont ainst wenty-fiveexampl es
ofpr act ical exper i
encef rom av arietyofset tings.
Amaj orst ept ookpl acei nt hespr ingof1977wi tht heappear anceoft hei nitial
i
ssueofapr of essi onaljournal,Admi nistrat i
oni nSoci alWor k.I tisar eputabl equar ter ly
publicat iondev otedt ot he“theoryandpr act i
ceofmanagementandadmi nistrati
on,i n
social wor kandr el atedhumanser vicesf i
el ds” .
Philosophi cal ly,the basi c posi t
ion ofsoci alwor ki n admi nist
r ation i st hat
principlesofmanagement ,ef f
ici
encyandef fectivenessshoul dbeut il
i
zedbutmust
relatet ot hef r amewor kbasedont hesoundhumanr el ati
ons.The‘ “human”f actori n
admi ni strationi sofpar t
icul
arconcer ntosoci alwor k.Not ,onlywhatt hewor kerdoesi s
i
mpor t
ant ,butal sohow heorshef eelsabouti t,bot hi nr elationt operf ormanceand
ment al well-bei ng.Thef ocusofadmi nist
rat ioni sr espectf orthei ntegri
tyofeachper son,
sot hateachwor kerwi l
lbeakeyper soni nt het otaladmi nistrati
onofanagency .

5.Basi
cpr
inci
plesi
nSoci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ion

Thef ol
lowi
ng pr
inci
plesar
esi
gni
fi
canti
nrel
ati
on t
o ef
fect
ivesoci
alwor
k
admi
nist
rat
ion:

1.Accept
ance
Leadersandstaffmembersareencour
agedandexpect edt
oacceptoneanother
andt oactaccordi
ngly.Thegoalistodraw from eachstaffmemberhisorherbest
resour
cesandabi l
it
iesinhel
pingtheagencyinthedeliver
yofservi
ces.Thi
sdoesnot
ruleoutevaluat
ionandsuggestionsforimprovementsbutdoesmeant hatallst
aff
member sfeelabasi
csecuri
tyasindi
vi
dualswi
thr i
ghtsaswellasr
esponsi
bil
i
ties.

2.Democr
ati
cinvol
vementi
nfor
mul
ati
onofagencypol
ici
esandpr
ocedur
es
Socialworksuggest
st hatastaffmember
sbecomeapar tofpar
ti
cipat
ory
admi
nist r
ati
on,t
heyper
form bet
ter
,andsodoest
heagency
.Theyf
avourt
hephi
losophy
ofMcGr egor’
sTheor
yY.

3.OpenCommuni
cat
ions
Meanst hatthewor kermay ,atalmostanyt i
me,shareideasandf eelingswi
th
otherst affmember s and actand r eactwi th honesty and i
ntegri
ty.Two-way
communi cat
ionsprov i
desasoundf r
amewor kf orthedev el
opmentofef fi
ciencyand
effecti
venessinadmi ni
strat
ivepoli
ciesandprocedures.
A succinctstatementofbasi cpri
nciplesofsoci alworkadmi ni
strationwas
offeredbyTrecker,apioneersocialworkadministrat
or:
 The Pr inci
ple ofsocialwor kv al
ues:The v al
ues ofthe prof
ession arethe

354
foundat ionuponwhi chser v i
cesar edev el opedandmadeav ailabl et oper sons
whoneedt hem.
 Thepr inci pl eofcommuni tyandcl ientneeds:Theneedsoft hecommuni tyand
thei ndi v idual swi thinitar eal way st hebasi sf ort heexi st enceofsoci alagenci es
andt hepr ov isionofpr ogr ams.
 Thepr i
nci pl eofagencypur pose:Thesoci alpur poseoft heagencymustbe
clear lyf or mul ated, stated, under stoodandut i
lized.
 The pr inci ple ofcul tur alset ting:The cul ture oft he communi t
y mustbe
under st oodi nasmuchasi tinf luencest hewayt heneedsar eexpr essedandt he
wayser vicesar eaut hor ized, suppor ted, andut il
izedbypeopl ewhoneedt hem.
 The pr inci ple of pur posef ul r el ationshi ps: Ef fect i
v e, pur posef ul wor king
relationshi psmustbeest abl ishedbet weent headmi nist rator,theboar d,thest aff,
andt heconst i
tuency .
 Thepr inci pleofagencyt ot ality: Theagencymustbeunder stoodi ni tst otal i
tyand
whol eness.I tmustbeseenasal ivingi nst rument alitymadeupofi nter relat ed
par ts.
 Thepr inci pl eofpr ofessi onalr esponsi bility:Theadmi nistratori sr esponsi blef or
the pr ov i
si on ofhi gh-qual itypr of essi onalser v i
ces based on st andar ds of
prof essi onal pract ice.
 Thepr inci pleofpar t
icipat ion:Appr opr i
at econt ri
but ionsofboar d,st af f,and
const i
t uencyar esoughtandut ilizedt hr ought hecont inuouspr ocessofdy nami c
par ti
ci pat ion.
 Thepr inci pleofcommuni cat ion:Openchannel sofcommuni cationar eessent ial
tot hecompl et ef unct i
oni ngoft hepeopl e.
 Thepr inci pleofl eadershi p.Theadmi ni stratormustcar rymaj orr esponsi bi li
tyf or
thel eader shi poft heagencyi nt er msofgoalat tainmentandt hepr ov isionof
prof essi onal serv ices.
 Thepr inci pleofpl anning:Thepr ocessofcont inuouspl anni ngisf undament alt o
thedev el opmentofmeani ngf ul ser v i
ces.
 Thepr inci pl eofor ganizat i
on:Thewor kofmanypeopl emustbear rangedi nan
organi zed manner and must be st ruct ured so t hat r esponsi bili
ties and
relationshi psar ecl earlydef ined.
 Thepr inci pleofdel egat ion: Thedel egat ionofr esponsi bilityandaut hor i
tyt oot her
prof essi onal per sonsi sessent ial .
 Thepr inci pleofcoor di nat ion:Thewor kdel egat edt o manypeopl emustbe
proper lycoor dinat edsot hatspeci ficcont ri
but i
onsar ebr oughtt obearupont he
maj ort asksoft heagencyandal lener gyi sr ight l
yf ocusedupont hemi ssi ont o
beaccompl ished.
 Thepr inci pleofr esour ceut ilizat ion:Ther esour cesofmoney ,f acili
ties,and
per sonnelmustbecar eful lyf ost ered,conser v ed,andut ili
zedi nkeepi ngwi tht he
trustgr ant edt ot heagencybysoci ety .
 Thepr inci pl eofchange:Thepr ocessofchangei scont inuous,bot hwi thint he
communi tyandt heagency .
 Thepr inci pleofev al
uat ion:Cont inuousev aluat i
onofpr ocessesandpr ogr amsi s
essent ial tot hef ul fi
l
mentoft heagency ’sobj ect ives.
 Thepr inci pleofgr owt h:Thegr owt h and dev elopmentofal lpar ticipant si s
further ed byt he admi ni strat orwho pr ov ides chal lengi ng wor kassi gnment s,
thought ful super v i
sion, andoppor t
uni tiesf ori ndi vidual andgr oupl ear ning.

B. Theadmi
nist
rat
iveFunct
ions:
B.
1.Pol
icyFor
mul
ati
ons

Apol
icyi
sastat
edcourseofacti
onadopt
edandf
oll
owedbyt
heor
gani
zat
ioni
n
doi
ngi
tswor
k.Exampl
e:RA5416creat
ingtheDSWD.

AnAgencyPoli
cyi
sawr i
tt
enst
atementfor
mal l
yadopt
edbyt heboardorl
egal
author
it
yandpubl
icl
ymadeknowntogui
detheprovi
sionofserv
ice.Sti
l
lR.
A.5416also
contai
nspol
ici
esorgui
del
i
nesastowhatser
viceswil
lbeoffer
edbyt heDepar
tmentto

355
at
tai
nthepur
poset
owhi
chi
tiscr
eat
ed.

Thest
agesofpol
icyf
ormul
ati
onasi
dent
if
iedbyHar
rySpechtar
easf
oll
ows:

1.Ident i
fi
cat
ionofthepr obl
em orissue
2.Anal ysi
softheproblem
3.Informingthepubli
caboutt hepr obl
em
4.Dev elopmentofpoli
cygoal sincl
udingthei
nvol
vementofot
heragenci
es
5.Buildingofpubli
csuppor t
6.Legislati
onorenunciationofpolicy
7.Impl ementat
ionandadmi ni
strat
ion;and
8.Assessmentandev aluati
on

I
mpor
tanceofPol
icy

As a st at
ed course ofacti
on f
oragencywor k,a socialpol
i
cyshould be
consi
der edthecontextofallsoci
alworkpracti
ce.Thismakesi timpor
tantf
orsocial
workpr acti
ti
onerstobet rul
yfamil
iarwi
ththepolici
esgoverningtheagency
,andon
whichrules,pr
oceduresandregul
ati
onsarebased.

Thear
easofpol
icyconsi
der
ati
oni
ncl
ude:

1.Pol
icyval
uesandobjecti
ves
2.Pol
icytar
getgrouporcli
ent
ele
3.Methodsofimplementat
ion
4.Env
ironmental
impact

Poli
cyawar enessont hesecrucialareaswoul dencour aget heengagementand
parti
cipati
onoft hepract i
ti
onerinpolicyformul at
ion,analysisandchange.Thi sisalong
thethirdobjecti
veint heBSSW cur ri
culum,whi chexpectst hest udentstobet r
ainedto
documentt heef f
ecti
v eness,aswel last hegapsi nser vicesf orpoli
cychangeand
development .I
thasbeensai dthatt
he“ frontl
inepracti
tionerswhoseet hedaily
,inti
mate
rel
ati
onshipsbet weenpol icyandservicet oclient
scanbet hesour ceofperti
nentpoli
cy
recommendat i
ons.”

Thepr
inci
plesofpol
icydet
ermi
nat
ionsummar
izedbyHar
lei
ghTr
eckerar
easf
oll
ows:

1.Pol icymustbebasedonanddev elopoutofagencypur pose.


2.Pol iciesmustbesoundl ybasedonadequat elyev aluatedf actsandexper i
ence.
Per sonsaf f
ectedbypol icyespeci all
ycl ient elegr oupshoul dbei nv olvedi nt he
process.
3.Uni t yandconsi stencybet weent hev ari
ouspol iciesoft heagencyandbet ween
policiesand pur posei sessent ial.Conf lictbet weenand among pol icieswi l
l
conf uset hestaffandwi l
lhav eadv erseef fect sonagencyser vice.
4.Al thought heboar di sr esponsi blef ort heenact mentoft hepol icy ,theent i
re
agencyshoul dpar t
icipatei nt hef ormul ati
onpr ocess.Di rectser v i
cewor kers
hav eser i
ousr esponsi bili
tyforpol icyenact mentandchange.
5.Pol icyi mpliesfocusanddi recti
onf ort heat t
ainmentoft heagencypur pose.
6.Pol icyshoul drelatetheagencypur poset ot her eal i
tiesoft hecommuni tysetting
(i
ncl udingot heragenci esandspeci alneeds)andoft heagency ’
sownf acil
it
ies
andr esources.
7.Pol icy -
maki ng,pl anning,and oper ationsar ei ntegr all
yr elated andcannotbe
separ ated.
8.Newpol i
ciesshoul ddev elopanev aluationoft heexi sti
ngpol ici
esinpr act i
ceas
theysy st
emat icall
yrev iewedandst udi ed.
9.Thor oughknowl edgeofpol i
cyont hepar tofev er ystaffmember .Iti st he
admi ni
strator’
sr esponsi bili
tytomakepol icyst atement sav ail
abletot hest affin
writtenf orm.Thesepol i
ciesshoul dbedi scussedi nmeet ings,conf er encesand
consul tati
ons.
10.Policiesshoul dbeexpr essedi nposi tivef ormssot hatt heirconst ruct i
veusei s
emphasi zed.

356
11.Thecar r
yingoutofthepolici
esinthespiri
toft
hei
rintenti
samajorr
esponsi
bil
it
y
oftheadmi ni
str
ation.
12.Confl
ictbetweent hestat
ementoft hepoli
cyandactualpr
act
icei
sasignalt
othe
administr
atoroftheneedtoev al
uateboth.

B.
2.Pl
anni
ngandPr
ogr
ammi
ng

A plan i
sacourseofaction f
orreachi
ng agoalbeginni
ng now oratany
pr
edet
erminedti
mei
nthefut
ure.Aplanmaybeshortr
ange,
medium ter
m orl
ongter
m.

“Planni ngi sthepr ocessofant i


cipati
nggoal sortargetsandt henprepari
nga
planf orr eachi ngt hem.”Iti sapr ocessofmappi ngoutone’sact i
vi
ti
est owardsthe
accompl ishment sofgoal sandpr oject i
ngt hemeansorr esourcesofachievingthem.
Thisi sapr ocesswhi chshoul dbepar ti
cipatedinbyt hoseinvolvedinimplementati
on
(e.g.,t
hesoci alwor kerindi r
ectpractice),byt herecipi
ent
soft heservi
cesort ar
getsof
planning( e.g.,t hecl i
ents),andbyt hepol i
cy -makers.A meansoff eedbackand/or
reviewispar toft heplaninor dert
odet erminewhet herornotthegoalsareachiev
ed.

A plan maybe shor t/ medi


um ter
m orl ong range/medium term,orl ong
range/long t er
m.For exampl e,and agency may hav e a one- y
ear plan (
short
range/medium t erm)ofr eaching outt
of rom 50 t o 100 youths i
n some specifi
c
barangayi nadr ugprevent
ionpr ogr
am.Thisplani sonl
yapar tofi
tslongrange/
long-
termt hreey earplanoforganizingandconduct i
ngadr ugpr event
ionprogram i
nt he
enti
re communi tywit
hat argetof300 hundr ed yout
hsoraboutt he whol
ey outh
population.

I
nor
dert
oachi
evet
heobj
ect
ives,
JosephHungat
est
ressest
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.ThatPl
ansmustbeconsistentwit
hhumanneeds.
2.I
tmustbebasedonthephi l
osophyoftheprof
essionoft
heagency
3.I
tmustbebasedonresearch
4.I
tmustbefl
exi
bleenought ogiveroom f
orwhatev
erchangeshavet
obemade
5.I
tmustbeeasi
lycommuni cated
6.I
tmustcont
ri
butetothei
mpr ov
ementofservi
ce.

Reasonsf
orpl
anni
ng

ASthesayi
nggoes,“
Wepl anorweperi
sh”
.Planni
ngisneededinal
llev
elsof
oper
ati
onandev
erywor
kershoul
ddohisaspar
tofher
/hisdai
l
yrout
ine.

Accor
dingt
oRexSki
dmor
e,t
her
easonsf
orpl
anni
ngar
easf
oll
ows:

1.Effi
ciency–Thi smeanst oachievegoalswi t
hami ni
mum ofcostandef fect.
2.Effecti
v eness–Thi smeanst oachievethedesi redresultwhichist ohel ppeople
i
nneed.
3.Account abil
it
y– Pl anni
ngi sneededf orev al
uat i
onandaccount abil
itytot he
public,tof amili
es,andt othecli
ents.
4.Mor ale–Ev erystaffmemberneedst ounderstandexact l
ywhatt odoandhowt o
dot hej ob.Thesecanbeachi evediftheadmi nistrat
orandst affmember sj
ointl
y
plant het otaloper ati
onoft heagency .Suchi nv olv
ementofev eryonewi l
lgive
them thef eel
ingsofachi evementandsat isf
act i
onaswel lasthef eeli
ngofbei ng
neededandef fecti
ve.Theirfeel
ingswi l
lmaket hedi ffer
enceint hesoci alservi
ce
deliveryandcont r
ibutetohighmor ale.

Essent
ialpl
anni
ngEl
ement
s

I
nshor
t,apl
an,
accor
dingt
oRayj
ohns,
mustcont
aint
hef
oll
owi
ngel
ement
s:

1.Goalort
hewhat
2.Resour
ces,
means,
procedur
es,
andmet
hodsort
hehow

357
3.Peopl
ei nv
olvedinachi
evingthegoal
sorthewho
4.Methodofevaluati
onandr ev
iewand
5.Condit
ionsunderwhichtheplanwil
lbei
mplemented

Theprocessofsett
ingobject
ivesi
sact uall
yt hestar
tingpoi
ntofpl
anning.The
objectiv
esarelikemapaspoi nt
edoutbyTr ecker.Theyshowuswher ewewantt ogo
andpoi ntoutsomeoft heroadswhichwemayt aket ogettoother
s.Obj
ecti
vesmake
concr et
eandr ealthi
ngsforwhi chwest r
ive.Obj ecti
vesmakei tpossi
bleforust o
evaluatetheext entt
owhichwehav eappr oachedar eali
zati
onofourfundament al
aspirati
ons.

NewmanandSchat
zgav
ethef
oll
owi
ngst
epsi
npl
anni
ng,
thus:

1.Recogniti
onoft heneedf oract i
on– t hismayar i
sefrom demandsf ornew
programsandser vi
cesorot heract i
onf rom av ari
etyofresourceswhereinsome
kindofactioniscall
edf or.
2.Investi
gati
onandanal ysi
s–f actsoft hepr esentsituat
ionarest udi
edsot hat
possibleal
ternati
veplansmaybei dentif
ied.
3.Proposalforact i
on–basedont hei nvesti
gation,theadmi ni
str
atordevelopsor
proposescour sesofaction.Hei ni
tiatesaplan.
4.Decision–i nvol
vestwost eps:thet entati
vedeci si
onandt hefi
naldecisi
on.

Basi
cpl
anni
ngst
epsaccor
dingt
oSki
dmor
e

AccordingtoSkidmor e,“insoci
alworkandi nsoci alservi
ceanagency,planning
i
srecognizedasnev erbefore,tobeanessent i
ali ngredientintheeff
ectiv
edeli
v eryof
ser
v i
ces.Theplanningprocessi nmanagement,butt herear esomediff
erentemphases.”
Headdst hat“plannersi
nanagencyneedt ounder standcl ear
lytheai
msandpur poses
oftheagencychar t
erandpol i
cies.
”Ev er
yorganizationhashopesandaspi rat
ionsor
vi
sionswhi chinvolvesanex pl
icitval
uebase.Suchv isi
onneedsst r
ategytober eal
,
whichinturn,
hast obetranslatedintoanoper
ational plan.

Ski
dmoregiv
essev enstepswhi
char
epar
ti
cul
arl
yimpor
tanti
nthepl
anni
ng
pr
ocessi
nsoci
alwork.Theyar
easfol
l
ows:

1. Sel
ectobj
ecti
ves–obj ecti
vesaredesti
nati
on,goal
sort ar
gets.Theyr el
atet
o
pur
posesandpoli
ciesoftheagenci
es.Ther
earetwokindsofobject
ives,
namely:

a)Overal
landl ongrange–Thi sbasedont heaimsandpur posesofthe
agencycharterandpol
ici
es.
b)Specif
icandshor trange– Thi sinvolvesthepresentandimmediate
fut
ure.Planni
ngasanant i
cipator
yprocessshoul
dhav et
arget
swhichare
specif
ic,
simpleandatt
ainable.

Skidmorest atesthatsoci
alworkhasal sodev elopedast ronginteresti
nManagement
byObj ecti
ves( MBO)mustl ikethebusi nesssectorhas.Accor dingt ohim,‘MBO i sa
system appr oachtoimpr ov
ingoper at
ions.Itincludesinputs( beginni
ngs,resources,
goals,object
ives,andrel
atedoperat
ion);acti
vi
ties(theactualdoingandachi evi
ng);and
output(resul
ts).

ManagementbyObj
ect
ives

I
nput
s(Obj
ect
ives) Acti
vit
ies Out
put
s
(Act
ions) (
Resul
ts)

Twomai
nki
ndsofgoal
saccor
dingt
oSki
dmor
e:

 St
rat
egi
cgoal
s,whi
char
econcer
nedwi
thdev
elopi
ngnewi
deasandwi
thov
eral
l

358
orl
ongrangepl
anningand
 Oper
ati
onalGoal
s,whichar
especi
fi
candmeasur
abl
e.

Anot
hernew conceptwhichisbei
ngusedinsoci
alser
viceagenci
esaswel
lasi
n
busi
ness,
theconceptofst
rat
egi
cpl
anni
ng.

St
rategi
cplanni
ngaccordingtoSkidmore,putsmajorf ocusonlookingahead
real
ist
icall
yasmuchaspossi bleandincl
udesspeci
ficl
ong-rangegoals.Furt
her,soci
al
workeducat ionandpracti
ce hvefocusedrecent
lyon“behav i
ouralobj
ecti
vewhi chis
specif
ic,usuall
ysi
mple,obser
vabl
e,measurabl
eandreali
sti
c.”

2. Consi deragencyr esour ces–Consi dert heagency ’seconomi cresour ces( budget
andmoni esav ail
abl e),thephy sicalr esour ces( agencyf acil
iti
es),t heper sonnel
andst aff( numberav ailable, theirqual it
yorcompet enci es,atti
tudesandf eelings).
3. Enumer at et heal ternat i
ves–Consi dernumer ouspat hs,car eful
lydescr i
bet hese
andant icipat eeach.Cr eativity, f
reewi l
l
ingdi scussi onsandt alkswi thindiv i
dual s
willhel pi ncomi ngoutwi thal ternat i
v es.
4. Anticipat et he out comes ofeach al ternative – Thi sincludes t he fol l
owi ng;
anticipat eandest imat ewhati sl ikelyt ohappenwhenanact i
onoccur s,l ooksat
vari
ousv ant agepoi ntswhati slikelyt ohappen,wei ght hechoi cesandcomeup
withwhati sbest .
5. Deci deont hebestpl an–Set tingt hepr iori
tiesi sneeded.Wei ght heal ternat i
ves
andchoi cesofobj ect ivesf ort heirsi gnif i
canceandf easibil
it
yandsomear emor e
i
mpor tantt han ot her s,some need i mmedi ate act ion,whi le ot hers can be
post poned.
6. Planaspeci fi
cpr ogr am f oract i
on–Tor eacht heagr eedupont arget sabl ueprint
ormapmaki ngshoul dbepr epar edwher eint hest ep- bystepact ioni sout l
ined
and r ecor ded.Af terdeci ding on t he pr i
orities,a t ime char tt o achi ev et he
object i
v esi sessent ial.Thet imet abl ewi l
lhelpi nmaki ngthebl uepr intcomeal ive
andt oimpl ementt hepl ansef f
ect ively.
7. Beopent ochange– Fl exibi l
ityi sf undament alinpl anning.Theor iginalpl an
shoul dbef ollowed.Howev er,changeof t
enoccur saspl anni ngispr ogr ammed
andi mpl ement ati
ont akespl ace.

Compet entadmini
st r
ator
sadv ocat
echangingplansatanymomentifthechangewi
ll
bri
ng inf acil
it
ati
ver esources orbet terprocedur
ef ormoving ahead.Rigidi
tyi
s
unaccept
abl ei
nplanning.
Amongt heti
met ablemechanismsbei ngusedinscalworkist heGanttChar
t.
Thisi
susedasapl anningandcont r
oltechni
que.

CaseManagement

Fastbecomi nga“ majorcomponentinsocialworkpract


iceespeci al
lyi
nl ar
ger
agenci
esandi nint
ervent
ionwithcomplexandf r
agmentedservi
ces“ .Skidmorefurt
her
ci
tesanddi scussestheemphasi sofcasemanagementwhi chisonef fecti
veplanni
ng.
Alt
houghr ootedincasework,groupworkandcommuni tyorganizat
ion,itsapproachis
uni
que.CaseManagementi slikewi
seconsideredasawayt o achi evebettercost
eff
ecti
venessandcostcont rol
.

CaseManagement–i samet hodofpr ovidingser


viceswherebyaprof
essi
onal
soci
alwor kerassesses the needs oft he cl
ientand the cli
ent’
sf ami
l
yand when
appr
opri
ate,arranges,coordi
nates,moni t
ors,evaluatesandadv ocat
esapackageof
mult
ipl
eser vi
cestomeetthespeci f
iccl
ients’
scompl exneeds.

Pr
act
iceKeyski
l
lssi
gni
fi
cantt
oCaseManagement(
Vour
leki
s&Gr
eene)

1.Clientidenti
fi
cati
onandoutreach
2.Indivi
dual andfamil
yassessmentanddi
agnosi
s
3.Planningandr esour
ceidenti
fi
cati
on
4.Linkingclient
stoneededresources

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5.Serv
iceimplementat
ionandcoor
dinat
ion
6.Monitor
ingandservi
cedeli
ver
y
7.Advocacytoobtai
nservi
ces
8.Eval
uati
on

SummedupbySki
dmor e,Casemanagementemphasi
zespl
anni
ng,
coor
dinat
ion,
i
ntegr
ationofnet
wor
kser
vices,
moni t
ori
ngandfol
l
ow-up.

Pl
ansmay
besubst
ant
iveorpr
ocedur
al.

1. Subst anti
vepl an – desi gned to achievepr ogr am objecti
ves.Itcallsfort he
formul ati
onofbr oadi ssuesconf ronti
ngt hepr ogram.Itcall
sf ort
heformulation
ofbr oadi ssuesconf ronti
ngt hepr ogram.Forexampl e,plansmaybemadef or
thedifferentprogramsandact i
vi
tiestobeunder takentoachievetheobject
ives.
2. Procedur alplan– wheni ti sdesignedf ort heor ganizat
ionalstr
ucturewi t
hin
which ar e embodi ed the v ari
ous admi nistr
ative mechanisms such as rules,
guidelines,SOP’s,reporti
ngr equir
ement s,etc.

Accordi
ngtoEhl
ers,etal
.,themajortypeofplanni
nginanyorgani
zati
onis
r
esour
ceplanni
ngwhi
chincl
udefi
nances,
faci
l
iti
es,
equi
pments,suppl
i
esandper
sonnel
.

To make t
he progr
am mor e eff
ecti
ve,the wor kerhas tol ook bey
ond the
resour
cesofhisownagency .Aftercaref
ull
yformul at
inganddesigningapr oj
ect
,itis
equall
yimpor
tantt
owrit
eapr oposalwhichwillat
tractt
henecessaryfunding.

Thef
oll
owi
ngbr
oadheadi
ngsanddi
vi
sionsconst
it
utet
hepr
oposal
for
mat
;thus:

1.Thet i
tl
epage
2.Proposalsummar y
3.Int
roduction/Backgr
ound
4.Problem statementorassessmentofneed
5.Program objecti
ves
6.Met hods
7.Evaluati
on
8.Budget
9.Futurefunding
10.Or
ganizati
on

Pl
anni
ngPr
inci
ples

Accor
dingt
oHar
lei
ghTr
ecker
,theseconst
it
utet
hepr
inci
plesofpl
anni
ng:

1.Planningshoul dgr ow outoft heexpr essedi nterest sandneedsoft heper sons


whocompr iset heagency .Theagendaf orpl anningshoul dincludethei deasof
allr
atherthant hei mposi ti
onofone.
2.Thosewhowi l
l bedi rectl
yaf fectedbyt her esult
sofpl anni ngshoul dhav eashar e
i
nt hemaki ngoft hepl an.Iti saxi omat icthatper sonsar emor eimpor tantt han
plansandt hatt hemeani ngofpl anni ngi nt ermsofi tsdi r
ecti mplicationsf or
peoplemustbeaf irstconsider ation.
3.Planningmusthav eanadequat ef act ualbasi s.Theext entt owhi chpl ansar e
basedonf act sr ef l
ect sther eali
tyor ient ati
onoft hepl anner s.
4.Themostef fectiv epl anshav ecomeoutoft hepr ocesswhi chcombi nesf ace-t o-
facemet hodswi thmor eformal met hodsofcommi tteewor k.
5.The pl anning pr ocess mustbe i ndi viduali
zed orpar ti
cularized because of
diff
erencesi nsi t uat i
ons.Goodpl anningcal l
sf orv arietyandacombi nationof
approachesi ndigenoust ot hesi tuationi nwhi chwear e.
6.Planningr equirespr ofessionall eader shi p.Thepr of essi onalmustdef inehi sr ole
andhel pot herst ounder st
andi t.
7.Planning r equir es t he effor t
s ofv olunteers,non- professionals,communi ty
l
eader saswel laspr ofessional s.Thedi vi
sionofr esponsi bi
li
tiesbetweent hese

360
groupst oasat isfact oryprosecut i
onofapr ogr am.I tisnecessar ytoall
ocateand
coor dinatetheser esponsi bil
iti
esaswel last odi videandi ntegratethem.
8.Pl anningcal lsfordocument ati
onandf ullrecor dingsot hatresultsofdiscussi
ons
and del iberati
onswi llbepr eser ved to pr ov idedi recti
onand cont i
nuity
.Iti s
impor tantt o ut i
lize r ecords f orpur pose ofsummar y and f orpurpose of
ev al
uat i
on.
9.Pl anningshoul dmakeuseofexi stingpl ansandr esourcesr atherthanst ar
ting
from scr atchwi thev erynewpr oblem.I tisf undament altobui l
dupont hatwhi ch
weal r
eadyhav e,pr ovidedi tissoundandf urnishesaf i
rmf oundat i
on.
10.Planningi sdependentupont hinkingpr iort oact i
on.“ Pl
anningi sfundament all
y
ani ntell
ectualpr ocess, ament alpr edi
sposi tiont odot hi
ngsi nanor derl
yway ,to
thinkbef oreact i
on, andacti nt helightoff actsr atherthanguesses.
Hungat edef i
nesapr ogram asauni tofpl annedpur posi
veact ion.Programmi ng
i
st hepr ocessofpr epar ingorset tingupt hepr ogr am i nvol
vingaspeci fi
ct ypeof
ser
vices.

Sampl
ePr
ogr
am For
mat

Tar ge
I
dent
if
ied Str
ategic
Pr
ogr
am Obj
ect
ives I
ndi
cat
ors t Resources
need Acti
vit
ies
Dat es
Wholesom Spor
tsf
es Topr
ovide Less Meeting May Jay cees
e t whol
esom gambl ing wit
h 1st

recr
eati
on eact
ivi
ti
es and Barangay Li
ons
forout-
of- i
ncr eased Leaders&
school i
nv olvemen Kabataang
youth tinspor t
s Barangay
(OSY)
Organizati
o
nof
Commi t
tees
torecrui
t
parti
ci
pant s

Trai
ningof
part
ici
pant
s

B.
3. Or
gani
zat
ion

Or
gani
zat
ioni hast
sbot ruct
ureandapr
ocess.

Astructure-isl i
keaskel etonoft hehumanbodyort heframeworkofahouse.As
apr ocessi tmeans,t heset tingupoft heindiv
idualsandf unct
ionsint
opr oducti
ve
rel
ati
onshi pandai medt owar dst heaccompl i
shmentofcer t
aincommonobj ecti
ves.The
cooper at
ivespiri
tamongt heempl oyeeswor ki
ngt oget
herismor eimportantthanthe
organizati
onalst ructureitself.Nomat t
erhow goodt hest r
uctur
ei sonpaperi fthe
peoplecannotgetal ongwel l
wi theachot her,
thegoalscannotbeachieved.
Theor ganizationalstruct ure-isthepat t
ernornetwor kofrel
ati
onshipsbetween
thevariousposi t
ionsandt hei ndividualsholdi
ngsuchposi t
ions.

Ther
ear
etwot
ypesofor
gani
zat
ional
str
uct
urear
e:

361
1.Formalorgani
zationalst
ructure–ref
erstoonewhichi
sestabli
shedbylaw.
2.I
nformalorganizati
onalstructur
e–r ef
erstotheoneest
ablishedunconsci
ousl
y
bythespont aneousgr oupingsofpersonsandconsist
sofr ul
es,senti
ments,
tr
adit
ionsandcust oms.

Ki
ndsofFor
malOr
gani
zat
ion

1.Thelineor ganization–concer nedwi t


hwor ki
ngtowardspr i
mar yservi
cegoals–
l
ineaut horit
yisf r
om t opt obot tom orthesupervi
sor
-subordinaterel
ati
onshi
p;
2.Thefunct ionalor ganization–f ocusesont hefuncti
onoract i
vit
iesineachunit
witht he functionalspeci al
istorst affsuperv
isi
ng the activi
ti
es ofa single
subordinate.
3.Theli
neandst af forgani zati
on–madeupofl i
neandst af
funi t
sexerti
ngauthori
ty
overtheirsubor dinates;
4.Thecommi t
teet ypeofor ganizati
on–wher eagroupofper sonsactasbodyand
perf
ormf uncti
onal ,stafforlineduties.

Exampl
eofl
ineor
gani
zat
ion:

Exampl
eoff
unct
ionalor
gani
zat
ion

362
Exampl
eofLi
neandSt
affOr
gani
zat
ion:

a.

363
b.

Exampl
eofacommi
tt
eet
ypeor
gani
zat
ion

I
n appr
aisi
ng the agency’
sf ormaland inf
ormalstruct
ure,t
her
e ar
ethr
ee
concept
swhicharesi
gnif
icant
lyspeci
al.Thesear
ethefol
l
owing:

364
1.Lines ofauthority– Aut horit
yher e means t he speci f
ic administrati
ve and
supervi
soryresponsi bil
i
tiesofsuper v
isorst otheirsuper vi
sees.Agencypol i
cy
usuall
yspeci
fiest heselinesofaut hor i
tyinwr i
ti
ng.”
2.ChannelsofCommuni cation–I nf ormallineofaut hori
ty,communi cationshould
fl
owhar moniouslyandsy nchr onistical
lyalongthel i
nesofaut hori
ty.Forexampl e,
supervi
sees ar e supposed t o communi cat
e pr i
mar il
y witht heiri denti
fi
ed
supervi
sorsfordi recti
onandf eedback.Li kewise,“supervisorsaresupposedt o
communi cat
edi rectlywi t
ht heirsuper vi
seesandt hemanager swhosuper vi
se
them.”
3.Dimensionofpower–AshmanandHul lJr.State,“Poweri sthepot enti
alabil
it
y
tomov epeopl eonachosencour set oproduceanef fectorachievesomegoal .

Thesameaut horssay ,“Dimensi onsofpowerar esupposedt ofol
lowt hel i
nesof
author
ity.

Model
sofOr
gani
zat
ion

1.Bur
eaucr
ati
cf or
m or ganizat
ion– thi
si saformalonewhi
chcanbeseenas
pyr
amid,
thati
s,thereisoneaut hor
it
yont opandt
hebasei
sunder
.Thechai
nof
commandistheref
oref r
om toptobottom.

a)El
ements
Accor
dingt
oor
gan,
bur
eaucr
acyi
scomposedoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.A pre-set system of pr ocedures and r ul


es f
or deal
i
ng wi
th al
l
cont
ingenci
esr elati
ngtoworkactivi
ti
es;
2.Adivi
sionoflaborbasedonspeci ali
zati
on;
3.Promotionandsel ecti
onbasedont echni
calcompet
ence;
and
4.Impersonal
it
yinhumanr el
ati
ons

b)Di
sti
nct
iveChar
act
eri
sti
cs

1.Theor gani zationoper atesaccor di


ngt oabodyofl awsorr ules,whi char e
consistentandhav enor mal l
ybeeni ntentional lyestabli
shed
2.Everyof fi
cialissubj ectt oani mper sonal orderbywhi chhegui deshi sact i
ons.
Inturn,hi sinst ructionshav eaut horityonl yi nsof arast heyconf ormt ohi s
generallyunder stoodbodyofr ul
es;obedi encei sduet ohi sof fi
ce, nott ohim
asani ndiv i
dual .
3.Eachi ncumbentofanof ficehasaspeci fiedspher eofcompet ence,wi th
obli
gations, aut horityandpowert ocompel obedi encestrictl
ydef i
ned.
4.Theor gani zationofof fi
cesf oll
owst hepr incipleofhi erarchyt hatiseach
l
owerof fi
cei sundert hecont rolandsuper v isionofahi gherone.
5.Thesupr emeheadoft heor ganization,andonl yheoccupi eshi sposi t
ionby
appropriations,byel ection,orbybei ng desi gnated as successor .Ot her
offi
cesar ef i
ll
ed, i
npr incipl e,byfr eesel ectionandcandi dat esar esel ectedon
thebasi sof“ techni cal qual ifi
cati
ons” .Theyar eappoi nt
ed, notel ected.
6.Thesy stem al soser vesasacar eerl adder .Ther eispr omot i
onaccor dingt o
seniori
tyorachi ev ement .Pr omot ioni sdependentuponhi sj udgement .
7.Theof ficialwhoi npr i
nci ple,isexcl udedf rom anyowner shi pr i
ghtsi nt he
concern,ori nhi sposi t
ion,i ssubj ectt odi sci pl
ineandcont rolint heconduct
ofhisof fi
ce.

2.Democr
aticfor
m –whi
chismorei
nfor
malandempl
oyeespar
ti
cipat
eandshar
e
i
ndeci
sion-maki
ng,
pol
i
cy,
etc.

a)Character
isticsofdemocr ati
corgani zati
onsaccor dingtoJohns:
1.Deci si
onsr egar
dinggoalsandobj ecti
ves,plansandpr oceduresaremade
byallconcer nedpersonsort heirselectedrepresent
ati
v es.
2.Cooper ationofst aff,board and commi tteesi scul
tivated i
nor dert
o
establ
ishasmoot hwor kingrelati
onship.
3.Pr omot ionorselectionfornewordi ff
erentwor koppor t
unit
iesbasedon

365
thevari
edabilit
iesandexper
iencesoftheworker
s,withaneyetowards
thei
rpersonaldevel
opmentaswellasthegoodoftheagency
.
4.Warm,fr i
endl
y,cooperati
ver
elati
onshi
psbasedongr ouporteam spi
ri
t
concept
sar eencouraged.

3.Adhocr
acy–whi chisamodi f
iedor ganizati
onalstructureandisabl
endofthe
bur
eaucrat
icanddemocrat
iccharacteri
stics;Treckerrefer
stothi
sasamodif
ied
bur
eaucrat
ichi
erar
chyandther
eist heflatteni
ngoft hepy r
amid.

a)Char
act
eri
sti
cs:
1.Centr
aladmini
str
ati
vecontr
oli
ssti
llr
etai
ned.
2.Deci
sionandservi
cedeli
ver
yaredecentr
ali
zedandshar
ed.
3.Theli
neofcommuni cat
ionf
rom t
hetoptobottom i
sshort
er.

4.Coll
egi
alorprofessionalteam model–whi chaccor
dingt
oTreckeremphasi
zes
the“gr
oupofpr ofessionalcol
leaguesor
ganizedinacoll
abor
ati
velif
est
ylet
hat
pri
zeswell
-usedchannelsofcommuni cat
ion.”

a)Characteristi
cs:
1.Mut ual t
rustamongthegroupmember s
2.Cl ari
tyonhowandwher edecisionsaremadeaswel lasaccount
abi
l
ity
,
3.Inv olvementoftheteam member s
4.Del egat i
onofr esponsi
bil
it
iesandaut horit
ywi t
hbuil
t-i
nev al
uat
ionto
determi nehowresponsibi
li
ti
esar ecarri
ed-out.
5.Maxi mum i nf
ormalcommuni cation
6.Recogni ti
onofspecialr
esourcesi ntheagencyandinthecommunit
y
7.St ressont hegrowthoftheper sonsinvolv
ed.

Ki
ndsofor
gani
zat
ional
char
t

Anor ganizat
ionalchar t– i
sapi ctor
ialpr
esentat
ionoftheform whichthe
organi
zati
onstructur
et akes.I
tshowshowwor kisdivi
ded,whatwor
keachperson,uni
t,
secti
on,et
c.Isresponsiblefor
,whodir
ect
st heworkortheli
neofaut
hor
it
y,andtowhom
oneistoreport

Accor
dingt
oDav
isandFi
l
ley
,thet
hreecommonki
ndsofchar
tsar
e:

1.Ver t
icalchart–t hi
sshowst hepositi
onofaut hor
it
yatt hetopwi ththedif
fer
ent
l
ev elsinahor i
zontalposit
ionandt hefuncti
onsrunni
ngv erti
cal
ly.
2.Hor i
zontalchar t– thisshowst heposi t
ionofaut hor
ityont hel eftsi
deand
presentst hediff
erentlevelsinav er
ticalposi
ti
onwhi l
ethef uncti
onsareshown
horizontal
ly.
3.Circularchart–t hi
sshowst heposit
ionofauthori
tyfrom themi ddl
eofthecir
cle
andt hefunctionsflowfrom thecenter.

Exampl
eofver
ti
calor
gani
zat
ionchar
t

366
Exampl
eofahor
izont
alor
gani
zat
ionchar
t

a.

367
b.

Exampl
eofci
rcul
archar
t
a.

368
b.

Pr
inci
pleofor
gani
zat
ion

1.Wor kspeci al
izationordi vi
sionofwor k–inor dertoachievei t
sobj ect
ives,the
taskt obeaccompl i
shedmaybedi vi
dedandassi gnedtotheper sonnelqualif
ied
todot het ask.Thi swill
pr omot eimprovedperformance.
2.Unityofcommand–eachandev erymemberoft heorganizat
ionshoul dreportto
oneandonl yonesuper visor.
3.Spanofcont rol– t herei sal i
mitast othenumberofpeopl eaper soncan
super visewel l
; usuall
yfrom f iv
et osevenisagoodnumber .
4.Homogeneousassi gnment–j obsmustber elat
edandal l
ied,functi
onsmustnot
overlap;f unctionsmustbespeci fi
c,cl
ear
-cut,everyassi
gnmentort askmustbe
withi
nt her angeofaccompl i
shmentoft heper sonassignedt odot hejob;all
functionsofev eryuni tmustbeassi gnedtospecifi
cpersons.

369
5.Del egat i
on ofaut hori
ty– r esponsi bili
ti
es assi gned mustcar ry wi tht hem
correspondi ngaut horit
yf ordeci sion-maki ng; scalarauthorityfrom t opt obot tom;
l
imitt henumberofdel egatedf unct i
ons; delegat i
onofaut hor i
tyandr esponsi bi l
ity
stemsatt helowestoper ationall evel;commandr esponsibili
tyr estwi t
ht he
admi nistrator.
6.Hi erarchicalorscal arpr i
nciple–menar eor gani zedi ngroupsunderl eader swi t
h
ascendi nganddescendi ngl ev elsofaut hor it
y .Whenshowni nt hechar t
,t he
hier
ar chyassumest hef orm ofapy r
ami d.
7.Li ne and st aff pr i
nciple – The l ine peopl e are directl
yi nvolv ed i nt he
i
mpl ement ati
onandaccompl i
shmentofobj ect i
ves.Thest affpeopl eassi stt he
l
ineper sonnelbyt heirspeci alizedknowl edgeandski ll
s.Theaut hor i
tyofst aff
peoplei stheaut hor i
tyofknowl edgeandi deas.Thei rwor kisal ongpl anni ng,
advising,etc.
8.Di vi
sionofl abor–Fort hev astor ganizationt oachi eveitsobj ective,t heremust
bedi v i
sion ofl abor .Onl yt hosequal i
f i
ed f ort heper formanceofa speci al
functionshoul dbeassi gnedt ot hejob.
9.A shor tchai nofcommand– t hereshoul dbeasf ew l evelsofsuper vision
between t he t op management and t he r ank and f i
l
e.The shor ter t he
admi nistrati
vedi stance,t hel esschancest her ear ef ordistorti
onofor ders,and
thebet teristhef lowofcommuni cati
on.
10.Balance– t heremustber easonabl ebal ancebet ween t hesi zeofdi fferent
depar tment s,andcent rali
zationanddecent ralizati
oni ndecision-maki ng.

B.
4.St
aff
ingorper
sonnelmanagement

Accor
dingtot heSociet
yofPer sonneladmi ni
str
ati
on,“
Staf
fi
ngorper sonnel
managementoradmi nist
rat
ionist hear
tofacqui ri
ng,devel
opi
ngandmai ntai
ninga
competentworkf
orceinsuchamannerast oaccompl i
shwit
hmaximum ef
fi
ciencyand
economythefuncti
onsandobject
ivesoft
heorganizat
ion“.

Obj
ect
ivesofst
aff
ing

1.Tosecureanddev elopadequat
eandef fici
entper
sonnelt
oaidmanagementi
n
accomplishi
ngthegoal soft
heorganizat
ion.
2.To aidev er
ypersonnelt o dev
elopandper f
orm totheli
mitofhiscapaci
ty
recogni
zi
nghi si
nterestsandcompetency.

Thest
aff
ingpr
ocess

1.Effective-r ecr uit


ment ,sel ection,and hi r
ing – ev ery agency usual ly has a
per sonnelpol i
cyandsel ect i
onpr ocedur e.Thisi nvolv esf i
rstaj obdescr iption
prepar edaf teraj obanal y sishasbeendone.Thej obdescr iptionshouldincl ude:
adescr ipti
onoft heposi tion,whatt heposi ti
oni sandt owhom t heper soni s
responsi ble,dut i
esandr esponsi bil
it
ies,qualif
icati
ons, rel ationships.
2.Placement–oncet heappl icantishiredi ti
sassumedt hathei sther i
ghtper son
fort herightjob.
3.Orientation ori nduct i
on and t rai
ning – despi tet he new empl oyee’sfor mal
educat ion,managementshoul dpr oceedont hepr emi set hatt henewempl oy ee
knowsl itt
leofwhatheneedst oknowaboutt heagency .I tist heresponsibili
tyof
the agency t o givet he empl oyee the needed i nfor mat ion int he form of
orientation.
Orientationori nduct ioni sthepr oceduref ori ntroduci ngthenew wor ker
tot heagency ’shi story,objectives,organizati
onandst andar doper ati
ngpol icies
andpr ocedur es, r
ulesandr egul ati
ons,benef i
ts,serviceset c.I tisthefir
stpar tof
theov er al
l t
rainingpr ogram oft henewwor kersint heagency .
4.Promot ion– Thi sr eferst ot headv ancementofawor kert oabet t
erj obor
posi ti
oni ntermsofgr eaterr esponsibil
it
ies,mor epr est ige, andgr eaterskil
lsand

370
usual lyi ncreasesi nsal ary .Fact orst obeconsi der edi npr omot ionar emer itand
per formanceorseni orit
y .
5.Tr ansf er–t hisist hemov ementoft hewor kerf r
om oneposi t
iont oanot herwi th
basi callyt he same r esponsi bili
ti
es and sal aryl ev el.Thi si s a hor izont al
mov ementasagai nstt hev ertical mov ementofpr omot i
on.
6.Per formanceAppr aisalorr ating–Thi sist hesy stemat i
cper i
odi cinv entor yor
appr aisalofaper son’ schar acteristics,pot ent ial
ityandper formancet hrough
obser vationbyar ateronabasi sofasy stemat i
canduni for m per formance
standar dorgoal s,madebyt heempl oyeeandempl oyer .Itisusedt oequi tabl y
andwi selydeci def orpr omot ions,t ransfer ,reduct i
onorl ay-offs,t odet ermi ne
trainingneeds, andasi ncent i
v eandbasi sf oref fectivesuper vi
sion.
7.Wageandsal aryadmi nistrati
on–t hepayt hatt hewor kerr eceivesi sani ncent ive
todohi sjobwel l
.Thoughasoci alwor keri sexpect edt owor kbecauseofhi s
commi tmentt oser v e,hemusthi msel fsurv i
v e;hencehewor kst oear nal i
ving.
8.Di sci pline–t hisist hef orcet hatpr ompt sani ndi vi
dualorgr oupt oobser ver ules,
regul ationsandpr ocedur est hatar edeemednecessar yt ot heat tainmentoft he
obj ectives.I tshoul dnotbeseenasapuni shmentbutr atherasaf orm of
educat ion.I ti st he empl oyer ’
s act ion agai nstempl oyees f ori nfract i
on of
companyr ulesandpol icies.Iti sapr ocessofcont r
ol.
9.Empl oy eebenef itsandser vi
ces–I naddi tiont odi rectwageswhi cht hewor ker
recei ves, asuppl ement alcompensat ionorser viceisgi venbyt heagencywhi chi s
cal l
edempl oy ee’
sbenef it
sorf ringebenef i
ts.
10.Tur n-ov er,separ ation,r etirement–t ur n-overr ef erst ot heshi ftandr eplacement
ofper sonnel .Itmaybeduet osepar at i
on, retirement ,deat handdi sabili
ty .

St
affDev
elopment

Accor
dingt
oSki dmor e,t
he“MethodsofStaffDev
elopment
”ar
ethef
oll
owi
ng:
1.Lectures
2.Casepr esent ati
on
3.Roleplay ing
4.Self
-devel opmentpr ogram
5.Groupact ions
6.Gameexer cises
7.Libr
aryfaci l
i
ties
8.Continuingpr ofessi
onaleducat
ion(
CPE)
9.Exchanges

B.5.Di
rect
ing

–isapr ocessofimplementingthet ot
alplanandbr i
ngingint
obeingallt he
necessar
yandav ai
labl
eresourcestoachiev
et heobject
ives.I
tisacondit
ionstaskof
makingdeci
sionsandembody i
ngthem i
naspeci f
icandgeneralor
dersandi
nstruct
ions.

Accor
dingt
oDav
isandFi
l
ley
:

 Iti
sthef uncti
onofconst r
ainingandr egulati
ngactionbyi nt
erpr
eti
ng,explaini
ng
andinstr
uct i
ngsubor dinat
esaboutt herequir
ementsoft heplanorsomephases
ofit
.
 Iti
sacommuni cationbyasuper visor,concerni
ngtheper f
ormanceexpectedand
theauthori
tygr antedt othesubor dinat
ef orsuchperfor
mance.
 Iti
sdesignedt ogiv ether espondentbot hinfor
mat i
onandunder st
andingoft he
worktobedone.
 Iti
salsoconcer nedwi ththewayanexecut i
veorsupervisori
ssuesinst
ructionto
thesubordinates

Di
rect
ingmeans–

 Encour
agi
ng subor
dinat
es t
o wor
ktowar
d achi
evi
ng company obj
ect
ives

371
(ReineckeandSchoel l1980)
 Iti
st hehuman,peopl e-
to-
peopl
easpectofmanagi ngbywhichsubor di
natesare
mot ivated,persuaded,andl edtoeffect
ivel
yandef f
ici
entl
ycont r
ibutetowards
reali
zingt hev eryreasonsf orwhichtheent er
pri
seort hecompanyhasbeen
established.
 Thismanagementf uncti
onissomet i
mesr efer
redtoasi nf
luenci
ng,act uat
ing,
guiding, orsi
mplyleadingormotivati
ng.

Di
recti
ngisi
ssui
ngi
nst
ruct
ions.Ev
eryi
nst
ruct
ionshoul
dpossesst
hesebasi
c
f
eat
uresaccordi
ngt
oNewmanandSchatz:

1.Compli
anceshoul
dbereasonabl
e
2.I
tshoul
dbecompleteastowhatistobedoneandwhen.
3.I
tshoul
dbecleart
othepersonrecei
vi
ngi
t.

St
epsi
ndi
rect
ing:

1.Setti
ngupt hemaj orresponsi
bil
it
ies,per
sons, uni
ts,branches
2.Placingt hejobs,r esponsibi
li
ti
es,andf unctionspr operl
yinanor
gani
zat
ional
pattern.
3.I
ssui ngthedi
r ecti
ons, speci
alassignmentsandor ders.
4.Cont rol
l
ingordi r
ectingclosel
ybybasi cpoli
ciesandpl ans.

B.
6. Cont
rol
li
ng

Contr
oll
i
ngi sdefi
nedaccordi
ngt
oDavisandFi
l
leyas“
Theworkofconstr
aini
ng,
coordi
nat i
ngandr egulat
ingacti
oninaccor
dancewit
hplansfort
heachievementof
specif
iedobjecti
ves.

I
tinv
olv
es:

 Itinvolvesest ablishingofstandar ds,guides,orr equirementsasabasisf or


measur ingandev aluati
ngperformanceagai nstobjecti
ves.
 Italsoinv olvesmot ivati
onofpeopl etoachi evethesest andar
dsandnecessary
correct
iveact i
onwhenper f
ormancedev i
atesfrom theplan.
 Itist he f unctions ofmaki ng acti
on conf orm t o standar
ds t
hatassur e
satisf
act oryaccompl ishmentoftheobj ect
ivesofapl an.

Essent
ialst
epsi
nthecont
rol
process:

1.Sett
ingstandar
dsatstrat
egi
cpoint
s
2.Checkingandrepor
ti
ngonper f
ormance
3.Gett
ingfeedbackori
nformat
ionaboutt
her
esul
tsofper
for
mance;
and
4.Taki
ngcor r
ecti
veacti
on

Somemet
hodsofcont
rol
li
ng:

Contr
olinvolv
es:
1.Repor ti
ng
2.Settingdeadli
nes
3.Inspection
4.Pr i
orapprovalofpr
oject
s

B.7. Coor
dinat
ion

372
Coordinati
on–i sthepr ocessofinterrel
ati
ngthevari
ouspar tsofthewor kofan
agencysot hatitfuncti
onsasawhol e.
Itisapr ocessbywhi chcooper ati
on,agr eementandunder st
andi ngar esecuredto
suppor tacommonendeav our .
Iti
sal soapr ocesswher ebyasuper vi
sor/executi
vedevel
opsanor derlypatt
ernofgroup
effortamonghi ssubor dinatesandsecur esuni t
yofacti
oninthepur suitofthecommon
purpose.
Ittherefor
ecal l
sf oreffectiveleadershi
pt oassurecoordinat
ionnotonl yoft hejobor
functionbutalsooft heper sonnel’
seffor
ts

Coordi
nati
ont
akespl
acebet
weenpeopl
e,l
i
nki
ngor
gani
zat
ion,
funct
ionsandt
he
gr
oupsofpeople.

Ty
pesofcoor
dinat
ion

1. Coor dinati
onoft hought s–t hishast odowi t
ht herelati
onshipbet weenment al
act i
viti
es.Thedev elopmentofst andar dsoft houghtandact ioni simportant
sincei tai dsincommonunder st
andi ngoft heact i
ont obet aken.Common
measur es,termi nology,speci ficat
ionorphi losophyar eal lexampl esofsuch
basi caidst ocoor di
nat i
onoft hought .Aunit
yoft houghtisal soaprerequi
sit
ef or
ameet ingofmi nds, hencei simpor tantindevelopingandmai nt
aini
ngmor aleas
wel l
.
2. Coor dinati
onofact i
on–t hishast odopr i
mar i
lywithest abli
shingharmonious
relati
onshipbet weenphy sicalactivi
t i
es.Thepr opert r
ainingandsequenceof
phy sicalacti
vit
iesar eest ablished.

For
msofcoor
dinat
ion

1. Perpendi cularorver ticalcoor dinati


on–t hi
sisef fectedthrought hecompet ent
delegationofr esponsi bi
li
tyandt hecor respondingaut hori
tyfort heper f
ormance
ofev eryactf rom t helargestt ot hesmal lest
.Thescal arpri
nci
pl eofor ganizati
on
whichext endsf rom topt obot tom wi t
ht heauthor i
tycomi ngfrom t hetopaswel l
asmai ntainingr esponsibili
tyf orseei ngt hatthej obi sdoneaf terithasbeen
delegatedi sanexampl ewher ev ert
icalcoor dinationisaf f
ect ed.Ideall
y ,thi
s
shouldbet wowaycoor di
nat i
on,t hatis,notonl yf rom topt obot t
om butal so
bottom t otop.
2. Hor i
zontalcoor dinati
onorcr osscoor dinat
ion– Thi srefer
st osuper vi
sor sor
execut i
ves on t he same l ev elcoor dinati
ng and r el
ati
ng t heiract i
vit
ies or
functionsamongt hemsel ves.Thi sisnecessar ysi ncetheact ionswi thi
none’ s
areaofr esponsi bili
tywi l
laffecttheot herpar t
soft heagencyandv ice-
versa.

Waysofef
fect
ivecoor
dinat
ion:

1.Cl
earli
nesofaut horit
yandr esponsibi
li
ty
2.Peri
odicreport
3.Eff
ecti
vecommuni cati
onsystem throughtheuseof
:
3.
1.Commi t
tees
3.
2.Staffmeet i
ngs/confer
ences
3.
3.Groupdeci si
on-makingtechniques

Inaddi
ti
ontotheabove,
“modernmanagementleansheavil
yonanotherconcept
’,
t
hati
s,coordi
nat
ionbyreasonoft
hef actt
hattheent
ir
estaffunderst
oodandaccepted
t
heorgani
zati
on’
sgoalsandobj
ect
ivesandresult
s(MBOR).

Cr
it
eri
aofasuccessf
ulcoor
dinat
ion:

1.I
tisnotforcedbyaut ocr
ati
cdi
recti
onbuti
sf oster
edbyl
eaderswhounderstand
t
hevalueoft hepart
ici
pati
vemanagement.
2.I
tisti
melyandext endsinabalancedor
ganizati
onandoper
ateshor
izont
all
yand
v
erti
call
y.

373
3.RensisLi kertnotedi nhi sBookon“ TheHumanOr gani zation”thatt herear e
conditi
ons whi ch shoul d be metby an or gani zation i fi ti st o achi evea
sati
sfact orysolutiont othecoor di
nationoff unctional pr oblems.
a)I tmustpr ov i
dehi ghlevelsofcooper ati
v ebehav i
ourbet weensuper visors
andsubor dinatesandespeci allyamongpeer s.
b)I tsmember sshoul dhaveconf idenceandt rustamongt hemsel ves.
c) I tmusthav etheor gani
zationalst r
uctureandt hei nteracti
onski llrequired
tosol vedifferenceandconf l
ictsandt oatt aincr eat i
vesol ut
ions.
d)I t must possess t he capaci t
yt o exer ti nf luences and t o cr eate
mot i
vati
onsandcoor di
nationwi thouttr
adi ti
onal formsofl i
neaut hori
ty.
e) I ts decisi
on- maki ng processes and super i
or-subor dinater el
at ionships
mustbesuchast oenableaper sont oper form hi sjobwel landwi thout
hazar dwhenhehast woormor esuper i
ors.
Teamwor
k

In administr
ati
on,Leadershi
p and support
iveteamwork can make a maj
or
di
ffer
ence i nt he servi
ces off
ered.Skidmore sayst hat “
staf
f worker
s worki
ng
cooperat
ivelyworkt oget
hercanbr i
ngresul
tsthatsurpassi
nquant i
tyandqual
it
ythe
mereadditionoft hecontri
but
ionofeach.Whent heydonotwor ktoget
herther
esult
s
maybenegat i
veordimini
shed.

Fi
vemaj
orpr
ocesses:

1. Communi cat i
on–shar i
ngofi deasandf eelingsandi nvolvesl i
steni
ngaswel las
i
nt eract i
ngandr efl
ect i
ngbacki deasandi nvolv
ebot hv erbalandnon- ver
bal
component s.
2. Compr omi se– duet oindividualdi f f
erences,i tisexpect edt hatwhent woor
mor epeopl ecommuni catewi theachot her ,thenextpr ocessi seit
hert oaccept
thepl ansorwor koutacompr omi se.
3. Cooper ation–Thi sisapr ocesswher etwoormor epeopl ear eworkingt ogether
and hel ping each ot her.Iti nvol ves doi ng one’ s own wor k eff
icientl
y and
effectivelyand maki ng successf ulcont ri
but i
ons t ot he agencyas a whol e.
Commi tmentoft imeandener gyi si nvolvedi ncooper ati
on.Compet itionamong
staffmember sistheenemyoft eamwor k.
4. Coor dinat ion – thisr equir
est hei nv olvementofal lstaffmember s.Her et he
“strandsofanagencyar eint er t
wi nedi nor ganizationandpr acti
cesot hatt he
agency ’sst rengt
hscomet ot hef oreandf r
ictionanddi ff
iculti
esar emi nimized.
5. Consummat ion – the act i
vities and pr ojects st arted wi t
h ot hers mustbe
compl eted.Amaj orpar tofthet eamwor kpr ocessi sbr ingingser vi
ceact ivi
tiesto
aconcl usion.

B.
8. Communi
cat
ion

Communi
cat
ionhasbeendef
ined:

 Isthatphaseofamanager ialprocessthattr
ansmi t
sideasf r
om oneper sont o
anotherforuseintheper f
ormanceofmanager i
alfuncti
ons.(
Davis&Fi l
ley)
 Thet r
ansf erofmeaningf rom oneper sontoanot herthr
oughsi gns,signals,or
symbolsf rom amutuall
yunder stoodlanguagesystem.(Al
bers)
 Itisat wo-way channeldi rected to al
lstaffand/ orboar d member sf or
tr
ansmi t
tingideas,plans,commands,r eport
sandsuggest i
onsconcer ningall
appropri
at eagencyt
asks,goal sandobjecti
veswhicharetobemet .(Belows)

Ski
dmorepoi
ntsoutt
hat‘communi
cat
ioni
nsoci
alwor
kadmi
nist
rat
ioni
sext
remel
y
i
mport
antf
orthr
eemai
nreasons,
namel
y:

1. Effecti
veness – communicati
on i
s basici nt he del
i
veryofservi
ces i nt
he
formulati
onofsoundpolici
esandindecision-maki
ng.Suchcommuni
cat i
onmust
bet wo-wayandmustbeademocr ati
cpr ocess.
2. Effi
ciency–st af
fmember smustcommuni cateopenl
yamongthemsel vest
he
procedures,met hods,cases,poli
cies,goal s,and eff
ici
entt
echniques for

374
expedi
ti
ngandi
mprov i
ngsoci
alser
vicesaswel
lascer
tai
npr
ocedur
eswhi
char
e
foundt
obeinef
fect
ive.

Essent
ialcomponent
sofcommuni
cat
ion
1.Sourceorsender
2.Messenger
3.Receiv
er– unlesst
herecei
verget
sandunder
standst
hemessage,ef
fect
ive
communicati
onhasnott
akenpl
ace

6maj
orpur
poseofadmi nist
rati
vecommuni cat
ion
1.Toclari
fywhati st obedone, how, andbywhom
2.Toreinf
orceident i
tywi t
hagencypur poses
3.Totransmitproblems, suggestions,ideas
4.Toreportprogress
5.Topromot eparticipati
on,and
6.Topromot esocial int
erchangeort opr ovi
derecogni
ti
on

Twopat
ter
nsofcommuni
cat
ion

1. FormalCommuni cat
ion–t hi
smeanst herati
onal
,pl
annedsy
stem ofpr
ocedures
andchannelsbywhichi nf
ormat
ionflowsf r
om thel
inesofauthor
it
yasseeni n
theorgani
zati
onalchart
.Thismayi ncludenotonlydownwardcommuni cat
ion
butal
soupwar dandcrosscommunication.

2. Inf
ormalcommuni cati
on – Thismeansthatcommunicationdoesnotfol
l
ow
channel
sofauthori
ty.I
nst
eadi ti
schannel
ledbyt
hesocialcontact
samongthe
peoplei
ntheagencyanditi
scommonl yknownas“gr
apevine”.

Cr
it
eri
aofEf
fect
iveCommuni
cat
ion

Communicat
ionismeanttofaci
l
itat
esomet hingandfori
ttobeef
fect
ive,
cer
tai
n
cr
it
eri
amustbeconsider
ed.Accor
dingt
oTr ecker
,theyareasfol
l
ows:

1.Thepur poseoft hecommuni cat i


onmustbecl earandmustbeunder standbythe
personmaki ngitandbyt heper sonreceiv
ingi t.
2.Bothspokenandwr i
ttenmat eri
almustbeascl earaspossi bleandsubj ectto
onei nt
erpret
ati
on.
3.Effecti
ve communi cation i s a ser i
es ofconsi stentact s.In ot herwords,
subsequentcommuni cat i
onsar econsistentlyrel
atedt oear l
i
ercommuni cat
ion
andav oidthehazar dofnul l
i
ficati
on.
4.Goodcommuni cati
oni st i
mel yinthatthoughti sgivent ot het i
mingatpoi ntof
i
ssueandt hereadinessont hepar tofther ecipi
ent.
5.Goodcommuni cati
oni st i
mel yinthatthoughti sgivent ot het i
mingatpoi ntof
i
ssueandt hereadinessont hepar tofther ecipi
ent.
6.Ingoodcommuni cati
on, thoughti sgiventot hechannel stobeut il
izedandt othe
distr
ibuti
onsot hatther ightper sonwillr
eceiv ethemat eri
als.

Thef
iveC’
sofCommuni
cat
ion

Asquoted bySkidmoref
rom Ful
mer
,theFi
veC’
swhi
ch ar
eimpor
tantf
or
ef
fect
ivecommuni
cat
ionsare:

1.Clar
ity– ambi guitymakesi tpossibl
eforpeopl
et ogivediff
erentsignalsand
dir
ectionev enatthesamet ime.Messagesshouldbesi mpl
eandcl ear.
2.Compl eteness–ani nst
ructionthatisonl
ypart
ial
l
ycompl et
eisdiff
iculttofol
low.
3.Conciseness–t heshorterapr esent
ati
on,t
hebet t
er,aslongasi tcov ersthe
subject.
4.Concreteness–communi cationshouldbeontarget
.Itshould bev eryspecif
ic,

375
ci
ti
ngnamesandexpectati
ons,sothatnomisunderst
andingari
ses.
5.Corr
ectness–Ifthefal
seinformati
onisreported,di
ff
icul
ti
esensuref
rom t
he
out
set.Accur
acyi
sessenti
al.

B.
9.Budget
ingandf
inanci
ng

Budget

 I
saf i
nanci
alplanwhetherforanagencyorapr ogr
am.
 Aplanofact i
onwhi chr epresent
st heor ganizat
ion’sblueprintf
orthecomi ng
monthsoryearsexpressedinmonet aryterms.(MalvinGross)
 “
Inthemostlit
eralsensethebudgeti sadocumentcont ainingwordsandfi
gures,
whi
chpr oposesexpendi t
uresf orcertai
ni temsandpur poses”andaddst hat
“budgetmaybechar acteri
zedasaser iesofgoal swi thpr i
cetagsatt
ached.”
(
Widausky)

Themainareasi nfi
nanci
aladminist
rati
onare:
1.Securingoffundsorincome
2.Using the funds i
n accordance wi
tht he object
ives oft
he organi
zati
on or
budget i
ng;and
3.Maintainingappr
opri
aterecordsoffi
nancialt
ransact
ionsoraccount
ingandal
so
audit
ing.

Conceptstounderst
and:
1. Accounti
ng – I
ti sthe ar
tofrecording,cl
assif
ying,and summarizing i
na
si
gnifi
cantmannerandintermsofmoneyt r
ansacti
onsorev entswhicharein
partofafi
nanci
alchar
act
erandanal
yzingandinter
preti
ngtheresul
tst
her eof
.

2. Recor di
ng – incl
udes making entr
ies,cl
assi
fyi
ng,includes sort
ing mass of
transacti
onsinanor der
lyandsystematicmanner,summar i
zi
ngmeansbr i
ngi
ng
togetherofaccounti
ngdatainaformt hatf
urt
herenhancestheinformati
on.

3. Auditi
ng–i sthest at
eofmaki nganaudi toranexami nat i
onofsomeoral lofthe
fol
lowing document s,r ecords,r eportssy stem ofmut ualcont rol
,accounting
proceduresandot herev i
dencesf oroneormor eoft
hef ollowingpurpose:
a)To det ermine the pr opriety,legality
,and mat hemat i
calaccuracy of
proposedorconsummat edt ransacti
on.
b)Ascer tainwhet heralltransact i
onshav ebeenrecor ded.
c) Det erminewhet hertransact i
onsar eaccur at
elyr eflect
edi ntheaccounts
and int hest atement sdr awn,t hereforeinaccor dancewi thaccepted
account i
ngprocedur es.

4.Fi
nanci ng–i st heal l
ocationofanor ganizati
on’sli
quidasset stoassur et hei
r
mostpr oducti
veusewhi chmeans,t hel i
mi tedsupplyofcapi t
alavail
ablet oan
organizationmust ,iftheagencyi sgoi ngt obesuccessf ul
,beusedi nawayi n
whichi tcandomostgoodi ntermsofpr ofit
abili
ty.
5.Fi
nanci alRecord–t hi
si sanon- goingr ecordofwhatt hatagencyhasspenton
whatandhow wel litisst ay
ingwi thinitsbudget .Theagency ’
sbookkeeperor
account antentersintothison-goingrecor dorl edgerbookal lr
ecei
pts,cancel l
ed
checksandot hernecessar ydocument sorpaper sshowi ngwhathav ebeen
spent.Al lsocialwor kerswhoar ewor kingont hepr ogram mustper iodicall
y
checkwi t
hthebookkeeperoraccount anttoseehowt hemoneyf ort
hatpr ogram
i
sbei ngspent .

St
epsi
nBudgetpr
epar
ati
on:
1.Developi
ngastat
ementofgoalsandobj
ect
ives
2.Wri
tingaplanofact
ion
3.Set
tingupachartofaccount
s

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Cost-benef i
tanalysis
Levi
nesay st hatCost-benefit–meanst herelati
onshipofther esour cesrequired
orthecost -toattaincertai
ngoal sorthebenef i
ts.I
ti sbasedont heeconomi cconcept
thatmanyexecut ivedecisionsi nvolvetheal l
ocati
onorbestuseofl i
mi tedr esources
among compet ing r equir
ement s. Cost-benefi
t analysisi st hus a t oolf or the
administrat
orconf r
onted wi t
ht he need t o make choi cesamong v iable compet ing
progr
amsdesi gnedt oachi evecer tai
nobj ecti
ves.Itpr ovi
desapackageofr el
evant
i
nformat i
ononwhi cht obasecer tai
nki ndsofdecisions.Itdoesnotf avourt hecheapest
orevent hebestpr ogram buttheopt i
malpr ogram intermsoft heav ailableresources-
money ,trai
nedper sonnel,f
acili
ti
es.

Thebudget
-maki
ngpr
ocess

Accor
dingt
oSki
dmor
e,t
hepr
ocessi
nvol
vest
hef
oll
owi
ngst
eps:

1.Set t
ingt hespeci f
icneedsandgoal soft heagency .Thegoal sandobj ecti
ves
oughtt obemeasur ableandobser vable.
2.Col l
ect i
ng and st udy i
ng basi ci nformation r egar
ding t
he cur r
entand past
oper ationsoft heagency ,incl udingwhathasandhasnotbeenaccompl i
shed.
3.Looki ng atal ter
nat i
vesand di ff
erentway sofusi ng t
hemoneyt hatmay be
availabl edur i
ngthey ear .
4.Decidi ngonpr i
ori
tiesf ort heagency .Lookatt heagencypolici
esandgaol sto
seewhi charemostf inanciallycompat i
blewi ththeagency.
5.Finalizing deci si
ons r egardi ng t he budget .The needs and pot ent
ial
s oft he
agencyasawhol eandt hei ndi vidualswhowor kther
eshouldbeconsidered.Also
thewel fareofcl i
ents,al ongwi tht heef f
iciencyoft he agency’soperati
on,is
i
mpor tantmat ter
st oconsi der
6.Prov i
di ngadequat ei nterpret ationandpubl icr el
ati
ons.Theadmi ni
str
atorshould
i
nt erprett hebudgett ot hosei nposi tionofpowersot heywil
lfull
yunderstandthe
reasonsf orspecif
icrequest s.

Char
tofAccount

Theadmini
str
atorshoul
dperi
odi
call
ychecktheagency’
sbudgett
oascer
tai
nthe
bal
ancebet
weenincomeandexpendi t
ures.Sett
ingupachar tofaccount
swhichis
basi
cal
lyal
istofal
litems,bot
hincomeandexpenditur
est obeaccount
edforwil
lbe
hel
pful
.

Ot
herphasesofbudget
ing

Aftert
hebudgethasbeenprepared,t
henextphasewhi cht headministr
atorhas
todealwithistosubmiti
tforahear i
ngt otheappropr
iat
ebodyf orrat
if
icati
onand
aut
hori
zati
on.Inthecaseoft hepubl
icagencyinthePhi l
ippines,itistheBat asang
Pambansa,orifitisa pri
vateagency ,i
tisitsboard ofdi rectorsort hegener al
membershipoft
heorgani
zat
ion.

ThebudgetCycl
e

 BUDGETCALL
 STAKEHOLDERENGAGEMENT
 TECHNICALBUDGETHEARINGS
 EXECUTIVEREVIEW
 CONSOLIDATION,VALI
DATI
ONANDCONFIRMATI
ON
 PRESENTATIONTOPRESIDENTANDCABI
NET
 THEPRESIDENT’SBUDGET

377
PHASEI–THEBUDGETPREPARATI
ON

a)Thebudgetcal
l

Att hebegi
nningoft hebudgetpreparat
ionyear
,theDepartmentofBudgetand
Management( DBM)i ssuestheNationalBudgetCalltoallagencies(i
ncl
udi
ngstate
uni
ver
sit
iesandcoll
eges)andasepar ateCorpor
ateBudgetCal
ltoallGOCCsandGFIs.

TheBudgetCal lcontai
nsbudgetpar ameter
s( i
ncludingmacr oeconomi cand
fi
scaltar
getsandagencybudgetcei
li
ngs)assetbeforehandbytheDev el
opment
BudgetCoordi
nati
onCommi t
tee(
DBCC) ;
andpoli
cygui del
inesandpr oceduresi
n
theprepar
ati
onandsubmi ssi
onofagencybudgetproposals.

b)St
akehol
der
s’engagement

A new f eat
urei n budget pr epar
ati
ons which seeks t oi ncrease citi
zen
part
ici
pati
onint hebudgetpr ocess,depart
mentsandagenci esar etaskedt opar t
ner
withciv
ilsoci
etyorganizati
ons( CSOs)andot herciti
zen-
stakeholder
sast heyprepare
thei
ragencybudgetproposal s.Thisnewpr ocess,whi
chwaspi l
otedinthepr eparat
ion
ofthe2012NationalBudget,i
snowbei ngexpandedtowardsinsti
tuti
onali
zation

Depar
tment
sandGOCCsMandat
edt
oConductCSOConsul
tat
ions

ORI
GINALSET(
Pil
otedi
n2012 NEW SET(
Star
ti
ng2013
Depart
mentofHealt
h DepartmentofTour i
sm
Depart
mentofEducati
on Department of Tr ansportat
ion and
Depart
ment of Soci al Wel f
are and Communi cati
on
Devel
opment Department of I nteri
or and Local
Depart
mentofPubli
cWor ksandHighways Government
Depart
mentofAgri
cult
ure DepartmentofJust ice
Depart
mentofAgrar
ianReform DepartmentofLaborandEmpl oyment
Nati
onalFoodAut
horit
y DepartmentofEnv ironmentand Nat ur
al
Nati
onalHousi
ngAuthori
ty Resources
Nati
onalHome Mor t
gage and Finance Li
ghtRail TransitAuthorit
y
Corp. Nati
onal Electr
if
icati
onAdmi nistr
ati
on
Nati
onal I
r r
igat
ionAdmi ni
str
ati
on

Note:Al
lot
herdepar
tment
sand agenci
esar
ehi
ghl
yencour
aged t
o under
taket
he
pr
ocess.

Bot
tom-
UpBudget
ing

Fort hef ir
stt i
mei nhi
story,theNationalBudgetf or2013waspr eparedusingt he
breakthrough “ Bot t
om – up Appr oach”.As opposed t ot he conv enti
onalway of
al
locating r esources f r
om t op to bottom,gr assroots communi ti
es are engaged i n
designingt heNat ionalBudget.TheAqui noGov ernment,throughtheCabi netClusteron
HumanDev elopmentandPov ertyReduction,hasi dent
ifi
ed300t o400oft hepoor est
muni ci
pal i
ti
esandengagedt hesei ncrafti
ngcommuni ty–l evelpovertyreducti
onand
empower mentpl ans.Thi sinit
ialsalvo of“ bottom up budget i
ng f ocused orRur al
DevelopmentPr ogr amsandt heCondi t
ionalCashTr ansferPrograms.Agenci esinvol
v ed
aretheDA, DAR, DENR, DSWD, DepEdandDOH.Theseagenci esincludethecommuni ty
pl
ansi nt hepr oposedbudget .

c) Techni
cal
BudgetHear
ings

Theseareconduct
edaft
erdepar
tmentandagenciessubmitt
hei
ragencybudget
proposal
st otheDBM.Her e,theagenci
esdefend theirpr
oposebudgetsbeforea
techni
calpanelofDBM,based on per f
ormance indi
cator
s on out
putt ar
get
s on

378
absorpt
ive capaci
ty.DBM Bur
eaus t
hen r
evi
ew t
he agencypr
oposal
s and pr
epar
e
recommendat i
ons.

d)Execut
iveRev
iew

Therecommendat i
onsarepresent
edbeforeaneExecuti
veRev iew Boardwhich
i
scomposedoft heDBM Secr etar
yandSeniorof f
cial
s.Deli
berat
ionsher eentai
la
caref
ulpri
ori
ti
zati
onoft heprogramsandcor r
espondingsupportvi
s-a-vi
st hepri
orit
y
agendaoft henat i
onalgover
nment .I
mplementat
ionissuesarealsodi scussedand
resol
ved.

e) Consol
i
dat
ion,
Val
i
dat
ionandConf
ir
mat
ion

DBM t hen consol idates t he r ecommended agency budget s and


recommendat i
onsi ntoANat ionalExpenditureProgram andaBudgetofExpendi tures
andSour cesofFi nancing(BESF) .Aspar toftheconsoli
dati
ngpr ocess,t
hedeli
ber
ations
byt heDBCC wi ldeterminet heagencyandsect oralal
locati
onoft heappr
ovedtot al
expendit
ur eceil
ing,inlinewi t
ht hemacr oecnomi candfiscalprogram.Headsofmaj or
department sareinvit
edt othismeet i
ng.
f) Pr esent
ationtoPr esidentandCabi net

Thepr oposedbudgeti spr esnetdebtDBM,t ogetherwiththeDBCC,t othe


Presi
dentandCabi netf
orf ur
therr
efinementsorrepri
ori
tizat
ion.Af
tert
hePr
esidentand
Cabinetapprovet he proposed Nat i
onalexpendi
ture Plan,the DBM pr
epares and
fi
nali
zesthebudgetdocument stobesubmi tt
edtoCongr ess.

g)ThePr
esi
dent
’sBudget

The budgetpreparat
ion phase ends wi
tht he submissi
on oft he proposed
nati
onalbudget–the“Presi
dent’
sBudget”-t
ocongress.ThePr esi
dent’
sBudgetconsists
oft he f
oll
owing documents,which helps l
egi
slators anal
yze the content
s oft he
proposedbudget:

 President’
sBudgetMessage( PBM)–t hisi swher ethepr esidentexpl ainst he
poli
cyf r
amewor kandpr iorit
iesi nthebudget .
 BudgetofExpendi t
uresandsour cesoff inancing( BESF)– mandat edbyt he
constit
uti
on,t his cont ains t he macr o-economi c assumpt i
ons,pubi c sector
contextincludinhov erviewsofLGUandGOCCf inancialposi t
ions, breakdownof
theexpedi t
uresandf undi ngsour cesf ort hef i
sclay eareandt het wopr ev i
ous
years.
 NationalExpendi turePr ogr am ( NEP)–t hiscont ainst hedet ailofspendi ngf or
eachdepar tmentandagencybypr ogr am,act iv
ityorpr ojectandi ssubmi ttedin
thef orm ofapr oposedGener alAppr opr i
ationAct .
 Detail
sofsel ectedPr ogr amsandPr ojects–t hi
scont ainsamor edi saggregat i
on
ofkeypr ograms,pr ojectsandact ivi
tiesi nt heNEPespeci all
yt hosei nlinewi t
h
theNat i
onalGov er nment sDev elopmentPl an.
 Staffi
ngsummar y–t hiscont ainsasummar yoft hestaffi
ngcompl ementofeach
departmentandagencyi ncludi ngnumberofposi ti
onsandamount sal l
ocat edfor
thesame.

PHASEI
I–BUDGETLEGI
SLATI
ON

a)HouseDel
i
ber
ati
on

TheHouseofRepr esentati
ves,i
nplenary,assignsthePresidentBudgett othe
House Appr opri
ati
ons Commi ttee.The Commi t
tee and its sub-Commi t
tees then
scheduleandconducthear ingsont hebudgetsoft hedepartmentsandagenci esand
scruti
nize theirr espect
ive pr ograms and projects. Itthen cr aft
st he Gener al
Appropr i
ati
onsBi l
l( GAB).I nplenar
ysession,theGABi ssponsor ed,pr
esentedand
defendedbyt heAppropri
ationsCommi t
teeandSub-commi tt
eeChairmen.Asi nallot
her
l
aws,t heGABi sapprovedonSecondandThi r
dReadi ngbef
oret ransmi
ssiont othe

379
Senate.(Note:i
nthe Fi
rstReadi
ng,t
he Pr
esi
dent
’s Budgeti
s assi
gned t
othe
Appropri
ati
onsCommi
tt
ee.
)

b)Senat
eDel
i
ber
ati
ons

Asinthehousepr ocess,thesenateconductsit
sowncommi tteeheari
ngsand
plenarydel
iber
ationsontheGAB.Budgetdel i
berat
ionsintheSenateformallyst
artaf
ter
theHouseofRepr esent
ati
vest r
ansmitstheGAB.Forexpediency,howev er
,theSenate
FinanceCommi t
teeandSub- commi t
teesusuall
yst ar
theari
ngsont heGABev enas
Husedel i
berat
ionsareongoing.

c) Bi
camer
alDel
i
ber
ati
ons

Oncebot
hhousesofCongr esshavef ini
shedt hei
rdel
iber
ati
ons,t
heywi
lleach
constit
uteapaneltothebicameralConferenceCommi tt
ee.Thiscommitt
eewil
lthen
discussandharmoni
zetheconfl
icti
ngprovisionsoft heHouseandSenateVer
sionsof
theGAB.Ahar moni
zedver
sionoftheGABi sthuspr oduced.

d)Rat
if
icat
ionandEnr
oll
ment

Thehar
monizedor“Bicam”Versi
oni st hensubmitt
edtobot
hHouses,whi
chwil
l
thenvotet
orati
fyt
hefinalGABf orsubmissiont othePresi
dent
.Oncesubmi
tt
edtothe
Presi
dentf
orhi
sapproval
,theGABi sconsideredenroll
ed.

e) TheVet
omessage

Thepresi
dentandDBM t henreviewtheGABandprepareaVet oMessage, wher
e
budgetit
emssubj ect
edt odi
rectvetoorconditi
onali
mplementati
onareidenti
fiedand
wheregeneralobservati
onsaremade.Undert heConsti
tut
ion,theGAB ist heonly
l
egisl
ati
vemeasurewher ethepresidentcanimposeali
ne-v
eto(inallot
hercases,alaw
i
seitherappr
ovedorv et
oedinfull
).

f
) Enact
ment

WhentheGAAi snotenact ed,beforethef iscalyearstar


ts,t
hepr eviousy ear
’s
GAA is aut
omat i
call
yr e-
enacted.Thi s means t hatagency budget sf orpr ograms,
proj
ect
sandact ivi
ti
esr emaint hesame.Fundi ngf orprogramsorpr oj
ectst hathav e
alr
eadybeenterminatedisreali
gnedf orotherexpendi t
ures.Becausere-enactmentar e
tedi
ousandpronetoabuse, theAquinoAdmi nist
ration–wi ththesupportofcongr ess–
hascommi t
tedtoensurethet i
melyenactmentoft henewGAAev eryyear
.

REENACTEDBUDGETS

WhentheGAAi snotenactedbef orethef i


scalyear
’sstart
,theprev
iousYear’
s
GAAi sautomaticall
yre-
enact
ed.Thismeanst hatt heagencyprograms,proj
ectsand
acti
vi
ti
esremaint hesame.Fundingf orprogramsandpr oj
ectsthathavealr
eadybeen
termi
natedisreall
igendforot
herexpenditures.Becauser e-enact
mentaretediousand
pronetoabuse,theAquinoadmini
strati
onwi tht hesupportofcongresshascommi t
ted
toensurethet
imelyenactmentoft
henewGAAev er
yy ear
.

PHASEI
II–BUDGETEXECUTI
ON

1.Rel
easeGui
del
inesandPr
ogr
am
 Thebudgetexecut
ionphasebegi
nswi t
hDBMsissuanceofgui
del
i
neson
ther
eleaseontherel
easeanduti
l
izat
ionoff
unds.
2.Budgetexecut
iondocument
s(beds)
 Agencies ar
erequir
ed to submitt hei
rBEDs att he star
tofbudget
executi
on.These documents outl
ine agency plans and per
for
mance
tar
gets.TheseBEDsi ncl
udephy si
calandf inanci
alplan,monthl
ycash

380
progr
am,esti
mateofmonthl
yincome,andl
i
stofobl
i
gat
ionst
hatar
enot
yetdueanddemandabl
e.
3.Al
lot
mentandcashr
eleasepr
ogr
ammi
ng
 To ensur ethatrel
eases fitthe approv ed Fi
scalPr ogram,t he DBM
prepares an All
otmentRel ease Program ( ARP)t o seta l imitfor
al
lotmentsissuedtoanagencyandont heaggregate.TheARPofeach
agencycor r
espondst othet ot
alamountoft heagency -specif
icbudget
undert heGAA,aswel lasAut omaticAppr opr
iati
ons.A CashRel ease
Program (CRP)isal so for
mul at
ed alongsidethatt o seta gui defor
di
sbur sementl
evel
sforthey earandforev er
ymont handquar ter.

4.Al
lot
mentr
elease
 Al lot mentwhi chaut hori
zeanagencyt oenterint
oanobl igation,areeit
her
releasedbyDBM t oallagenci escompr ehensi
velythrought heAgency
BudgetMat rix( ABM)and i ndivi
duallyv i
a SpecialAllotmentRel ease
Or der s(SAROs) .
ABM –Thi sdocumentdi saggregatesal lprogrammedappr opriationsforeach
agencyi nt ot wo mai n expendi tur
e cat egori
es:“ notneeding cl earance”and
“needi
ngcl earance”
.TheABM i st hecompr ehensiveall
otmentreleasedocument
forappropr i
ati
onswhi chdonotneedcl earance,ort hosewhi chhav ealready
beenit
emi zedandf leshouti ntheGAA.
SARO – I temsi dentif
iedas“ needingcl earance”ar ethosewhi chr equir
et he
approvaloft heDBM ort hePresident,ast hecasemaybe.Forsuchi t
ems,an
agencyneedst osubmi taSpeci alBudgetRequestt otheDBM wi thsuppor t
ing
document s.Onceappr ov ed,aSAROi sissued.
5.I
ncur
ri
ngobl
i
gat
ions
 I nt hei mpl ementingpr ograms,act i
v i
ti
esandpr ojects,agenci esi ncur
l
iabili
tiesonbehal foft hegov ernment .Obl igati
onsar el iabili
ti
esl egal ly
i
ncur red,whi chthegov ernmentwi llpayf or .Therear ev ariousway st hat
anagency“ obligat
es”:f orexampl e, wheni thi restaff(anobl i
gationt opay
salaries),receivesbilli
ngf ortheuseofut iliti
es,orent ersi ntoacont ract
withanent ityforthesuppl yofgoodsorser vices.
THEGAAALLOTMENT
 The Aqui no Admi nistration plans t o desi gn t he annual Gener al
Appr opr i
ationsActast hecompr ehensiveal lot
mentr eleasedocument
i
tself.Thi sisbei ngpur suedi nordert osi gni fi
cantlyspeed- upt hepr ocess
ofreleasi ngt heBudgetandi mplement i
ngt hepr ogramsandpr ojectst hat
i
tf unds.The2013Nat i
onalBudget ,cur rent l
ybei ngpr epar ed,i sbei ng
designedi nsuchway .Thi sent ai
lst hedi saggr egationofal lbudgeti tems
i
nt oful ldetail,
aswel last heel i
mi nationofal llump-sum f unds, sav efora
few except ionssuchast heCalami t
yFund.I not herwor ds,thisr eform
significantlyreducest heneedf orSAROs.
6.Cashal
locat
ion
 Toaut horizeanagencyt opayt heobl igat i
onsi tincurs,DBM i ssuesa
disbursementaut horit
y.Mostoft het i
me, i
tt akest hef orm ofaNot iceof
CashAl locati
on( NCA) ;andi nspeci alcases,t heNon- CashAv ai
lment
Authority( NCAA)andCashDi sbursementCei li
ng( CDC) .
NCA – Thi si s a cash aut horit
yi ssued per iodicall
ybyt he DBM t ot he
operati
ng uni tsofagenci est o cov ert hei
rcash r equi r
ement s.The NCA
specifi
est hemaxi mum amountofcash t hatcan bewi thdrawn f r
om a
governmentser vi
cingbankf ortheper i
odindi cated.Ther eleaseofNCAsby
DBM i sbasedonanagency ’ssubmi ssionofi t sMont hlyCashPr ogram and
otherrequireddocument s.
OtherDisbur sementAut hori
ties–I ncont rastt oNCAs,NCAAsar eissuedt o
authori
ze non- cash di sbursement s. CDCs ar e meanwhi l
e issued t o
department s wi t
h ov erseas oper ations,al lowi ng t hem t o use income
coll
ectedbyt hei
rforeignpost sfortheiroperat ingr equirement s.

7.Di
sbur
sement
 Thi
si st
hefinalstepoft
hebudgetexecut
ionphase,wher
egov
ernment
moniesareactual
l
yspent
.TheModifi
edDisbur
sementSchemei
smostly

381
used,wheredisbur
sementsofnat i
onalgov
ernmentagenci eschar geabl
e
againstt
heTreasur
yar emadet hroughgovernmentser
v i
cingbanks, such
astheLandBankoft hePhil
ippines.
 Thebudgetprocess,ofcourse,doesnotendwhengov ernmentagenci es
spendpubli
cfunds:eachandev erypesomustbeaccount edf ortoensure
thatisusedproper
ly,cont
ri
butingtotheachievementofsoci o-economic
goals.

PHASEI
V–BUDGETACCOUNTABI
LITY

Thisphasehappensal
ongsidetheBudgetExecut
ionphase.Thr oughBudget
Accountabi
li
ty,t
heDBM monitor
st heeff
ici
encyoffunduti
l
izati
on,assessesagency
perf
ormanceandprovi
desavi
talbasisf
orref
ormsandnewpoli
cies

382
383
THEBUDGETI
NGPROCESS

1.Whati
sgov
ernmentbudget
ing?

Governmentbudget i
ng isthe crit
icalexerci
se ofal l
ocat
ing rev
enues and
borr
owedf undstoattai
ntheeconomicandsocialgoalsofthecountr
y.I
talsoent
ail
sthe
managementofgov ernmentexpenditur
esi nsuchawayt hatwillcr
eatethemost
economici mpactf r
om t he pr
oduct
ion and deli
very ofgoods and servi
ces whil
e
suppor
tingahealthyfi
scalposi
ti
on.

2.Whyi
sgov
ernmentbudget
ingi
mpor
tant
?

Gov er
nmentbudget ingi
si mport
antbecausei tenablest hegover
nmentt oplan
andmanagei tsfi
nancialr
esourcestosupporttheimplement ati
onofv ar
iousprograms
andprojectsthatbestpromotethedevelopmentoft hecountry.Throughthebudget,t
he
gover
nmentcanpr ior
it
izeandputintoacti
onitsplans,programsandpol i
cieswithi
nthe
const
rai
nt sofitsf
inancial
capabil
it
yasdictat
edbyeconomi cconditi
ons.

3.Whatar
ethemaj
orpr
ocessesi
nvol
vedi
nnat
ional
gov
ernmentbudget
ing?

Budget
ingf
ort
henat
ionalgov
ernmenti
nvol
vesf
our(
4)di
sti
nctpr
ocessesor
phases:

a)Budgetpr eparati
on
b)budgetaut hori
zati
on
c) budgetexecution
d)accountabili
ty

Whil
edisti
nctl
yseparate,
theseprocessesov er
lapintheimplementat
ionduri
nga
budgetyear.Budgetpreparat
ionforthenextbudgety earproceedswhil
egov er
nment
agenci
esareexecuti
ngt hebudgetforthecurrentyearandatt hesametimeengagedin
budgetaccount
abil
it
yandr evi
ewoft hepastyear'
sbudget .

4.Howi
stheannual
nat
ional
budgetpr
epar
ed?

Thepr epar at
ionoft heannualbudgeti nvolvesaser iesofst epst hatbeginswi th
thedeterminat i
onoft heov eral
leconomi ctar
gets,expenditurel evel
s, r
evenueprojection
andthef i
nanci ngplanbyt heDev elopmentBudgetCoor di
nat i
ngCommi tt
ee(DBCC) .The
DBCCi sani nter-
agencybodycomposedoft heDBM Secr etaryasChai rmanandt he
BangkoSent r alGov ernor
,t heSecr etaryoftheDepar tmentofFi nance,theDi rector
GeneraloftheNat i
onal
Economi candDev elopmentAut horit
yandar epresentativ
eoft heOfficeofthePr esident
asmember s.Themaj oract iv
iti
esi nvol
vedint hepr eparationoft heannualnat ional
budgetincl
udet hefoll
owing:

a)Det erminati
onofov er alleconomi ct argets,expendi turel evelsandbudget
framewor kbyt heDBCC;
b)I ssuancebyt heDBM oft heBudgetCal lwhichdef inest hebudgetf ramewor k;
set seconomi candf iscaltargets;pr escri
bet hepriori
t ythrustsandbudget
l
ev els;andspel l
soutt heguidelinesandpr ocedures,t echnicalinstructi
ons
andt het i
met ableforbudgetpr epar ati
on;
c) Pr epar ati
on by v arious gov ernmentagenci es of t heir detail
ed budget
est imat es ranking pr ograms,pr ojects and act i
vit
ies usi ng t he capital
budget ingappr oachandsubmi ssionoft hesamet oDBM;
d)Conductabudgethear ingswer eagenci esar ecal l
edtoj ustifythei
rpr oposed
budget sbefor eDBM t echnicalpanel s;
e) Submi ssion of t he proposed expendit
ur e pr
ogr am of
depar tment/agenci es/specialforconf ir
mat ionbydepar tment /agencyheads.
f) Pr esent ati
onoft hepr oposedbudgetl evelsofdepar t
ment /agencies/special

384
purposefundstotheDBCCf orapproval
.
g)Review and approvaloft he proposed budgetbyt he Presidentand the
Cabinet;
h)Submi ssi
onbyt hePresidentofproposedbudgett oCongress.Tomeett he
Constitut
ionalr
equi
rementf orthesubmissionofthePresi
dent'sbudgetwith
30day sf rom t
heopeningofeachr egul
arsessionofCongr ess,thebudget
preparati
onphaseisguidedbyabudgetcal endar
.

5.Howdoest
hebudgetbecomeal
aw?

Inaccor dancewi tht herequir ementsoft heConst itution,thePr esidentsubmi ts


hi
s/ herpr oposedannualbudgeti nt hef orm ofBudgetofExpendi tureandSour cesof
Fi
nanci ng ( BESF)suppor ted bydet ailsofpr oposed expendi turesi nt hef or m ofa
NationalExpendi t
ure Pr ogram ( NEP)and t he Pr esident's BudgetMessage whi ch
summar i
zest hebudgetpol i
cyt hrustsand pr i
or it
iesf ort hey ear .InCongr ess,the
proposedbudgetgoesf i
rstt otheHouseofRepr esent atives,whi chassi gnst het askof
i
niti
al budgetr eviewt oitsAppr opriati
onCommi tt
ee.
TheAppr opr iati
onCommi tt
eet oget herwi t
ht heot herHouseSub- Commi tteeconduct
hearings on t he budget s ofdepar tments/agenci es and scr ut
inize theirr especti
ve
programs/ projects.Consequent l
y,theamendedbudgetpr oposali spr esentedt othe
Housebodyast heGener al Appropr i
at i
onsBill
.Whi l
ebudgethear i
ngsar eon-goi nginthe
HouseofRepr esentatives,the
Senat eFinanceCommi tt
ee,t hr
oughi tsdiff
erentsubcommi tteesal sost art
st oconduct
i
tsownr ev i
ew andscr ut
inyoft hepr oposedbudgetandpr oposesamendment stothe
HouseBudgetBi l
ltot heSenat ebodyf orapproval .Tot hreshoutdi f f
erencesandar ri
ve
atacommonv ersionoft heGener alAppr opr i
at i
onsBi l
l,t heHouseandt heSenat e
createsaBi camer alConferenceCommi tt
eethatf inalizestheGener al Appropr i
ationsBil
l.

6.Whati
stheGener
alAppr
opr
iat
ionsAct
?

The GeneralAppr opri


ations Act(GAA)i st he l
egislat
ive authorizati
on that
contai
nst henew appr opr
iati
onsi ntermsofspecifi
camount sforsalaries,wagesand
otherpersonnelbenefi
ts;maintenanceandotheroperati
ngexpenses; andcapi talout
lays
authori
zed to be spentf ort he implementat
ion ofv ar
ious programs/ projects and
acti
vit
iesofalldepart
ment s,bureausandoffi
cesofthegovernmentf oragi veny ear.

7.Howi
sthebudgeti
mpl
ement
ed?

Budgeti mpl ement ationst art


swi tht her eleaseoff undst ot heagenci es.To
accel
er atet hei mpl ement ati
onofgov ernmentpr ogr amsandpr ojectsandensur et he
j
udici
oususeofbudget edgov er nmentf unds,t hegov er nmentadopt edt heSi mpl i
fied
FundRel easeSy stem ( SFRS)begi nning1995.I ncont rastt ot hepr ev i
oussy stem of
rel
easi ngf undsbasedoni ndi vidualagencyr equest s,theSFRSi sapol icy-
dr i
vensy stem
whichst andar dizedt her el
easeoff undsacr ossagenci eswhi char esi mi l
ar l
ysi tuatedi n
l
inewi thspeci ficpol icyi nit
iativesoft hegov ernment .
Followi ngt heSFRS,t heagencybudgetmat ri
x( ABM)i spr epar edbyt heDBM i n
consul tationwi ththeagenci esatt hebegi nningofeachbudgety ear,uponappr ovalof
the annualGener alAppr opriations Act .The ABM i s a di saggr egat ion ofal lt he
programmedappr opr iationsf oreachagencyi ntov ariousexpendi turecat egor i
es.As
such,t heABM ser vesasabl uepr intwhi chpr ovidest hebasi sf ordet ermi ningt het iming,
composi tionandmagni t
udeoft her el
easeoft hebudget .Basedonupdat edr esour ces
andeconomi cdev el opmentt hrust sandconsi stentwi tht hecashbudgetpr ogram,t he
All
otmentRel easePr ogr am ( ARP)whi chpr escr i
best hegui delinesi nt hepr iorit
izationof
fundr eleasesi spr epar ed.TheARPser vesasbasi sf ort heissuanceofei theraGener al
All
otmentRel easeOr der( GARO)oraSpeci alAl l
otmentRel easeOr der( SARO) ,ast he
casemay be, toaut hor izeagenci est oincurobl i
gations.
Subsequent ly
,t heDBM r eleasest heNot i
ceofCashAl l
ocat i
on( NCA)onamont hlyor
quart
er lybasi s.TheNCAspeci fi
est hemaxi mum amountofwi thdrawalt hatanagency

385
canmakef rom agov ernmentbankf ortheperi
odi ndicated.TheBur eauoft heTr easur y
(BTr),repl
enishesdailyt hegov er nmentser v i
cingbankswi t
hf undsequi valentt ot he
amountofnegot iat
ed checks pr esented tot he gov er
nmentser vici
ng banks by
i
mpl ementingagencies.Ther eleaseofNCAsbyt heDBM i sbasedon:1)t hef i
nanci al
requir
ement sofagenciesasi ndicatedi nthei
rABMs, cashpl ansandr eportssuchast he
Summar yListofChecksI ssued( SLCI );and2)thecashbudgetpr ogram ofgov ernment
andupdat esonpr oj
ectedr esour ces.Agenci esut ili
zet hereleasedNCAsf oll
owi ngt he
"CommonFund"concept .Undert hisconceptoff undr el
ease,agenci esar egi vena
maxi mum f l
exibi
l
ityint heuseoft heircashal locat i
onspr ovidedt hattheaut hor i
zed
all
otmentf oraspecificpur posei snotexceeded.Pr ojectimplement ati
onist husmade
faster.

8.Whyar
eadj
ust
ment
smadeont
hebudgetpr
ogr
am?

Adj
ust
ment sar emadeont hebudgetev endur ingi mplementationpr imar il
ybecause
oft
hef
oll
owing:
 Enactmentofnewl aws
 Wi thi
nt hef iscaly ear,newl egisl
ati
onswi thcorr
espondi ngi dent i
fi
ednew
revenuesour cesar epassedwhi chnecessi tat
eadjust ment si nt hebudget
progr am.
 Adjustment sinmacr oeconomi cpar amet ers
 The macr oeconomi ct argets considered i nthe budgetar e per i
odicall
y
reviewedandupdat edt or efl
ectt hei mpactofr ecentdev elopment sint he
project ed perf ormance oft he nat i
onaleconomyand on t he setf i
scal
progr am f or t he y ear.The r el
evanti ndi
cator
s af fecting t he budget
aggr egates i ncl ude the f oll
owi ng:t he Gr oss NationalPr oduct( GNP) ,
i
nf l
ationr ate,int erestrate,foreignexchanger at
e,oilprices, andt hel evelof
i
mpor t
s.Thus,asensi tivi
tymeasur eont heimpactoft hesepar amet erson
thebudgetwi lldet erminewhet herr ecentMacr o-economi cdev elopment s
hav eanegat i
v eorf avourableef fectont hebudget.

 Changeinresour
cesav ai
labi
l
iti
es
 Budgetadj ustmentsar eundertakenwhenaddi t
ionalresourcesbecome
avail
ablesuchasnew gr ants,proceedsf
rom newlynegotiat
edloansand
grants.Cor
respondingbudgetadjustment
sarealsomadewhenr esour
ces
generati
onfal
lsbelowthetargets.

9.Whatmechani
sm ensur
est
hatf
undshav
ebeenpr
oper
lyal
l
ocat
edandspent
?

Cognizantoft hef actt hatnopr opi


ti
ousr esultscanbeobt ained, evenwithmax imum
funding,ifagencyef f
iciencyi sl ow and f unds ar e wastefullyspent ,systems and
procedures ar e seti n pl ace t o moni t
orand ev al
uat ethe per formance and cost
effecti
venessofagenci es.Theseact i
vi
tiesar esubsumedwi thint hef ourt
handt hel ast
phaseoft hebudgetpr ocess- t
hebudgetaccount abil
i
typhase.Att heagencyl evel,
budgetaccount abil
it
yt akest hef orm ofmanagement 'srevi
ewofact ualperf
ormanceor
wor kaccompl ishmenti nr el ati
ont othewor ktargetsoft heagencyv is-
à-vi
sthef i
nanci al
resources made av ail
abl e.Al so,det ail
ed exami nati
ons ofeach agency 's book of
accountsar eunder takenbyar esidentrepresentati
v eoftheCommi ssiononAudi t(COA)
to ensuret hatal lexpenses hav e been di sbursed in accor dance wi t
h account ing
regulati
onsandt hepur pose( s)forwhicht hefundshav ebeenaut hori
zed.

10.Istherol
eoft
heDBM i
nthebudget
ingpr
ocessl
i
mit
edt
onat
ionalgov
ernment
agenci
es?

No,ther ol
eoft heDBM i nt hebudget ingpr ocessisnotl i
mitedtonat i
onal
governmentagencies.Itcoordi
nat
esal lthreel
evelsofgov er
nment-nati
onalgover
nment
department/agenci
es,gov er
nment-owned and cont roll
ed cor
porati
ons (GOCCs)and
l
ocal gover
nmentuni t
s(LGUs)-inthepr eparat
ion,ex
ecut i
onandcont r
olofexpendi
tures
oftheircor
respondingcomponentsent i
ties.

386
TheDBM r ev
iewst hecorporateoperat
ingbudget sofGOCCsandensur est he
properall
ocati
onofcash.TheDBM l i
kewisefor mulatesandr ecommendst hebudget
poli
cycov eri
ng the al
lowable defi
citand the crit
eriafort he det
ermi
nation oft he
appropri
atesubsidyandequi tyofGOCCs.ForLGUs,t heDBM r evi
ewstheannualand
supplementalbudgetsofpr ov
inces,
andhighl
yur banizedcit
iesandmanagest heproper
all
ocati
onandr el
easeoft heInter
nalRevenueAllotment(IRA)ofLGUsandt heirsharein
theutil
i
zati
onofnat i
onalwealth.

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oads/
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03/
PGB-
B2.
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Factor
si nidealbudget :
1.I tiscompr ehensi
ve–incl
udesall
plannedexpendi
tur
esandal
lest
imat
edi
ncome
2.I tisclearandeasi l
yunder
stood
3.I tisfl
exible
4.I tiswor kable
5.I tisaccur ateandreal
i
sti
c

Ty
pesofbudget

1.Li
ne-
it
em budget
ing – mostused f
ormat
. For
mati
s based on l
i
ne-
it
em
accountingandi ncrementalincr easesinpr oj
ecti
ngaheadf oray earormor e.I
t
i
ndicateshowt hemoneyi stobespent ,butisdoesnotdepi ctwhatt heagency
does.Itisnotpr ogram ori
entedanddoesnotpr esentagencygoal s,targets,or
resul
ts.Itsmai nfeaturei
si t
sr eli
anceonex pl
ici
tcategori
esofexpendi tur
est o
i
nsurejustif
icati
on.
2.Program budget ing– Goalsandobj ectivesareasi gnif
icantpar tandi nclude
servi
cesof feredbyt heagency .Itmaycov ersev er
alyears,par ti
cularlyasa
program isof f
eredandappr ov edf oraspeci f
icamountoft i
me.I talsoi ncludes
costestimat esandspecificf oreachpr ogram.Thisf or
mathasbeenf oundt o
usefulmanagementt oolinmoni t
ori
ngtheef fectofkeyal l
ocationdeci sionsas
thi
saf f
ectthepr ogr
am qualit
y .Anexampl eofprogram budget i
ngisPPBS.

Pr
ogram,Planni
ngandBudget i
ngSy st
em (
PPBS)isamanagementt ooltohel
p
focus on the main goals ofthe agency.As Ehl
ers,et.
al,says budget
ing wher
e
administr
ator
ssimplyitemizedthei
rbudgetar
yneedsfortheyarinsuchcategori
esas
personnel,
rent
,suppli
es,t
ravel
,andtheli
ke.

PPBSConsi
stsoff
ourbasi
cpr
ogr
ammi
ngel
ement
s,whi
char
easf
oll
ows:

1.System
2.Pl
anni ng
3.Programmi ng
4.Budget i
ng

TheentirepackageofPPBSmustbeseenasasy stem andalsoasy st


emat i
c
approacht othepr oblemsofbudget ing.Si ncet hePPBSi sembodi edint hesy stems
theory,oneshoul dl ookintothei nter
relatednessofpr ogramsandact i
vi
ti
esasmeans
and ends ( goals and obj ectiv
es)al li nr elati
on tot he crucialquest
ion ofcost -
effect
iveness.
PPBS–i nvolvesclassi
fyingexpendi tur esbasedonananal ysi
sofobjectiv
esand
resourcesandt hei nterr
elati
onsamongt hem,andar et akeni nt
oaccountt oachi evea
coherentandcompr ehensiveprogram ofact ion.Thisappr oachisat oolwhichcanhel p
theadmi nist
ratorsince,accor di
ngt oGr eenber g,itstart
swi t
htheassumpt i
ont hatan
organizati
onrarelyfindsitsresourcesadequat etofinanceal loft
hev al
idpr
ogr am which
areurgentlyneeded.Heci t
estheel ement sint hebasi coper ati
onofPPBS:

a)Keepinganey eontheendproductnotj
ustont
hespecif
icati
vi
ty.
b)Takingalongr angevi
ew,looki
ngfiv
eoreven10yearsinthefut
ure–r
ather
thanjustayear-t
o-y
earrev
iew.

387
c) I
dentify
ingal t
ernat
ivecourseofact
ion–andi fnoneexi
sts,
inv
enti
ngsome.
d)Anal yzi
ng i ntermsofbot hitscontr
ibut
ionst owar
dsachievi
ng t
he“end
product”andi t
scosts;
e) Keepingt abonwhati shappeni
nginthesystem.
f) Beingflexibl
e.

3.Funct
ionalBudget
ing – t
his sy
stem encompasses pr
ogr
am ser
vices but
emphasizesthesuppor t
ingadminist
rat
iveser
vicesthatareneededf
oroperat
ing
an agency.Rev enues and expendi
tur
es as theyr el
ateto managementand
generalfunct
ions,fund-
rai
singfuncti
ons,andi dent
ifi
abl
eprogramsoff
eredby
theagencyareallli
sted.

Nowadays,si
ncetheeconomi cprobl
emsoccur r
edi nmostcount r
ies,i
ncl
udi
ng
thosewhower efundi
ngmostPhi li
ppineprogramsofNGOs,cur rentfundersarever
y
stri
ngenton admi ni
str
ati
ve cost
s.Ifev erthere ar
et hose who wil
lallow thi
sthe
admi ni
str
ati
vecostswhichusedtobeupt o30percentofthetot
albudgetisnowdown
ornoneatall.

4.Zer
o-basedbudget
ing(
ZBB)–Thi
sisdonepar
ti
cul
arl
yingov
ernmentagenci
es.
Heretheagencystar
tswit
hnomoneyeachy earanddescr
ibesandjust
if
iesal
l
expendi
tur
esfort
hecomingyear
,whet
herornott
heyhaveexist
edbef
ore.

B.
10.Recor
dingandRepor
ti
ng

 Records–havebeendef inedas“ anaccounti nwr it


tenorot herper
manentf orm
servi
ngasamemor ialorauthenticevidenceofaf actorevent .

 Report–meanst omakeorgi veanaccountof ,oftenformallybasedonaccur ate
recor
ds,researchandi nvesti
gation.
 Recordi
ng–Ever ywor kerhasar esponsibi
li
tyforr ecordskeepingofwhicht here
vari
ousforms, thev ariati
onar erelat
edt otheagency ’
spurposeandt heparti
cular
probl
em ofthecl ientele.
’(LaragaretSchuber t
).
 Reporti
ng–asapr ocessofmanagementi sbr oadlyinter
pretedasapr ocessof
communi cati
on.I ti s notonl ya t wo- way flow ofi nf
ormat i
on upward and
downwar dbutal soout war d,
acrossandar ound.

Pur
posesofr
epor
ti
ng:

1.Forupwardandout wardpur poses,t


oreportt
hepr ogress,f
utureneedsandpl ans
andaccountf orone’sper f
ormanceandj usti
ficati
onofapr ogr am.Therepor t
upwardisalsomeantf orexecutiv
econtrol
andpl anning.
2.Fordownwar dpurposes,reportsaremadet oinformt heworker saboutpol
icies,
progr
ams,r esour
ces,procedur eandothermat tersaf f
ect
ingt heoperati
onsof
theorgani
zati
on.

Char
act
eri
sti
csofanef
fect
ivewr
it
tenr
epor
t:

 Cl
ear
 Perti
nent
 Bri
efbutcompl ete
 Current
 Accurate
 I
nformat i
ve
 Compar ati
ve
 Properl
yclassif
ied
 Attr
acti
v ei
nf or
mat
 Objecti
ve
 Presentedonschedul
e/t
ime
 Datedandsi gned

388
B.11.Publ
icr
elat
ions

Publ
icrel
ati
ons/communit
yrel
ationsareanessenti
alpartofsoci
alwor
kadmini
str
ati
on.
Admini
str
ators who wanteffi
cientand effect
ive agenci
es need t
o be aware of
communityresour
cesandbeabletounderst
andandut i
li
zethem.

Or
gani
zedpubl
icr
elat
ionspr
act
ice-ar
ethecont
inui
ngef
for
ttoef
fectahar
moni
ous
adj
ustmentbet ween an insti
tut
ion and its public.Exper
ience has taughtt hatt his
adj
ustmentr equir
es,among ot hert hi
ngs,a t wo-way exchange ofopi nions and
i
nformati
onwhi chcanr esulti
nmut ualunderstandingandmut ualint
erests.Thi sfree-
fl
owinginter
changeofideasandi nformati
onrequi respl
annedeffecti
vecommuni cati
on.
Inthisprocessthepr acti
ti
onerser ves,inturn,t heroleofcat al
yst,counsellor,and
communi cat
or.

Publ
icr
elat
ions – i
sthe managementf
unct
ion whi
ch ev
aluat
es publ
i
c at
ti
tudes,
i
dentifi
est hepoli
ciesandproceduresofani ndi
vi
dualoranor ganizati
onwiththepubli
c
i
nterest,andexecutesaprogram ofactiont
oearnpubl i
cunderstandingandaccept
ance.
TheI nsti
tuteofPubl i
cRelationsdefinespubli
cr elat
ionsas“ plannedandsustained
eff
orttoest abl
ishandmai nt
ainmut ualunderst
andingbetweenanor gani
zati
onandits
publi
c.”

B.
12.Eval
uat
ionsandResear
ch

Wholeypoint
soutt hattheeval
uati
onhassever
aldist
ingui
shi
ngchar
acter
ist
ics
relat
ing t
of ocus,methodology,and f
uncti
on.The f
oll
owing oper
ati
onaldefi
nit
ion
clari
fi
esthesecharacter
ist
ics.

Eval
uat
ion:
1.Assesses the eff
ecti
veness of an on- goi
ng program in achi
evi
ng it
s
object
ives;
2.Reli
esont hepri
nci
plesofr esear
chdesigntodist
ingui
shaprogram’sef
fect
s
fr
om thoseofother
swor kinginasituat
ion;
3.Aimsatpr ogr
am’simprovementt hr
oughamodi fi
cati
onofcur
rentoper
ati
ons

Thust hefuncti
onofev al
uat
ionistoprovi
def eedbackf r
om resul
tstoeff
ect
organizati
onaldecisi
ons.Itistheact
ivi
tyt
hatl
inksprogram operati
onstoplanni
ngand
programmi ng,andi t
sfindingscanbeusedt omodi fycurrentoperat
ionsandtoplan
futur
epr ogramsandpol i
cies.

Evaluati
onmaybeunder takenformanagementadmi ni
str
ati
vepurposes,toassessthe
appropri
ateness ofpr ogram shi f
ts,t oi dent
if
y wayst oi mprovet he del
iver
y of
i
nterventi
onsandpr ogram resources.Theymaybeunder takenforplanni
ngandpol i
cy
purposes,todecideonanot her
,fi
nally,
t heymaybeundertakentotestaparti
cul
arsocial
sci
encehy pothesisoraprofessi
onal practi
cepri
ncipl
e.

Human service program – is def


ined as a subdiv
isi
on ofthe agencywhi ch has
administ
rat
ive di
recti
on to accompli
sh a pr
escribed setofobject
ives t
hrough the
conductofspecif
iedacti
vi
ti
es.

C.Soci
alSy
stem
ASoci
alSy st
em –isawhol
ewi
theachpar
tbear
ingar
elat
iont
oev
eryot
herpar
t
andal
lar
eint
erdependent
.

Asy st
em accordi
ngtoWill
i
am Li
nki
s“apurposef
ul,or
gani
zedi
nter
rel
ati
onshi
ps
ofcomponentsi
nwhi chtheper
for
manceofthewhol
eexceedsthei
ndi
vi
dualoutput
sof

389
al
lt hepar t
s.Whenappl iedt osocialworkadmi ni
str
ationitrefer
st ot heconcept sof
agency pur pose and inter
relat
ionship of di
ffer
entuni t
s as sub- sy stems of the
organizat
ion.Thei nter
relat
ion and coordi
nati
on oft hev ar
ioussub- sy stemsoft he
organizat
ionsarebr oughtaboutbyt heinf
ormat i
onandcommuni cat
ionnet wor
k,the
decisi
on-making mechani sm and ot herbuilt
-i
n mechanisms whi ch exi stin ever
y
organizat
ion.

Component
soft
hesoci
alsy
stems

1. I
nput–t heinputint
ot hesystem maybehuman,met hodofwor k,orasetof
beli
efsfrom theenvi
ronment.Theyfindawayofr elati
ngwi theachotherwi
thi
n
thesystem.Achangei noneinputmayaffectt
heentiresystem.
2. Output–r epr
esentswhatthesy st
em i
sdoinginrel
ationtoitsgoal
s.
3. Throughput–t heconversi
onprocessofi
nputstooutputs.

Basi
cSy
stemsModel

I
nput
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
thr
oughput
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.out
put
(Conver
sionpr
ocess)

St
aff Management Pr
ogr
am and
servi
ces
Budget
Bui
ldi
ng

Intheil
lust
rati
on,thehuman,f i
nanci
alandphysi
calr
esour
cesrepr
esentt
he
i
nputsthatar
econv er
tedintoprograms,andserv
iceswit
hthemanagementasthe
mechani
sm i
ntheconversi
onprocess.

UNDERSTANDI
NGSOCI
ALSYSTEM

Syst
emsmayhav ecl osedandopenpr operti
es.Assuchi tispermeabletoot her
systemsandi saf f
ectedbyt hem,( i.
e.,thesoci alagencyi sinfluencedbyi tsext er
nal
environment,thecommuni ty).Thecl ienteleser vedcomesf r
om t hecommuni tyaswel l
asther esourceinput sforitssupportandmai nt enance.Mostsy stemsar eopen.
Acl osedsystem –i sonet hatisnotaf f
ect edbyi tsexternalenv ir
onment .Iti
sappl i
cable
i
nt hesocio-economi cpoli
ticalsit
uation.Ther ear ev eryfewcl osedsy stems.
Therear emanyl ev el
sofsy stemsandsubsy st
emsandaccor dingtoLi nk,the
studyoft hemul tiplesystem mov esf rom asmal lview,i.
e.,mi crocosm,t oalargev i
ew
macr ocosm ofsy stems.
SystemsEqui l
ibrium orst abil
ity– i st het endencyofan or ganizati
on (syst
em)t o
mai ntai
n a uni form and benef i
cialst abil
ity within and bet ween i ts part
s.The
managementf unct ioninanor gani
zat ionpr ov i
desmechani sm f orsystem equil
ibri
um
notonl ywit
hinthesy st
em butal sobet weensubsy stems.

Rel
ati
ont
othesy
stemsappr
oacht
othemanagementpr
ocess

Thefol
lowingfi
gurewasil
l
ustrat
edbySoymansTi
ll
esin”
TheManager’sJob:A
Sy
stemsApproach”,
torel
atet
hesyst
emsapproacht
othemanagementpr
ocess.

390
ACOMPLEXINPUT-
OUTPUTSYSTEM
Thepr
ogr
am asasyst
em

MANAGER:

Pl
ans,
Organi
zes,
cont
rol
s,admi
nist
ers

Supplyof
Outputsto
ResourceInput Meet
Demand

Money FUNCTI
ONALSUBSYSTEMS: Tr
eat
ment
Labor Serv
ices
Management Wages
Fi
xed-use Ser
vice(
from ut
il
it
y) Prof
its
Curr
entuse Sati
sfact
ions
Data Suppor
t(t
imeandspaceut
il
it
y)

I
nfor
mation
Feedback

Throughpl
anni
ng,or
gani
zi
ng,contr
oll
i
ngandadmi
nister
ing,t
hemanagertakes
cer
tai
nr esourcei
nput
sandconv er
tsthem inor
dert
oachievesomev al
ueutil
i
tyor
out
put.

Lev
elsi
ntheor ganizat
ion:
1.Poli
cylevel
2.Administrati
veorexecut
ive
3.Superv
isor yand
4.Dir
ectser vi
celevel
s

391
PARTI
ISUPERVI
SIONI
NSOCI
ALWORK

Super
visi
on

 Isady namicenabl ingpr ocessbywhi chi ndi


vi
dualwor kerswhohav eadi r
ect
responsibil
it
yforcar ryingoutsomeoft heagency’
spr ogram plansar ehelpedby
adesi gnatedstaffmembert omaket hebestuseoft heirabil
it
ysot hattheycan
dot heirj
obmor eef fecti
vel
yandwi thincreasi
ngsatisfacti
ontot hemsel vesand
totheagency .
 Admi nist
rati
vepr ocessi ntheconductofdev el
opmenti samaj orconcer n.Int hi
s
process, t
hesuper visorhast hreefuncti
ons:administ
rative,t
eachingandhel pi
ng.
(Charlott
eTowl e)
 Traditi
onalmet hodoft r
ansmi tt
ingknowl edgeofsoci alwor kskil
lsi npr acti
ce
from t hetrai
nedt ot heunt rai
nedf rom theexper i
encedt ot hei nexperienced
studentandwor ker.(Amer i
canEncy clopedia)

The 1971 edi ti


on of t he ency cl
opaedi a defined super vi
sion essentiall
y
organizati
onalaccount abil
it
y.
Alf
redKadushi ncont endsthatt hesedef init
ionsar eincorr
ectast heyincl
ude
onlysomeaspect sofsuper visi
on.Hef urt
herclar i
fi
est hatmor eof t
ent hannott he
defi
nit
ionswoul donl yshow t headmi nistr
ati
veandeducat ionalcomponent si nt he
funct
ionsofsuper visi
on.Ther eisanaddi ti
onalresponsibil
it
y,whichhef eelsneedt obe
i
ncludedi nthedefinit
ionandt hat,i
sthe“ expressive-supporti
ve-l
eadership”functi
onof
supervisi
on.Het husdef inesthesupervi
sorasan“ agencyadmi nist
rati
vest af
fmember
towhom aut hori
tyisdel egatedtodirect,coordi
nat e,enhance,andev aluatetheon-the-
j
obper formanceoft hesuper vi
seesforwhosewor khei sheldaccount able.

Super
visi
on-ent
ail
sthef
acemeet
ingoft
woormor
eper
sons–t
heonewhosuper
vises
andt
hesuper
visees.Thi
sleadst
othesuper
visor
yrel
ati
onshi
p,whi
chi
s:

1.Ar elati
onshipoft woormor epeoplewor ki
ngt oget
hernott omeeteachot her’
s
personal needsbutt oadmi ni
stereff
ecti
veagencyser vi
cestocli
ents.
2.Ani nterdependentrelat
ionshi
pwi thbot
hpar ti
escorrespondingr
esponsi
bil
it
ies.
3.Apr ofessional,notasoci alr
elati
onshi
p.Themai npur poseoftherel
ati
onshipis
to hel p worker slearn how t o gi
ve serv
ices eff
ectivel
y and t
of urt
hert he
professionalgr owthofeachot heri
ncl
udingt hesupervisorbyenhanci
ngsoci al

392
wor
kskill
s,aswellast
ryi
ngt
odi
scov
ernewerandmor
eef
fect
iveway
sof
wor
kingwit
hpeopl
e.

Thesuper
visor

 Isinthemi d-posi t
ioninasoci alagencyori nadepar tmentwhosemai nfunction
i
st oprovideasoci alworkservice.
 Heorshei samemberofanagencyt eam ofallmember sofwhi char eemploy ed
toaccompl isht heagency ’spurposeandf uncti
on.
 Heorshecar r
iesr esponsibi
li
tyforacer tainnumberofwor ker ’
sand/ orstudent s.
Itisinrelationt ot hesewor kersorst udent sthathehast her esponsibil
it
yf or
seeingtoi tthatt hewor koft heagencyget sdoneanddonewel l
,thatservices
areprovidedt ocl ients,thewor kersandst udentsareenabl edt oimpr ovethei r
skil
lstothel i
mi tsoftheirabil
it
yatanygi v enstageandt hei
rdev elopment .
 Thesuper visor’sr esponsibi
li
ti
esl eadt ot heconclusiont hatt hesecanonl ybe
accomplishedt hroughacombi nationofadmi nist
ration,t eachi ngandhel ping
functi
onsenhancedt hroughoutbycl earcommuni cation.

Thesuper
visorexer
ciseshi
sadmi
nist
rat
ivef
unct
ionsby:

 Holdingthewor kerstoaccountforacer t
ainquali
tyandquantit
yofproducti
on;
 Seeing toitt hatt he servi
ce to cl
ientis adequatel
yr endered wi
th agency
regulati
onsandpr oceduresproperl
ycarri
edout;
 Enablingthewor kertof ol
l
owpr oceduresandr egul
ati
ons-thesupervi
sorhast o
beclearinhiscommuni cati
ontohim.

Typesofsuper
visi
on

1. Tutorialmodel– consi sts ofa super visorand a super visee i n one- to-
one
rel
ationshi p.
2.Gr oupsuper vision–t herei sadesi gnatedsuper visorandagr oupofsuper visees.
Groupsuper visiont obeef fectiveisdoneonl ywi thahomogeneousgr oupandal l
member s,mor eorl esshav esomef aci
lityf orexpr ession.
3. Caseconsul tation–t her ei sadesi gnat edconsul tantandt hewor kerschedul es
thecont actswhenheneedst hem.Thewor keri spr imar i
lyr esponsi blef orthe
focusoft hemeet ing.Consul t
ationsar ecasedf ocus.
4. Peergr oupsuper vision-t her eisnodesi gnat edsuper visor ,andal lthemember s
ofthegr ouppar ti
ci pat easequal s.Consequent ly,oneoft her equirement sf orthe
group’ssuccessi st hatt hemember sar emat ureandexper i
encedenought o
makev i
talcont ri
but ionst ocasedi scussi onsandmustshar ecommonar easof
compet ence.
5. Tandem super vi
sion–t hisdev elopedoutoft hepeergr oupmodel .I
nt hiscase
two gr oup member s deci de tof unct ion apar tf r
om t he gr oup.Nei t heri s
designat edt hesuper v i
sor .Bot har eexper i
encedwor ker swhor espectt heabi li
ty
andopi nionsoft heot her .Asat andem,t heymeeti nfor mal lywhenev erei thera
casef orconsi der ationhas.Deci sionsar et her esponsi bil
ityoft heper sont o
whom t hecasei sassi gned,butast het andem wor kt oget herf orawhi le,both
member sbecomef ami li
arwi theachot her ’
scausesandt hedeci sionst endst o
becomemor ecol labor ative.Att i
mes, member scoul dcov ereachot her’scase.
6. Thet eam –t hismodelconsi stsofv ariedmember swi thi nt heagencyst ructure.
Theymeetonar egul arbasi s,witht heagendaf ordiscussi on.Itist het askoft he
team t oar ri
veatt hedi scussi onaboutacaset hrought hegr ouppr ocessdur i
ng
the meet ing.The deci sion i n ev er
y case,r egardless ofwhi ch memberi s
responsi blefori mpl ement ingit,i
st het eams.

Super
visi
onofst
udent
s

Thegoali st oenablethest udent


st odev el
ophisknowl edgeandski l
lasa
professionalper
son.Thesupervisor’
schieffunct
ionasast udentsuper
visori
stot each
theelement sofprofessi
onalpr
actice.Averyimport
antpartofthesupervi
sor’
steaching
willi
ncludeensuringthatthecl
i
ent’sneedsar emetandthatthestudentworkscorrectl
y

393
wi
thi
nagency
’sf
unct
ionandpol
i
cies.

St
affsuper
visi
on:

Staf
fsupervisionisady nami
candenabli
ngprocesswheretheworker
sar e
hel
ped t
o perf
orm t hei
rfunct
ionsef
fect
ivel
yundert
he gui
dance ofa t
rai
ned and
compet
entsuperv
isor.

Super
visi
onandpar
apr
ofessi
onal
s

Par
apr
ofessi
onal

 Personwhoi shi ghlymot i


vatedandcommi ttedt osharehisknowledge,skil
l
sand
servicet osel ectedindiv i
duals,specificgr oups, inagivenplaceorcommuni t
yfor
humani t ari
ancauseandci v i
cef f
iciency.(Sy l
v i
aP.Mont es)
 Wor kerassi sti
ngt hesoci alwor kst affi ndi r
ectservicefunctionsundert he
super v
isi onoft hepr ofessionallytrainedwor ker .Hemaybeacommuni t
yleader
orav olunteer,agr aduateofacer tif
icatecour sein communi t
ywor k,ora
professi onalofanot herdiscipli
ne,whowor ksal ongsi
deat rai
nedsoci al
;worker
hindert helatter’sdirectionandsuper visi
on.( Ev eli
naA.Pangalangan)
 Thesuper vi
sor sofpar aprofessionalshav et hesamer oleandf uncti
onsast he
super v
isor ’
soft r
ainedsoci alwor kers.Thesei ncludet
headmi nistr
ati
ve,t
eaching
andhel pi ngfunct i
ons.

Super
visi
onofvol
unt
eer
s

Av ol
unteeri
sonewhogi vesofhisskil
l
s,knowledgeandser vicest oanagency
withoutany pr ovi
sion orconsiderat
ion ofgetti
ng remuner at
ion f
rom t he agency.
Volunteersthoughnotremuneratedforthei
rservi
cestot heagencyareal soexpectedt o
givetheirbest,toensurethatagencyprogramsar eeffecti
vel
ycarri
edout ,bot
ht ot he
satisf
acti
onoft heagencyandt hev ol
unteerhi
msel f
;hencet hesupervisorcomesi nto
play.

Funct
ionsofsuper
visor

Super vi
sorsar eencour agedt othi
nkt hrought hei
rfuncti
onsandt asks,toof f
er
somet heoreti
calknowl edgeaboutlearners,t
ogi veguidel
inesforuseinpractice,
andt o
testhow t he principles ofsupervision operateint he presentorgani
zations.Their
functi
ons,therefore,shoul dbediscipl
ined,systematic,andobjecti
ve,yetwil
lst i
mulate
refl
ecti
vethinki
ng, leadingtothedevelopmentofi ndiv
idualstyl
esandway sofwor king.

1.Management

a)St affsupervisionmustst ri
vet o:
b)Obt ainsui t
ablewor kingconditionsf orthest aff;
c) Seet oitthatther ei
sanadmi nistrat
iveback- upt oenabl esoundpr acti
ce
d)Decl arepoorcondi ti
ons,ifany ,and wor kt owardsi mprov ementt hr
ough
communi cati
ng upwar d t he consequences of unsat isfactory working
conditi
ons
e) Ensureast eadyf l
ow ofdat aaboutt hechangi ngneedsoft hecommuni t
y
towardt heagencyandi nteragencyr elations.Thesedat acanbeusedi n
formulatingtheagency ’
sprogr am andpol icy .
f) Detectv ari
ationsi nprocedureandassi stt hewor ker
si nt headmi ni
strati
ve
processbyencour agingwor ker stoexami net heef f
ectsofpol i
cyont hei
r
dail
ypr acti
ce, t
ocont ri
butethei ri
deasaboutchangest hatareneeded; and
g)Ev aluatewor kloadsandmakeappr opri
at eadj ustmentsbetweent heneedsof
theagencyandt hecapacityofeachwor kert omanageacasel oad.

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2.Teachi
ng

Thesuper
visorhastogetabal
ancebet
weenput
tinginanddr
awi
ngout
:putt
ing
i
nwhati snotyetknownbutessenti
altoi
mmediat
epracti
ce;anddr
awi
ngoutwhatis
al
readyknowntothewor ker
.

3.Suppor
t

Lear
ningcannotbeeasil
yaccompl ishedwithoutsuppor
t.Suppor tenablesthe
l
earnerto eval
uat
epastpr act
ice,considerinnovati
onsand alternat
iveappr oaches.
Supportmeansaski
ngchall
engi
ngquestionsbyst i
mulati
ngthewor ker’
sthinki
ngandby
thever
yrecogni
ti
onthathehasthestr
engt handthecapacit
ytorespondanddev el
op.

GAMESPEOPLEPLAYI
NSUPERVI
SION

Ongoingseri
esofcompl ement ar
yulter
iortransact
ionssuper fi
cial
l
yplausibl
ebut
withaconcealedmot i
vat
ion.Iti
saschemeorar tful
nessutil
izedi nthepursui
tofsome
object
ivesorpurpose.Apl ayisasegmentofgame.Thepur poseofengagi nginthe
game,ofusingthemaneuv er
s,snares,thegimmi cksandpl oyst hatareintheessence
theartofgamesmanshipliesinthepayof f
.(Berne)

Super
visee’
sgamesi nclude:
1.Mani pul
atingdemandl evel
2.Redef i
ningtherelati
onshi
p
3.Reducingpowerdi spar
it
y
4.Cont r
oll
ingthesituati
on

“I
fyouwantsomeonet odoagoodjob, “Menandwomenwantt odoagoodj ob,a
gi
vethem a goodjobtodo.
” creat
ivejob,andi ftheyareprovi
dedt he
—Frederi
ck Her
zberg, Management properenvir
onment,t
heywi l
ldoso.”
Theori
st —BillHewlett
,Co-
founder,
Hewlett
-Packard

Bi
bli
ogr
aphy
:

1.Trecker, Harlei
gh,Soci alWorkAdmi nistration
2.Cor dero,Pangal anganet .Al.Admi nistrationandsuper vi
sioninsocialworkrevised
edi
tioncopy r
ight2013
3.Kadushi n,Albert,SocialWor kAdmi nistration
4.Ski dmor e,RexA. ,SocialWor kAdmi nistrati
on,Dy nami cManagementandHuman
Relati
onshi p
5.http:/
/www. edrawsoft.com/ example-st udent-orgchar t
.php
7. https:
/ /
www. google.com.ph/sear ch? q=images+of +organi
zat
ional
+char
ts&ie=utf
-
8&oe=ut f
-8&aq=t &rl
s=or g.mozill
a:en-
GB: of f
icial
&client=fi
refox-
a&channel =np&sour ce=hp&gf e_rd=cr
&ei =1OJRU6qf KNbBuASwg4CQDQ

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SOCIALWORK
COMMUNI TY
EDUCATI
ON
AND
396
TRAI
NING
Rev
iewer
:
Ms.I
mel
daF.Gat
inao

I
. I
ntr
oduct
iont
oSoci
alWor
kCommuni
tyEducat
ionandTr
aini
ng

A.Basi
cConcept
sonSoci
alWor
kCommuni
tyEducat
ionandTr
aini
ng

The t
heor
yand pr
act
ice ofcommuni
tyeducat
ion i
s al
mostal
way
svi
ewed as
'
educat
ionf
orcommuni
tywi
thi
ncommuni
ty'
.Iti
sapr
ocessdesi
gnedt
oenr
icht
he
l
ivesofi ndi
v i
dual
sandgroupsbyengagi ngwithpeopl
etodev el
opv ol
untari
l
yar angeof
l
ear ni
ng,act i
on and ref
lect
ion opportuni
ti
es,deter
mined by theirpersonal
,soci al
,
economi candpol i
ti
calneeds.Communi tyeducat
ionini
tsstr
ongersensehaspar al
lels
i
nt hetradit
ionofcommuni t
yorganizat
ion.

“Communi t
y educat i
on,al so known ascommuni ty-
based educat ion orcommuni ty
l
earning&devel opment ,isanor ganizati
on'
sprogramst opromotel earningandsoci al
developmentwor kwithi ndi
vidual sandgr oupsint heircommuni t
iesusi ngar angeof
formalandi nf
ormalmet hods.A commondef ini
ngf eatureisthatpr ogrammesand
acti
viti
esaredevel opedi ndialoguewi t
hcommuni tiesandpar t
ici
pant s.Thepur poseof
communi t
yl earninganddevel opmenti stodevel opt hecapacit
yofi ndi
vidualsand
groupsofal lagest hrought heiractions,thecapacityofcommuni ties,toi mprovetheir
quali
tyofli
fe.Cent r
altothisist heirabil
it
ytoparti
cipateindemocraticpr ocesses.

Communi t
yeducat i
onencompassesal lthoseoccupat ionsandappr oachest hatare
concer ned wi t
h r unning educati
on and devel opment pr ogr
ammes wi thi
n local
communi ti
es,ratherthanwithi
neducationalinsti
tuti
onssuchasschool s,coll
egesand
universit
ies.Thel at
terisknownast heformaleducat i
onsystem,wher eascommuni ty
educat i
oni ssomet i
mescalledinfor
maleducat i
on.Ithaslongbeencriti
calofaspectsof
thef ormaleducat i
onsystem forfai
li
nglargesect i
onsoft hepopulat
ioninallcountri
es

397
andhadapart
icularconcer
nfort
aki
nglear
ninganddevelopmentopport
uni
ti
esoutt
o
poor
erar
eas,althoughitcanbeprovi
dedmor ebroadly.
”(Communi t
yEducat
ion–
Wi
ki
pedi
a)

Trai
ningisthesystemati
cacquisit
ionofskil
ls,r
ulesandconcepts,andthefor
mationof
att
it
udesandval uesthatr
esultinimprovedperformanceinvari
ouswor kenvi
ronments
(Gol
dstei
n,1990ci t
edbyOr t
igas,Carmela,2012). Anotherdefi
niti
onseestrai
ningas
l
earningtochanget heper
for
manceofpeopl edoingjobs(Fr
anco1990ci t
edbyOr ti
gas,
Carmela,2012). Theaim oft r
ainingistoi mproveorhonet heski l
l
sofwor kersto
i
mpr
ovet
hei
rper
for
manceoft
hatgi
venf
unct
ion.

B.Sel ect edLear ningTheor i


es
1. Edwar dL.Thor ndike
I
s wi dely known f orhi s cont ri
butions tot he st udy ofPsy chology.
Ref erred to as“ Amer i
ca’smostpr oduct i
vepsy chologist”and t he“ f
atherof
moder n dayeducat ionalpsy chol ogy ,”he publ i
shed r oughl y500 books and
arti
cles.I n1905hef or malizedt heLawofEf fectwhi chst ates:
“Responsest hatar ei mmedi atelyf oll
owedbyasat isfact oryout comebecome
mor est r
ongl yassoci atedwi tht hesi tuat i
onandar et hereforemor elikelytooccur
againint hef uture.Conv ersely,responsesf oll
owedbynegat iveout comesbecome
mor eweakl yassoci atedandl essl ikelyt or eoccuri nthef uture. ”TheLawofEf fect
wast her esultofhisext ensi vest udywi thani mal s.Thor ndikecr eateddev i
cescalled
“puzzleboxes” . Theexper iment swer ebasedonani malsbei ngpl acedi ntothese
contraptionsandcoul donl yescapef rom i tbymaki ngsomespeci ficr esponses. If
theanimal i
sr ewarded, byescapi ng, thebehav i
ori sl
earned.
2. Andr agogy
Andragogyl i
ter all
ymeansl eaderofman( andr-i sLat i
nf or“man”and
agogusi sLatinf or“leaderof ”
).
 Adul tsneedt oknowwhyt heyar elearning;howwi ll
itaf fectt hem?
 Adul tsar eaut onomousandsel f-di
rect ed
 Adul tshav eal i
feti
meofexper ience
 Adul tsuseahands- onpr obl em- solvi
ngappr oacht ol earning
 Adul tswantt oappl ynewknowl edgeandski ll
simmedi ately
 Adul tsneedt obeshownr espect
.
3.Al
ber
tBandur
a’sSCT-
Soci
alCogni
ti
veTheor
y
Humanscanl earnbyobser vingandmodel i
ngothers,especi
allythosethatthey
i
dentif
ywi t
h.
Classi
c“BoboDol l
”studiesdemonst rat
edobser
vationallear
ningandi mpacton
vi
olentbehavi
orinchil
dren.Banduraor i
ginal
lycal
l
edthi
st heoryObser vat
ionalLear
ning
TheoryorSocial
Learni
ngTheor y.Humanscanl earn by observi
ng and model ing
other
s,especi
all
ythosethattheyidenti
fywith.

4. Malcolm Knowl es’


FatherofAdul tLearning.DevelopedSi
xFact
orsasSour
cesofMot
ivat
ionf
or
AdultLearning:
 Dev elopsoci alr
elationshi
ps
 Escape/ St i
mulation
 Soci al wel f
are
 Per sonal advancement
 Ext ernal expectations
 Cogni ti
vei nter
est

5. Gardner’
sMul ti
pleIntell
igence
Thet heoryofmul ti
pleintell
igenceswasdev elopedi n1983byDr .Howar d
Gardner,professorofeducat ion atHar vard Universit
y.I tsuggest sthatt he
tr
aditi
onalnotionofi ntell
igence,basedonI .Q.testi
ng,i sfartool i
mited.I
nstead,
Dr.Gardnerproposesei ghtdifferentint
ell
igencest oaccountf orabroaderrange
ofhumanpot entialinchi l
drenandadul ts.”Thet heor yofmul t
ipl
eintell
i
gences
proposesamaj ortransformationi nthewayourschool sar erun.Itsuggeststhat

398
teachersbetr
ainedtopresentt
heirl
essonsi
nawidev
ari
etyofwaysusi
ngmusi
c,
cooperati
vel ear
ning,artacti
vit
ies,rol
e pl
ay,mul
ti
media,fi
eldtri
ps,i
nner
refl
ecti
on,andmuchmor e.

TheMulti
pleI ntell
igencesar e:
 Ver bal /
LinguisticI ntelli
gence-“ wor dsmart

 Logi cal-mat hemat i
cal I
ntel
l
igence-“ number/reasoni
ngsmar
t”
 Visual /Spat i
alInt ell
igence-“ pi
cturesmart

 Bodi ly/Kinesthet icInt el
li
gence-“ bodysmar t

 Musi cal/Rhy t
hmi cI ntelli
gence-“ musicsmar t

 Interper sonal I
ntel l
igence-“ peoplesmart”
 Intraper sonal I
nt ell
igence-“ selfsmar t

 Nat ur al
istIntel
ligence-“ naturesmar t”

6.Davi
dKol
b’sLear
ningTheor
y-Exper
ient
ialLear
ningCycl
e
Hehasani nteresti
nt henatur
eofindivi
dual,andsoci alchangeandexper ienti
al
l
earning,car eerdev elopmentandexecut i
veandpr of
essionaleducation.Kol b’stheory
workson2l evels:Fi r
stlevel: Concr
eteexperience;refl
ect i
veobser v
ation;abstract
concept uali
zati
on;act i
ve experi
mentati
on. The second l evel:each represent
ing a
combi nationoft he2pr ef
erredstyl
es.Di
vergi
ng:tomov eapar t
;assimil
ati
ng:t oabsorb;
Conver ging:tocomet ogetherandAccommodat ing: adapt-makei tfi
t-
changet osui t
newpur pose.

Kolb’
stheoryclari
fi
esbetweenExper
ienceandExper i
enti
alLearni
ng.Experience
i
susedt otestouti deasandassumpt i
onsr at
hert hantopassi v
elyobtainpractice.
Exper
ient
iall
earningisnotthesameasdiscoveri
nglearni
ng.Act i
vi
ti
esmustbecar efully
desi
gnedbyt heteacherandlear
nersmustrefl
ectontheirexper
ienceincri
ti
calway.

7.Popul arEducation( Paul


oFreire)–communi t
y-basededucati
on
PauloFreir
e'sinvigorati
ngcr i
ti
queofthedomi nantbankingmodelofeducat
ion
l
eadst ohisdemocr at
icpr oposalsofproblem-
posingeducati
onwher e"menandwomen
devel
optheirpowert oper cei
vecrit
icall
ythewaytheyexisti
ntheworldwit
hwhichandin
whichtheyfindthemsel ves;theycomet oseethewor l
dnotasast at
icr
eal
it
ybutasa
real
it
yintheprocessoft ransformation.
"

399
I
I. TheAdul
tLear
ning:Concept
sandPr
inci
ples

Adul teducati
onisapracti
ceinwhi chadult
sengageinsystematicandsustained
sel
f–educat i
ngact i
vi
ti
esinordertogai nnew f or
msofknowl edge,skil
ls,at
ti
tudes,or
[
1]
val
ues. Itcanmeananyf orm ofl
earningadultsengagei
nbeyondt radi
ti
onalschooling,
encompassi ngbasicli
ter
acytopersonalfulf
il
lmentasali
fel
onglearner.

I
npar ti
cular,adul
teducat i
onr efl
ectsaspeci fi
cphil
osophyaboutl earningand
teachi
ngbasedont heassumpt i
onthatadul t
scanandwantt olearn,thatt
heyar eable
andwi ll
ingt otaker esponsibil
i
tyfort hatlearni
ng,andthatthel earningitselfshould
respondt ot heirneeds.Dr ivenbywhatoneneedsorwant st ol earn,t
heav ai
l
able
opportunit
ies,and t he manneri n which one lear
ns,adultlearning is affected by
demogr aphics,global
izat
ionandt echnology.Thelearni
nghappensi nmanyway sandi n
manycont extsjustasal ladult
s'li
vesdi f
fer.Adultl
earni
ngcanbei nanyoft hethree
contexts,i
.e.

 For
mal–St ruct
uredl
ear
ningt
hattypi
cal
lytakesplacei
naneducat
ionort
rai
ning
i
nsti
tut
ion,
usuall
ywit
hasetcurr
icul
um andcarri
escredent
ial
s;

 Non-formal– Learni
ngt hatisorganizedbyeducati
onalinst
it
uti
onsbutnon
credenti
al.Non-
for
mallearni
ngoppor t
unit
iesmaybepr ov
idedinthewor
kpl
ace
andt hr
oughtheacti
vi
ti
esofcivi
lsociet
yorgani
zat
ionsandgroups;

 Informaleducati
on–Learni
ngthatgoesonal
ltheti
me,resul
ti
ngfr
om dai
l
yli
fe
activi
ti
esrelat
edt owor
k,fami
l
y ,communi
tyorlei
sur
e(e.g.communi
tybaki
ng
class).

Character
isti
csofAdul tEducation
Definedast hesci enceandar tofhel pi
ngadul t
sl ear
nt hepr act
iceofadult
educati
onisr eferredt oasandr agogy ,t
odistinguishi
tfrom thetraditi
onalschool
-based
educati
onf orchildrenpedagogy .Unl
ikechildren,adul
tsareseenas:
 Mor eself-directed,r
atherthanrelyi
ngonot her
sforhelp
 Mat ureandt herefor
eexper i
encedwi ththeexperi
encepr ovidingar i
chsour
ce
forlearning
 AnAdul t
'sreadinesst olearnisli
nkedt owhatoneneedst oknow
 Adul tor i
ent ati
ont olear
ni sproblem centeredr
atherthansubj ectcenter
ed
 Adul tmot i
vat i
ont ol
earni si
nternal

Chi
l
dandAdultLear
ningChar
act
eri
sti
cs
I
NSTRUCTI
ONBASEDONFI VEBASICPRINCI
PLESOFADULTLEARNI
NG
 Leadershi
p
 Experi
ence
 Appeal
 Respect
 NovelStyl
es

 Pri
ncipl
e1:Leader
ship.
Theadultl
ear
nerenterst
hetrai
ningoreducati
onalenvi
ronmentwi
thadeepneed
t
obesel
f-
dir
ecti
ngandtotakealeader
shiprol
einhisorherlearni
ng.

 Pr i
ncipl
e2:Experience
Thereisagr eat
eremphasi sont heuseofexper i
enti
all ear
ning t
echniques
(di
scussi
on met hods,case studies,problem-solvi
ng exer
cises)t hattap intot he
accumulat
edknowl edgeandski l
lsoft helearnersandtechni
quessuchassi mul at
ion
exerci
sesandfieldexperi
encesthatprovi
del earner
swithexperiencesfrom whichthey

400
canl
ear
nbyanal
yzi hem.Ex.Gr
ngt oupExer
cises-
boatr
ide

Rober
tF.Mager(1992)
 Hepr ovidedt
hef
oll
owi
ngl
i
stofkeypoi
ntsconcer
ningexper
ience:
 Everyone comes t othe l earning situati
on withal i
fetime ofexper i
ence,
regardlessofage.
 Thel i
feti
meexper iencesofeachl earnerar edif
ferentf r
om t hoseofot hers.
 Lif
etimeexper iencesal soi ncludemi sconceptions,bi ases,pr ejudices,and
preferences.I
not herwor ds, someofwhatpeopl et hinktheyknowi sact uall
y
wrong.
 Studiesshowt hatov eraper iodofthr eeday s,l
earningr etenti
oni sasf ol
l
ows:
 10%ofwhaty our ead.
 20%ofwhaty ouhear .
 30%ofwhaty ousee.
 50%ofwhaty ouseeandhear .
 70%ofwhaty ousay .
 90%ofwhatyousayasyoudo( e.
g.,or
allywor koutapr oblem)( Pike
1989).
 Theul t
imateeducat orknowst hatexper iencei sar i
chr esourcef oradult
l
earningandt hereforeact i
velyinvol
vesadul t
sint helearningpr ocess.

 Pr i
ncipl
e3:Appeal .
Appeali sthe powerofat tr
acti
ng orar ousi
ng inter
est
.Adul tlear
ner
s are
mot
ivat
ed tolearnwhent heyhav eaneed t o know.Theywantt o know how the
i
nst
ruct
ionwill
helpthem andof t
enaskthemsel v
est hefol
l
owi ngquest
ions:
 What 'si
ni tf
orme?
 WhydoIneedt hisi
nformat
ion?
 Howwi l
lIbenefitfr
om it
?
 HowcanImakeuseofi ti
napr acti
cal,
realway?
 Howwi l
lithelpmebeabet terpersonorpr of
essional
?

Tr
aini
nganddev el
opmentexper tRobertF.Mager(1992)bri
ngsthi
spointhome
wi
thhi
sfi
rstt
wor ul
esoftrai
ning:
 Rule#1:Trai
ningisappropr
iateonlywhentwoconditi
onsarepresent
:
 Thereissomethingthatoneormor epeopl
edonotknowhowt odo.
 Theyneedt obeabletodoi t
.
 Rule#2:Ift
heyalreadyknowhow, mor et
rai
ningwon'thel
p.

 Pr inciple4:Respect .
Thewor dr especther eisdef i
nedas" esteem. "Thei nst
ruct orofadul t
smust
show deferentialregardf ort hel earnerbyacknowl edginganadul tlear nersexperience
andcreati
ngacl i
mat einthel earningsettingthatconv eysrespect.
 Thef oll
owi ngsuggest i
onsar eof feredasway sinwhi cht hei nstr
uctorcan
helpf osteracomf ortable,product i
vel earningclimatet hrought heat t
itude
thatheorshepr ojects:
 Showr espectf orthelearner '
sindiv i
duali
tyandexper ience.
 Be sensi tivet ot he l
anguage y ou use so t hatl earners are not
inadvertentlyof f
ended.
 Beopent odi fferentperspectives.
 Adoptacar i
ngat ti
tudeandshowi t.
 Tr eatthel earner sasindividualsr atherthanasagr oupofpeopl ewho
areallalike.
 Suppor talllearnercomment sbyacknowl edgingt he" ri
ghtness"thatis
ineachcommentandeachper son.
 Take t he l earning process ser iously because i ti s ser
ious and
impor t
ant( McLagen1978) .

 Est
abl
ishalear
ningcli
mat eof:
 Mutualrespect
.
 Coll
aborati
onrathert
hancompet
it
ion.

401
 Suppor
trathert
hanj
udgment
.
 Mutualt
rust.
 Fun

 Pr i
ncipl
e5:NovelSt yles
Thelastpri
ncipler eferstoi
ndi
v i
dualornov elst
ylesthatcharact
eri
zelearner
s.
Novelst y
les are defined as di f
fer
ent,uni que lear
ning styl
es and pref
erences.
Mostadul tsprefertobet reat
edasi ndi
vidualswhoar euni queandhav epar t
icul
ar
dif
ferences.Thei nst
ruct ormustkeep i n mi nd t
hatalthough adul
tshavecommon
characteri
sti
csaslearners, adult
sal
sohav eindiv
idualdi
ffer
encesandmostadul t
shav e
preferr
edmet hodsforlearning.

 Tr
ainingStrategies
 Oncet het rainingobjecti
vehasbeeni dent
ifi
ed,thet r
ainertr
ansl
atesit
i
ntospeci fi
ct raini
ngareasandmodules.Thet rai
nerpreparesthepr
iori
ty
l
istofaboutwhatmustbei ncl
uded,whatcouldbeincluded.
 Exampl e:Unl adKabat aanProgr
amPopul at
ionAwar eness&Fami lyLife
Orient
ation
 Modul e: Popul ati
onandDev el
opment

12Pr
inci
plesf
orEf
fect
iveAdul
tLear
ning

Princi
ple1:NeedsAssessment .Doinganadequat eneedsassessmenti sbothst andard
practi
ceandabasi cprincipl
eofadul tlearning,whichhonor
st hefactthatwhi l
epeopl e
mayr egi
sterfort he same pr ogram theyal lcome with dif
fer
entexper i
ence and
expectati
ons.Not wopeopl eper ceivethewor l
di nthesameway .That’sast andard
axiom ofquantum thinking.Howcanwedi scoverwhatthegroupr eal
l
yneedst ol earn,
whattheyal r
eadyknow, whataspect softhecour sethatwehavedesignedr eall
yfittheir
si
tuati
ons?Li st
eningt ol ear
ners’want sandneedshel psshapeapr ogram t hathas
i
mmedi at
eusefulnesstoadul ts.

Pri
nciple2:Saf et
y. Safetyisapr i
ncipl
elinkedtorespectforl ear
ner
sasdeci si
on
maker soft
heirownl ear
ning.Butithasanaddedconnot ati
on.I
tmeanst hatthedesi
gn
oflearni
ngtasks,theatmosphereint heroom,andtheverydesignofsmal lgr
oupsand
mat er
ial
sconv eytot headultlearnersthatthisexper
iencewi l
lwor kforthem.The
contexti
ssafe.

Pri
ncipl
e3:SoundRel at
ionshi ps.Soundrelati
onshipsforlearninginvolv
erespect,saf
ety,
opencommuni cati
on,li
stening,andhumi l
i
ty.Zohar( 1997,p.134)of fersanewr eading
ofdial
ogue,di
a+l ogos,asdi a“through”andl ogos“rel
ati
onshi p”
:“thr
oughrelat
ionship.

Sheteachesthatsuchdialoguei sacentraltoolinquantum thinki
ng.

Principle4:SequenceandRei nforcement .Sequenceandr ei


nfor cementar ev i
talbut
oftenov erlookedaspr inciplesofadul tlearni ng.Sequenceshoul dst artfrom easyt o
diff
icult,from si mpl etocompl ex.Thi sseemssuchabasi cconcept .Fai l
ingt ohonori t,
howev er,canl eadt oadul t
sdr oppingoutofcour ses,peopl eact ingoutanger ,fear,and
disappoi ntment ,adul t
sbel i
ev ingt heycannotl ear n.
Sequencemeanst hepr ogr ammi ngofknowl edge,ski l
ls,andat ti
tudesi nanor derthat
goesf r om si mpl et ocompl exandf rom gr oupsuppor tedt osol oef forts.Learningt asks
canber eadi lyexami nedf orsequence.Mani festationsofsaf etyandent husiasm and
readinesst oachi evei nlear nersi ndicatethatsequencei sbeinghonor ed.Wheny ou,as
teacher ,seef ear,conf usion, andr eluctancet ot r
yi nthel earner,testt hesequenceoft he
l
ear ni
ngt ask.Youmayf i
ndy ouhav enothonor edt hei rneedf orsmal lstepsbet ween
tasksandt heirneedf orrei nforcement .Reinf orcementmeanst her epetiti
onoff acts,
skil
ls,andat t
itudesi ndi verse, engagi ng,andi nterestingway sunt iltheyar elearned.The
designofr ei nforcementi nadul tlearningi st hej oboft het eacher .Al t
houghadul tsmay
dot hei rownr einforcementt hroughpr acticalwor kandst udy,ourt eachingdesi gns,i f
theyar et obeaccount able,mustcar ryadequat er einforcementwi thi
nt hem t oensur e
l
ear ni
ng.Thi si sthehear toft hemat ter.

402
Pri
nci ple5:Pr axis.PraxisisaGr eekwor dthatmeans“ acti
onwi t
hr ef
lection.”Therei s
l
it
tledoubtamongeducat orsthatdoi
ngist hewayadul tslearnanythi
ng: concepts,skill
s,
orattitudes.Praxisisdoingwit hbui
lt
-i
nreflecti
on.Itisabeaut i
ful
danceofi nductiv
eand
deduct ivefor
msofl ear
ning.Asweknow, inductiv
el ear
ningproceedsf r
om t hepar t
icular
tot hegener al,whereasdeduct i
velearning mov esf r
om a gener alpr incipl
et ot he
part
icul arsit
uation.Praxiscanbeusedi nt eachingknowl edge,skil
l
s,andat tit
udesas
l
earner sdosomet hi
ngwi t
hthenew knowl edge,practi
cet henew skill
sandat ti
tudes,
andt henr efl
ectonwhatt heyhavejustdone.

Princi
ple6:Respectf orLear ner
sasDeci sionMaker s.Respectinglearnersasdecision
maker softheirownlearningisaprinciplethatinv ol
vest her
ecogni t
ionthatadult
sar ein
factdecisi
onmaker sinal argepartoft hei
rlives.Heal t
hyadultsdesiretobesubj ect
sor
decisi
onmaker sandr esistbeingt r
eatedasobj ect
s,somet hingthatcanbeusedby
someoneel se.Indialogueeducat ion,weassumet hatpeoplear enotdesi gnedt obe
usedbyot hers.Adul
tsneedt ounderstandt hatt heythemselvesdeci dewhatoccur sfor
them inthelearni
ngev ent.Thedialogueofl earningisbetweent woadul ts:t
eacherand
student,
learnerandlearner.

Pri
nci pl
e7:I deas,Feel ings,ActionsLear ningwi t
ht hemi nd,emot ions,andmuscl es
andgi vi
ngat t
ent iont ot hecogni ti
ve,affective,andpsy chomot oraspectsofadul t
l
ear ningisav i
talpr i
nciplethati
sof t
ennegl ected.Whent hef ormalit
iesofteachingand
l
earningi nthecl assroom anduni versit
ytakeov erwithoutr eflect
ion,adultl
earnerscan
bef acedwi thamassofcogni t
ivemat t
er:information,dat a,andf actsthatmayseem
i
mpossi blet
ocompr ehendorl earn.Ex.WhenIt ookmyf i
rstcomput ercourse,Ihadt he
personalexper ience ofbei ng deluged withf acts aboutt he hi st
oryand emer ging
compl exityofcomput ers.Isi mplywant edt oknow how t ouseone.Themassof
i
nfor mationfri
ght enedmeawayandIbecameanot herst ati
st i
c:anotheradultlearner
whobeganacour seandt hendroppedout .

Principle 8:I mmedi acy.Research recognizes thatadul tlearners need to see t he


i
mmedi ateusef ulnessofnew l earni
ng:t heski l
ls,knowledge,orat t
it
udest heyar e
wor kingt oacqui r
e.Mostadul tsdonothav etimet owast e.Wewantt ospendourt ime
study i
ng cont entt hatwi llmake a di ff
erence now.We ar e will
ing to worki n an
appr opr i
atesequence, andwer ecognizetheneedf orreinf
orcement ,butwewantt osee
somet hingi nhandassoonaspossi ble.Al argeper cent
ageofadul tlearnersst arta
cour seandt hendecidet ogiveitupbecauset heycannotseet hei mmedi at
eusef ulness
ofwhatt heyarelearning.Suchimmedi acyisnotaqui ckfi
xinamechani sti
csense.I ti
s
percei vedusef ul
ness,r el
atedtorespectf orthelearner’scontext,sequenceofl ear ni
ng
tasks,andt hedat ashar edint heneedsassessment .Thei mmedi acyper ceivedby
l
ear nerswi l
laff
ecttheirdeter
minationtocont i
nuewor king.

Principl
e9:Cl earRoles.Anot hervitalprinci
pleofadul tlearni
ngi sr ecognit
ionoft he
i
mpactofcl earrolesinthecommuni cationbetweenl earnerandt eacher.AsPaul oFr ei
re
puti tinconv ersati
on:“ Onl
yt hest udentcannamet hemomentoft hedeat hoft he
professor.”Thatis,at eachercanbei nt
entuponadi aloguewi thanadul tlearner,buti f
thel ear
nerseest het eacheras“ thepr ofessor”wi t
hwhom t herei snopossi bil
i
tyof
disagreement ,noquest ioni
ng,nochal l
enge,t hedialoguei sdeadi nthewat er.Adul t
studentsneedr einf
orcementoft hehumanequi t
ybet weent eacherandst udentand
amongst udents.Itt
akest i
mef oradul t
st oseet hemselvesandt heteacherinanewr ole.

Principle10:Teamwor k.Teamwor kisi t


sel
fbot hapr ocessandapr incipl
e.Teams
prov i
de,int headultlearni
ngexperience,aqual i
tyofsaf etythatiseffecti
v eandhel pful.
Theassur anceofsaf etyandsharedr esponsibili
tyav ail
ableinteamshasal wayspr oved
wel come,nomat terwhatt hecul t
uralsetti
ng.Teamwor kcannotbet akenf orgranted.
Throught hel ear
ningneedsandr esourcesassessment ,thet eachercant akeadv i
ce
aboutt hef ormati
onoft eams.Peopl ecanbei nvitedtowor kwithfri
endswhenpossi ble.
Thispr ovidessaf etyforundertakingt hedifficulttasks.Theconceptofopt imalf i
eld
wor ksf orusher e.Anopt i
malfieldisonedesi gnedf orev er
yonet ogai nasmuchas
possi bl
e,one wher e we design f ora wi n-wi n situation by int
ent i
onallyincluding
ever yt
hingint hefi
eldthatmakesf orsuccess.

403
Pr
inci
ple11:Engagement.Engagementi
nt helear
ningandacti
onpl
ansforastr
ategi
c
pl
anni
ngsessioni
sav i
tal
princi
plet
oensurethequalit
yoft
heteam’
slear
ning.

Princi
ple12:Account abili
ty.Account abi
li
tyisoneoft hef oremostpr inciplesofadul t
l
ear ni
ng.Whoi saccount ablet owhom?Fi rst,thedesi gnofl earningev entsmustbe
accountabletot hel earners.Whatwaspr oposedt obet aughtmustbet aught ;whatwas
meantt obel earnedmustbel ear ned;theskill
si ntendedtobegai nedmustbev i
sibl
ei n
allthelearners;theat ti
tudest aughtmustbeseen;t heknowl edgeconv ey edmustbe
mani f
estinadul tlear ners’languageandr easoni ng.Second,t hel ear nersint eamsar e
accountabletot heircol l
eaguesandt otheteacher .Theyareaccount abletot hemsel ves
torecreatethecont entsoi treallyisimmedi atel
yusef uli
nt heircont ext.Account abili
tyis
asy nt
hesisprinciple—i tisther esultofusingal ltheotherprinciples.
www. globall
earningpar tners.
com/ ..
./LTL_Sampl e_Chapter.
pdf

I
II
. Pr
ofi
li
ngt
heLear
ner
sinSoci
alWor
kCommuni
tyEducat
ionandTr
aini
ng

A. Sect oralmov ement s:chi l


dren,labor,urban poor
,ov erseas Fi
li
pinos,
peopl ewithdisabil
i
t i
es,indi
genouspeopl es
B. Issue-basedmov ement s:feminist
,freedom f
rom debt,fairtr
ade,LGBT,
peaceandj usti
ce,feministandecologicalmovements
C. Faith-basedmov ement s
D. Liberationmov ement

I
V. TheTr
aini
ngPr
ocess

A.Tr
aini
ngNeedsAssessment(
TNA)

Trainingneedsassessmentisthesystemat
icef
for
tthatwemaketo
gat
heropinionsandideasfr
om avar
iet
yofsour
cesonper
for
mancepr
obl
emsor
newsyst
emsandt echnol
ogies.

Whati
saTr
aini
ngneedsAnal
ysi
s?
Atr
aini
ngneedsanal ysi
sisasyst
ematicappr
oachf ordet
ermini
ngwhattrai
ning
needstotakeplace.At r
aini
ngneedsanaly
sisconsi
ders:agency
/organi
zat
ion’
sneeds;
Curr
entcompetencies;
Traini
ngmethods;
Cost;Ef
fect
iveness

A Trai
ningNeedsAnal ysi
s(TNA)isusedt oassessanor ganizati
on’
st r
aini
ng
needs.Ther ootoftheTNA i sthegapanalysis.Thi
sisanassessmentoft hegap
betweentheknowledge,skil
l
sandat t
it
udest
hatthepeoplei
nt heorganizat
ioncurr
entl
y
possess and the knowledge,skil
l
s and at
ti
tudes t
hatt hey r
equiret o meett he
organi
zat
ion’sobj
ecti
ves.

WhydoweNeedTNA?
 Tomakesurewear eapplyi
ngtherightsolut
iontot
heproblem
 Toi
denti
fywhatl
earningwill
beaccompl ished
 Toi
denti
fywhatchangesinbehaviorandper for
manceareexpect
ed
 Todet
erminet
heexpect edeconomiccost sandbenef
it
s

Tr
aini
ngNeedsAnal
ysi
saddr
esst
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:
 Whattr
aini
ngi sneededandwhy ?
 Wherei
st r
ainingneeded?
 Whoneedst raini
ng?
 Howwilltr
ainingbepr ov
ided?
 Howmuchwi lltr
aini
ngcost?
 Whatwil
lbet heimpactonbusi ness

404
WhyConductaTr
aini
ngNeedsAnal
ysi
s?
 Effect
ivetrainingprogr amscor r
ectl
yi denti
fyandaddressthetr
aini
ngneeds.
 Needt odet erminewhatorwhoneedst obetrai
ned.
 Traini
ngneedsanal y si
swor kstoclarifytr
aini
ngneeds
 At rai
ningneedsanal ysi
sensur estrainingistarget
ingthecorr
ectcompetenci
es,
thecorrectempl oyeesandi saddressingabusi nessneed.
 Apoor lydesignedtr ainingneedsanal ysescanleadtotrai
ningt
hat:
 Addr essest hewr ongcompet encies
 Tr ai
nst hewr ongpeopl e
 Usest hewrongt r
ainingmethods

Howt
oConductaTr
aini
ngNeedsAnal
ysi
s?

St
ep1:Deter
mi neDesiredOutcomes
 Clar
if
ygoal ofthetr
ainingandexpect edout comes
 Trai
ninggoalshouldcor r
espondt otheobject i
veoft heorgani
zat
ionoragency
.
 Examplesoftraini
nggoal s:
 I mprovedservicedeli
v er
yandclientsat i
sfaction
 Decr easethetimei tt
akest ocompl eteserv i
cedeli
very
 I mprove empl oyee/leaders mor ale t hrough better super
visi
on by
managementorsuper v i
sor
s

St
ep2:LinkDesi redOut comeswi thEmploy ee’
sBehav ior
 Identi
fyt hecompet encies(behavi
or s,skil
l
s,qualit
iesandknowledge)t
hatare
l
inkedt odesi redoutcome.
 Collectinfor mati
onanddat af r
om subj ectmat t
erexpertstodeter
minewhich
compet enci esarecrit
icalt
oachievingt heoutcomes.
 Whatski ll
sdoesoneneedt oachi evethisgoal?
 Whati nf
ormationisnecessar ytomeett hi
sobject
ive?
 Whi chbehav i
oriscrit
icalt
ocompl et
ingthist
ask?

St
ep3:Identi
fyTr
ainableCompet encies
 Ev al
uatet
hecr i
ti
calcompetenciesanddet erminei
ftheyar
e:
 Abili
ti
esoneshoul dpossesspr i
ortojobentr
y
 Abili
ti
esthatcanbel earnedonthej ob
 Listofcri
ti
calcompet enci
est hatar
eei t
herelementsthatshoul
dbeconsi
der
ed
i
nhi ri
ngpracti
cesorcompet enciesthatar
eamenabl etotr
aini
ng.

St
ep4:
Pri
ori
ti
zeTraini
ngNeeds
 Identi
fytheper
centageofempl
oyeeswhoneedt
rai
ningont
hecompet
enci
es.

405
 Consi
dertheimpor
tanceoft
hecompetenci
estothebusi
nessobject
ives
 Together
,theneedandt heimpor
tancewillal
l
ow y outoidenti
fyt r
aini
ng
pri
ori
ti
es.

St
ep5:Deter
mi neHowt oConductTr ai
ning
 Consideradul tlearni
ngt heoryandbestpr
act
icesi
ntr
aini
ngont
hepar
ti
cul
ar
compet enci
es.
 Trai
ningmet hodscanr angefrom:
 Ont hej obtrai
ning(OJT)
 Ment or i
ngandcoachi ng;
 Cl assr oom /lectur
e
 Web- based/e- lear
ning
 Readi ng/books
 Conf erences
 Academi cprograms

St
ep7:ConductaCostBenef i
tAnalysis
 Considerthecost sassociatedwi t
ht hetraini
ngmet hods,t
heext
enttowhi
cht
he
tr
aini
ngwi l
l addresstheperformancegap, andt heimpactonbusiness
 Costfactorsinclude:
 Tr ainingtime
 Cont entdevelopmentt i
me( ifdesignedin-house)
 Tr ainingproviderevaluati
on( i
fpurchasedf rom vendor
)
 Tr ainingcontentdeliverymet hod
 Lostpr oducti
v i
tyfr
om t i
mespenti nt r
aining
 Tr avel andlogisti
calexpenses

St
ep8:Pl
anningforTr
aini
ngEv aluati
on
 Tr
aini
ngi sonl
yeffectivei fthei nf
ormati
oni sret
ainedandappl i
edont
hej
ob.
Eval
uati
onoftr
aini
ngi scr it
ical
 Questi
onstoconsi
derinev aluati
onincl
ude:
 Howmuchdi dthet rai
ningimprovethecompetenci
es?
 Howdi dthetrainingi mproveemployees’j
obperfor
mance?
 Howdi dthetrainingsuppor tmeeti
ngofbusinessobject
ives?

ThePr
ocessofTNA

406
Met hodsofDet er
mini
ngTr ai
ningNeeds-Questi
onnair
esur vey
s;t estorexaminati
on;
personalrecor
ds;busi
nessandpr oduct
ionr
eport
s;longrangeor ganizat
ionalpl
anni
ng;
observat
ion;managementrequest
;int
ervi
ew;
groupconferences;j
obanal y
sis

B.Desi
gni
ngt
heTr
aini
ngModul
e

 Tr
aini
ngPr
ogr
am
Thedesign ofthet
rai
ning pr
ogr
am can beunder
taken onl
ywhen acl
eart
rai
ning
obj
ect
ivehasbeenpr
oduced.

 Tr
aini
ngObj
ect
ives
Cl
earswhatgoalhast
obeachievedbytheendoftraini
ngpr
ogr
am i
.e.whatt
het
rai
nees
ar
eexpect
edt obeabl
etodoattheendofthei
rtr
aining.
Assi
stt
rai
nerstodesi
gnthet
rai
ningpr
ogram

 Tr
ainer
Whoisthetrai
neri
nthetraini
ng?
Bef
ore st
arti
ng a tr
aini
ng program,a tr
aineranaly
zes hist
echni
cal
,int
erper
sonal
,
j
udgmentalski
ll
sinordertodeli
verqual
i
tycontentt
otrai
ner
s.

 Tr
ainees
Whoar ethet r
aineesi
nthetrai
ning?
Agoodt r
ainingdesignrequir
esclosescr
uti
nyoft hetr
aineesandthei
rpr
ofi
les,age,
experi
ence,needsandexpect ati
onsofthetr
aineesaresomeoft hei
mport
antfactor
s
thataf
fecttraini
ngdesi
gn.

 Tr
aini
ngCl
imat
e
Agoodt
rai
ningcl
i
mat
ecompr
isesofambi
ence,t
one,f
eel
i
ngs,posi
ti
veper
cept
ionf
or

407
t
rai
ningprogram,etc.Ther
efor
e,whenthecl
imat
eisfav
orablenot
hinggoeswr
ongbut
whenthecli
mat ei
sunfavorabl
e,al
mostev
ery
thi
nggoeswrong.

 Tr
ainees’
Lear
ningSt
yle
Thelear
ningstyl
e,age,exper
ience,educat
ionalbackgr
oundoft
rai
neesmustbekepti
n
mindinordert
ogetther i
ghtpit
chtothedesignoftheprogr
am

 Adul
tLear
ningPr
inci
ples
 Ast heymat ur e,adul tstendt opr efersel f-
direction.Ther oleoft hei nstructor
i
st oengagei napr ocessofi nquiry,anal ysis,anddeci sion-maki ngwi thadul t
l
ear ner s,rathert hant otransmi tknowl edge.
 Adul ts'exper iencesar ear i
chr esour cef orlearning.
 Act i
vepar ti
ci pati
oni npl annedexper i
ences—suchasdi scussi onsorpr oblem
solvingexer ci sesananal ysisoft hoseexper i
ences,andt heirappl icationt o
wor korl i
fesi tuations—shoul dbet hecor emet hodologyf ortrainingadul t
s.
 Adul tsl earnandr et ai
ni nformat ionmor eeasi l
yift heycanr elatei ttot heir
reserv oirofpastexper i
ences.
 Adul tsar eawar eofspeci f
iclearni ngneedsgener atedbyr eal-l
ifeev entssuch
asmar riage,di vor ce,par enting,t akinganew j ob,l osingaj ob,andsoon.
Adul tl earner s'needsandi nterest sar et hest artingpoi ntsandser veas
guidepost sf ort r
ainingact i
vi
ties.
 Adul tsar ecompet ency -basedl ear ners,meani ngt hatt heywantt ol earnaski l
l
oracqui reknowl edget hatt heycanappl ypr agmat icall
yt ot heiri mmedi ate
circumst ances.Li feorwor k-relatedsi tuationspr esentamor eappr opriate
framewor kforadul tlearningt hanacademi cort heor eti
cal approaches.

"
Pike'
sLawsofAdul
tLear
ning,
"
 Law1:Adultsarebabi
eswi thbigbodies
 Law2:Peopledonotarguewi ththei
rowndat a
 Law 3:Learningisdir
ectlyproport
ionaltot heamountoff unyouar
e
havi
ng.
 Law4:Learninghasnottakenplaceuntilbehavi
orhaschanged

1.Obj
ect
ive-
Set
ti
ng
Benj
aminBloom (1956),i
denti
fi
edthreedomai nsofeducat
ionalact
ivi
ti
es:
 Cogniti
ve:ment al
skil
l
s(Knowl edge)
 Aff
ective:
gr owthinf
eeli
ngsoremot i
onalar
eas(Att
itude)
 Psychomot or:manualorphysi
cal ski
l
ls(Ski
l
ls)

Domai nscanbet houghtofascat egori


es.Trainersoftenr ef
ertotheset hree
categor
iesasKSA( Knowledge,Ski
l
ls,
andAt t
it
ude).Thi
st axonomyofl ear
ningbehav i
ors
canbet houghtofas“t
hegoalsofthelearni
ngprocess.
”Thati s,
afteralear
ningepisode,
thelear
nershouldhaveacquir
ednewski l
l
s,knowledge,and/oratti
tudes.

408
Cognitive Dom ain

Thecogniti
vedomai n(Bloom, 1956)invol vesknowledgeandthedev elopmentof
i
ntel
lectualskill
s.Thisincludest herecallorr ecogniti
onofspeci f
icfacts,procedural
patt
erns,andconcept sthatser veinthedev elopmentofi ntell
ect
ualabil
it
iesandski l
ls.
Therear esixmaj orcategories,which arel isted i
n orderbelow,start
ing f r
om the
si
mpl estbehav i
ortothemostcompl ex.Thecat egori
escanbet houghtofasdegr eesof
di
ffi
culties.Thati
s,thef
irstonemustbemast eredbef or
ethenextonecant akeplace.

Cat
egor
y Exampl
eandKeyWor
ds(
ver
bs)

Exampl es:Reciteapol i
cy.Quot epricesfr
om memor yto
acust omer .Knowsthesaf etyrules.
Knowledge:Recal
ldat
a or
KeyWor ds:def i
nes,describes,identi
fi
es,knows,labels,
i
nfor
mat i
on.
l
ists,mat ches,names,out li
nes,r ecal
ls,recognizes,
reproduces, sel
ects,
states.

Exampl es:Rewr it
estheprinci
plesoft estwr it
ing.Explain
Compr ehension:Under st
and inone' sownwor dsthest epsforper formingacompl ex
the meani ng, t r
anslat
ion, task. Tr anslates an equat i
on i nt o a comput er
i
nterpolati
on, and spr eadsheet .
i
nterpretati
onofi nstr
ucti
ons Key Wor ds: compr ehends, conv ert
s, def ends,
and pr oblems. St ate a di sti
nguishes,est i
mates,explai
ns,ext ends,gener ali
zes,
problem inone'sownwor ds. gi ves an exampl e, i
nfers, inter
pr ets, paraphrases,
predict
s, r
ewr i
tes,summar i
zes,tr
anslat es.

Appl
icati
on:Useaconcepti n Exampl es:Use a manualt o cal
culate an employee'
s
a new si
tuati
on or vacationt i
me.Appl yl awsofst ati
sti
cst oev al
uatethe
unpr
ompt ed use of an r el
iabil
it
yofawr i
ttentest.
abst
racti
on. Appl i
es what Key Wor ds:appl i
es,changes,comput es,const r
ucts,
waslearnedintheclassr
oom demonst rates, di scovers, mani pulat
es, modi f
ies,
i
nto novelsituati
ons inthe operates,pr edi
cts,prepares,produces,rel
ates,shows,
workplace. solves,uses.

Exampl es:Tr oubleshootapi eceofequi pmentbyusi ng


Analysis:Separatesmat erial
l
ogi cal deduct ion. Recogni ze l ogi
cal fal
lacies i n
orconcept sintocomponent
reasoni ng.Gat hersi nformationf r
om adepar tmentand
parts so that i
ts
select sther equiredtasksf ortrai
ning.
organizati
onalstructur
emay
Key Wor ds: anal yzes, br eaks down, compar es,
beunder stood.Disti
nguishes
cont rasts,diagrams, deconst r
ucts, di ff
erentiates,
between facts and
discriminat es,disti
ngui shes,identi
fi
es,i
ll
ust
rates,infers,
i
nferences.
outlines, r
elates,selects,separates.

Exampl es:Wr ite a company oper ati


ons or process
Synt
hesis:Bui
ldsast ructure manual .Designamachi net oper form aspecifi
ct ask.
or pattern f r
om di verse I
nt egrat
es training from sev er
alsources to solvea
el
ements.Putpar t
st ogether problem.Rev isesandpr ocesst oimprovetheoutcome.
to form a whol e, wi th KeyWor ds:cat egori
zes,combi nes,compil
es,composes,
emphasisoncr eat
inganew cr eates,devises,designs,expl ai
ns,generat
es,modi fi
es,
meaningorstr
ucture. organizes, pl ans, rearranges, reconstr
ucts, rel
ates,
reorganizes,
r evises,
rewrites,summar i
zes,t
ell
s,writ
es.

Exampl es:Selectthemostef fect


ivesolution.Hirethe
mostqual i
fi
ed candi date.Explai
n and justif
y a new
Eval
uati
on:Make j
udgments budget.
aboutthev al
ueofideasor KeyWor ds:appraises,compares,concludes,cont r
asts,
materi
als. cri
ti
cizes,criti
ques,def ends,descri
bes,di scri
minates,
eval
uat es, explains, i nt
erpr
ets, justi
fies, r el
ates,
summar i
zes,supports.

409
Affective Dom ain

Theaff
ecti
vedomai n(Krathwohl ,Bl
oom,Masia,1973)i
ncl
udesthemannerin
which we dealwi t
ht hings emot i
onall
y,such as feel
i
ngs,val
ues,appr
eci
ati
on,
ent
husiasms,moti
vations,andat t
itudes.Thefivemajorcat
egor
iesarel
i
stedf
rom the
si
mplestbehav
iort
ot hemostcompl ex:

Cat
egor
y Exampl
eandKeyWor
ds(
ver
bs)

Exampl es:Listent oother


swi t
hr espect
.Li stenf or
and r emember t he name of newl yi ntroduced
Recei
ving Phenomena: Awareness, people.
wil
li
ngnesst
ohear,
select
edat
tenti
on. KeyWor ds:asks,chooses,descri
bes,fol
lows, gives,
holds,identi
fies,locat
es,names,pointst o,selects,
si
ts,erects,repli
es,uses.

Responding t o Phenomena: Act i


ve Exampl es:Par ti
cipat
esinclassdi scussions.Gi ves
parti
ci
pation on t he part of t he a present ati
on.Quest i
ons new i deals,concept s,
l
earners.Attends and r eact
s t o a model s,etc.inordertoful
lyunderstandt hem.Know
parti
cular phenomenon. Lear ning thesaf etyrul
esandpr acti
cesthem.
outcomesmayemphasi zecompl iance Key Wor ds: answers, assist
s, ai ds, compl ies,
i
nr esponding,will
i
ngnesst orespond, conforms, di
scusses,gr
eets,hel
ps, l
abels, per
forms,
or sat isf
action i n r esponding practi
ces,pr esents,r
eads,recit
es,r eports,selects,
(motivati
on). tel
ls,wr i
tes.

Exampl es:Demonst ratesbel i


efi nthedemocr ati
c
Valuing:Thewor t
horv alueaper son
process.I ssensi ti
vet owar dsindivi
dualandcul tural
attaches t o a par ticular object
,
diff
erences( val
uedi versi
ty).Showst heabi l
ityto
phenomenon,orbehav ior.Thisranges
solve pr obl ems.Pr oposes a pl an t o soci al
from si mpleaccept ancet othemor e
i
mpr ov ement and f ol
lows t hr
ough wi t
h
compl exst ateofcommi tment.Val
uing
commi tment .Informsmanagementonmat ter
sthat
i
sbasedont heinter
nali
zat i
onofaset
onef eelsst rongl
yabout .
of speci f
ied v al
ues,whi le cl
ues to
KeyWor ds:compl etes, demonstrates,diff
erenti
ates,
these v al
ues ar e expr essed int he
explains,f ol l
ows,f orms,i nit
iates,inv i
tes,joins,
l
ear ner'
sov er
tbehav i
orandar eoften
j
ustifies,pr oposes,r eads,r eport
s,sel ects,shares,
i
dent i
fiabl
e.
studies, works.

Exampl es: Recogni zes t he need f or bal ance


betweenf r eedom andr esponsi blebehav ior.Accepts
responsibilit
yf orone' sbehav i
or .Expl ai
nst heroleof
Organization:Or gani
zes values i nto
systemat i
c pl anning i n sol v i
ng pr oblems.Accept s
pri
oriti
es by cont r
ast
ing di fferent
professionalet hi
calst andar ds.Cr eatesal i
feplanin
values,r esolvi
ng confl
icts between
harmony wi th abi l
iti
es, i nterests, and bel i
efs.
them,and cr eati
ng an unique v alue
Priori
ti
zest i
meef fect i
velyt omeett heneedsoft he
system. The emphasi s i s on
organization, famil
y ,andsel f.
compar ing,relat
ing,and synthesizing
Key Wor ds:adher es,al ters,ar r
anges,combi nes,
values.
compar es, compl etes, def ends, explains,formulates,
generali
zes,i denti
fies,i ntegr ates,modi fi
es,or ders,
organizes, prepares, relates, synt hesizes.

Int
ernalizing v alues( characterization): Exampl es:Shows sel f-r
eli
ance when wor king
Hasav al uesy stem t hatcont rolst heirindependent ly.Cooperates in group
behav i
or.The behav i
or is per vasive, acti
vit
ies( displaysteamwor k).Uses an obj ecti
ve
consistent , predi ctable, and most appr oach i n pr oblem sol ving. Di spl
ays a
i
mpor tant ly
, char acter i
sti
c of t he pr of
essi onalcommi tmentt oet hicalpracti
ceona
l
earner.I nstructi
onal obj ectives ar e dai l
y basi s. Rev i
ses j udgment s and changes
concernedwi tht hest udent '
sgener al behaviorinl ightofnewev i
dence.Val uespeoplefor
patt
erns of adj ustment ( personal , whattheyar e,nothowt heylook.
social
,emot ional). KeyWor ds:act s,di
scriminates,displ
ays,i
nfl
uences,

410
l
ist
ens,modi f
ies,per
forms,pr act
ices,proposes,
qual
if
ies,
questi
ons,
revi
ses,ser
ves,solves,
veri
fi
es.

Psychom otor Dom ain

The psychomotor domain( Si


mpson,1972) i ncludes phy si
calmov ement,
coordinati
on,anduseoft hemot or-
ski
llar
eas.Developmentoft heseski l
l
sr equi
res
practi
ce and is measured i
nt er
ms ofspeed,pr ecision,distance,procedures,or
techni
quesi n execut
ion.The sev
en majorcategor
iesar el i
sted from the si
mplest
behaviortothemostcomplex:

Cat
egor
y Exampl
eandKeyWor
ds(
ver
bs)

Exampl es:Det ect


snon- ver
balcommuni cati
oncues.
Estimatewher eaballwilll
andaf t
eritist hrownand
thenmov ingt othecorrectlocat
iontocat cht heball.
Percepti
on:Theabi l
i
t ytousesensor y Adjustsheatofst ovetocorrecttemperaturebysmel l
cues to guide mot oractiv
ity. This andt asteoff ood.Adjuststheheightofthef orksona
ranges f r
om sensor y stimulati
on, forkl
iftbycompar i
ngwher etheforksareinr elati
onto
throughcueselect
ion, t
otr
anslati
on. t hepal l
et.
Key Wor ds: chooses, descr i
bes, det ects,
diff
erent i
ates, disti
nguishes, identi
fi
es, i sol
ates,
rel
ates, selects.

Exampl es:Knowsandact suponasequenceofst eps


Set: Readiness t o act .I
ti ncludes inamanuf act
uri
ngpr ocess.Recogni zeone'sabi l
iti
es
ment al
,phy sical,andemot i
onalset s. andlimi t
ati
ons.Showsdesi retolearnanewpr ocess
Theset hreeset saredi sposit
ionsthat ( motivati
on).NOTE:Thi ssubdivi
sionofPsy chomot or
predetermineaper son'
sr esponset o is cl osel y rel
ated wi t
h t he “ Responding t o
di
fferentsituations( someti
mescal l
ed phenomena”subdi visi
onoft heAffectivedomai n.
mindsets). Key Wor ds: begins, display
s, expl ai
ns, mov es,
proceeds,react
s,shows, st
ates,volunteers.

Exampl es: Performs a mat hematicalequat i


on as
Gui
dedResponse:Theear l
ystagesin
demonst rated.Fol
lowsinstr
uctionstobui ldamodel .
l
earni
ngacompl exskil
lthati
ncludes
Respondshand- si
gnal
sofinst r
uctorwhi l
elearni
ngto
i
mitat
ionandt
rialanderr
or.Adequacy
operateaf orkl
if
t.
of perfor
mance i s achieved by
KeyWor ds:copies,tr
aces,foll
ows,r eact,repr
oduce,
pr
acti
cing.
responds

Mechani sm:Thisisthei nt
ermediate Exampl es:Useaper sonalcomputer
.Repairaleaking
stage i n learni
ng a compl ex faucet.Dr i
veacar.
skil
l.Learnedr
esponseshav ebecome Key Wor ds: assembl es, cal
i
brates, constructs,
habitualandt hemov ementscanbe dismant les,di
splays,f ast
ens,fi
xes,gr i
nds,heat s,
performedwi t
hsomeconf i
denceand mani pulates,measur es,mends,mi xes,organizes,
profici
ency. sketches.

Compl exOv ertResponse:Theski llf


ul Exampl es:Maneuv ers a car i ntoat i
ghtpar allel
performance of mot or acts t hat parking spot .Oper ates a comput er qui ckly and
i
nvol ve compl ex mov ement accur ately
.Di splays compet ence whi le play i
ng t he
patterns.Pr
ofici
encyi si ndi
catedbya pi ano.
quick, accur ate, and hi ghly KeyWor ds:assembl es,bui
lds,calibrates,const ruct s,
coordinatedper formance,r equiringa di smant l
es,di splays,f ast
ens,f ixes,gr inds,heat s,
minimum of ener gy
.Thi s cat egor y mani pulates,measur es,mends,mi xes,or ganizes,
i
ncludes performing wi thout sket ches.
hesitati
on, and automat ic NOTE:TheKeyWor dsar et hesameasMechani sm,
performance.Forex ample,playersar e butwi l
lhav eadv erbsoradj ect i
vest hatindi catet hat

411
oftenut t
ersoundsofsat isfact
ionor
expleti
vesassoonast heyhitat ennis
ballorthrow afootbal
l,becauset hey t
heper
for
mancei
squi
cker
,bet
ter
,mor
eaccur
ate,
etc.
cant el
lbythefeeloftheactwhatt he
resultwil
lpr
oduce.

Examples:Responds ef f ecti
vel
y to unexpected
experi
ences.Modi fi
esi nst ruct
iontomeettheneeds
Adaptation:Skil
l
sar ewelldeveloped oft helearners.Per f
orm at askwi t
hamachinethatit
and t he i ndi
v i
dual can modi fy wasnotor iginall
yi ntended t o do (
machi
nei snot
mov ement pat terns t
o fit special damagedandt herei snodangeri nperf
ormingthe
requir
ement s. newtask).
Key Wor ds: adapt s,al ters,changes,rear
ranges,
reor
ganizes,revises,varies.

Exampl es:Constructsanew t heory


.Dev elopsanew
Ori
ginati
on:Cr eat
ing new mov ement
andcompr ehensi
vet rai
ningprogrammi ng.Creat
esa
patt
ernstof i
tapar t
icularsi
tuati
onor
newgy mnasti
croutine.
specif
icproblem.Lear ningoutcomes
KeyWor ds:arranges,bui l
ds,combi nes,composes,
emphasize cr eat
ivi
ty based upon
constructs, creates, desi gns, initi
ate, makes,
hi
ghlydevelopedskil
ls.
ori
ginates.

2. Modul
eandSessi
onGui
desDesi
gni
ng

 Sequencethecontents–Content
sarethensequencedinafol
l
owi
ngmanner
:
 From si
mpl etocomplex
 Topicsarearrangedinter
msofthei
rrel
ati
veimportance
 From knownt ounknown
 From speci
fictogeneral
 Dependentrelati
onshi
p

 Char
act
eri
sti
csofef
fect
iveTr
aini
ngPr
ogr
am
 Itshouldbedesi gnedaft
erident
ify
ingthetr
ainingneedsorgoal
s
 Itshouldbef lexibl
e.Itshouldtakecar eoft hedi
ff
erenceintheabil
it
y,
aptit
ude,lear
ningcapacity,emoti
onalmake-upet c.
 Agoodt r
aini
ngpr ogram shoul
dpreparethetraineesmental
l
ybefor
etheyar
e
i
mpar tedanyjobknowl edgeorskill
s

 Pr
inci
plesoft
rai
ning
Tr
aini
ngPr
ogr
am mustbebasedont
hepr
inci
plesofi
ndi
vi
dual
dif
fer
ences

 Theneedf orandt hedept handnat ureoftraini


ngtobepr ovidedshoul dbe
workedoutf rom theanalysi
s
 Foref fecti
vemot ivat
ionoftrai
nees,suitabl
eincenti
vesmustbepr ovided
 Botht heexecut iveandsuper vi
sorsaswel last hetrai
neesmustt akeacti
v e
partint hetraini
ngact i
vi
ti
es,sothatallconcernedtakegenuineinterestint
he
trai
ning.
 Thet rainerselectedforimpart
ingtraini
ngshoul dundergospecialtraini
ngfor
thepur pose.

 Obst
acl
esi
nthewor
kenvi
ronmentt
hati
nhi
bitt
ransf
eroft
rai
ning:
 Work Condit
ions (Trai
nee has di
ff
icul
tyusi
ng new knowl
edge,ski
l
ls,or
behav
ior
)
o Timepr essures
o Inadequateequipment
o Fewoppor tuniti
est
ouseskill
s
o Inadequatebudget

412
 LackofPeerSupport(Peer
sdonotsupportuseofnewknowl
edge,ski
l
ls,or
behav
ior
)
o Discourageuseofnewknowledgeandski
l
lsonthej
ob
o Unwill
ingtoprovi
defeedback
o Seet r
aini
ngasawast eofti
me

 LackofManagementSuppor t(Managersdonotr einforcetr


ainingorprov
ide
oppor
tunit
iestousenewknowl edge,
skil
ls,orbehav i
or)
o Donotaccepti deasorsuggest i
onst hatarelearnedintraini
ng
o Donotdi scusstraini
ngoppor tuni
ties
o Opposeuseofski ll
slear nedi
ntraini
ng
o Communi cat
ethatt r
ainingisawast eoft i
me
o Unwi l
li
ngt oprovidef eedbackandr ei
nforcementf ortraineest
ouse
t
rai
ningcontent

 Char
act
eri
sti
csofaPosi
ti
veCl
imat
eforTr
ansf
erofTr
aini
ng:
Super vi
sorsandco- wor ker
sencour ageandsetgoal sfort
rai
neestousenew
ski
l
lsandbehav iorsacqui r
edint r
aini
ng.
 Taskcues:
Char acteristi
csofat r
ainee’sjobpromptorr emindhimtousenewski ll
s
andbehav iorsacqui redintrai
ning.
 Feedbackconsequences:
Supervisor ssuppor ttheappl i
cationofnew skill
sandbehav i
orsacqui
redin
t
rai
ning.
 Lackofpuni shment :
Traineesar enotopenl ydiscouragedfrom usingnewskil
l
sandbehav i
ors
acquiredi ntraining.
 Ex tr
insicrei nfor
cementconsequences:
Traineesr eceiveext r
insi
cr ewar dsforusingnew skil
lsandbehav i
ors
acquiredi ntraining.
 I ntri
nsicr einforcementconsequences:
Trai
neesr eceiveintr
insi
cr ewardsf orusi
ngnewski ll
sandbehavi
orsacqui
red
i
ntrai
ning.

 Begi
nni
ngofTr
aini
ngPr
ogr
am
I
ce-br
eaking sessi
on gener al
ly conduct
ed att
he begi
nni
ng oft
he t
rai
ning
pr
ogr
am.Itisconductedforthefoll
owingreasons:
 Toweakent hehesitati
on
 Toi ncr
easet heopenness
 Tohel pparti
cipantsknoweachot her
 Toser veasawar m-upsession
 Tohel pparti
cipantsrel
axandease

 Sel
ect
ionofAppr
opr
iat
eTr
aini
ngMet
hodol
ogi
es
Youhav
eachoi ceofthefoll
owi
ngmethodst
oprepar
eforeff
ect
ivet
raini
ng:
 Lecture
 Lecture/di
scussion
 Skil
l
 On-the-j
obtrai
ning(thef
our
-st
epmethod)ON-
THE-JOBTRAINING

(
THEFOUR-
STEPMETHODOFI
NSTRUCTI
ON)

St
ep1
 Pr
epar
ethewor
ker

413
 Puttheworkeratease
 Stat
ethejobandf i
ndoutwhatt heworkeral
readyknowsabouti
t
 Sti
mulatetheworker'
sint
eresti
nlearni
ngthejob
 Pl
acet heworkeri
nthecorrectposi
ti
on

St
ep2
 Pr
esenttheoperati
ons·Tell
,showandi
ll
ustrat
eoneimpor
tantpoi
ntatat
ime
 St
resseachkeypoint
 I
nstr
uctclear
ly,complet
elyandpati
ent
ly,butt
eachnomorethanthewor
kercan
master

St
ep3
 Tr
youttheworker
'sperf
ormance
 Havet
heworkerdothejob,andcorrecter
rors
 Havet
heworkerexplai
neachkeypoi ntt
oy ouasheorshedoest
hejobagai
n
 Makesuret
heworkerunderstands,
andcont i
nueunt
ily
ouarecer
tai
nofthi
s

St
ep4
 Fol
lowup
 Putthewor keronhisorherown
 Designatet
owhom heorsheshoul dgoforhel
p
 Checkf r
equently
 Encouragequestions
 Taperoffextracoachi
ngandreducef
oll
ow-up

Therear eothermet hodsoftrai


ning,butt
hei
reff
ect
iveuseisspeci
fi
ctospecial
t
rai
ningsit
uati
onsandwi llnotbediscussedi
nthisl
ect
ure.Someofthosemethods
i
ncl
ude:
 Rol eplay
 Assi gnment
 Casest udy
 Tr ai
ninggames
 Gr oupexercises
 Pr ogrammedl earni
ng

3. Logi
sti
cal
Prepar
ati
ons
 Select
ingandPrepar i
ngI nstr
ucti
onalMateri
als(
mult
i-
media,i
deacar
ds,f
li
p
charts,chalkt
alketc)
 Select
ingandEnsuringResour cePersons,
VenueandAccommodati
on
 BudgetPrepar
ati
on
 Traini
ngEval
uati
onTool s
 Documentati
onTempl at es

4.Tr
aini
ngImpl ement
ationandManagement
 TheTr aini
ngTeam:TasksandFunct ions
 Activi
ti
esinTrai
ningImplementati
on
 ProcessObservati
on
 MoodCheck/ Monitor
ingTechniques
 Cli
niquing/De-
bri
efing

I
nthei
mplementati
onoft het rai
ningprogram thef
oll
owingar
econsi
dered:
 Decidingthelocationandor ganizi
ngthetr
aini
ngandot
herfaci
li
ti
es
 Schedulethet r
ainingpr ogr
am
 Conduct i
ngthepr ogram oftrai
nees
 Moni t
oringtheprogr ess

5.Tr
aini
ngDocument
ati
on

414
 ContentDocument
ati
on
 ProcessDocumentat
ion
 Guidel
inesf
orDocumentat
ion

6.Needf
orEvaluation
 Toident
ifythepr ogram’sst r
engthsandweaknesses
 Toassesst hecont ent,organi
zat
ionandadmi ni
strati
onoftheprogr
am
 Toident
ifywhi chtraineesbenefi
tedmostorleastf r
om theprogr
am
 Togatherdata
 Todeterminet hefinancialbenef
itsandcost
soft heprogram
 Tocompar ecostandbenef i
ts

Pr
inci
plesofEval
uat
ion
 Goalsandpur poseofeval
uationmustbecl ear
 Evaluati
onmustbecont i
nuous
 Evaluati
onmustbespeci f
ic
 Mustpr ovidemeansandf ocusf ort
rai
neesandt hei
rpr
act
iceandt
hei
r
products
 Mustbebasedonobj ect
ivemet hodsandstandar
ds
 Realist
ictargetideas

V. Trai
ningTechniquesf orCommunit
yEducat
ionandTrai
ning
 TechnologyofParti
cipati
on(TOP)–ORI
D,Workshop,
Acti
onPlanni
ng
 ZOPP/ Meta-
Planni
ng
 I
ntelTeach(Multi
-medi a/
ICT)
 ADID

VI
. Howt oMakeTr ainingEf fect
ive
 All
ocatemaj orresour cesandadequat et i
met otraining
 Ensurethatthet r
ainingcont r
ibutestothest r
ategiesoft heorganization
 Ensuresy st
emat i
candcompr ehensiveapproach
 Makel earni
ngasoneoft hefundament al v
aluesoft heor ganizat
ion
 Creat
easy stem t
oev aluatet
heef fect
ivenessoft het r
aining
 Ensuret hereis a pr operli
nkage among or gani zati
onal,oper at
ionaland
i
ndivi
dual tr
aini
ngneeds

VI
I. TheSoci alWor kerasCommuni tyEducatorandTr ai
ner
A.Tradit
ional vs.Exper i
entialTrai
ner
B.RequisitesofanEf fectiv
eCommuni t
yEducator/Trai
ner
 Under standingofhowpeopl elearn
 Cr eat iveI magi nation
 Wel lintegr atedper sonali
ty
 Knowl edgeoft hesubj ectmat t
er
 Abi litytocommuni cat eideasclearl
y
 Bel iev eint hecapaci tyandpaceoft het
rainees
C.RolesandSki l
lsofASW Communi tyEducator/Trai
ner
 Pl anni ngRol e
 Tr ansmi tInfor mat i
on
 I nstruct or
 Resour cePer son
 Model Role
 Co- Lear ner

Popul
arThi sonCommuni
nker tyEducat
ionandTr
aini
ng:

Jane Addams.Wellknown forherworkatHul lHouse,Addamsmadea seminal


cont
ri
buti
ontothedev
elopmentofset
tl
ementhousesandsoci
alwor
kinNor
thAmer
ica.

415
SaulAl
insky,MikeSealexaminesAlinsky’
sconti
nui
ngr el
evancet
otheact
ivi
ti
esof
i
nfor
mal educat
ors,
communit
yor gani
zersandani
mateur
s.

Henr i
ett
aBarnett,soci
alreform andcommuni tybui
lding.Henriet
taBarnet
tis,per
haps,
bestknownf orthedev el
opmentofHampst eadGardensubur b,butshe–wi t
hSamuel
Barnett– wasani mportantsocialrefor
mer.Theirmostnot abl
einnovati
onwast he
uni
v ersi
tyset
tl
ement–butt heywerealsoacti
veinotherarenas.

T.R.andMadgeBat tenandt henon-direct


iveappr oacht ocommuni t
ydev elopment .
TheBat t
ens,andparti
cul
arlyT.R. ,i
ntr
oducedt herevoluti
onaryconceptofnon-directi
vit
y
tothenewl yemergingdiscipl
ineofcommuni tydev elopmentinthesecondpar tofthe
20thcent ur
y.Geor
geLov elldescribestheirwor kandl i
ves,andexplorest heor i
ginsof
the non-dir
ecti
ve concept in Thomas Regi nal
d Bat ten’
s compar ati
vely unknown
groundbreaki
ngworkoneducat ionanddev el
opmenti nAf ri
ca1927-1949.

MaryParkerFol l
ett
.With herconcernf orcreat
ive experi
ence,democr
acyand f or
devel
opi
nglocalcommunityorganizat
ions,Mar
yParkerFolletti
sanoftenf
orgot
ten,
but
sti
l
ldeepl
yinst
ructi
vethi
nkerforeducator
sandsocialanimateurs.

PauloFr ei
re.Per
hapsthemostinfl
uenti
althi
nkerabouteducat
ioninthelatetwent
iet
h
century
,Paul oFrei
rehasbeenpart
icul
arl
ypopularwithinf
ormaleducatorsandsocial
acti
vist
swi thhi
semphasisondi
alogueandhisconcernfort
heoppressed.

M.K.Gandhi.Hi
scrit
iqueofwester
n,par
ti
cular
lyEngl
ish,educat
ionwaspar
tofhi
s
cr
it
iqueofWest
ern‘
ci
vili
zat
ion’
asawhol
e.Barr
yBurkeexplor
eshisvisi
on.

GeorgeGoetschius.Knownforhi
spartinest
abli
shi
ngtheEngl
ishStageCompany,t
he
Americansoci
ologistGeor
geW.Goetschi
usalsomadeakeycontribut
iont
odeepeni
ng
thet
hinki
ngandpr acti
ceofcommuni
tydevel
opment.Weexpl
orehisworkandl
i
fe.

Antonio Gramsci.Gramsci’
s emphasis on cri
ticalawareness,the import
ance of
i
ntell
ectual
sbeingpartofeverydayl
i
fe,andont hepartplayedbyso-call
ed‘common
sense’inmai nt
aini
ngt hestat
usquo hav ehelpedt o openupt hetransfor
mati
onal
possibi
l
iti
esofeducati
onandcommuni t
ydev el
opment .

Octavi
aHi l
l,housi
ng,spaceandsocialreform.Weexplor
eOctavi
aHi
llpi
oneer
ingof
new for
msofhousi ngforwor ki
ngpeople,andherchampi
onshi
pofpl
aygr
ounds,and
accessforall
tocommonl andsandthecountrysi
de.

I
van Il
li
ch.Known f orhis cri
ti
que ofmodernization and the cor
rupt
ing i
mpactof
i
nsti
tut
ions,Iv
anIl
li
ch’sconcer
nwi t
hdeschool
i
ng, learni
ngwebsandt hedisabl
ingeffect
ofpr
ofessionshasstruckachordamongmanyi nformal educator
sandanimateurs.

Eduar
dLindeman.Perhapsbestknowntodayforhi
sworkinadul
teducati
on,EduardC.
Li
ndeman(1885–1953)al sowroteoneoft hef
ir
stbooksoncommunitydevelopment
wasanearl
yexpl
orerofgroupworkandworkedtoext
endpopul
areducat
ion.

Kar
lMarx.Whatsigni
ficancedoesMar
xhav ef
oreducat
orsandani
mat
eur
stoday
?An
i
ntr
oduct
ionandassessmentbyBarr
yBurke.

Jul
iusK.Nyerere.OneofAfri
ca’smostr espect
edfi
gures,Jul
i
usNy er
ere( 1922–1999)
wasapol i
ti
cianofprinci
pleandi nt
ell
i
gence.KnownasMwal imuort eacherhehada
vi
sionofeducat
ionandsocialacti
onthatwasr i
chwit
hpossibil
i
ty.

RobertOwen.RobertOwen’seducati
onalventur
eatNewLanar khelpedtopi
oneerinfant
schoolsandwasanear l
yexampl eofwhatwenowr ecogni
zeascommuni t
yschooling.
Yeteducati
onwasonl yasi ngl
efacetofamor epower f
ulsoci
algospelwhichalr
eady
preachedcommunitybuil
dingont heNewLanar kmodelasasol utiont
ocont emporary
evil
sinthewiderworl
d.I
anDonnachieinvesti
gates.

416
Robert.D.Put
nam.RobertPutnam hasbeendescr i
bedasthemosti nfl
uenti
alacademi
c
i
nt hewor l
dtoday.HisbookBowlingAl oneseemst ohavest r
uckachor dwithmany
concernedwiththestateofpubl i
clife.Isthehy pejust
if
ied?Weexpl or
ePut nam’
s
contr
ibuti
onandit
ssigni
fi
canceforinf
ormal educat
orsandanimateurs.

PeterWi l
lmott– community
,famil
yand publ
icpoli
cy.PeterWi ll
mott(1923-
2000)
playedani mport
antrol
eindeepeni
ngappreci
ati
onoft heexperiencesofpeoplein
famili
esandlocal
communit
ies.Weassesshi
sworkandcontr
ibut
ion.

RobertA.Woods.RobertArcheyWoodspl ayedapivot
alrol
eintheint
roducti
onand
devel
opmentofuniv
ersi
tyandsoci
alsett
lementsi
ntheUnit
edStat
esofAmer i
ca.I
nthi
s
bri
efassessmentweoutl
inehi
scontr
ibut
ion.

Conrado Benit
ez. Responsi
ble f
or el
evati
ng refor
ms thr
ough Phil
i
ppine Rur
al
Reconst
ruct
ionMovement(PRRM)andInt
ernat
ional
MassEducat
ionMovement(I
MEM)

417
SOCI
ALWORK
RESEARCH

Rev
iewer
:
Ms.Emer
it
aBasi
li
o

TOPI
C1
MEANI
NGANDCHARACTERI
STI
CSOFRESEARCH

Meani
ngofResear
ch

Researchisdefi
nedast hesci
enti
fi
cinvest
igat
ionofphenomenawhi chincludes
coll
ect
ion,present
ati
on,analysi
sandi nt
erpret
ati
onoff act
st hatl
inksani ndiv
idual’
s
specul
ati
onwi threal
it
y.Inotherwords,researchisthesystemati
cstudyoft r
endor
eventwhich invol
vescarefulcoll
ect
ion,present
ati
on,analysi
sand int
erpretat
ion of

418
quant
it
ati
vedat
aorf
act
sthatr
elat
esman’
sthi
nki
ngwi
thr
eal
i
ty.

Char
act
eri
sti
csofr
esear
ch

1.Empi
ri
cal-i
sbasedondi
rectexper
ienceorobser
vat
ionbyt
her
esear
cher
.The
col l
ect ionofdat ar eli
esonpr act i
calexper iencewi thoutgi v i
ngconsi derati
ont o
scient ificknowl edgeoft heor y.
2.Logi cal-i sbasedonv ali
dpr ocedur esandpr i
nci ples.Sci ent if
icst udyi sdonei n
an or der ly mannerso t hatt he i nvestigatorhas conf idence on t he result.
Sy stemat i
cexami nat ionoft hepr ocedur esusedi nt her esear chenabl est he
i
nv est i
gat ortodr awv al i
dconcl usi ons.Thus,t hel ogi cofv alidresear chmakesi t
i
mpor tantf ordeci sionmaki ng.
3.Cycl i
cal-i sacy clicalpr ocessbecausei tstartswi thapr obl em andendswi tha
probl em.
4.Anal ytical-Ut ili
zespr ovenanal y t
icalpr ocedur esi ngat her i
ngt hedat a,whet her
histor i
cal ,descr iptive,exper iment al,andcasest udy.Hi stor ical,thedat agat hered
focusi nt hepast .Descr i
pt iver esearchi smostcommonamongf ourdesi gns
conduct edbygr aduat est udent s.Exper i
ment alr esear chi ssel dom appl iedby
graduat est udent sduet ot imeconsumi ng.Casest udyi scommonl yconduct ed
bygui dancecounsel l
or s.
5.Criti
cal-exhi bitscar efulandpr ecisej udgment .Ahi gherl evelofconf i
dencemust
beest abl ished.
6.Met hodi cal-i sconduct edi namet hodi calmannerwi thoutbi asusi ngsy stemat i
c
met hodandpr ocedur es.
7.Repl icabi li
ty.Ther esear chdesi gnandpr ocedur esar er epl icatedorr epeatedt o
enabl et he resear chert o ar r
iv e atv alid and concl usi ver esult s.The mor e
replicat ionofr esear ches, themor ev ali
dandconcl usivet her esul t
swoul dbe.

Qual
it
iesofaGoodResear
cher

 Resear ch-or
ient
ed
 Effi
cient
 Scienti
f i
c
 Effecti
v e
 Active
 Resour ceful
 Creative
 Honest
 Economi cal
 Religi
ous

Char
act
er i
sticsoftheResear cher
 I
nt ell
ectualcuri
osity.Ar esear cherunder takesdeept hinki
ngandi nquiryoft he
thi
ngs, probl
ems, andsituat i
onof tenduet ounusualnessandnewness.
 Prudence.Ther esearcheri scar efultoconducthi sr esearchst udyatt heright
ti
meandatt heri
ghtplacewi sely,effi
ciently,andeconomi call
y.
 Heal thycri
ti
cism.Ther esear cheri salway sdoubt f
ulast othet ruthf
ulnessoft he
results.
 I
nt ell
ectualhonesty.Anint el
ligentr esearcheri shonestt ocollectorgatherdat a
orf actsinordertoarri
veathonestr esults.
 I
nt ell
ectualcreat
ivit
y.Apr oduct i
veandr esourcef
ulinvestigatoralwayscr eates
newr esear
ches.

Val
uesofResear
cht
oMan
 Resear
chi
mpr ovesquali
tyofli
fe
 Resear
chi
mpr ovesinst
ructi
on
 Resear
chi
mpr ovesstudent’
sachiev
ement
 Resear
chi
mpr ovesteacher
’scompetence
 Resear
chsati
sfi
esman’ sneeds
 Resear
chreducestheburdenofwor k

419
 Resear
chhasdeep- seatedpsychologi
calaspect
s
 Resear
chimpr ov
est heexport
ationoffoodproduct
s
 Resear
chrespondst otheeconomi crecover
yandaust
eri
ty
 Resear
cht r
ainsgraduatestobecomer esponsi
vetot
heeconomi
cdev
elopment
ofthecountr
yandcompet egl
obally

TypesofResearch
 Basicresear
ch.Thi
sisal
socal
l
edt
he“
fundament
alr
esear
ch’
’or“
pur
eresear
ch”
.
Itseekst odi scoverbasi ctrut
hsandpr i
nciples.Examplesofbasi cresearches
are:Boy le’slaw.Char leslaw.Ar chimedesl aw.Hooke’ slaw.Newton’sl
aw.
 Appl i
edr esearch.Thi st ypeofr esearchi nvolvesseekingnew applicat
ionsof
scientifi
cknowl edget ot hesolutionofapr oblem,suchast hedevel
opmentofa
new sy stem orpr ocedur e,new dev i
ce,ornew met hodinordert osolvet he
problem.
 Dev elopment alresear ch.Thi si s a decision-ori
ented resear
ch invol
ving the
applicationoft hest epsoft hesci enti
fi
cmet hodinr esponsetoani mmedi ate
needt oimpr oveexi st
ingpr acti
ces.

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionofResear
ch
 Libr
aryresear
ch.Thi
sisdonei
nthel
i
brar
ywher
eanswer
stospeci
fi
cquest
ions
orproblemsoft hestudyareav ail
able.
 Fiel
dr esearch.Resear chi sconduct edi nnaturalsetti
ng.Nochangesi nthe
envi
ronmentar emade.Fi el
dr esearchi sbothappl i
cabletodescr i
pti
vesurv ey
andexper i
ment almet hods.
 Laboratoryr esearch.The r esearch is conduct ed i
n ar t
ifi
cialorcont r
oll
ed
condit
ionsbyi solat
ingthest udyi nat horoughlyspecifi
edandequi ppedar ea.
Thepur posesar e:(1)tot esthy pothesesder i
vedf r
om t heory,(
2)tocont rol
vari
anceunderr esearchconditi
ons,and( 3)todiscovertherelat
ionsbetweenthe
dependentandi ndependentvariabl
es

THEVARI
ABLE

Meani
ngofvar
iabl
e
Avari
abl
eisdefi
nedasaquantit
ysuscept
ibl
eoffl
uct
uat
ionorchangeinval
ueor
magnit
udeunderdiff
erentcondi
ti
ons.Numeri
calval
uesorcat
egori
esrepresentt
hese
quant
it
ies.

TypesofVar
iabl
e

 Independentvar iable.Thi si st he stimulusv ari


abl e whi ch ischosen byt he
resear chertodetermi nei t
srelat i
onshi ptoanobser vedphenomenon.
 Dependentv ari
able.Thi si st he r esponse v ariable whi ch i s observed and
measur edtodet ermi netheef fect soft hei ndependentv ariable.Itchangeswhen
thei ndependentv ariablevaries.
 Moder atorvari
able.Thi sisasecondar yorspeci alt y
peofi ndependentv ari
able
chosenbyt her esear chertodet er minei fi
tchangesormodi f
iest herelat
ionships
bet weent heindependentanddependentv ari
ables.
 Cont rolvari
able.Thi si sav ariablet hatiscont rol
ledbyt heinv esti
gatorinwhi ch
theef fectscanbeneut r
ali
zedbyel i
mi nati
ngorr emov ingt hev ari
able.
 Interveningvariable.Thi sisav ariablewhichi nterfereswi t
ht hei ndependentand
dependentv ari
ables,buti ts ef fectcan ei therst rengthen orweaken t he
i
ndependentanddependentv ariables.

I
ll
ust
rat
ion1(
Exper
iment
al)

I
ndependentVar
iabl
es I
nter
veni
ngVar
iabl
es DependentVar
iabl
e

420
I
ll
ust
rat
ion2(
Descr
ipt
ive)

I
ndependentVar
iabl
e I
nter
veni
ngVar
iabl
e DependentVar
iabl
e

Component
soft
heResear
chPr
ocess
Thebasi
ccomponent sofresear chprocessare:
 Problem/ Objectives
 Hypot heses
 Theoret i
cal/
Concept ualFramewor k
 Assumpt i
ons
 ReviewofRel atedLiterature
 Resear chDesi gn
 DataCol lect
ion
 DataPr ocessingandSt atist
icalTr
eatment
 AnalysisandI nterpretati
on
 Summar y,Concl usi
onsandr ecommendations

General
l
yspeaking,aresearchpr ocessstart
switharesearchproblem whichthe
i
nvesti
gatorhasident
if
iedasr esearchableandhasi mpli
cat
ionstogover nmentthrusts.
Basedont hemajorproblem i
dentifi
ed,hef ormulat
esthespecifi
cproblems/objecti
ves
ofthestudy.

Usingt hesespecif
icprobl
ems/obj
ect
ivesasbasis,hetest
st hehypot
heses,
eit
hernull(
H0)oral t
ernat
ive(
H1),tohaveascient
if
icconcl
usi
onofthestudyei
thert
o
rej
ectoracceptit.

Di
agr
am oft
her
esear
chpr
ocess

TOPI
C2
RESEARCHPROBLEM ANDOBJECTI
VES

TheResear
chPr
obl
em
Fiv
efact
orstoconsi
dert
odet
ermi
newhet
hert
hepr
obl
em i
sresear
chabl
eornot
.
Thesef
actor
sareasfol
lows:

 Thepr obl
em i
sex
ist
ingi
nthel
ocal
i
tyorcount
rybutnoknownsol
uti
ont
o
probl
em.

421
 Thesol uti
oncanbeanswer edbyusingstat
ist
icalmet hodsandt echni
ques.
 Ther eareprobablesolut
ionsbuttheyarenotyettested.
 The occur rence ofphenomena r equi
res scient
ifi
ci nvest
igation t
o arr
ive at
precisesoluti
on.
 Seriousneeds/ pr
oblemsoft hepeoplewhereitdemandsr esearch

Basedont hef or
egoingfactor
s,t
hei nvest
igatorcanchoosear esearchable
probl
em.The research probl
em mustbe st at
ed vivi
dlyand expl
ici
tl
yexpr essed in
i
nterr
ogati
vefor
mf or“questi
onshavethev
irt
ueofposi ngaprobl
em dir
ectl
y’
’.(
Ker l
inger
,
1986)

Char
act
eri
sti
csofaResear
chPr
obl
em
Thecharacter i
sticofar esearchproblem hastheacr onym SMART
 Speci f
ic.Thepr oblem shouldbespecifical
lyst at
ed.
 Measur able.I
ti seasytomeasur ebyusi ngr esear
chinstruments,apparat
us,or
equipment .
 Achi evabl e.Thedat aisachi evabl
eusi ngcor r
ectst
atisti
caltool
st oar r
iveat
preciser esult
s.
 Real isti
c.Realr esul
tsareat t
ainedbecauset heyaregat her
edscientif
ical
l
yand
notmani pulat
edormaneuv ered.
 Ti me- bound.Ti me frame isr equir
ed i n ev er
y act
ivi
ty because the short
er
compl et i
onoft heactivi
ty,
thebet t
er.
Sour
cesofResear
chPr
obl
em
Therearesev eralsour
cesofresearchpr
obl
em thatar
esear
chercani
nvesti
gate.
I
tissaidt
hat“ Researchwasbor noutofman’ sprobl
emsandaman’ smajorproblem
demandsresearch.

’(GoodandScat es,1972)

Sour
cesofr
esear
chpr
obl
emsar
e:
 Speciali
zation.Special
izati
onoftheresearcheri sanimpetust owardsr esearch.
 CurrentandPastResear ches.Arerichsour cesofr esearchpr obl
emsev enfor
researchreplicati
onbyusi ngthesamei nstr
ument ,apparatus,orequipment .
 Recommendat i
ons f r
om t heses,di ssert
ation,and r esearch jour nals.The
researchersoft hesaidt heses,di
ssertat
ionsandr esearchj ournal
sr ecommend
forfutureresearchestobeconduct edassour cesalsoofresearchprobl em.
 Origi
nalandcr eati
veideasoft heresearcherbasedont hepr oblemsmeti nthe
l
ocalit
yandcount ry.

Cr
it
eri
aofaGoodResearchPr obl
em
 I nt
erest
ing.An i
nter
esti
ng resear
ch pr
obl
em at
tract
sthe at
tent
ion oft
he
resear cherand ot herpeopl eto conductt he resear ch pr ojectev en without
i
ncent i
veorr esearchgr antatall.
 Innovat i
ve.Thoughr epl
icabi
lit
yinconduct i
ngr esearchi sallowed,i tisadv i
sable
thatr esear chpr oblem i ssomet hingnov el,or i
ginalanduni quet oattr
actt he
attent i
onoft hepeopl eandcont ributet ot heeconomi cdev el
opmentoft he
count ry
 Cost -effective.Agoodr esearchproblem shoul dbeeconomi calandef f
ecti
v ein
solving t he needs and pr obl
ems oft he soci ety,itshoul d al so augment
socioeconomi candheal thconditi
onsoft hepeopl eandmanyot hers.
 Relevantt ot heneedsandpr obl
emsoft hepeopl e.Resear chermustkeepi nmi nd
thatt heyconductr esearchnotf ortheirper sonalaggr andizementbutt osolvet he
needsoft hepeopl e.
 Relevantt ogover nment ’sthrusts.A r esear cherpr oblem mustr espondt ot he
gov ernment ’
sthrusts.
 Measur ableandt i
mebound.Agoodr esear cherpr obl
em i smeasur ablebyusi ng
resear ch i nstrument ,as wel las st atisti
calt oolst o arri
ve atsci enti
fi
c and
meani ngful resul
ts.

TheResear
chObj
ect
ive
Ar
esear
ch obj
ect
ivei
s def
ined as “
stat
ementofpur
pose f
orwhi
ch t
he

422
i
nv est
igati
ontheinvest
igati
onistobeconduct ed’
’(
Ardales,1992).
StateofResearchProblem/Objecti
ves
Resear
ch problem and r esear
ch object
ives havet he same charact
eri
sti
cs
(SMART)butt heydiff
erinform becausetheformerisstatedinint
err
ogat
iveorquesti
on
form andthelatt
er,
indeclarat
iveform.

Exampl
e(Experi
mental
Resear
ch)
Letushav e a st
udyenti
tl
ed “CULTI
VATION OF EUCHEUMA IN MUNI
CIPAL
WATERS OF ZAMBOANGA CI TY,PHI LI
PPINES USING LANTAY AND HANGI NG
METHODS’’Basedonmajorpr
obl
em, t
hespeci
ficpr
obl
emsareasfol
lows:

Pr
obl
em.Themai
npr
obl
em oft
hisst
udyi
stocul
ti
vat
eEucheumai
nmuni
cipal
water
s ofZamboanga ci
ty,Phi
l
ippi
nes,using and hangi
ng met
hods.Especi
all
y,i
t
at
temptst
oanswerthef
oll
owingquest
ions:

 Which ofthe methods,l


antay orhangi
ng,is mor e effect
ivei
n cul
ti
vat
ing
Eucheumainmunici
palwater
sofZamboangacity,
Phili
ppines?
 Isthereasigni
fi
cantmeandi f
ferenceontheweighti ncr
ementofEucheuma
cul
turedi
nmunici
palwater
sofZamboangacity,
Phili
ppines?

Obj
ect
ives.Themainpurposeoft hisstudyistocul
ti
vat
eEucheumai nmunici
pal
water
sofZamboangacity,Phi
l
ippines,usinglantayandhangi
ngmethods.Speci
fi
call
y,i
t
at
temptstoanswerthefol
l
owingr esearchobjecti
ves:

 To identif
ywhi ch ofthe met hods,lant
ay orhanging,is mor e eff
ecti
vein
cul
ti
v ati
ngEucheumai nmunicipalwatersofZamboangacit
y,Phili
ppines.
 Todet er
mi nei
fther
eissigni
ficantmeani ndif
fer
enceonthewei ghtincr
ementof
Eucheumacul t
uredinmunici
pal watersofZamboangacity
,Phil
ippines.

Example(Descr
ipt
iveResearch)
Letushaveadescr i
ptiv
estudyont
he“ CORRELATIONBETWEENJOB-RELATED
PROBLEMS AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF STAFF NURSES I N PRIVATE AND
GOVERNMENT HOSPI TALS I N THE CITY AND PROVI NCE OF ZAMBOANGA,
PHILI
PPINES.’
’Basedonthemaj orpr
obl
em,thespeci
fi
cprobl
emsareasf
oll
ows:

Pr
oblem.Themai nprobl
em oft hestudyist ocorr
elat
ebet weenjob-
rel
ated
probl
emsandj obperfor
manceofstaf
fnursesinpri
vateandgovernmenthospi
tal
sinthe
cit
yandpr ovi
nceofZamboanga,Phi li
ppines.Speci
fi
cal
ly,i
tattemptstoanswert he
fol
lowi
ngquestions:

 Whati sthecor relationbetweenj ob-rel


atedpr oblemsandj obper for
manceof
staffnursesi npr ivateandgov er
nmenthospi talsint hecityandpr ovinceof
Zamboanga, Phi l
i
ppi nes?
 Isthereasi gnifi
cantdi ff
erenceonj ob-rel
atedpr oblemsasper cei
vedbyst aff
nurses in private and gov ernmenthospi talsi nt he cit
y and pr ovi
nce of
Zamboanga i n r elati
on to: (a) admi ni
strati
on of t op management ,( b)
admi ni
str
ati
onofmi ddlemanagement ,(c)admi ni
strati
onoflowermanagement ,
(d)communi cati
on,( e)
fi
nancialconditi
on,( f)hospi t
alfaci
li
ties,and (g)job
hazardwhencl assi f
iedastociv i
lstat
us,ageandl engthofnursingpracti
ce?

Objecti
ves,t hemai npur poseoft hisst udyist ocor rel
atebet weenjob-rel
ated
pr
oblemsandj obper f
ormanceofst affnursesi nthecityandpr ovinceofZamboanga,
Phi
li
ppines.Speci f
icall
y,i
tattempt stoanswert hefoll
owingobj ecti
ves:
 Tocor rel
atebet weenj ob-rel
atedproblemsandj obper for
manceofst affnurses
i
nt hecityandpr ov i
nceofZamboanga, Phi
li
ppines.
 Tot estthesi gnif
icantdiffer
enceonj ob-r
elat
edpr oblemsasper cei
vedbyst aff
nursei nt heci tyand pr ovi
nceofZamboanga,Phi l
ippi
nesi nr el
ati
on t o( a)
admi ni
strati
onoft opmanagement ,(
b)admi ni
str
ationofmi ddlemanagement ,(c)
admi ni
strati
onofl owermanagement ,(d)communi cat
ion(e)financi
alconditi
on,
(f
)hospi t
alf aci
li
ti
es,and( g)jobhazar dwhencl assifi
edasawhol e,civ
ilstatus,
ageandnur singpracti
ce.

423
TheHypot
heses
A hy
pothesisisdef i
nedasawi seguessthati
sf ormulat
edandt emporar
il
y
adoptedtoexplai
nt heobservedfactscov er
edbythestudy.Ahy pot
hesisgui
desthe
resear
cheri
nthatitdescr
ibestheproceduretofol
l
owinconducti
ngthestudy.
TypesofHypot
heses
 Null
hy pot
hesis(
H0)
 Al
ternati
vehypot
hesi
s(H1)

Thenul lhy pot


hesis(H0)isadeni alofanexist
enceoft rai
t,charact
erist
ic,qual
ity
,
value,correl
ationordiffer
enceoftheresult
.
Nullhypot hesis(H0)i s al
ways on negat i
veform.I n contrast he al
,t t
ernat
ive
hypothesis( H1)i stheoppositeextr
emeoft henul
lhypothesisbecauset hef or
meri s
statedinposi ti
v ef
orm.
Alt
ernativehypothesis(H1)i
sanaf f
ir
mat i
onofexi
stenceofobser vedphenomena.

Exampl
eofH0(
Exper
iment
alResear
ch)

Speci
fi
cpr oblem.Ist hereasignifi
cantdi
fferenceont heyi
eldofpeanut
s
pl
antedinpot
susingnightsoilandchi ckendungasf er
ti
lizers?
Nullhypothesis(H0).Ther eisnosi gnif
icantdi f
fer
enceont heyiel
dof
peanut
splant
edinpotsusingni ghtsoilandchickendungasf er
ti
li
zers.

Exampl
eH0(
Descr
ipt
iveResear
ch)

Speci
fi
cproblem.I
sthereacorr
elati
onbet
weenj ob-r
elat
edprobl
emsand
j
ob perform asperceiv
ed bystaffnursesint heci
tyand pr ovi
nceofZamboanga,
Phi
li
ppines.
Nullhypothesi
s(H0) .Thereis no correl
ati
on bet ween j
ob-r
elat
ed
pr
oblemsandj obperformanceofstaffnur
sesintheci
ty andpr ovi
nceofZamboanga,
Phi
li
ppines.

Alt
ernat
iveHy
pothesis
Alt
ernat
ive hypot
hesi
s( H1) i
s an aff
ir
mat i
on of the exi
stence of
phenomena.I
tisalwaysstat
edinaff
irmat
ivef
orm andi
st heopposi
tefnullhypothesi
s
(H0).

Exampl
eH1(
Exper
iment
alResear
ch)

Speci f
icproblem.Isthereasignif
icantmeandiffer
enceont hegeneral
acceptabi
li
tyofluncheonmeatf rom bonemealofmi l
kfi
shandgoatfi
sh?
Alternati
vehypothesi
s(H1).Therei
sasi gni
fi
cantmeandiff
erenceonthe
generalaccept
abili
tyofluncheonmeatf r
om bonemeal ofmil
kfi
shandgoatfi
sh.

Exampl
eH1(
Descr
ipt
iveResear
ch)

Specif
icproblem.I st her
easi gni
ficantdif
ferenceont heeducational
quali
fi
cati
onandsoci oeconomi cstat
usofpr ofessorsinstateuniversi
ti
esandcol l
eges
(SUCs)inthePhil
ippi
nes?
Alt
ernati
ve hy pothesi
s(H1). Therei s signi
ficant dif
ference on t he
educati
onalqualifi
cati
on and soci oeconomi c status of professorsi nt he state

424
uni
ver
sit
iesandcol
l
egesi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes.

Theor
eti
calandConceptualFr
amewor k
Somet hesi
s/di
ssert
ati
onwr i
ter
susebot
ht hetheoret
icalandtheconceptual
fr
amework.However,i
tisadvi
sabl
etouseonl
yone,ei
t het
hert heoreti
calorconcept
ual
fr
amework.

Theor
eticalFramework
Thet heor
eti
calFr
amewor
kshapest
hej
ust
if
icat
ionoft
her
esear
chpr
obl
em/
r
esearchobject
ivesinor
dert
oprov
idet
helegal
basisf
ordefi
ningi
tspar
ameter
s.
Theoret
icalf
ramewor
kisasymbol
i
cconstruct
ionwhi
chusesabstr
actconcept
s,
f
actsorlaws.
ConceptualFr
amework
Theconcept
ualfr
amewor
kpr
esent
sspeci
fi
candwel
l
-def
inedconcept
swhi
ch
arecall
edconstruct
s.It
sf unct
ionsaresi mil
artotheor
eti
calframewor kbecauset
he
const
ructsusedareder
ivedfrom abst
ractconcept
softhetheor
eticalf
ramework.

Exampl
e(Exper
iment
alResear
ch)

Exampl
e(Descr
ipt
iveResear
ch)

Assumpt
ions
Assumpt
ionsarepresumedtobet ruestat
ement soffactsrel
atedtother esearch
problem.Theyarecl
earl
ystatedtogi
v ereader
sofr esearchpapers,t
heses,dissert
ations,
researchproj
ect
sfoundati
ont of
orm conclusi
onsresulti
ngfrom assumptions.

Si
gni
fi
canceoft
heSt
udy
Thesi gnif
icanceofthest udyinresear chprojectisamust .Foraresear chpr oj
ect
seeking f orf i
nancialassistance from ot heragency ,si
gnif
icance oft he st udy is
present edcompr ehensivel
yoft oconvincet hescreeni ngcommi tt
eethei mpor t
anceof
thest udy.
The r esearchershoul d pr
ovet hatt he st
udyhas i mportantcont r
ibut i
ons in
rel
ationt o( a)solvingproblemsandneeds( b)Bri
dgingknowl edgegap( c)i mpr oving
social,economi candheal t
hcondi ti
ons,( d)enr i
chi
ngr esear
chinstrument,met hodsand
strat
egi es,(
e)suppor ti
nggov ernmentthr ust
.

Scopeandl
i
mit
ati
onsoft
hest
udy
Thi
si ncl
udest hecov erageofthestudyar ea,subj
ects,resear
chappar
atus,
equi
pmentori nstrument,t
her esear
chi
ssuesandconcer ns,thedurati
onoft
hestudy
andconstr
aintsthathavedi
rectbeari
ngontheresul
tofthestudy.

Def
ini
ti
onoft
erms
Ther
ear
etwoway
sofdef
ini
ngt
hekeyt
ermsusedi
nthest
udy
.

 Concept ualdef i
nit
ion.The defi
nit
ion oft erms are based on concept
s or
hypothetic ones which ar
e usual
lyt aken fr
om dicti
onary,ency
clopedi
a and
publi
shedj ournal
s.
 Operati
onaldef i
nit
ion.The defi
nit
ions oft erms are based on observabl
e
characteri
sticsandhowitisusedinthest udy
.

TOPIC3
REVI
EW OFRELATEDLI
TERATURE

Ther
evi
ewofr
elat
edl
i
ter
atur
eisoneoft
hecomponent
sofar
esear
chpr
ocess,

425
todet erminet hesi
mi l
arit
iesanddi f
fer
encesoft hef i
ndingsbetweent hepastand
presentst udi
es.Likewise itprovi
des the invest
igat
ora backgr ound regar
ding the
aspectswhi chhavebeenst udi
edandnoty etst
udied.Thewor dr
elatedmeanst helegal
basesl i
ter
atureandstudieswhichhavedirectbeari
ngorrelati
ont
ot hepresentstudy.

Rel
atedLegalbases.
Todeter
minether el
evanceofthest udyt
othegov er
nmentsthr
ust
s.Major
sourcesorr
elat
edlegalbasesarelawsanddepartmentdirect
ivessuchasci
rcul
ars,
orders,
memoranda,
andotherswhichar
erel
atedtot
hepresentstudy.

Rel
atedLi
ter
atur
e.
Anywri
tt
enmater
ial
spubl
ishedi
nbooks,j
our
nal
s,magazi
nes,nov
els,
poetryand
ency
clopedi
a.Thepr
esentat
ionofrel
atedl
i
t.isinchr
onol
ogi
calorderfr
om recentto
past
.

Rel
atedSt
udi
es
Publi
shedandunpubl
i
shedr
esear
chst
udi
esar
esour
cesofmat
eri
alst
hatar
e
i
ncl
udedinthi
ssecti
on.
 Local st
udies
 For ei
gnstudi
es

TOPI
C4
QUALI
TIESOFAGOODRESEARCHI
NSTRUMENT

Resear
cher
-made i
nst
rument
s such as quest
ionnai
res,t
est
s,obser
vat
ion

426
schedul
e, checkli
st,
rati
ngski
ll
s,i
nterviewsandmanyot hersshoul
dmeett hequali
ti
esof
agoodr esearchinstr
umentbefor
et heyar eusedforgat
heri
ngorcoll
ecti
ngdata,andar e
i
mpor t
antdev icesbecausethesuccessorf ail
ureofastudyli
esont hedatagathered.
Therearet hr
eequaliti
esofagoodr esearchinstr
ument.

Val
idi
ty.Meanst
hedegr
eet
owhi
chat
estormeasur
ingi
nst
rument
smeasur
eswhati
t
i
ntendstomeasur
e.Li
kewisetheval
idi
tyofameasur
inginst
rumenthastodowi t
hi t
s
soundnesswhatt
hetestorquest
ionnai
remeasur
esitseff
ecti
venessandhow wellit
coul
dbeappli
ed.

 Ty
pesofVal idi
ty
 Cont entval
idity.Theext entt owhi chthecont entortopicoft hetestistrul
y
representat
ive oft he contentoft he course.Iti
nv ol
ves,essent i
all
y,the
systemat i
cexami nati
onoft het estcont enttodeter
mi newhet heritcover
sa
representat
ivesampl eofthebehav iordomai ntobemeasur ed
 Pr edicti
vevalidity.i
sdet er
mi nedbyshowi nghowwel lpredicti
onsmadef r
om
thet estareconf i
rmedbyev i
dencegat her
edatsomesubsequentt i
met he
cri
terionmeasur edagai nstt histy peofv al
idi
tyisimpor tantbecauset he
outcomeoft hesubj ectispredicted.

 Reli
abil
it
y.Rel i
abi
l
itymeanst heextenttowhichar esearchinst
rumenti s
dependable,consi
stent,andstabl
e.Iti
sconcernedwi t
ht heconsistencyof
responsesev enifaper sontakesthesamet esttwice,thetesty i
eldsthe
samer esult
.Howev erarel
iabl
etestmaynotal
way sbev al
i
d.

 Met
hodsint
esti
ngt
herel
iabil
i
tyofagoodresearchinst
rumentar e:
 Test-
ret
estmet
hods.Thesamei nstrumentisadmi ni
ster
edtwicetothe
samegr
oupofsubject
s.Andt
hecorrelat
ioncoeffi
cientisdet
ermined.

 St
epsinappl
y i
ngtheformula
 Rankthescoresofsubj ectsfr
om highesttolowest
 Rankthesecondsetofscor esi
nthesamemanner
 Deter
mi nethedi
ffer
encei nranksforeverypairi
franks
 Squareeachdiff
erencet ogettheD
 Sum thesquarediff
erencet ofi
ndsummat i
onD
 Comput eSpearmanr ho(r)byapplyi
ngt heformul
a

Usabi
li
ty.Thedegr
eet
owhi
cht
her
esear
chi
nst
rumentcanbesat
isf
act
ori
l
yusedbyt
he
resear
cher
swithoutundueexpendi
tur
esoft
ime,moneyandef
for
t.I
not
herwor
ds
usabil
i
tymeanspract
icabi
l
ity
.

 Fact
orstoDet ermineUsabi l
ity
 Easeofadmi ni str ation.Tof aci l
it
at et headmi nistrati
onofar esearch
i
nst rument ,
st ruct ur eshoul dbecompl et eandpr eci se.
 Ease ofscor ing.Resear ch i nstrumentdepends upon t he f oll
owing
aspect s.
 Const ructi
onoft het esti ntheobj ect i
v et y
pe
 Answerkey sar eadequat elypr epared
 Scor ingdi r
ect ionsar ef ullyunder stood
 Ease ofi nterpr et ation and appl ication.Resul ts oft ests are easyt o
i
nt erpr etand appl yi ft ablesar e prov i
ded.Al lscor esmustbe gi ven
meani ngf r
om t het abl esofnor mswi t
houtt henecessi tyofcomput ati
on.
 Low cost .Iti smor epr act i
cali fthet esti sl ow costmat erial
-wise.Itis
mor eeconomi calal soi ft heresear chi nstrumenti sofl ow costandcan
ber eusebyf utur er esear chers.
 Pr opermechani calmake- up.Inst r
umentshoul dbepr i
ntedclearlyi na
appr opr i
atesi zef ort hegr adeory earlev elforwhicht heinstrumenti s
i
nt ended.Mor eov ercar eful at
tent i
onshoul dbegiv ent othequal i
tyof
pictur esandi l
lust rationsont hel owergr adesassubj ectoft hest udy.

427
TOPI
C5
RESEARCHDESI
GNS

 Fourki
ndsofresearchdesigns:
 Hist
ori
cal.Thestudyisf ocusedinthepast(what,was).
 Descri
pti
ve.Thestudyisf ocusedinthepresentcondit
ion(
what
,is)
.
 Experi
mental.I
sinthef uture(whatwil
lbe)
 Casestudy.Isfort
hepast ,
present
,andfuture.
HISTORICALDESI GN
Nevins(1978)def i
neshistoryas“anyi ntegrat
ednarrati
veordescri
pti
ve
pastevent
sorfactswritt
eninaspi ri
tofcrit
icali
nquiryforthewholetrut
h.
I
not herwor d,histor
icalresear
chi sasci enti
fi
ccriti
cali
nquiryofthe
wholet r
uth ofpastev ents using the cri
ti
calmet hod int he under
standi
ng and
i
nterpr
etat
ionoffactswhichareapplicabl
et ocurrentissuesandevents.

 UsesofHi
stor
icalResear
ch
 Usefulin searchi
ng through the pastf orsoluti
ons t o cont
emporary
problemsandneeds.
 Usedt othrowli
ghtonthepr esent.
 Givespeopleasenseofcont inui
tyofthepastt othepresent.
 Enablescommuni ti
estogr aspt hei
rrelat
ionshi
pwi ththepasttocur r
ent
i
ssues.
 Itchronicl
eseventsofendur ingwor t
hwhi chconf erupont heindi
vi
dual
consciousness of unit
y and t he f
eeli
ng of i mportance of human
achievement.

 Maj
orst
epsofHi
stor
icalr
esear
ch(
GoodandScat
es,
1972)
 Coll
ect i
onofdat
a.
 Cri
tici
sm ofdatacol
lected,Theprocessofexternalcri
ti
cism andint
ernal
cr
iti
cism.
 Presentati
on of t
he f act i
nr eadablef orm involvi
ng problems of
or
gani zati
on,
compositi
on,exposi
ti
on,andinterpr
etat
ion.

 Sour
cesofHi
stor
icalResear
ch
Pr
imarysources
 Document s.Thisincl
udesoffi
cialdir
ectiv
es, cour
tdecisi
on, executiv
eand
otheroffi
cialr
ecords,per
sonalmat eri
als,newspapers,andper i
odicals.
 Remai ns.Thisincl
udesphysicalplant,equipment,appar at
us,picturesof
buil
dings,dipl
omaandcer ti
fi
cates,textsbooksandr ef
er encebooks.

Secondar
ySources
 Hist
ori
esofeducat
ion,
bibl
i
ogr
aphi
es,
ency
clopedi
as,
andet
c.

DESCRIPTIVEDESI GN
Thestudyfocusesatthepresentcondi
ti
on.Thepurposeistofi
ndnewtruth.
Thetruthmayhav edi f
fer
entf ormssuchasi ncr
easequanti
tyofknowledge,a
newgenerali
zati
onoranewl aw,increasedi
nsighti
ntofact
orswhichareoper
ating,t
he
di
scoveryofnew causalrelati
onship,amor eaccuratefor
mulati
onoft hepr
obl em t
o
di
ssol
ve.

 UsesofDescr
ipt
iver
esear
ch
 Prov
idefact
sonwhi chscient
if
icjudgmentsmaybebased.
 Prov
ideessent
ial
knowl edgeaboutthenatureofobject
sandpersons.
 For cl
oser observ
ation in the pr act
ices, behavi
or, met
hods and

428
procedures.
 Playi
ng a l arge parti nt he dev el
opment of instr
ument sf or the
measur ementsofmanyt hi
ngssuchasquest i
onnair
es,test,int
erv
iews,
checkli
st,scor
ecards,rat
ingscales,andobserv
ati
onschedules.
 Formulatingofpol
iciesinthelocal,
nati
onal,
orint
ernati
onallevel.

 TypesofDescr
ipt
iveResear
ch
 Descri
pti
ve sur
vey.Thi
sty
pe i
s sui
tabl
e wher
evert
he subj
ect
svar
y
amongt hemsel v esandonei si nterest edt oknow t heext entt owhi ch
differentcondi t
ionsandsi tuat i
onsar eobt ainedamongt hesubj ects.A
surv eyi susef uli n 1)pr oviding t hev alueoff acts,and 2)Focusi ng
attentionont hemosti mpor tantt hingst ober epor t
ed.
 Descr ipt ive- nor mat i
ve sur vey.St ressed t hat t he t erm nor mat ivei s
somet imesusedbecausesur vey sar ef requent lymadet oascer taint he
normalort ypi calcondi tionf orpr acticeort ocompar el ocalr esultswi t
ha
stateornat ional nor m.
 Descr ipt ive- status.Thi sappr oacht opr obl em sol vingseekst oanswer
quest ionst or ealf actsr el ati
ngt oexi stingcondi ti
ons.Thi si sat echni que
ofquant itativ edescr iptionwhi chdet er minest hepr evailingcondi ti
onsi na
groupofcaseschosenf orst udy .Itst ressescur rentcondi tionswi tht he
assumpt i
on t hat t hings wi ll change. They cov er many t r
ai t
s or
char act er i
st icsoft hegr oup.
 Descr ipt ive- eval uat i
ve.Thi sdesi gni st oappr aisecar efullyt hewor thiness
oft hecur rentst udy .e. g. ,ev aluationofani mpl ement ationofwaron
wast epr oj ect .
 Descr ipt ive- compar ative.Thi si sadesi gnwher et her esear cherconsi ders
twov ar iabl es( notmani pul ated)andest ablishesaf ormalpr ocedur est o
compar eandconcl udet hatonei sbet tert hant heot her .Thest at i
stical
tooli sZ- test .I fsi gni f
icantdi ff
erenceexi sti tmeansoneappr oachi s
bettert han t he ot heri ft her ei s no si gnificantdi ff erence,t he t wo
appr oachesar eal mostt hesame.
 Cor relationalsur vey.Thi si sdesi gnedt odet ermi net her el ationshi poft wo
variabl es( XandY)whet hert her elati
onshi pi sper fect ,v eryhi gh,hi gh,
moder at e, sl i
ght /negl igible.
 Longi tudi nalsur vey.Thi si nv olvesmucht i
meal l
ottedf ori nv estigat i
onof
thesamesubj ect soft woormor epoi nt
sandt ime.

EXPERI MENTALDESI GN
Isaproblem- solvingappr oacht hatthest udyi sdescri
bedint hef utureonwhat
willbewhenv ari
abl esar ecar efull
ycont r
oll
edormani pulat
ed.Experi
ment aldesigncan
beaBASI C,APPLI ED, ORDEVELOPMENTALRESEARCH.
Thisty
peofr esear chi nvolvesthe7Ms,namel y:manpower( Compet ent)
,money ,
met hods,materials,machi ner y,momentoft i
me,andmar keti
ng.Experiment alresearch
i
sgi venprior
it
ybyr esear chi nstituti
onsingivingr esearchgrants-
in-
aidbecauser esearch
out putcanbeconv er t
edi ntoSmal landMedi um Ent erpri
ses(SME’ s),thushel pr ural
folksoutofschooly outhsunempl oyedadul tsandhousewi vesaugmentt hei
ri ncome,
all
ev i
atepoverty
, andi mpr ov et heirqual
ityoflif
e.
Eveniftheexper i
menti sconduct edint hef il
edorl aborat
ory,itisexpect edto
revealcauseandef fectr elationship.Thepr oblem ist oknowt hecondi t
ionsunderwhi ch
anev entoccursandt oobser vet hewhol et ransactioncloselysot hatonecanbe
reasonabl ysuret hatcausat i
oni spresent.

 TypesofExper
iment
alDesi
gn

 Si
ngl
e-gr
oupdesi
gn.Thi
sdesi
gni
nvol
vesasi
ngl
etr
eat
mentwi
tht
woor

429
mor elev els.
 Two- groupdesi gn.Inthisdesign,twocompar ablegroupsar eempl oyed
asexper iment alandcont r
olgroupsort wocompar abl
egr oupsarebot h
exper i
ment al.
 Pre-test-Postt estdesign.Thisdesigni nvol
vestheexper i
ment algroups
andt hecont rolgroupwhicharecar efull
ysel
ectedthroughrandomi zati
on
procedur es bot h groups are given pre-t
estatt he beginning oft he
semest erandpost -t
estattheendoft hesemesterbutt hecontrolgroup
i
si solatedf rom allexper
imentalinf
luences.

CASESTUDYDESI GN
Acasestudydesignisapr oblem solv
ingtechni
quewher ei
nthestudyisdescribe
fr
om thepast,
present,andf
uture.Itisaintensi
veinvesti
gat
ionofapar t
icul
arindiv
idual
,
i
nstit
uti
on,communi t
y,or any gr oup considered as a uni twhich incl
udes t he
devel
opmental
,adj ust
ment,remedi al,corr
ecti
vepr ocedur
et hatsuit
ablyfollowst he
di
agnoseofthecausesofmal adjustmentoroff avor
abledevel
opment.

 Cycl
eofCaseSt
udy
 Recogni t
ionanddet erminati
onofthestatusoft hephenomenont obe
i
nv esti
gated.
 Collecti
onofdatar elatedtothefact
orsorcir
cumst ancesassoci
atedwith
thegivenphenomenon.
 Diagnosisori dentifi
cationofcausalfactor
sasbasi sf orremedialor
dev el
opmentaltreatment .
 Appl i
cati
onofremedi aloradj
ustmentmeasure
 Subsequentf oll
ow- up to deter
minetheef f
ecti
venessofcor r
ecti
veor
dev el
opmentalmeasur esappli
ed.

Casestudyt akesalongper
iodoftimedueto casewor
kthani
ntensi
vel
y.
I
nfer
encesar
ediff
icultt
omakeduet
olimi
tedsampl
i
ng.

TOPI
C6

430
SAMPLI
NGDESI
GN

Sampl ingi sappl i


cablei fpopulati
onoft hestudyistolargeespeci all
ythe7Ms-
manpower ,money ,mat erials,machi nery,met hods,moment ,and mar keting oft he
resear cher-ar
el imited.I tis adv ant
ageous f orhi m to use sampl e surveyf oriti s
economi cal r
at herthant otalpopulati
on.
Howev er,theuseoft otalpopulati
onisadv isabl
eifthenumberofsubj ect
si sless
thanonehundr ed.Ifthepopul ati
onisequalt oormor ethanonehundr editisadv i
sable
togett hesampl einor dert obeef f
ect i
ve,effi
cientandeconomi calingat heri
ngdat a,
providedhowev er,thatthesampl eisar epresentati
vecross-
sectionoft hepopul ation
andissci enti
ficallyselected.
Sampl ingmaybedef inedast hemet hodofget t
ingarepresentativeporti
onofa
popul ation.Thet erm,popul at i
on,ist
heaggr egateortotalofobjects,persons,families,
species, oror dersofpl antsorani mals.

 Advant
agesofSampl
ing
 I
tsavesti
me, money,andeffor
t.
 I
tismoreeffect
ive.
 I
tisfast
er,
cheaper,andeconomical
.
 I
tismoreaccurate.
 I
tgiv
esmor ecompr ehensi
vesinf
ormat
ion.

 Di
sadvant
agesofSampl
ing
 Ifsampl i
ngdesi gnhasst rength,i
talsohasi tsweaknesses.
 Sampl edat ainvol
vemor ecarei npreparingdetail
edsubcl assif
icati
ondueto
smal l
numberofsubj ects.
 Ifthesampl ingplanisnotcor r
ect l
ydesignedandf oll
owed, theresultmaybe
misleading.
 Sampl i
ngr equiresanexper ttoconductt hestudyinanar ea.Ifthisi
slacki
ng
theresultscanbeer r
oneous.
 Thechar acteri
sti
cst obeobser vedmayoccurr arelyinapopul ati
oneg.
Teacher sov er30y earsoft eachingexper i
enceort eacherswithoutstandi
ng
performance.
 Compl icatedsampl i
ngplansar elabor
ioust oprepare.

 Pl
anni
ngaSampl
eSur
vey
 Statet heobj ecti
v esoft hesur vey.
 Definet hepopul ation.
 Selectt hesampl ingi ndiv i
dual.
 Locat eandsel ectt hesour cel i
stofparti
cularindi
vidual
stobei ncl
udedinthe
sampl e.
 Decidet hesampl ingdesi gntobeusedt hatsuitstothestudy
,eithersci
ent
ifi
c
ornon- scientifi
csampl ing.
 Determi nethesampl esi zebyusi ngtheformul a.
 Selectt hemet hodi nest i
mat ingtherel
iabil
ityofthesampleeithertest
-r
etest,
spli
t-halforint ernal consi stency.
 Testt her el
iabili
tyoft hesampl einapilotinsti
tuti
on.
 Int
erpr etther eli
abi l
ityoft hesampl e.
 Chooseexper ttoadmi nistertheresear
chi nstrument.

 Det
ermi
nat
ionofSampl
eSi
ze
Ar
bit
rar
il
yt hemajor
it
ycri
teri
on(50% +1)i susedassuff
icientsample.Others
maychooseapr opor
ti
onlesserorgreaterthanthemajor
itycr
iteri
onor51% oft he
popul
ati
onandsomemayuseper cent
age.Butthesei
deasar
enotscienti
fi
cal
ly
-ori
ented.

 St
epsi
nDet
ermi
ningsampl
esi
zeusi
ng(
6.1)f
ormul
a(Cal
mor
in)
 Deter
minethetot
al populat
ion(N)asassumedsubj
ect
soft
hest
udy
.
 Gettheval
ueofV( 2.58),Se(0.
01),andp(0.50)
.
 Computethesampl esizeusingfor
mul a(
6.1).

431
Exampl
e;Sl
ovin’
sFormulaforAdequateSamplesi
ze
n=N/1+Ne
Wheren=sampl esi
ze
N=populat
ionsize
e=er
ror(desi
redmarginoferr
or/%allowanceofnon-
preci
sion)
Sampl
ingDesi
gns
General
ly,t her
e are t wo kinds of sampl ing design. These ar
e (1)
sci
entif
ic/pr
obabil
it
ysampling,and (2)non scienti
fi
c/non probabil
it
ysampli
ng.In
sci
entif
icsampling,eachmemberi nthepopul
ationisgi v
enanequalchanceofbeing
i
ncluded inthesampl e.In non sci
ent
if
icsampl i
ng,notal lofthemember sinthe
populat
ionsaregivenanequalchanceofbei
ngincludedinthesample.

 Sci
ent
if
icSampli
ng
 Simpler
andom sampl
i
ng.Thi
sdesi
gni
sappl
i
cabl
eonl
ywhenpopul
ati
on
beingi nv esti
gat edi shomogenous.Random sampl i
ngi schosenbyusi ng
eitheroft het wot echniques,namel y;lot t
ery,ortabl eorr andom number s.
Mor eov er,tabl e ofr andom number st echnique is applicabletoal arge
numberofpopul ati
on.
 Strat i
fiedr andom sampl i
ng.Thi st ypeofdesi gndividesf i
rstthepopul at
ion
i
nt ot woormor est rata.Foreachst r
at um,t hesampl eitemsar edrawnat
random.
 Syst emat i
csampl ing.I nthi stypeofdesi gnt heindividualsinthepopul at
ion
are ar ranged i n a met hodical manner ,f or instance al phabetical or
chr onol ogical(age,exper ienceoracademi cr ank)
,andt hent hnamemaybe
select edi nt heconst ructionoft hesampl eeg.Ev erytent hoft heseti s
select edaspar toft hesampl etil
l t
hecompl etenumberi sreach.
 Mul tistagesampl i
ng.Thi sdesi gni sdonei nseveralst ages.Itcanbet wo-
stage,t hree-stage,f our-stage,five-stage,andmanyot hersdependi ngont he
numberofsampl i
ngt obeused.Andt hisdesi gnthepopul ati
oni ndi
v i
dual s
aregr oupi ntoahi er archyofuni ts,andsampl ingisdoneconsecut ivel
y.
 Clust ersampl i
ng.Int hist ypeofsci enti
ficsampl i
ngdesi gn,thepopul ationi s
grouped i nt
o cl ust ers orsmal luni ts.e. g.,Blocks,muni ci
pali
ty orci ty
composedofpopul ationi ndiv
idual sandar eselectedei therbyr andom or
syst emat icsampl ing.Thi sdesi gni sadv antageouswheni ndivi
dualsandt he
blockordi st
rictbelongt oahet er ogeneousgr oup.

 Nonsci
ent
if
icSampl
ing
I
nnonsci entifi
csampl i
ng.Notal lofthei ndivi
dualsi npopul ati
onar egivenequal
chanceofbei
ngi ncludedassampl e,hencesubj ecti
vit
yoccur s.
 Purposi ve sampl ing.Thi st ype ofnonsci entif
ic sampl i
ng is based on
select i
ng t he individuals as sampl es accor ding tot he pur poses oft he
resear cherashi scont r
ols.
 Incident alsampl i
ng.Thi st y
peofsampl i
ngdesi gn“ appl iedt othosesampl e
whichar etakenbecauset heyar et hemostav ail
able.”( Guilfor
dandFr uchter
,
1973) .
 Quot asampl ing.Thist ypeofdesi gnispopul arint hefieldofopi ni onresearch
because i ti s done bymer elyl ooking fori ndivi
dual s wi tht he requisi
te
char act eri
sti
cs.
 Refer ral/snowballsampl ing.I tist hepr ocessofsel ect i
ngasampl eusi ng
networ ks.Tost artwi t
hf ewi ndivi
dual sinagr ouporor gani zati
onar eselected
andt her equiredinformat ioni scol l
ectedf r
om t hem.Theyar ethenaskedt o
identifyot herpeopl eintheor gani
zat i
on.e.g.,Druguser s.

432
TOPIC7
MEASUREMENTSOFVARI
ABLES

Befor
e measurementcan t ake pl
ace,itis necessar
yt o sel
ectand defi
ne
v
ari
abl
esformeasurementsanddecideupont heexactmethodsformeasuri
ngthem t
he
t
woprocessesar
ereferr
edtorespecti
vel
yasconceptuali
zati
onandoperati
onal
i
zati
on.

 Concept uali
zati
on.Entail
ssel ect
ingandspeci f
y i
ngwhatwebel i
ev etobet he
mosti mpor t
antorrel
evantv ari
abl
est omeasur eandst at
ingt
hevaluesthateach
var
iablecanassume.Speci fyi
ngpr eciselywhatwemeanwhenwer ef
ertothose
var
iables.
 Operationali
zati
on.Ref erst o speci fying t
he act ualmeasuri
ng dev i
ces or
methodst hatwillbeusedtomeasur et hev ar
iablesthatwehaveconceptual
ized.
I
tfurtherclari
fi
esthemeani ngofv ariables.

 Level
sofMeasur
ement
s

Levels( scales)r efert othedegr eeofpr ecisionwi thwhi chav ariabl


ei sbel iev ed
tobemeasur ed.I thel pst odet ermi net hemostappr opriat
emet hodf orst at i
stical
anal
ysi
sofdat a.
Thef ourmeasur ement sofl ev elsar e:
 Nomi nal .Themostbasi cf or m ofmeasur ement sitsimpl ysor t
scasesi nto
differ entmut uallyexcl usivecat egor i
es( Values) .Eveni fanumber( pl ate
number#190) , hasnoquant itati
vesi gnifi
cance.
 Or dinal .Levelofmeasur ement si mpl i
est hecapaci tyt or ankor derpeopl e
wi thr espectt ot hei
rmeasur ement sofsomev ari
ables.Thet er m ordinall ev el
isappr opr i
atel yassignedt ov ar i
ablest hathav ebeenmeasur edusi ngar ange
ofcat egor iessuchas:Al way s,Somet i
mes,Nev er,Greatlyi mpr oved,sl i
ght ly
impr ov ed, andnoti mpr ov ed.
 I nter val.I thasal lthesamechar acteri
sticsoft heordinall evelandaddi t
ional
onewhi chi st heex actdi stancebet weencat egor iesofthev ar i
ablear eknown
andar eequalt oeachot her .e.g.,thedi stancebet weenpoi ntsi nthescal ei s
fixed, sot hatt hei nter
v albet ween12degr eesand13degr eesand35degr ees
and36degr eesar ethesamewhi chi s1degr ee.Intervalmeasur ementmay
useazer oasoneofi tsv alues,butzer orepr esentanar bitrar
ypoi ntona
rangeofmeasur ementr at hert hant heabsenceofav ari
abl e.
 Rat io.I ssi milart ot hei ntervalscal e,i nt hatcat egor i
zedcanber anked
or der ed wi t
hf i
xed equaldi stances bet ween cat egor ies.Howev er,an
addi ti
onal feat urecharact erizest her ati
oscal e-zer ohasanabsol utemeani ng.
Itr ef l
ect sapoi ntwher et her eisnomeasur ablequant it
yoft hev ariable.e. g.,
Income/ zeroi n.

 Dat
aCol
lect
ion
 Sour
cesofSecondar yData
o Censusdata
o Universi
tyl
ibr
aries
o Laborstati
sti
cs
o Publicheal
thstati
sti
cs

 Met
hodsofDat
acol
l
ect
ion
I
n-per
soni
nter
viewi
ng
Adv
ant
ages:
o Highcompleti
onrat
e
o Accesstosupplement
al i
nfor
mat
ion
o Indi
vi
dual
izeddatacol
lecti
on

433
Di
sadv
antages:
o I nf
luenceoft
hei nt
ervi
ewer
o Pot enti
alf
orrecordi
ngerr
or
Tel
ephonei
nter
view
o Usedwhenthepur
posei
stosol
i
citsmal
lamountofi
nfor
mat
ion
o Fi
ndti
ming

Mail
-usedf orsel f-
admi nist
eredquestionnai
re.Thepur
poseoft
hest
udyi
stosecur
e
dat
afrom al argesampl eofpar t
ici
pants.
 Identityoft hepar ti
cipants
 Ret urnr ate
 Av oidbadt imes
 Keepi tshor t
 Prov i
dei ncenti
ves
 Prov i
depost -paidreturnenvel
oped
 Useagoodcov erlett
er
 User et urnaddr essandl ett
erheads

For
msofQuest
ions

 Open-
endedquestions.Possi
bler
esponsesar
enotgiven.
 Cl
osed-endedquesti
ons.Possi
bleanswersar
esetoutint
hequest
ionnai
re.

Indexesandscales
Forvar
iablesnoteasil
ymeasured,suchasat
ti
tudesandper cept
ionsgener
all
y
cannotbeaccuratel
ymeasuredbyaresponsetoasi
nglequest
ion.I
trequi
restheuseof
multipl
eit
emstoaccuratel
ymeasur
et hem.

I
ndexesconsistofanumberthataretobeimportanti
ndi
cat
orsoft
hevari
able
bei
ngmeasur ed.
Scal
easksf ormorepreci
seanswer,suchaslinearorsummati
vescal
e.e.g.
,
i
ndicat
ehowof teny
ouexperi
enceeachofthesesy
mptomsbyencircl
i
ngtheappr
opr
iate
number.

Never Somet
imes Of
ten Ver
yOft
en
1.Anxi
ous 0 1 2 3
2.Sad 0 1 2 3

Li
kertScal
e.Itis a speci
fi
c ki
nd ofsummat iv
e scale.When atti
tude are
measured.A setofatt
it
udei t
emsar esuppl
ied.Part
ici
pantsindi
catethei
rl evelof
agreementwit
heachit
em.e.g.,Li
kert5poi
ntscaleofstrongl
yagree,agr
ee,disagree,
str
onglydi
sagr
ee.

BogardosSoci
alDist
anceScale.Itisaspecialf
orm ofaGuttmanscal e.It
measurestowhatdegreeanindi
vi
dualwouldbewil
li
ngtoi
nter
actwi
thpersondif
ferent
fr
om himselfsuchpeopleofdiffer
entethni
cgrouporpeoplewit
hdifferentsexual
ori
ent
ation.

ADDI
TIONALTOOLSFORDATACOLLECTI
ONRECORDI
NG

 FocusedI nter
view.Allowst herespondent
ssaysomethingt
oat opi
c,whi
chheis
guidedt hrough.
 Li
feHi story.Respondentt alksabouthisli
fehi
stor
yinhisownway ,athi
sown
pace, beginningwher ehechoosesandsay i
ngwhathechooses.
 ProjectiveTechni que.Respondenti saskedt orespondverbal
lyt
osomet hi
ng
present edt ohim bytheresearcher
 Associ ati
on
 Compl et
ion

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 Construction
 Expansion
 Census.I
nvol
vest heent ir
egr oupofi ndividual
sofinterestinthest udy.
 Fiel
dnotes.Cont ainsaday -t
o-dayaccountofwhatt ranspired,thatiswhati s
happeni
ng,wheni thappenedt owhom i ti shappening.Whati sbei ngsaid,
whoi s
sayi
ngitandtowhom.Whatchangesar eoccur ri
ngi nthephy sicalsurr
oundings?
 Fivecomponent soff ieldnote:
o Runni ngdescr i
ption( beconcr eteandbehav iouristi
c)
o Pr eviouslyforgottenhappeni ngthatarenowr ecalled
o Anal y t
icalideasandi nfl
uences( i
deasmustber ecordedast hey
occur )
o Per sonal impressi onandf eeli
ngs
o Not eforfurtherinf ormation

 Observati
on isonewayt ocol l
ectpr imar ydata.Obser vationi sapur poseful
,
systematicandselectivewayofswi tchi
ngandl i
steningt oani nter
acti
onasi t
takesplace.
 Twot ypesofobser vati
on:
o Parti
cipantobser vation.When ar esear cherpar tici
pated i
nt he
activ
iti
es oft he gr oup bei ng observed wi th orwi t
houtt hei
r
knowledge, t
hatt heyar ebei ngobserved.
o Non-partici
pant sobser v at
ion.Whent her esearcherdoesnotget
inv
olvedi nt heact i
viti
esoft hegroupbutr emai nasapassi ve
observer,wat ching and l isteni
ng tot heact i
vit
iesand dr awing
conclusionsfrom t hi
s.

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TOPI
C8
DATAANALYSI
S/PROCESSI
NGANDSTATI
STI
CALTREATMENT

Dataarer
esearchobserv
ati
onr
ecor
dedi
ndi
ff
erentf
ormssuchasr
esponsest
o
t
hequest
ions,
scoresandrat
ings

 St
epsi ndat aanal ysis/pr
ocessi
ng
 Est abli
shi ngcat egori
es
 Codi ng.Assi gni
ngofnumber s/
symbolstoeachcategor
y.
 Tabul ation.Count i
ngeachcasei neachcat
egory.
 Anal ysis.Separ ati
onofsoci alphenomenaintotheirconst
it
uentpar
tsand
examinat i
onofr elati
on.
 I nt
erpret ati
on.Concept uali
zi
ngt hedataforitsmeaningandst at
ementof
generalization.

Cat
egorizat
ionofdat
a-r
efer
stot
hegr
oupi
ngofsubj
ect
sunderst
udyaccor
dingt
othe
obj
ect
ives.

Codingofdata-af
terthesubj
ectshavebeencat
egor
ized,dat
aarenextcoded.The
codesmaybenumer i
caloral
phabet
ical
.Codi
ngofdat
ai smoreusef
ulwithresear
ch
i
nstrument
shavi
ngopenendedquest
ions.

Tabul at
ionofdata-oncet herawdat ahavebeengivennumeri
calcodes,t
heyareready
fortabulat
ion.Thi
sisdonebyt al
lyi
ngandcounti
ngther awdat
at oar
ri
veataf r
equency
dist
ributi
onandt ofaci
li
tat
ei norgani
zi
ngthem i
nasy stemat
icorderi
natableorsever
al
tabl
es.Dat amat r
ixpresentati
onofdataisusuallyi
nt abul
arformrefer
redtoasdat a
matrix.

Ty
pesofdatamat ri
ces:
 Uni
variatematr
ix.Involv
esonlyonevar
iabl
e
 Bi
vari
at ematri
x.I nvol
vest wovari
abl
es. e.
g.,Corr
elat
ionbet
weenj
ob-
rel
ated
pr
oblemsandj obper formance.
 Mult
ivari
atematrix.Hast hr
eeormorevari
abl
esinthetable.

Stati
sti
calanaly
sis/ tr
eat ment
Dataanaly sisinvolv
esinput,thr
oughput ,andoutputmechanisms.Inputinv
olves
the responses fr om t he research instr
ument ,thr
oughout .Itincl
udes stati
sti
cal
proceduresandt echni quesandout put
.Ther esul
tofthestudywhi charepresentedin
data mat r
ixform.I n data processi
ng,bot h quanti
tat
ive and qual
it
ati
vef or
ms ar e
i
nv ol
vedtoarri
veatexactanal ysi
sandi nter
pretati
onofresul
t.

Exampl
e:

 Wei ghted ari


thmet i
c mean.I st he appr opri
ate st ati
sti
calt oolf orunivari
ate
problem, bothexperiment alanddescr ipti
vedesigns, isweightedar i
thmeti
cmean
forscaledopt i
ons.(Ref er
redt oCalmor inP.118-119)
 Bivari
atest at
ist
icalt r
eatmenti nexper i
mentalr esearch.Thest at
isti
calt
oolf or
bivari
ate( t
wov ariables)problem inexper imentalr esearchar eT-testandl i
near
correlati
on.Thestepsi nusi ngT-testar easfol
lows:
 St ep1.Findt hearithmeticmeanofi tsvariables
 St ep2.Solv eforthev ari
ance( SDsquar ed)foreachv ari
able.

Bi
vari
atestat
ist
icalt
reatmenti
ndescri
pti
ver
esearchthestat
ist
icaltool
s
usedf
orbi
vari
atedescr
ipti
veresear
chprobl
emsareZ-t
estandli
nearcorrel
ati
on.

436
Toapplythef ormul a(7.4)thestepsar easfoll
ows:
 Rankt hevaluesf rom highestt ol
owesti nt hefir
stsetofvari
abl
e( X)and
mar kthem Rx.Thehi ghestv alueisgivent herankof1;thesecond,2;and
thi
rd,3;andsoon.
 Rankt hesecondsetofv alues( Y)i
nt hesamemannerasi nstep1andmar k
them Ry.
 Determinethedifferenceinr anksforeverypairofranks.
 Squareeachdi f
ferencet ogetD.
 Sum thesquaredi ffer
encest of i
ndSummat ionD.
 Comput eSpearmanr ho(rs)byappl yi
ngf ormula(7.
4).

Mul
ti
var
iat
estati
sti
caltr
eat
ment
 Stati
sti
calt
oolformul
ti
var
iat
edescr
ipt
iver
esear
ch.

Chi
-squar
e-2x2orf our
fol
dt abl
e,todiscret
evari
ablesar
einvol
vedtotestifthi
s
var
iabl
esareindependentfrom eachot her
.Thev ar
iabl
esareusual
lynominal
.The
val
uesarear
rangeintheform ofa2x2tablewit
h2rowsand2columns.

Toappl
yf or
mul a(7.
14)or2x2t ablethest epsar easfol
lows:
 Addt heobser vedf r
equencyofr owsandcol umns.
 Mul t
iplyt hesum ofr owsandcol umnsanddi vi
debythetotalnumberofcases(N)
togett heexpect edfrequency.
 Subt ractobser v edandexpect edf requenciesorO-E.
 Squar et hevaluei nStep3t oget( O-E)squared.
 Comput ebyusi ngf ormul a(
7.14).
 Fi ndthedegr eesoff reedom (df)byusi ngformula,df
=(R-1)(
C-1).
 Choose t he lev elofsi gni
fi
cance,ei ther1 or5 percent,and compar ethe
comput edchi squarev aluei
nt hechi squaretable.

Kruskal
-Wal
li
s One-Way ANOVA (H)by Ranks as St
ati
sti
calTooli
n Mul
ti
var
iat
e
Descri
pti
veResear
ch(Ti
edObservat
ions)

Whent i
esoccurbetweentwoormor eobservat
ions,
eachobserv
ationi
sgiventhemean
oftheranksforwhi
chitisti
ed.For
mula(7.17)showsthedivi
soristi
edobserv
ationsof
Kruskal
-Wall
i
sone-wayANOVAbyr anks.

Toappl
ythef ormula( 7.17)( 7.18)thestepsar easfoll
ows:
 Pr epareacol umnt able.
 Ent erthedat ai nst ep1andr ankthesampl easwhol e.
 Addt her anksineachcol umn.
 Sol vefort het i
escor esbyusi ngtheformula(T=t–t).
 Appl yf ormula( 7.17)f orthetiescoresasdivisor
.
 Appl yf ormula( 7.18)Kr uskal-
Wal l
is(H)ti
edobservations
 Comput efordegr eesoff r
eedom ( df)byusingformula,df
=K-1,wher
eKstands
forcolumns.
 Ref ertochi -squar etabul arvalueintheAppendixofanySt ati
sti
cbookifHval
ue
i
ssi gnifi
cantornot .

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C9
DATAANALYSI
SANDI NTERPRETATI
ON

Analysisandi nterpret
ationofresult
sar enoteasyt asksfortheresear cherto
undert
akeespeci allyifhei snotanexper ttodiagnoset heappropri
atest
ati
sticaltoolto
answertheresear chpr oblems/ obj
ecti
ves.
Analysisshoul dbedonef ir
stbeforeinterpr
etati
on.Analysi
sisuselesswi t
hout
i
nterpr
etati
onandi nterpretati
onisimpossibl
ewi thoutanaly
sis.
Int
erpretati
oni simpor tanttohaveaclearermeani ngoftheresear
chfindings.

DataAnal ysi
s
Dataanalysi
smaybedef i
nedasanexami nati
onofdat aorf acti
nt ermsof
quantity,
quali
ty,
attr
ibute,t
rai
t,pattern,
trend,rel
ati
onshipamongot herssoastoanswer
researchquesti
onswhi chinvolvesstati
stical
techniquesandprocedures.
The bases i n analyzi
ng r esearch data ar e speci
fi
c pr obl
ems/object
ives,
hypotheses,measuringinstr
ument s,andst at
isti
caltool
s.

 10TypesofDat
aAnal
ysi
s
 Univ ariat eanal ysi s.Test sasi ngl ev ariablet odet ermi newhet hert hesampl e
i
ssi mi lart ot hepopul at i
onf rom whi chi thasbeendr awn.
 Bivar i
at eanal ysis.Test st wov ar i
abl esonhow t heydi fferwi theachot her .
Thecommonst atist i
calt ool st ousei nbi variat eanal ysi sar ecor relati
on
coef ficienti s used i n bot h descr iptive and exper iment aldesi gns;z- t
est ,
descr ipt iver esear chonl y;andt -test ,exper iment al desi gnonl y .
 Mul tivar iat eanal y sis.Testt hr eeormor ei ndependentv ariabl esatat i
meon
thedegr eeofr elat i
onshi pwi tht hedependentv ariabl e.Thest ati
st i
calt ool
usedi nt hist y pear et heF- t
estoranal ysi sofv ari
ance( ANOVA) ,Fri
edmant wo
wayANOVA, andKr uskal -Wal li
sone- wayANOVAf orexper iment aldesi gn.Chi
squar ei susedf ordescr iptiver esear ch.
 Nor mat iv eanal y sis.I sat ypeofdat aanal y siswher ei nt her esul toft hest udy
i
scompar edwi tht henor m orst andar d.Thest atist i
calt ool susedi nt histy pe
aret hear ithmet icmeanandt hest andar ddev iation.
 Statusanal ysis.St ressesr ealf act sr elat i
ngt ocur rentcondi tionsi nagr oup
ofsubj ect schosenf orst udy .Thecommonst ati
st icalt oolsusedi nt histy pe
aret hear ithmet icmean, standar ddev iat i
on, z-test ,andchi -squar e.
 Descr i
pt ive anal ysis.Mer el y descr i
bes t he char act eri
st ics,composi t
ion,
struct ur es,andsubst ruct urest hatoccurasuni tswi thint hel argerst ructur e.
Thest at isticalt ool scommonl yusedi ndescr ipt i
v eanal y sist y
pear et he
arit
hmet icmean, chi -squar e, andFr i
edmant wo- wayANOVA.
 Classi ficat ionanal ysis.I susual lyempl oy edi nnat uralsci encesubj ectssuch
asBot any ,Zool ogy ,Bi ology ,My cology ,andt hel ike.Howev er ,ifecol ogical
paramet er ssuchast emper atur e,pH,sal ini ty,oxy gen,t ur bidityandmany
other sar et akeni nt oconsi der ationi nt hest udyar ea.St atist icalt oolssuchas
meanandt -testar eusedt ot estt hesi gnificantdi f ferencebet weenmeans.
 Evaluat iveanal y sis.I sat y peofdat aanal y sist hatappr aisescar efullyt he
wor thinessoft hecur rentst udy .Thest atisticalt ool scommonl yusedi nt hi s
typear ewei ght edar ithmet i
cmean,per cent ages,Fr iedmant wo- wayanal ysi s
ofv ar i
ance, andz- test .
 Compar ativ eanal ysi s.Ther esear cherconsi dersatl eastt woent iti
es( not
mani pul at ed)andest ablishesaf or malpr ocedur ef orobt ai ningcr it
er i
ondat a
ont hebasi sofwhi chhecancompar eandconcl udeonei sbet t
ert hant he
other .Thecommonst atistical tool susedi nt hi st ypear et hemean, v ari
ances,
andt -test .
 Cost -Ef fect iv eanal y sis.I sappl icabl ei ncompar i
ngt hecostbet weent woor

438
mor evari
abl
es,andt
odet
erminewhi
chofthevari
abl
esismostef
fect
ive.The
stat
ist
icalt
oolscommonl
yusedint
hist
ypearethear
ithmet
icmean,v
ariance,
t-
test,
andf -
test
.

TOPI
C10
PARTI
CIPATORYACTI
ONRESEARCH

Isanattri
but
eofact i
onr esearchinwhichtheprobl
em isdeterminedbyt he
peopl
ewhobel i
evedandfeelthattheprobl
em i
sreal
lyapr
oblem i
nthelocalset
ti
ngand
thesolut
iont
ot heprobl
em iswithinthesamesetti
ngwit
houtint
enti
onofgener al
i
zing
i
tsresult
.

 Char
act
eristi
csofPAR
 Peopleor i
ented
 Commi t
teeinvolv
ement
 Groupr esearch
 Bigcrowd
 Poli
ti
cal i
nvolvement

 Fr
amewor kofPAR
 Ident if
icationofthepr oblem andcommuni
ty.
 Stat ementofgoal sandobj ect
ive.
 Ident if
icationofparti
cipant s.
 Organi zat i
onoft heresear chtheme.
 Est ablishmentoft imet able.
 Conductoft heresearchpr oj
ect.
 Eval uationofr esul
ts.
 Interpret at
ionoff i
ndings.
 Impl icationsandr ecommendat ions.
 impl ement at
ion

TOPI
C11
CONTENTANDSTRUCTUREOFRESEARCHPROPOSAL

Descr
ipt
ivedesi
gn

Chapt
er1(ThePr obl
em: Rati
onal eandbackground)
1.
1St at
ementoft hePr oblem/Object
ives
1.
2Nul lHypotheses
1.
3Theor eti
cal/
Concept ualFramework
1.
4Signifi
canceoft heSt udy
1.
5ScopeandLi mitat
ions
1.
6Def i
niti
onofKeyTer ms

Chapt
er2(Rev
iewofRel atedLit
erature)
2.
1Reviewofr el
atedlegalbases
2.
2Reviewofr el
atedlit
erature(LocalandForei
gn)
2.
3Reviewofr el
atedstudies( LocalandFor
eign(i
fany
)
2.
4Justif
icat
ionoft hepresentstudy

Chapt
er3(Met
hodol ogy)
3.
1ResearchDesi gn
3.
2Deter
mi nationofSampl eSi
ze(i
fsamplesurv
ey)
3.
3SamplingDesi gnandTechnique(i
fsamplesurv
ey)
3.
4TheSubj ects/Respondent
s

439
3.
5ResearchInstrument
3.
6Vali
dati
onoft heResearchInst
rument
3.
7DataGatheringProcedure
3.
8DataProcessingMet hod
3.
9Stat
ist
icalTreatment

Chapt
er4(
Resul
ts,
Anal
ysi
sandI
nter
pret
ati
on)

Chapt
er5(Summar yofFi
ndi
ngs,
Concl
usi
onandRecommendat
ions)
5.
1.Bibl
iogr
aphy
5.
2Appendix
5.
3Cur r
icul
um Vit
ae

Exper
iment
aldesi
gn

Chapt
er1(ThePr obl
em: Rati
onal eandbackground)
1.
1St at
ementoft hePr oblem/Object
ives
1.
2Hy potheses
1.
3Theor eti
cal/
Concept ualFramework
1.
4Signifi
canceoft heSt udy
1.
5ScopeandLi mitat
ionsoft heStudy
1.
6Def i
niti
onofKeyTer ms
1.
7Gener alOrganizat
ionandCov erageoftheSt
udy

Chapt
er2(Rev
iewofRelatedLit
erature)
2.
1ReviewofRelatedLegal Bases
2.
2ReviewofRelatedLit
erature
2.
3ReviewofRelatedStudies
2.
4Justif
icat
ionofthePresentStudy

Chapt
er3Methodol ogy
3.
1Resear chMet hod
3.
2Mat erial
s
3.
3Equipment /
ApparatusandUt
ensi
l
s
3.
4Procedur es
3.
5Trainingoft hePaneli
sts
3.
6Evaluat i
onoft hePr
oducts
3.
7Statisti
calTreatment

Chapt
er4(
Resul
tsandDi
scussi
on)

Chapt
er5(SummaryofFi
ndi
ngs,
Concl
usi
onandRecommendat
ions)
5.
1Refer
ences
5.
2Appendi
x
5.
3Curri
cul
um Vit
ae

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CS12
ETHI
CSINRESEARCH

 I
mpor
tanceofEt
hicsi
nResear
ch(
Resni
k,2007)
 Ethicspromot est hepur suitofknowl edgeandt r
uthandav oi
danceofer ror.I
t
alsofostersv aluesthatar eessent i
alto coll
aborative workr esear
ch of ten
i
nv olv
esagr eatdealofcooper at
ionandcoor di
nationamongmanypeopl ein
diff
erentf i
elds ordi scipli
nes.I mportantv alues aret r
ust,accountabili
ty,
mut ualrespectandf air
ness.
 Manyoft heet hicalnor mshel pensurethatr esearchersareheldaccountable
tothepubl i
c
 Adher encetoet hi
calpr inci
plesalsohel psbui l
dpubl i
csupportforresearch.
Peoplear emor elikelytof unresearchest hatpromot eav ar
iet
yofi mpor t
ant
mor alandsoci alv aluessuchassoci alresponsibili
ti
es,humanr i
ghts,animal
welfare,healthandsaf ety.

 Et
hicalCodesandPolici
es
 Honest y.Mai
ntai
nhonest
yinal
lcommuni
cat
ions,e.
g.,whenr
epor
ti
ngdat
a,
results, andpr ocedur es.Nev erfabr i
cat e,fal
si fyormi sr
epr esentdat a.
 Obj ecti
vi ty. Avoi d bases i n t he exper i
ment al desi gn, dat a anal ysi
s,
i
nter pret ation,exper tt estimony ,andot heraspect sofr esear ch.
 Integrity.Keeppr omi sesandagr eement s.Actwi thsi ncerit
yandst ri
vef or
consi stencyoft houghtandact ion.
 Car e.Avoi dcar elesser ror sandnegl igence.Cr i
ti
callyexami ney ourwor kand
thewor ksofy ourpeer s.Keepr ecor dsofr esear chact i
viti
esi ngoodor der
andcondi tion.
 Openness.Shar edat a,r esul t
s,ideas,andr esour ces.Beopent ocr iti
cisms
andnewi deas.
 Respectf ori ntell
ect ualpr operty.Honorpat entsandcopy ri
ghts.Donotuse
publ i
sheddat a,met hods,orr esul tswi t
houtper mi ssi
on.Gi vepr opercr edit
andacknowl edgementt oal lauthor sci tedandsour cesusedi ny ourr esear ch.
 Conf ident iali
ty.Pr otectconf i
dential communi cationsordocument s.
 Responsi ble publ i
cat ion. Publ ish i n or der t o adv ance r esear ch and
schol arshi p.Av oidwast eful anddupl icat i
vepubl i
cat i
on.
 Responsi blement oring.Hel peducat e, ment or,andadv isest udent s.
 Respectf orcol l
eagues.Tr eatpeer sf airl
y.
 Soci alresponsi bil
ity.St rivet opromot esoci al goodandpr ev entsoci al harm.
 Nondi scr i
mi nat i
on.Al lt hoseel igiblet o par t
icipatei nr esear ch mustbe
all
owedt odoso.
 Compet ence.Mai ntainandi mpr ov ey ourownpr ofessionalcompet enceand
exper ti
se.
 Legal it
y.Knowandobeyr elevantl awsandi nst it
ut i
onal andgov ernment .
 Human subj ects’pr ot ect i
on.Mi nimi ze har ms and r isks to human l i
ves;
i
nst ead, maxi mi zebenef its,andr especthumandi gnity,privacyandaut onomy .

 Ri
ght sofResearchParti
cipants(Tr
ochim,2006;
Smi th,
2003;andPol
it
,2006)
 Vol untar
yparti
cipat
ion.Anypersonneednott obecoer cedtopart
ici
pat
ein
anyresearchundert
aking.
 I nfor
medconsent .Prospecti
veresear
chparti
cipantsmustbeful
lyinf
ormed

441
aboutt he pr ocedur es and ri
sks involv ed i
nr esearch.Thei rconsentt o
parti
cipat
emustbesecur ed.
 Risksofhar m.Har mt hati
seitherphy sical
,fi
nanci al
,orpsy chol
ogicalmust
notbeexper ienced
 Confidential.Par t
icipantsmustbeassur edthatidentif
yingi nf
ormationwil
l
notbemadeav ailablet oanyonewhoi snotdi rectl
yinv ol
vedi nthestudy
(Smith,2003)
 Anony mity.Itmeanst hattheparti
cipantswi l
lremai nanony moust hr
oughout
thestudy, somet imesev entotheresear chersthemselves.

 Unet
hicalAct
ivi
ti
es
Commonbr eachesi nethics:
 Publ i
shingt hesamepaperi nt wodi fferentjournalswi thouti nf ormingt he
editor/s
 Fail
ingt oi nform acol labor at
orofone’ sintentt of i
leapat enti nordert o
becomet hesol ei nventor
 Incl
udi ngacol leagueasanaut horofapaperi nreturnforaf av orev enthough
he/shedi dnotcont r
ibutet oit
 Discussi ngwi thy ourcol leaguesdat af r
om t hepapert haty ouar er eviewing
foraj ournal
 Trimmi ngout linesf rom adat asetwi thoutfirstgi v
ingpeer st heoppor tunit
y
torev i
ewt hewor k
 Usingi nappr opr iatestatisti
calt echniquesi nor dertoobt ainf av orabler esul
ts
andenhancet hesi gnifi
canceofone’ sr esearch.
 Maki ngt her esul tsoft hest udypubl iclyknownwi thoutfirstgi vingpeer sthe
oppor tunitytor ev i
ewt hewor k
 Fail
ingt oacknowl edget hecont ri
buti
onsofot herpeopl eint he f
iel
d
(Thisi ncludesr elevantpr iorwor kint her eview ofr elated l iteratureand
studies.)
 Maki ngder ogat orycomment sandper sonalat tacksiny ourrev iewofaut hor’
s
submi ttedwor k
 Inj
udiciousandi nhumaneuseofani mal sinresear ch

442
KNOWLEDGEAND
PHILOSOPHI
CAL
FOUNDATIONOF
SOCIALWORK
Rev
iewer
:

Ms.Wy
lenL.Li
pangl
ipang,
RSW,
MSW

443
Modul
eA1
Hi
stor
icalPer
spect
ive:Evol
uti
onofSoci
alWel
far
einEur
ope,
andUni
tedSt
ates

Foundat
ionofSoci
alWel
far
e

 Chri
sti
anPr i
nciples–f oundi
nt heNew Test ament(Matt
hew 25:
40),“
Itelly
ou,
wheneveryoudi dthisforoneoft hel
eastimpor tantoft
hesebrot
hersofmi ne
youdiditf
orme. ”
 ( Luke10: 25–36)–Thest or
yoft heGoodSamar i
tanwhoshowed
mer cy,i
nsteadofPr
iestandaLev i
te.
 Ol d TestamentBook ( Jewi
sh principl
es)ofExodus,Deuteronomy,
Leviti
cusandI si
aht
aughtthefol
lowi ng:

- Possessionsheldinst ewardshi
pfrom God.
- Freeingofservantsandsl av
es.
- Subsidizi
ngthepoor .
- Condemnedsoci ali
njusti
ceandgreed
- War nedagainstbuy i
ngmor ehouseandf iel
dst
hus,depr
ivi
ngot
her
sofa
pl
acewher et
ol i
ve.
- Commandmentofl ovethyneighbor

 I
slami cPr inci
ples– whi char ef oundi nt heHolyQur -
an( no dif
ferentfrom
Chri
stianity
)
- Qur anic precepts whi ch gov er n soci
alrel
ati
ons ar e establ
ished fort he
promot ionofsoci alj
ust ice,sot hatpeoplemayt akepar tinthebeaut i
esof
theear th.
- Isl am placesmani ntheposi tionofhonorandi mpor tanceassigninghim as
viceroyonear t
h.
- Thoughi nIslam menar econsi deredequal,i
trecognizestheirdiff
erencesas
par toft hedi vi
neor der;i nequal it
iesareinevi
table,duet odi ff
erencesi n
i
nt ell
ectualornat uralchar acteristi
cs.
- Tobal ancet his,Islam inst i
tutedt hesystem of“Zakat”–apoort axi norder
thatnomani sdisadvant agedbel owt hemini
mum l evelofsurvi
val.

I
. ANCI
ENTTI
MES

Kinshi
pisthebegi
nni
ngsoci
alwel
fareconcepti
nanyci
vil
izat
ionwhent
hef
ami
l
y
t
ookcareoftheconcer
nsofthei
ndi
vi
dualpersonsi
nthei
rsoci
alunit
.

I
I. EUROPEANBEGI
NNI
NGS

 Rel i
giousmot i
vationbecamet hemostpower fulincentiveforbenevolenceand
char i
ty.
 Char it
ywasmot i
v atedprimaril
ybyt hedesireofmer itsingooddeedsf oret ernal
l
ife.
 Mi ssionari
esdev otedt hei
rt i
met omi ssionarypr eaching,coll
ect
ingal ms,and
distri
butingrel
i
eft ot hedesti
tuteandestablishedinsti
tutions(XENODOCHI A)
 Lat eron,monaster i
es,churchesandot herinsti
tuti
onsf orthepoorwer ereplaced
by“ hospital
s”fortheol dandt hesickpersons, or
phans, abandonedchildren,and
pregnantwomen.

444
BEGI
NNI
NGCONCEPTSOFSOCI
ALWELFARE

 COMMONCHEST(
1520)

Thepr
otot
ypeofmoder
ndaycommuni t
ychest;Mar
ti
nLutherconcei
vedthatt
here
shoul
dbeacommonchestf ort
herecei
ptoffood,money,andclot
hingtoassi
stthe
needy.

 I
NDI
VIDUALI
ZATI
ON

Duri
ngthe16th century,t
heSpanishPhi
losopher
,JuanLui sDeVivesadvancedthe
i
dea t hatt he fat
e of t he indi
vi
dualpoordeser ved att
enti
on.There should be
i
nv esti
gati
onsoft hesoci alcondi
ti
onsofeverypauperfamily.Ai
dshouldbepr ovi
ded
throughVocat i
onalTr aini
ngs,Employment
,and Rehabil
itat
ioninst
ead ofcustomary
distri
buti
onofalms.

 HAMBURGEXPERI
MENT

Pr
of.Busch,Commi ssi
onerforPubl
i
c Reli
ef,i
ntr
oduced a di
str
ictsystem of
i
nvest
igation and di
str
ibuti
on ofrel
i
eftoindi
vi
dualpaupersthr
ough the v
olunt
eer
committees.

Thefi
rstt
imet
hatVi
vesPl
anwasputi
ntopr
act
icewasi
ntheCi
tyofHambur
g,
Ger
many
.

 MI
LITARYWORKHOUSE(
1790)

- Establi
shedi
nMunichbyBENJAMINTHOMPSON.
Theworkhousemanufact
uredcl
othi
ngf
ort
hearmybyut
il
izi
ngt
heempl
oyabl
epoor
.

 ELBERFELDSYSTEM (
1853)

TheCi t
yofEl
ber
fel
dint
roducedt
hei
deaoff
inanci
ngr
eli
efexcl
usi
vel
ybypubl
i
c
t
axat
ion.

 DAUGHTERSOFCHARI
TY

Thef
orer
unner
sofsoci
alwor
k.

Theorganizat
ionwasfoundedbyFr
.VINCENTdePAULwhorecrui
tedyoungwomen
ofthepeasantcl
assforchar
it
ablewor
k.Theywer
etr
ainedi
nnur
singthepoor.

I
II
. ENGLAND’
SSOCI
ALWELFARE

1.RELI
GIOUSFOUNDATI
ON(
Phi
l
osophi
cal
Base)

o I
NMEDI
EVALENGLAND,
car
efort
hepoorwasanact
ivi
tyoft
hechur
ch.

o Ear
lyChar
it
ies:

- Reli
eftot hedesti
tut
ewasf i
rstdist
ri
but
edbyt
hepriestwiththehelpofthe
churchwar dens.
- Inthe13thand14thcent
uri
es,rel
i
giousor
der
sandchurchinsti
tut
ionsrel
i
eved

445
theparishchurchesfrom mostoft
hedut
iesincar
ingfort
hepoor
.
t
h t
h
- From the12 t o15 century,t
heworkofthechurchwassuppl
ement
edby
therel
i
efact i
v i
ti
esofthegui
lds.

2.POLI
TICALFOUNDATI
ON

 TheENGLISHELIZABETHANPOORLAW OF1601r
emai
nedf
oral
ongt
imet
he
basi
sofEngl
ishSoci
alWel
far
e.

 I
twasacodificat
ionofpr
ecedi
ngpoorr
eli
efl
egi
slat
ionst
art
ingwi
tht
heSt
atue
ofLabor
ersi
n1349.

 I
tssal
i
entpoi
ntsar
e:

a)PRI MARY RESPONSI BILI


TY f orthecar eoft hepoorbal ancedt othe
i
ndividual’
sf amilyandr el
atives.
b)THOSEWHOWI LLNOTBESUPPORTEDbyr el
ati
veshadt obecaredfor
bythepar ishort helocalcommuni ty.
c) ONLYTHEPOORWHEWEREBONAFI DERESI DENTSoft heparishwere
el
igi
bl eforassistance.
d)THE PARI SH MUST MAI NTAI Nt he impotentpoort hrough v
olunt
ary
contri
butionsoft hepari
shionersandcollect
ions.
e) AGENERALTAXWASLEVI EDtoprovidethe“poortax”andwast hemain
sourcefort hefinancingofpoorr el
ief
.

 Thepoorl
awdi
sti
ngui
shedt
hreecl
assesoft
hepoor
:

a)Able-bodi
edpoor
b)Thei mpotentpoor
c) Dependentchi
ldr
en

3.EMERGI
NGCONCEPTSOFSOCI
ALWELFAREI
NENGLAND

o PRI
NCI
PLEOFI
NVESTI
GATI
ON

 ThomasChalmers,aPar i
shMi ni
steri
nScot
land,i
ntr
oducedthePhi
losophy
ofper
sonal
,par
ochialr
eli
ef.
 Heorgani
zedaprogram ofpr
ivatechar
it
yonthepri
nci
pleofnei
ghbor
lyaid.

o I
NDI
VIDUALAPPROACH(
prot
oty
peofcasewor
k)

 Fi
ft
y y ear
s af t
er Chalmer’
s pioneer work, t
he LONDON CHARITY
ORGANI ZATION SOCIETYorgani
zedapr ogr
am ofrel
i
efbasedonhi
sidea,
andlaidthefoundat
ionoftheindi
vi
dualappr
oachinsoci
alwor
knowknown
as“casework.”

o SOCI
ALREFORM

 Edwi
nChadwick,t
hefir
stpi
oneeri
npubl
ichygi
enesupervi
sedinv
est
igat
ion
i
nthecauseofpov
ert
yandthemeansofanef
fect
ivesoci
alref
orm.

 Her ecommendedasystem ofgover


nmentprovi
dingundercentraldi
rect
ion
decentaidtothepoor
,asoundpublicheal
thprotect
ion,adequatehousi
ng,
recr
eation,
andpubl
i
cschoolfort
heenti
repopul
ati
on.

o CHARI
TYORGANI
ZATI
ONSOCI
ETY

 TheCOSencouragedt
hegrowthofpr
ivat
echar
it
ies,t
hegiv
ingofdonati
ons
bequestont
hei
rbehal
f,andt
heini
ti
ati
veamongt hevol
unt
eersf
orbringi
ng

446
i
ndi
vi
dual
aidt
ofami
l
iesi
neconomi
cdi
str
ess.

o SETTLEMENTHOUSE(
prot
oty
peoft
hemoder
ndaycommuni
tycent
er)

 I
twasint
roducedinLondondur
ingt
hel
att
erhal he19th cent
foft uryandt
he
f
ir
stonewascall
edTOYNBEEHALL.

 It
sbasicpur posewast oestabl
i
shcontactbetweentheeducat
edmenand
womenandt hepoorf orthei
rmutualbenef
itsothatbycommonwor kand
studi
es,theycoul d exerci
seacul t
uralinf
luencebeyond t
heteachi
ng of
speci
alsubjects.

o SOCI
ALRESEARCH

 SocialResear
ch wasa thi
rdimportantfact
orthati
nfl
uencest
he soci
al
phi
losophyandthepr
act
iceofpoorr
eli
efinEngl
and.

 Themostimport
antamongthesurvey
swast hatmadebyCharl
esBooth
st
art
edin1886.Thest
udyshowedthatone-
thi
rdoft
heLondonpopul
ati
on
wasli
vi
ngonorbelowt
he“pov
ert
yli
ne”.

 Thesefi
ndi
ngsdi
spr
ovedt
hepr
evi
oust
heor
ythatpov
ert
ywasal
way
sthe
faul
toft
hei
ndi
vi
dual
.

4.TWENTI
ETHCENTURYDEVELOPMENTSI
NENGLAND

o THEBEVERI
DGEREPORT(
1941)

 TheBev eri
dgeReport
,namedaf t
erthemanwhoheadedt hecommit
tee,which
prepar
edt her
eport
,isthebasi
softhepresentsoci
alsecur
it
ysyst
em progr
ams
ofEngland.

o ENGLAND’
SSOCI
ALSECURI
TYPROGRAM

 The pr
esentstruct
ure oft
he BRI
TISH Soci
alSecuri
tyPr
ogr
am f
oll
ows t
he
recommendat
ionsoftheBev
eri
dgeRepor
t.I
tconsi
stsof
:

a)SocialInsurance
b)Fami l
y/Chil
dren’sAl
l
owance
c) Publ
icAssistance

I
V. AMERI
CANSOCI
ALWELFARE

o AMERICANSOCIALWELFAREwasfoundedontheconcept
soft
heEngli
shPoor
Law,whi
chremai
nedt
hebasisf
orpubli
cwelf
arei
ntheU.S.upt
otheendofthe
t
h
19 cent
ury
.

o PAUPERS,BEGGARS, ANDVAGRANTSwer eregar


dedascri
minal
s.Whatevert
he
causeofhi
s/herdi
str
ess,
thepauperwasr
egardedasmoral
lydef
ici
entper
son.

o HI
STORI
CALDEVELOPMENTOFAMERI
CANSOCI
ALWELFARE

Fi
rstPhase:
PoorRel
i
ef-
Almshouses

 Rel
i
efwasgi
vent
opauper
sinv
ari
ousway
s:

447
a)Out doorreli
eft
opauper si
ntheirownhomes.
b)Far mingoutt ot helowestbidderwhounder t
ookt ocarefora
si
ngle“pauper.

c) Contractusual
l
ywi ththel
owestbidderforthecareofallpaupers
i
nagi venlocal
i
ty.
d)Car ei nthealmshouseswhi chwasundert hedi r
ectcontrolof
off
ici
als.
e) “I
ndenture”or“
bindi
ngout,”asaform ofapprenti
ceshi
p.

 Thecostofpoorr
eli
efwasmetbyt
hepoort
axandl
aterbypubl
i
ctaxes.

SecondPhase:
Stat
e(Publ
i
c)I
nst
it
uti
onal
Car
eforSpeci
alGr
oups

 Thesepr
ogramsweredesi
gnedtoremovesomegr
oupsofinmat
esfrom.
 Theundi
ff
erent
iat
edmiser
yofincar
cer
ati
onint
hel
ocalal
mshouses.

 I
nst
it
uti
onswer
esetupf
or:

a)Careoft
hei
nsane
b)Careoft
hementall
ydef
ici
ent
c) Car
eoft
hebl
ind
d)Careoft
hedeafanddeaf-
mute

Thi
rdPhase:
Stat
eBoar
dofChar
it
iesandCor
rect
ions

 Thepur
posewasst
atesuper
visi
onoft
headmi
nist
rat
ionofi
nst
it
uti
ons.

 Thef
ir
stst
ateboar
dwasor
gani
zedi
nMassachuset
tsi
n1863.

 Itemphasizedthefamil
ysyst
em bypl acingchi
ldr
enandadult
sinthe
communitywheneveritwasnotnecessarytokeepthem i
nal
mshouses,
hospi
tal
s,orasy
lums.

Four
thPhase:
Aidt
otheNeedyWi
thoutI
nst
it
uti
onal
i
zat
ion

Special
measureswereenactedbystat
elegi
slat
urest
omeett
heneedsof
speci
algr
oupswithoutpl
aci
ngthem i
ninsti
tut
ions,
suchas:

a)Pensionsfort
heBli
nd(Ill
i
nois,
1903)
.
b)Mot her
’sAid(
Missour
i,1923)
c) Ol
dAgePension(Montana,1923)

I
n1909,Pr es.TheodoreRoosevel
tcal
l
edtheFirstWhiteHouseConferenceon
DependentChildr
en.Iti
nspir
edthecreati
onoftheUSChi l
dren’
sBureau.Thi
swast he
fi
rstt
acitassumpti
onoffederalr
esponsi
bil
i
tyf
orsoci
alwelf
are.

Fi
ft
hPhase:Feder
alGov
ernmentEnt
ryt
oSoci
alWel
far
e

Thei
mpactoft
heGr
eatDepr
essi
onoft
he1930si
ntheUS.

Adopt
edaser
iesofemer
gencyr
eli
efmeasur
es,
suchas:

a)Emer gencyReliefandReconst
ruct
ionAct(
1932)
b)Ci vi
l
ianConservati
onCorps(1933)
c) Federal
Emer gencyRel
iefAct(
1933)
d)Wor kProgressAdmi ni
str
ati
on(1935)

Si
xthPhase:Soci
alSecur
it
y

448
I
n1935,t
heSOCI
ALSECURI
TYACTwaspassedatt
hei
nst
anceofPr
es.
Fr
ankl
i
nRoosevel
t.

I
tconsi
stsofthr
eepar t
s:
a)Cont ri
butor
ySoci al
Insurance
b)Publ i
cAssistance
c) Aidtothestateforservi
ceprogr
ams.

Sev
ent
hPhase:
WaronPov
ert
y

o TheEconomi cOppor tuni


tyActwaspassedand“ WaronPov erty
”becamet he
ral
l
yingpoint.
o TheActwasspeci f
ical
lygearedtodealwiththeprobl
emsofpov erty
,educat
ion,
manpowert r
aini
ng,ment alheal
th,vocat
ionalrehabi
li
tat
ion,publ
ichealt
hand
medicalcare,housi
ngandur bandevel
opment.

MAJORDEVELOPMENTSI
NUSPRI
VATESOCI
ALWELFARE

 CHARI
TYORGANI
ZATI
ONSOCI
ETI
ES

o A“ f
riendl
yvisi
tor
”wasi nst
all
edinor
dertodeterminet heneedofev er
y
appl
icantandthenecessarymeasur
esf
oreachcase(pioneer
ingcasewor
k).

o Tr
aini
ngSchoolf
orAppl i
edPhi
l
anthr
opywassetupi
nNewYor
kin1890by
MaryRichmond(
pioneeri
nsoci
alwor
keducat
ion)
.

 SETTLEMENTHOUSE

o HULLHOUSE(inChi
cago)wast
hefi
rstsi
gni
fi
cantset
tl
ementhousei
ntheUS
f
oundedbyJaneAddamsandEl
lenGatesSt
arri
n1889.

Basi
cPol
icyofAmer
icanSoci
alWel
far
e

 BASI
CPRI
NCI
PLE

 Theindi
vi
duali
spr
imari
l
yr esponsi
bleforhiswel
far
ebutthecommunityshoul
d
est
abli
shabasi
cmeasureofsecuri
tyinareasbey
ondthei
ndiv
idual

scontr
ol.

 BASI
COBJECTI
VE

 Thedev
elopment
,achi
evement
,andhappi
nessoft
hei
ndi
vi
dual
.

 SOMEBASI
CIDEASTHATI
NFLUENCESOCI
ALWELFARE

a)Pr otest
antEt hic
b)Lai ssezFair
e( freeenterpr
ise)
c) SocialDarwinism (sur
v i
valofthef
it
test
)

449
Modul
eA2
Hi
stor
icalPer
spect
ive:Evol
uti
onofSoci
alWel
far
eint
hePhi
li
ppi
nes

PHI
LIPPI
NESOCI
ALWELFARE

1.ThePRE-
Spani
shPer
iod

o Fi
lipi
noli
vedinsmallscat
ter
edcommuni t
iesal
ongri
ver
sandBays
o Barangayasthebasi
cunitofcommuniti
es
o Noconceptofanat i
on
o SlaveSoci
ety
o Datuashead
o SocialWel
far
ecenteredonmutualprot
ecti
onandeconomi
csurv
ival
o conceptofBayani
hanandDamay an
o LegalBasi
swasMar agtas&Kalant
iaoCode

2.SPANI
SHTI
MES(
1521-
1898)

o BasicPhi l
osophy: Reli
gionwast hemot i
vatingforceforchari
ty.
o FormsofChar i
ty: Almsgivi
ng,charit
ableinsti
tuti
onsandhospi t
als.
o SourcesofFundi ng: Reli
gious or ders, cont ri
buti
ons, and
donationsofr i
chi ndiv
idual
s,subsidyf r
om r i
chindividual
s,andt heSpanish
Government .
o Si
gnificantDevelopment s: Inst
it
utions est abli
shed by r eli
gious
orders.(
fi
rsthospitalwasfoundedi nCebubyMi guelLopezdeLegaspi )

3.FI
RSTPHI
LIPPI
NEREPUBLI
C(1896-
1902)

o TandangSoratookcareoft
hesickandthewounded.
o Hil
ari
aAguinal
dointr
oducedtheconceptofRedCr
oss.

4.AMERI
CANCOLONI
ALPERI
OD

o Birt
hofVol untaryOrganizati
onsforSocialWelfar
e-TheAssociat
edChar i
ti
es
ofMani l
a(1917) .
o PublicWelfare-beginningassumptionbyt hegovernmentofi
tsresponsi
bil
it
y
forsocialwelfare.
o “ParensPatriae”-chil
dwel f
areconceptt hati
tisthedutyofthegovernment
topl acechil
dr eninbet t
ercircumstances,whenev ert
heparentscouldnot
provideadequat ecarethemselves.

5.GOVERNMENTSOCI
ALWELFARE

450
o Pre-wart rends,growth,and dev el
opmentofchi l
d welfar
epr ogramsand
servi
ces.
o PublicWel far
eBoar d(1915)
o Agov er
nmentboar dsetupbyt hegovernmenttocoor di
nate,supervi
seand
regulatethewor kofallchari
tabl
eagenciesandorganizati
ons;indi
vidual
sand
groups; publi
candpr i
vate,engagedi
n“socialser
vices”work.

o Factor
st hatprompt edgover
nmentsoci
alwel
far
e:Wor
ldWarI
IandSoci
al
Unrest
.
o WarReliefandRehabi l
i
tati
on
 PACAU-( 1945)
 PRATRA-( 1945-1950)
 WRO- WarReliefOffi
ce

o Soci
alAmel
i
orat
ion

PACSA-Pr
esident’
sActionCommi tt
eeonSocialAmel
iorati
on(1948-1950)
 Est
ablishedbyPr es.Elpi
dioQuir
inot
ocounter
actinsocialunrest.
 Considered the f or
erunner of the Phil
ippine Communi ty
Devel
opmentPr ogr am.
 AsuncionPerezwasappoi ntedit
schai
rmanandbecamet hefir
st
womanmemberoft hePresi
dent’
scabi
net.

o Publ
i
cWel
far
e

 TheBureauofPubl
i
cWelfar
ewasreviv
edin1946.
Soci
alWelfar
eCommissi
onwascr eat
edabsorbi
ngtheBureauofPubli
c
Welf
are.TheWarReli
efOffi
cewasplacedunderthesuperv
isi
onofthe
Soci
alWelfar
eCommissi
on.

o Pr
ivat
eSoci
alWel
far
e

 CWAPI -CouncilofWel fareAgenciesoft hePhili


ppines,Inc.(1949)-the
coordinati
ngandpl anningbodyf orsocialwelfare.It
spr i
memov erwas
MinervaLaudi co.
 Communi tyChest( 1948)– Communi tyChestf orGr eaterMani l
awas
organized forj oi
ntf und rai
sing and coordi
nated financing.It
spr ime
mov erwasI reneElli
sMur phy,UNAdv i
seronSocialWel f
are.
 PASW- Phili
ppine Associ at
ion ofSoci alWor kers( 1948)– i ts main
objecti
v ewast oupgr adeandmai nt
ainthest andardsofsoci alwork
profession.

o STABI
LIZATI
ONOFGOVERNMENTSOCI
ALWELFARE(
1950’
s)

 SocialWelfar
eAdmi ni
str
ati
onwascr eatedbyPr es.El
pidioQuir
inoon
January3,1951ast hegovernmentagencyforsoci
alwelf
are.I
tabsorbed
PACSAandSWC.
 I
tspr ogramsi ncl
ude:Child wel
far
e,Publi
cAssi st
ance,and Offi
ceof
Vocational
Rehabil
it
at i
on.

o Gov
ernmentChi
l
dWel
far
e

 GovernmentOr phanage (
1917) – the f
ir
stGov er
nmentOr phanage
spurr
ed.
 Bythepassageoft heUSJonesLawof1916.
 Chil
dWel f
areLaws–Wel arev
il
le(
1925),
theseatofal
lgover
nmentchil
d-
cari
nginst
itut
ions.
 Duri
ngthisperiod,DR.JOSEFABELLAwasacknowledgeasthe“
Fatherof

451
Phi
lippineSocialWelf
are”.
 BureauofPubl icWelf
are(1941)–pl acedundert
heDepar t
mentofHealt
h
andPubl i
cWel far
e.
 PublicAssistanceServ i
ceOnMay31,1941;Pr es.ManuelL.Quezon
i
ssuedanExecut iveOrderabol
ishingtheAssociatedChari
ti
esofManil
a
andcr eat
ingi
ti nt
oaPubl i
cAssistanceServ
iceundertheBureauofPubl
i
c
Welfare.

o Pr
ivat
eSoci
alWel
far
e

 Associ at
edChar i
ti
esofMani l
aInc.
wasest abl i
shedbyagr oupofManil
a
resi
dent sin1917.
 I
tsobj ecti
vewastoassurecommunityresponsibil
i
tyforsoci
alwel
far
e.
 I
tbecamet hef
ir
stfami
lywelf
areagencyandt hef i
rstt
ousecaseworki
nthe
Phil
ippines.

6.JAPANESEOCCUPATI
ON

o Priv
at ei
ndivi
dual
s,groupsandor ganizati
onsundertookrel
iefforpr
isoner
sof
war,displ
acedpersons,et
c.
o Josef aLlanesEscoda,Pr esi
dentoft heNat i
onalFederationofWomen’ s
Clubs undertook and organized reli
efwor k was incarcerat
ed in FORT
Santiagoforunder
groundact i
vit
ies.
o Andsowi thAsuncionPerez,thent heDir
ectoroftheBureauofPublicWelfar
e.

7.POSTLI
BERATI
ONYEARS(r
eli
efandr
ehabi
li
tat
ionper
iod)

o Fi
rstassumpt i
onbythegovernmentofmajorr
esponsi
bil
i
tyforsoci
alwel
far
e.
 Est abli
shmentandgrowthofthePubl
i
cAssi st
anceProgr
am.
 Emer genceoft
heNationalSoci
alWel
fareAgency.

 STRENGTHENI
NGOFGOVERNMENTSOCI
ALWELFARE(
1960’
s)

o Revi
tali
zat
ion ofChild Welfar
e – UNICEF – assi
sted soci
alser
vices
proj
ectwassetupi n1961.
o I
ncreasedprof
essionali
zat
ionofsoci
alwork.
o I
ntegrat
edSocialWelfar
ePr ogr
am –setupin1966.

 CREATI
ONOFTHEDEPARTMENTOFSOCI
ALWELFARE

o OnJune15, 1968.Pres.MarcossignedR.A.5416creati
ngtheDSW.
o Programs:fami l
yandchi ldwel f
are,yout
hwel far
e,rehabi
li
tat
ionoft he
handicapped,generalassi
stanceinti
mesofdi sast
ersandcalamit
ies.
o OnSept .8,1976,theDSW’ snamewaschangedt oDepartmentofSoci al
Servi
cesandDev el
opment( DSSD).

 OTHERDEVELOPMENTSDURI
NGTHI
SPERI
OD

o Boardexami nati
onsforSoci
alWor kwassignedintol
aw onJune19,
1965.Itseekstoregul
atet
hepracti
ceofsoci
alwor
kandtheoper
ati
onof
social
welfareagenci
esint
hePhili
ppines.
o R.A.4373wasamendedbyR. A.5175onAugust4,1967.

 DEVELOPMENTofGov
ernmentSOCI
ALWELFARE

 1915–Publi
cWelfar
eBoar
d
 1921–Off
iceOfPubli
cWelf
areCommissi
oner
 1932–BureauOfPubli
cWel
fare(
UnderDepart
mentOfI
nst
ruct
ion)
 1939–Depart
mentOfHeal
thAndPubli
cWel f
are

452
 1946–Bur eauOfPubl icWelfare
 1947–Soci alWel fareCommi ssion
 1948–PACSA( President
ialActionCommi t
teeOnSocialAmeli
orat
ion)
 1951–SWC+PACSA=SWA( E.O396)–Qui r
ino
 1968–DSW ( R.
A5416)–Mar cos
 Sept.8,1976 – DSW r enamed DSSD ( Dept.ofSocialServi
ces &
Development)
 1978–DSSDr enamedMSSDbyv i
rt
ueofPD1397( duetochanget o
parl
iamentarygov ernment.
)
 1986– MSSD r enamedDSWD byv ir
tueofE. O.123signedbyPr es.
CorazonAquinoonJune30, 1987.

*
TheExecut
iveLeader
shi
p

1.Dr
.JoseFabella–1915-1935
- Publi
c Wel f
are Board Commi ssi
onerand Bureau ofPubl
i
c Wel
far
e
Dir
ector
- FatherofPhil
ippi
nesSocialWelfare
- Divi
sionofDependentChi l
dren
- Fir
stSocialWorkpositi
onswer efil
ledbyNur
ses
- Establi
shedWel f
arev
il
leinsti
tut
ions.

2.Mr s.Asunci onPer ez


- Gr andLadyofPhi lippi
neSoci alWelfare
- HeadofAssoci atedChar iti
es
- Headedt hePACSAi n1948
- Fi rstadmi ni
stratoroft heSWA
-
3.Paci t
aWar ns–1954- 1955
4.Ampar oVi l
lamor–1955- 1961
5.Tecl aZi ga–1962- 1963( BecameSenat orin1963)
6.Franci scoRemot i
gue–1964- 1967
7.Gregor i
onFel i
ciano–1967- 1968
8.Estef aniaAl dabaLi m –1969- 1977
9.Sy l
viaMont es–1978- 1986
10.
Mi t
aPar dodeTav er
a–1986- 1992
11.
Cor azonAl madeLeon–1992- 1995
12.
LinaLai go–1995- 1998
13.
Glor i
aMacapagal Arroy o–1998- 2000
14.
DulceSagui sag–2000- 2001
15.
DinkySol i
man–2001
16.
Esper anzaCabr al–2006- 2010
17.
DinkySol i
man–2010t o2016
18.
JudyM.Tagui alo-2017t opr esent

453
Modul
eB
TheDevel
opmentoft
heSoci
alWor
kPr
ofessi
oni
nthePhi
li
ppi
nes

TheAssociatedCharit
ieswhichwasf oundedin1917asaf amil
ywel f
areagencyis
gener
all
yconsideredasa“mot her”ofthesocialwor
kprofessi
oni nt
hePhili
ppines.
 Thef i
rsttousecasewor kasamet hodofhel
pingpeopl
e
 Thef i
rsttousesocial
wor kersasf ul
l-
ti
me,paidemployees,
 thefirsttohir
eat rai
nedsoci alwor kerasit
sexecuti
v esecret
ary(JosefaJar
a
Mar
tinez-agov er
nmentpensi onadawhohadobt ai
nedasoci alwor kdipl
oma
f
rom theNewYor kSchool ofSocialWorkin1921)

1930s
 Byt he lat e 1930s the Associated Chari
ti
es was al
readyempl oy
ing coll
ege
graduatesashomev i
sit
ors
 Non- degreesoci alworkcourseswereof f
eredattheUniv
ersi
tyofthePhi
li
ppines
 Civi
lser vi
ceexami nati
onwasgi ventosocialwor
kersshortl
ybeforet
heoutbreak
ofWor l
dWarI I
.
 Priv
at e Sector-Voluntar
yOr ganizat
ions employi
ng tr
ained soci
alworkers as
execut i
vesecr etari
es:
 CatholicWomen’ sLeague
 National FederationofWomen’ sClubs

Dur
ingWor l
dWarI I
 Soci alwel farev ol
unteersandpai dworker sdev otedtheireffort
sinrespondingt o
theneedsoft hewoundedsol di
ersandci vi
l
ians,providingemer gencymedi cal
andmat erialassistance
 WarRel i
efOf ficewasest abli
shedin1946t opr ovi
der el
iefandr ehabil
i
tation
servi
cest owarv ictimsr esul
tedint heempl oy mentofmor esocialwor kers
(“r
eli
efgr antees” )
 Thesuddeni ncreasei nnumberofunt r
ainedpeopl eengagedi nsoci alwor k
functionscausedPRATRAt oseekassi stancef r
om t heUni tedNationsandt wo
UNExper t
sconduct edaser i
esofsoci alcasewor kfort hewor kersofPRATRA,
WarRel iefOf ficeandt heSoci alWel fareCommi ssionandf ell
owshipswer e
providedf orkeyper sonnelofsocialwel fareagenciesundert heUN Techni cal
AssistancePr ogramme.

1947
 Thesoci
alwor
ker
swhohadgonet
otheUni
tedSt
atesbef
oret
hewart
opur
sue

454
formalsoci alwor
k educati
on f
ormed the Phi
l
ippi
ne Associ
ati
on ofSoci
al
Wor kers,fort
hemainpurposeofnur
tur
ingthedevel
opmentofthesoci
alwork
profession.

1948
 President’
sAct i
onCommi t
teeonSoci
alAmeli
orat
ion(PACSA)wasestabl
ished
byPr es.Elpi
dioQuir
ino-acommunit
ydevel
opmentagencytohel
pthepr
oblem of
socialunrestinthecountr
yside.

June1950
 Phil
ippi
neSchoolofSoci alWorkwasest abl
i
shed,offeri
ngaone- y
eardegr ee
program cal
ledMasterofArt
sinSoci
alAdmini
str
ati
on.Theschool’
sfirstdir
ect
or
was Josef a Jar
a Marti
nez who was abl
et o conv
ince the of
fi
cials ofthe
Phil
ippi
neWomen’ sUniver
sit
ytoopenaschoolofsoci
al work.

1951
 Mast erofAr tsi nAdmi nistrationwasexpandedt otwoy earsandt hedegree
changedt oMast erofSoci alWor k.
 Universityoft hePhi l
ippi nesandCent roEscol arUni v
er sit
yal sost art
edoffer
ing
socialwor kcour sesatt hegr aduat elevel.
1956
 Civi
lSer vice Commi ssion,r espondi ng t ot he r equestoft he SocialWel f
are
Admi nistrati
on and t he Phi l
i
ppi ne Associ ation ofSoci alWor kers gav
e an
exami nationf orsocialwor ker s.Fi el
dexper ienceorser vi
cei nasoci alwelf
are
agencywasaccept edasqual ifi
cat i
onsf ortakingt heexami nations.
 Phil
ippineSchoolofSoci alWor k,Cent r
oEscol arUni v er
sity,Uni ver
sit
yoft he
Phil
ippines,andUni versi tyofSant oTomaswer eof f
eringaBachel or’
sdegreein
socialwor kasear lyast hef if
ties.Theunder graduatecur r
iculawasconsi dered
pre-
pr ofessional,howev er ,aspr ofessi
onaleducat ionwassupposedt obegiven
onlyatt hemast er’slev el,av ail
abl einthef i
rstthreeschool sment i
oned.

Lat
e1950s
 Thehealt
hf i
eldwasamongthefewthatprovi
dedj
obstotr
ainedsoci
alworker
s
wit
ht hepassageofal aw i
nthelat
ef i
ft
iesprov
idi
ngfortheemploymentof
soci
alworkersinpubl
i
chospi
tal
s.

1960s
 Ther ecogniti
onofmedi calsocialworkersasmember softhemedi calteam
faci
lit
atedbydoct or
swhoset r
ainingabroadhadgiventhem suffi
cientexposur
e
totrainedsocial
worker
s.
 Af ew socialworkersfoundempl oymentinthef i
eldofment alhealth(mental
healthcli
nics,
psychi
atr
icwardsofsomehospi tal
s.

1961
 Boosttot hePr ofessionalizati
onofsoci alwor kt hrought hel aunchingoft he
UNICEF-Assist edSoci alServicesPr oj
ectoft heSoci alWel far eAdmi nist
rat
ionin
Jul
y1961.
 TheProjectgav eimpet ustoot herdevelopment s:
 Sal ariesofSWAper sonnel wereupgr aded
 New pr ograms,par t
icularl
yinchi ldwel fare,wer ei niti
ated:fosterhome
care,adopt i
ons,chi ldr ecept
ion and st udy cent ers,and communi t
y
center s,amongot hers.
 Thepr ojecthadposi ti
veef f
ectonpr i
v atechild-caringi nst
it
utionswhose
staffwasi ncludedi nt heSWA’ straini
ngpr ograms.
 Thepr ojectal soencour agedsoci alwel fareresear chandt hepr oduct
ion
social wor klit
er at
urebymaki ngf i
nanci algrantsav ailable.
1965
 OnJune19,1965,R. A.4373waspassed,r egul at
ingt hepr act i
ceofsoci alwork
andtheoper at i
onofsoci al workagencies.T
 Thel awr equiredt hatonemustbear egisteredsoci al workertoqualif
yfor

455
professionalpracti
ce.
 Designat ed t
heDepar t
mentofSoci alWel far
east heaccr edi
ting and
l
icensing agencyf orthe r egistr
ati
on ofsoci alwor k agenci
es int he
country.
 Createdanewi nteresti
nsoci al workandi nthef iel
dofsoci alwelf
are:
a)Encour agedt hepur sui
toff ormal educationinsoci alwork
b)I mprovementofpr acti
cest andardsbecauseoft heconsci ousness
ofitbeingapr ofession
c) Dev elopmentofmor er el
evanteducat ionalcur ri
cula(ser i
esof
nati
onalwor kshopsonsoci alwor keducat i
on(1967),sett
ingupof
AdHocCommi tteecomposedofr epresent ati
vesofschool sof
socialwor k,formal l
yor ganizedi nt
oaSchool sofSoci alWor k
Associati
onoft hePhi li
ppinesin1969)

ThePhi
li
ppi
neAssoci
ati
onofSoci
alWor
ker
s,I
ncor
por
ated(
PASWI
)

 PASWIist henat ional organi zat i


onf orpr ofessi onal soci alwor kersinthecount ry.
 FoundedonNov ember12, 1947, itwasi ncor por atedonApr il
18, 1948.
 Re-i
ncorporatedwi tht heSecur iti
esandExchangeCommi ssi ononOct ober18,
1988,changi ng i t
s name t o Phi li
ppi ne Associ ation of Soci al Wor kers,
I
ncorporated.
 PASWIisachar termemberoft hePhi l
ippineSoci al ScienceCounci l
 Asof2007,t her ear e36act i
v echapt ersi ndi fferentr egionsoft hecount ry,wi t
h
429li
feti
memember sand1, 036r egularmember s
 Amemberoft heI nt ernat i
onalFeder ati
onofSoci alWor kers(ther eare1.5mi l
l
ion
prof
essional soci al wor ker si npr act i
cegl obal ly)
TheAssoci ation’sobj ectivesar eto:
1.Pr omot eandmai nt ainapr ofessional st andar dofsoci alwor kpr actice;
2.St rengt hent hecompet enceofmember st hrought hepr ovisi
onof
oppor tuni ties f or t heir cont inui ng pr ofessi
onal gr owt h and
dev elopment ;
3.Wor kf orbet terunder standing,accept ance,andr ecogni t
ionofsoci al
wor kasapr of essi on
4.I nitiate and wor kf or soci all egi slation i n soci alwel f
ar e and
dev elopmentt hroughef fectiveact ion, and;
5.Expand pr ofessi onalact ivi
ties of t he associ at i
on t hrough t he
organi zat ion ofl ocalchapt er s and dev elopmentofl i
nkages wi t
h
i
nter nat ional or gani zationsdev otedt ohumanser vice.

Theseobj ect
ivesareaccomplished thr
ough committeewor kand theacti
ve
par
ti
ci
pat i
onofi t
smember s.Iti
sadminist
eredbyaBoar dconsist
ingoff
if
teendir
ect
ors
whoelectfrom amongt hemselv
estheoffi
cersoftheAssoci
ati
on.

The Association isfi


nanced t
hrough member shipf ees,donati
ons,sale of
publi
cati
on,andfundcampai gns.I
tpubl
ishesaSocialWor kmagazine,andinadditi
onto
regul
aracti
vit
iessuchassemi narsandworkshops,
itholdsbiennialNat
ionalConf
erence
onSocialWork.
TheSchoolsofSoci alWor kAssoci
ati
onoft hePhili
ppines(Nat i
onalAssociat
ionfor
SocialWorkEducation,Inc.
)

 In1965,whent heSoci alWor kLaw ( RA4373)waspassed,ar e-


assessmentof
the contentofbot h under gr
aduat e and gr aduate schoolcur r
icul
a became
necessarysincet helaw est abl i
shedt hef ormerast heeducat i
onalpreparati
on
requir
edf orsoci alworkpr actice.Fort hisreason,threenat ionalworkshopson
socialwor keducat ionwer ehel di n1967,1968,and1969t oall
ow schoolsa
transi
ti
onper i
odt oeff
ectt henecessar ychangesi ntheircurr
icula.
 Theendoft het hirdwor kshopi n1969,t hef or
malor ganizat
ion tookpl ace,wi
th
the PASW t ur
ni ng ov ert he f unctions ofi t
s own Soci alWor k Educati
on
Commi tteetot henewl yf ormedgr oupwhi chdecidedont henameSchool sof
SocialWor kAssoci ati
onoft hePhi l
ippines.

456
 In1977,theProfessi onalRegul ationCommi ssi on,upont heendor sementoft he
SocialWor k Boar d,appr oved SSWAP’ sr ecommendat i
on t hat the board
examinati
oncov erthef ol
lowingar easwiththeircor respondingwei ght :Human
BehaviorandSocialEnv ironment–20%; SocialWel f
arePol i
cyandPr ogram-20%;
SocialWor k Practice/Met hods-20%,and Fi eld Pr acti
ce-40% .SSWAP al so
succeededinwor ki
ngf orthechangeofexami nationper i
odf rom Mar chtoJune
toenablenewgr aduat estot aket heexaminationsi ftheywantt o.
 Besidespubli
shingt hepr oceedingsofsemi nar sandconf erencesf ortheuseof
schoolsofsocialwor k,italsounder t
ookthepubl icati
onofsev eralbooks;among
them theFundament alsofSoci alWor k(1983) ,Admi ni
str
ationandSuper vi
sion
(1985),Di
cti
onar
yofSoci
alWor
k(1988)
,andt
hePhi
l
ippi
neEncycl
opedi
aof
SocialWor
k(2000)
 I
nDecember1990,t heSSWAPr egisteredwasr egisteredandi ncorpor
atedwith
t
he Secur i
ti
es and Exchange Commi ssi
on,and assumed a new name,t he
Nat
ionalAssoci ati
onf orSocialWorkEducat ion( NASWEI ).Thisdecadesawt he
NASWEI
a)Hol dingmor edialogueswi t
ht hePr ofessionalRegul ati
onCommi ssion
Boardf orSoci alWor ker
s,t hegov ernmentbodyt hatadmi ni
ster
st he
annuallicensi
ngexami nati
onf orsoci alwor kgr aduatesandlooksintothe
conditi
onsaf f
ectingthepracticeofsoci al work;
b)Est abli
shing st ronger l i
nkages wi th i nternati
onal social wor k
organizati
ons l i
ke the Asean- Pacifi
c Associ ation for Social Work
Educat i
on( APASWE)and t heI nt
ernationalAssoci ati
onofSchool sof
SocialWor k(IASSW)ofwhi chmanyeducat orsar emember sservi
ngas
offi
cersorboar dmember soft heseassoci ations.

Theobj
ecti
v esofNASWEIatt hepr esentt i
mear eto:
1.Promot eandmai ntainhighst andar dofsoci alwor keducat ionand
coordinate and col laborate wi t
h duly aut hori
zed agenci es for
accreditat
ion;
2.Standar di
zesoci alwor kcur riculadesi gnedt opr epar equal i
fied
professionalsocialwor kersandpar aprofessi onalsocialwor kers;
3.Serveasanat i
onalf orum oni ssuesr elatedt ot hepr ofessionof
socialwor kingeneral andt osoci alworkeducat ioninpar ticul
ar
4.Facili
tateint
er-
school shari
ngofmanpowerandf acil
iti
es; and
5.Encour age and pr omot er esear ch and t he dev elopment of
i
ndigenoust eachingmat eri
alsandot herr elatedresources.

 OfAsof2007,t her
ear e47school sof f
eri
ngt heprofessionaldegreeprogr
am
(BSSW)insoci alworkint hecountry,el
evenofwhi chareof feri
ngtheMasterof
SocialWor k degree program.Thi r
tyoft hese schools are member s ofthe
NASWEI .Itisadmi nist
eredbyanel even-personBoar d/Officer
s.Fundscome
from member shipfees,per sonaldonati
ons,andf rom gov ernmentandsocio-
civi
corganizat
ions.

457
Modul
eC1
Concept
sofSoci
alWel
far
e,Soci
alSer
vicesandSoci
alWor
k

SOCI
ALWELFARE

 SocialWel far ei sanor gani zedconcer nofal lpeopl ef oral lpeopl e( Ger trude
Wilson)
 SocialWel farei st he or gani zed sy stem ofsoci alser v i
ces and i nst itut i
ons,
designedt oai di ndiv i
dual sandgr oupst oat tai
nsat isfy i
ngst andar dsofl i
feand
health,andper sonalandsoci alr elationshi pswhi chper mi tthem t odev el opt heir
ful
lcapaci ti
esandt opr omot ethei rwel lbei ngi nhar monywi ththeneedsoft heir
fami l
iesandt hecommuni ty.(Wal terFr iedl ander )
 SocialWel farei ncludes t hose l aws,pr ogr ams,benef its and ser vi
ces whi ch
assur eorst rengt henpr ov i
si onsf ormeet i
ngsoci alneedsr ecogni zedasbasi cto
thewel l
-beibgoft hepopul at i
onandt hebet terfunct i
oni ngoft hesoci al or der .
 SocialWel far er ef erst oal lt heor gani zedsoci alar rangement swhi chhav ea
pri
mar yobj ect i
veoft hewel l
-bei ngofpeopl einasoci al cont ext.
(ICSW) .
 SocialWel farei ncl udesal lthosef ormsofi nt ervent ionst hathav eapr imar yand
dir
ectconcer nwi thpr omot ingbot ht hewel l
-beingoft hei ndi vi
dualandofsoci ety
asawhol e.Soci alWel farei ncludest hosepr ov isionsandpr ocessesdi rectly
concer ned wi th t he t reat ment and pr ev ention of soci al pr obl ems,t he
developmentofhumanr esour ces,andt hei mpr ov ementoft hequal ityofl i
fe.
(Romany shy n)
 Int he Phi li
ppi ne cont ext ,soci alwel farei s def ined as an aggr egat ion of
specializedi nstitutions,pr ogr amsandser vicest omeetcer tainr esidualneeds
notcov eredormetbyot hert y pesofsoci al measur esorgov ernmentser vices.
 SocialWel far ei sabodyofor gani zedact i
v i
ti
eswhi char ebasi callymeantt o
enablei ndiv iduals,f ami li
es,gr oups,and communi ties t o cope wi th soci al
problemsofchangi ngcondi tions,wi t hint hebr oaderar eaofacount ry ’
ssoci al
development .Pl ayamaj orr ol eincont ribut ingt ot heef fect i
vemobi li
zat ionand
development of human and mat er i
alr esour ces of t he count ryt o deal
successf ul
lywi tht hesoci alr equi rement sofchanget her ebypar ti
ci pat ingi n
nation-bui l
ding.
 Social Wel fareencompassest hewel l-bei ngofal l themember sofhumansoci ety,
i
ncludi ngt hei rphy sical,ment al,emot ional ,soci al,economi candspi ritualwel l
-

458
being
 SocialWelfar
ealsocut sacrosst heconcer nofv ariousagencies,i
nsti
tut
ionsand
organizat
ionswhichhav epar t
icularareasofi nterestand/orresponsibi
l
ity,such
ast hoseinhealth,nutr
it
ion,educat i
on,housi ng,laborandi ndustr
y,communi t
y
development,social
insurance,familyplanning,et
c.

SOCI
ALSERVI
CES

 SocialSer vicesr efert othepr ograms,ser vi


cesandot heract i
vi
tiesprov i
ded
underv ariousauspi ces,toconcr et elyanswert heneedsandpr oblemsoft he
member sofsoci ety.
o Ser vicestoi ndivi
dualsandf ami l
ies
o Ser vicestogr oups
o Ser vicestopeopl ewithspeci alpr obl
ems( t
hehandi capped,thement al l
y
r
etar ded,etc.)
o Communi tyser vi
ces
 Socialwel fare woul d be a meani ngless ter
m unl ess there are concr ete
demonst rationsofi ts“concer nf ort hewel l-
beingofhumansoci ety”through
actualsoci alservices,thent het wot ermsar einseparableandf ort hi
sreason,
oft
enusedi nterchangeabl y
.
 Socialservicesar eneededbecauseatal l t
imeseverywhere,therearepeoplewho
haveneedsandpr obl emsbey ondt heirowncapaci tyforsoluti
on.

SOCI
ALWORK

 SocialWor kist hepr ofessiont hati spr imar il


yconcer nedwi thor gani zedsoci al
serviceact ivi
tyai med t of acilit
at eand st rengt henbasi cr elat i
onshi psi nt he
mut ualadj ustment sbet weeni ndi vi
dual sandt heirsoci alenv ironmentf ort he
goodoft heindividual andsoci etybyt heuseofsoci al wor kmet hods( R.A.
5175)
 Socialwor ki sthepr ofessionalser vicewhi chusessoci alwel farepr ogramsand
services“ t
of oster ,facilitat
eandst r
engt henbasi csoci alr el
ationshi psi nor dert o
achievet hef ulldev elopmentoft hei ndi vi
dualandsoci etybyt heuseofsoci al
workmet hods.
 Socialwor kseekst oenhancet hesoci alf unct i
oni ngofi ndi vi
dual s,singlyandi n
groups, byact i
vitiesf ocusedupont hei rsoci alr elati
onshi ps,whi chconst i
tutet he
i
nteractionbet weenmanandhi senv ironment .(USCSWE)
 Theseact i
v i
tiescanbegr oupedi ntot hreef unct i
ons:
a)Rest or at
ionofi mpai redcapaci ty
b)Pr ov isionofi ndividual andsoci al resour ces
c) Pr ev ent i
onofsoci al dy sfunct i
on
 SocialWor ki sthepr of essiont hati spr act i
cedi ndependent l
yoraspar tofat eam
i
nmanydi fferentf ields- health(medi calsoci alwor ker),educat ion( schoolsoci al
worker )
,cor rections( courtsoci alwor ker ,pr obat ionwor ker),and communi ty
development( communi tyor ganizer)amongmanyot hers.

SOCI
ALWORKAGENCY

Asocialwor kagencyisaperson,corporati
on,oror gani
zat
ion,pri
vateorgovernmental,
thatengagesmai nl
yandgenerall
y,orrepresentsitsel
ftoengageinsocialwelfarework,
whethercasework,groupwork,orcommuni tywor k,andobt
ainsit
sf i
nance,ei
thertot
all
y
orinpar t,fr
om anyagencyori nstrumentali
tyoft hegovernmentand/ orf r
om the
communi tybydir
ectandindi
rectendowment .(R.A.4373)

Asocialwelf
areagencyist
heoperationaltr
anslat
ionofasoci
alpoli
cywhichhasbeen
setupbythefounder
sand/oror
ganizers,orbythegover
nmenti
tself
.
Thesocialwelf
areagencyi
sthestructuredframeworkwit
hinwhichtheadmini
str
ati
ve

459
t
asksar
ecar
ri
edout
.

Theagencyi
sahumanser v
iceinst
rumental
it
ywhi chhasbeensetuptohel
phuman
bei
ngswhoar eexperi
encingsomedi ff
icul
tyinthemanagementofthei
rownaff
air
s
ei
therasi
ndi
vi
dual
s,famil
ies,gr
oupsorcommuni t
ies.

TYPESOFAGENCI ES:
1.Accordingt oi tssour ceofsuppor t
a.Gov ernment( GO) -fundedmai nlybyt hegov ernment
b.Non- gov ernment al( NGO) -der i
ves i t
s suppor t primaril
yf rom pr iv
ate
cont r
ibut i
ons and donat ions ofi ndi viduals,gr oups and ev en priv
ate
fundingor ganizations.Ex. CCF( nowCFP) .
c. Semi -private-der ives i tsf unding f rom pr iv
at e sources through fund
campai gnsbuti ti ssuppor t
edbyt hegov ernmentwheni tsfundsar e
i
nsuf ficienttooper atemassi vereli
efoper ations
2.Accordingt oi t
spr of essionalaut hor i
ty
a.Publ i
c-der i
vesi tspr ofessionalaut hor itybyl aw asi nt hecaseoft he
DSWDwhi chwascr eatedbyR. A.5416.
b.Pr ivate-pr ivateagenci esar ef ir
stincor poratedandr egister
edwi thSEC
thenaccr editedbyDSWDandal l
owedt ooper ateassuch.
3.Accordingt ocat egor yofcl i
ent st heyser ve
a)Mul ti
funct i
onalagency -TheDSWDi samul ti
f unctionalagencybecausei tserves
alltypesofcl ients,fami l
ies,chi l
dr enandy outh,t heper sonswi thdi sabi
li
ty,
disadv antagedwomen, v
ict i
msofnat uraldisast ers,amongot hers.
b)OneCat egoryAgency /
Uni funct i
onal agency

SOCI
ALWORKER

Accordingtothesoci alworklaw,thesoci
alwor kerisapr acti
ti
onerwhobyaccepted
standardsoftraini
ngandsoci alworkprof
essionalexperi
ences,possessestheski
l
lto
achievetheobj
ect i
vesasdefinedandsetbyt hesocialworkprofessi
onthrought
heuse
ofthebasicmet hodsofcasework,groupworkandcommuni tyorgani
zat
ion.

Tobeabl et opracti
cethesoci
alworkgraduate,af
terf
ini
shi
ngtheBSSW degr
eemust
takethelicensureexaminat
ionannual
l
ygi venbyt heBoardofSoci
alWorker
softhe
Professi
onalRegulat
ionCommissi
on.

SOCI
ALWORKPRACTI
CE

Soci
alwor kpracti
ceref
erst
otheacti
vi
ti
escar
ri
edoutbyt
hesoci
alwor
keri
nvar
ied
i
nsti
tut
ionalset
tings,
communi
ti
esandpri
vat
e

Soci
alworkpract
icedescri
beswhatwor
kers-do and how theyappl
ypr
ofessi
onal
knowl
edgeandval
uestothemanypr
obl
em si
tuat
ionst
heyencounter
.

Soci
alwor
kset
ti
ngs:
 Pr imarysetti
ng-socialagencieswhosepr ogramsandser vi
cesarethe
dir
ectpurvieworscopeofsoci alwork.
 secondar y set t
ing- agencies, instit
uti
ons, or ganizati
ons whose
pri
mar yfuncti
onsi stoprovideser vi
cesot herthansoci alwelf
arebut
whichempl oysoci alworkerst osuppor t
,strengthen,orcompl ement
thei
rownser vi
cessuchashospi t
als,schools,housingagenciesand
evenr egi
onaltri
alcourtswhichi ncl
udeundert heirj
urisdi
cti
onfamily
,
chil
drenandy outh.

SOCI
ALDEVELOPMENT

Anot
hert
erm whi
chi
scl
osel
yrel
atedwi
thsoci
alwel
far
eissoci
aldev
elopment
.Iti
s

460
commonl
yusedint hedevel
opi
ngcount
ri
esi
nconnect
ionwi
thnat
ionaldev
elopment
pl
anni
ngandsoci
alpol
icyf
ormul
ati
on.

Soci
aldevelopmentref
erstot
heprocessoffost
eri
ngthegrowt
handdev
elopmentof
thecapaci
ti
esofthepeopl
einor
dertohaveabett
erl
if
eforal
l
.

Interms ofpr ograms and services,itembr aces the pr ovisi


ons fir
st,ofadequat e
measur esfortheconser vat
ion,protect
ion,andimpr ovementofhumanr esources;and
second,ofsuf f
ici
entresourcesandoppor t
unit
iesforraisingt helevel
sofl i
ving,andfor
ensuri
ngamor eequi t
abledist
ri
butionofgoodsandser vices.Forsoci aldevel
opmentt o
takeplace itshouldbeaccompani edbybasicinsti
tuti
onalandst ruct
uralchanges.This
defi
nit
ionissimi l
artothatofsocialwelf
areandsoci alservices.

InthePhi
l
ippines,
healt
h,educat
ion,
wel
far
eandl
aborr
egar
dedast
hecor
epr
ogr
amsf
or
social
devel
opment .

SOCI
ALPOLI
CY

Br
uceJanssonusedasimpl
e,pr
obl
em-
sol
vi
ngdef
ini
ti
onofsoci
alpol
i
cy,asacol
l
ect
ive
st
rat
egyt
oaddresssoci
alpr
obl
ems.

Pol
icyisaver
balorwrit
tenorimpl
i
edexpr
essi
onofagencypur
poset
hatpr
ovi
dest
he
gui
deli
nesf
orexecut
ionact
ion.

Eveli
naA.Pangalagandefi
nedpol i
cyasast atedcourseofacti
onadopt edandfol
l
owed
bytheagencyindoingit
swor k.Forinst
ance,R.A.
5416whi chcreatedt
heDepartmentof
SocialWelf
arenowtheDepar t
mentofSocial Welf
areandDev el
opment.
Anagencypol i
cyontheotherhandisawr it
tenstatementformall
yadaptedbytheboard
orlegalaut
hori
tyandpubli
clyknownt ogui
det heprovi
sionofservi
ces.

Soci
alPol
i
ciesarestandi
ngpl
answhicharetransl
atedint
opr
ogr
amsandser
vicesand
usedasatoolf
ortheimpl
ementat
ionofsoci
alserv
ices.

Socialpoli
cyisagui deforaset tl
edcour
seofacti
oncomposedorconsist
ingof
col
lecti
vedeci
sionsdi
rect
lyconcer
nedwi
thpromot
ingt
hewel
l
-bei
ngofal
lorpar
tofthe
populat
ion.

NEED/
PROBLEM

Needisacondi
ti
onorsi
tuati
oni
nwhichsomet
hingnecessar
yordesi rabl
eiswant
ed.
Probl
em iswhenaper son’
sneed hasnotbeenmetort here’sanobstacl
et oi
ts
ful
fi
ll
mentsothattheperson’
scapabi
li
tytofunct
ionsatisfactori
l
yi sthr
eat
enedor
i
mpaired.

461
Modul
eC2
Gl
obalDef
ini
ti
onofSoci
alWor
k

Thef
oll
owi
ngdef
ini
ti
onwasapprovedbytheI
FSW Gener
alMeet
ingandt
heI
ASSW
Gener
al Assembl
yinJul
y2014:

Gl
obalDef
ini
ti
onoft
heSoci
alWor
kPr
ofessi
on


Socialworki sapr acti
ce-basedpr ofessi
onandanacademi cdi sci
pli
nethatpr
omot es
socialchangeanddev elopment ,soci alcohesi
on,andtheempower mentandl i
berati
on
ofpeople.Principl
esofsoci aljustice,humanr i
ghts,
coll
ectiv
er esponsibil
i
tyandrespect
fordiversi
ti
esar ecentraltosoci alwor k.Underpi
nnedbyt heoriesofsocialwork,social
sciences,humani ti
es and i ndigenous knowl edge,socialwor kengages people and
str
ucturestoaddr esslif
echal l
engesandenhancewel lbei
ng.

COMMENTARYNOTESFORTHEGLOBALDEFI
NITI
ONOFSOCI
ALWORK

Thecommentaryser
vestounpackthecor
econcept
susedint
hedefini
ti
onandis
det
ail
edinr el
ati
ont
othesocialwor
kprofessi
on’
scor
emandates,
pri
nci
ples,knowl
edge
andpracti
ce.

COREMANDATES

Thesoci
alworkprofessi
on’scoremandat
esincl
udepr
omotingsocialchange,
soci
aldevel
opment
,soci
alcohesion,andt
heempower
mentandli
ber
ationofpeople.

Soci
alwor
kisapr
act
icepr
ofessi
onandanacademi
cdi
sci
pli
net
hatr
ecogni
zes

462
thatinter
connect
edhistori
cal,soci
o-economic,cul
tur
al,spat
ial,pol
it
icalandpersonal
factor
sser v
easoppor tunit
iesand/orbarri
erstohumanwel lbei
nganddev elopment.
Struct
uralbarri
ers contr
ibutet ot he perpet
uati
on of inequali
ti
es,discri
minati
on,
exploi
tati
onandoppressi
on.

The dev elopmentofcr it


icalconsciousness t
hrough refl
ecti
ng on str
uctural
sourcesofoppr essi
onand/orpr iv
ilege,ont hebasi
sofcr it
eri
asuchasr ace,class,
l
anguage,r el
igion,gender,di
sabili
ty,cultur
eand sexualor i
entat
ion,and devel
oping
acti
onst r
ategiest owardsaddressingst r
ucturalandpersonalbarri
ersarecentralto
emancipatorpracticewheret
hegoal sar et
heempower mentandl i
berat
ionofpeople.

Insol
idar
it
ywi
ththosewhoar
edisadv
antaged,t
heprof
essi
onstri
vest
oall
evi
ate
povert
y,li
ber
atethev
ulner
abl
eandoppr
essed,andpromotesoci
alincl
usi
onandsoci
al
cohesi
on.

Thesoci alchangemandat eisbasedont hepremiset hatsocialwor kint


ervent
ion
takespl acewhent hecurrentsituati
on,bet hi
satt heleveloft heper son,famil
y,smal l
group,communi tyorsociety,
isdeemedt obeinneedofchangeanddev elopment.
Iti sdri
venbyt heneedt ochallengeandchanget hosest r
ucturalconditi
onsthat
contri
but etomar ginal
izat
ion,socialexclusi
onandoppr ession.Soci alchangeiniti
ati
ves
recognize the place ofhuman agencyi n advanci
ng human r ights and economi c,
envir
onment al
,andsoci alj
usti
ce.

Theprof
essi
on isequal
lycommi
tt
ed t
ot hemai nt
enanceofsoci
alst
abi
li
ty,
i
nsof
arassuchstabi
li
tyisnotusedt
omargi
nal
ize,excl
udeoroppr
essanypar
ti
cul
ar
gr
oupofper
sons.

Socialdev elopmenti s concept ualized to mean st rategi


es f ori nterventi
on,
desir
edendst atesandapol icyframewor k,thelatterinaddi ti
ont othemor epopul ar
resi
dualand t he insti
tuti
onalf r
amewor ks.I tis based on hol i
sti
c bio-psy chosocial
,
spir
it
ualassessment s and i nterventi
ons t hat transcend t he mi cro-macr o divi
de,
i
ncorporati
ng mul ti
ple sy st
em l evel
s and i nter-sect
orial and i nt er-
professional
coll
aborati
on,ai med atsust ainable development .I tpr i
orit
izessoci o-structuraland
economi cdevelopment ,anddoesnotsubscr i
betoconv enti
onalwi sdom t hateconomi c
growthisaprer equi
siteforsocialdevelopment .

PRI
NCI
PLES

Theoverar
chi
ngprincipl
esofsoci
alworkarerespectfort
hei
nher
entwort
handdigni
ty
ofhumanbeings,doingnoharm,respectf
ordiver
sit
yanduphol
dinghumanr
ight
sand
soci
alj
usti
ce.

Advocatinganduphol di nghumanr ightsandsoci aljust


icei sthemot i
vat
ionand
j
ust i
fi
cati
onf orsoci alwor k.Thesoci alwor kpr ofessi
onr ecognizest hathumanr i
ghts
needt ocoexistal ongsidecol lectiveresponsibil
ity
.Thei deaofcol l
ect i
veresponsibil
it
y
highli
ghtsther ealit
ythati ndiv i
dualhumanr i
ghtscanonl yber eali
zedonaday -t
o-day
basisi fpeopl et ake r esponsi bil
it
yf oreach ot herand t he env ironment ,and t he
i
mpor tanceofcr eati
ngr eciprocalr el
ationshipswi thi
ncommuni ti
es.Ther eforeamaj or
focusofsoci alwor kist oadv ocat eforther i
ghtsofpeopl eatal llevels,andt ofacil
it
ate
outcomes wher e peoplet ake r esponsibi
li
tyf oreach ot her’
s wel lbeing,r eal
i
z e and
respecttheinter-dependenceamongpeopl eandbet weenpeopl eandt heenv ir
onment .

Socialwor kembr acesf i


rst,secondandt hirdgenerationrights.Fir
stgenerati
on
ri
ghtsr efertocivi
landpol it
icalri
ghtssuchasf r
eespeechandconsci enceandfreedom
from tortureandar bi
trarydetention;secondgener ati
ont osocio-economi candcultural
ri
ghtst hatincludether i
ghtst oreasonablelevelsofeducat i
on,heal t
hcare,andhousing
andmi nor i
tylanguager i
ghts;andt hir
dgener at
ionrightsfocusont henaturalworl
dand
therightt ospeciesbiodiversit
yandi nter-
generati
onalequity.Theser ight
sar emutually
reinf
orcingandi nter
dependent ,andaccommodat ebot hindi
vidualandcol l
ecti
veri
ghts.

463
I
nsomei nst
ances“ doi
ngnohar m”and“r
espectfordi
ver
sit
y”mayr epr
esent
confl
icti
ngandcompet i
ngvalues,f
orexampl
ewhereinthenameofcul t
uretheright
s,
i
ncludingther
ightt
olif
e,ofgroupssuchaswomenandhomosexual
s,arevi
olat
ed.

TheGlobalStandardsforSoci
alWorkEducat
ionandTrai
ningdeal
swit
ht hi
s
complexissuebyadvocati
ngthatsoci
alworker
sareschool
edi
nabasichumanright
s
appr
oach,withanexplanat
orynot
ethatr
eadsas:

Suchanappr oachmi ghtfaci


lit
ateconstructi
veconfront
ati
onandchangewher e
cer t
aincultur
albeliefs,v aluesandt radit
ionsv i
olat
epeoples’basichumanr i
ghts.As
cultureissociall
yconst r
uct edanddy namic,iti
ssubjecttodeconstr
uct
ionandchange.
Suchconst ructiv
econf r
ontati
on,deconstructi
onandchangemaybef aci
li
tat
ed
throughat uninginto,andanunder standingofpar ti
cul
arcultur
alvalues,beli
efsand
tradit
ionsandv i
acrit
icalandr efl
ecti
vedialoguewithmember softhecultural
groupv i
s-à
-visbroaderhumanr i
ghtsi ssues.

KNOWLEDGE

Soci
alworkisbothint
erdi
sci
pli
naryandtr
ansdi
sci
plinar
y;anddr
awsonawi dear
rayof
sci
enti
fi
ctheori
esandresear
ch.‘Sci
ence’
isunder
stoodinthi
scont
exti
nit
smostbasic
meaningas‘knowl
edge’
.

Socialworkdrawsonitsownconstantl
ydevelopingtheoreti
calfoundati
onand
resear
ch,aswel lastheor
iesfr
om otherhumansciences,incl
udingbutnotl imitedto
communi t
y dev el
opment,soci
alpedagogy,admi nist
rati
on,ant hropol
ogy,ecol ogy
,
economics,educati
on,management
,nursi
ng,psychi
atry
,psychology,publi
chealth,and
sociol
ogy.

Theuniquenessofsocialworkresearchandtheori
esisthatt
heyareappl
i
edand
emancipat
ory.Muchofsoci alworkr esear
chandt heoryi
sco-const
ruct
edwithserv
ice
user
si nani nter
acti
ve,di
alogicprocessandt herefor
einfor
medbyspeci fi
cpract
ice
envi
ronments.

Thisproposeddefinit
ionacknowledgest hatsoci
alwor kisinformednotonl yby
specifi
c pr act
ice envir
onment s and West ern theor
ies,but al so by indigenous
knowledge.Par tofthelegacyofcol oni
ali
sm ist hatWesterntheoriesandknowl edge
have been excl usi
velyv al
orised,and indigenous knowledge hav e been devalued,
discounted,andhegemoni sedbyWest erntheori
esandknowl edge.

The pr oposed defi


nit
ion attemptst o halt and r everse that process by
acknowledgingthatIndi
genouspeopl esineachr egi
on,countryorar eacarrytheirown
val
ues,way s ofknowing,way s oft r
ansmitt
ing thei
rknowl edge,and hav e made
i
nvaluablecont r
ibut
ionsto science. Soci
alwor kseekst or edresshi st
ori
cWest er
n
sci
entif
ic coloni
ali
sm and hegemonybyl i
stening to and l
earning fr
om Indigenous
peoplesaroundthewor l
d.

I
nt hi swaysoci alwor kknowledgewi llbeco- createdandi nf ormedbyI ndigenous
peoples,and mor eappr opr
iat
elypr acticed notonl yi nl ocalenv ir
onment sbutal so
i
nternationally.Dr awi ngont hewor koft heUni t
edNat ions,theIFSW def i
nesindigenous
peoplesasf ol lows:
 Theyl iv ewi thin( ormaintainattachment sto)geogr aphicallydi
stinctancestral
terr
it
or ies.
Theyt endt omai ntai
ndi sti
nctsoci al,economi candpol iticali
nsti
tuti
onswi thi
n
thei
rt errit
ories.
 They t ypically aspire t o r emai n di sti
nct cul t
urall
y, geographical
ly and
i
nstitutionally,rathert
hanassi milatef ul
lyint
onat ionalsociety.
 Theysel f-
identifyasindi
genousort r
ibal.

PRACTI
CE

464
Socialwor
k’slegiti
macyandmandat elieini t
si nt
erventionatthepoi ntswherepeople
i
nteractwi
ththei renv i
ronment.Theenvironmenti ncludest hevarioussocialsystems
thatpeopl
ear eembeddedi nandt henat ural,geographicenv i
ronment ,whi
chhasa
prof
oundinfl
uenceont heli
vesofpeople.
Thepartici
pat or
ymet hodol
ogyadvocat edinsoci alworkisrefl
ectedin“Engages
peopleandst r
uct urest oaddressli
fechallengesandenhancewel lbei
ng.”Asf aras
possibl
esoci
al wor ksupport
swor ki
ngwithratherthanf orpeople.

Consi stentwit
hthesoci aldevelopmentpar adi
gm,soci alworkersut
il
izear ange
ofski l
ls,techniques,str
ategies,pr i
ncipl
es and activ
iti
es atv ari
ous system levels,
di
rectedatsy stem maintenanceand/ orsy st
em changeef fort
s.Socialworkpr acti
ce
spansar angeofact ivi
ti
esi ncl
udingv ariousf or
msoft herapyandcounsel ing,group
work,andcommuni t
ywor k;poli
cyf or
mul ati
onandanal ysi
s;andadv ocacyandpol it
ical
i
nterventi
ons.

From anemanci pat


oryperspecti
ve,thatt hi
sdef ini
ti
onsuppor tssocialwor k
strat
egiesar eai
medati ncr
easingpeople’
shope,sel f
-esteem andcr eat
ivepotenti
alto
confrontandchal l
engeoppr
essivepowerdynami csandst ruct
uralsourcesofinjust
ices,
thusincor por
ati
ngintoacoherentwholethemi cro-macro,personal
-poli
ti
caldimension
ofinter
v enti
on.

Theholi
sti
cf ocusofsoci
alwor kisuni
versal
,butthepr
ior
it
iesofsoci
alwor
k
pr
acti
cewi l
lvaryfrom onecountr
yt othenext,andf r
om ti
metotimedependi
ngon
hi
stor
ical
,cul
tur
al,
pol i
ti
cal
andsoci
o-economiccondit
ions.

I
tistheresponsi
bil
it
yofsocialwor kersacrosst hewor l
dt o def
end,enrich
andreal
izet
heval
uesandpr i
nci
plesr
eflect
edint hisdef
ini
tion.Asoci
alworkdef i
nit
ion
canonlybemeani
ngfulwhensoci
alworkersacti
velycommitt oit
sval
uesandv i
sion.

ADDITI
ONAL MOTI
ONS THAT WERE PASSED AT THE I
FSW GENERAL MEETI
NG
RELATI
NGTOTHEGLOBALDEFINI
TIONOFSOCIALWORK


Nopartofthi
sdef
ini
ti
onshal
lbeconst
ruedi
nawayt
oint
erf
erewi
thanyot
herpar
tsof
t
hisdef
ini
ti
on”


Ampl
ifi
cat
ionsonnati
onaland/
orr
egionall
evel
sshal
lnoti
nter
fer
ewi t
hthemeani
ngof
t
heel
ementsofthedef
ini
ti
onandwit
ht hespi
ri
toft
hewholedefi
nit
ion”

“Ast hedef
ini
ti
onofsocialwor kist hekeyelementf orest
abli
shi
ngt heident
it
yofan
occupati
onalgroup,afuturerevisionofthisdefini
ti
onhast obei ni
ti
atedonlyaf
ter
preci
seevaluati
onofthei mplement ati
onprocessandt heneedf orchange.Addi
ng
furt
hercomment si
stobef i
rstchoicebefor
ealter
ingthedefi
nit
ion.

465
Modul
eD
Concept
s,Goal
s,Funct
ions,
andObj
ect
ivesofSoci
alWel
far
e

A.CONCEPTI
ONSOFSOCI
ALWELFARE

1.RESIDUAL–t heresidualfor
mul ati
onconcei v
esofsoci alwelfar
estructureas
temporar
y,offer
eddur ingemergencysituati
ons,andwithdr
awnwhent heregul
ar
soci
alsystem-thef ami l
yandtheeconomi csystem-isagainwor ki
ngpr oper
ly.
SocialWelfar
eactivit
iesofthiski nd,becauseoft hei
rresidualchar
acteri
sti
cs
oft
encarrythesti
gmaof“ dol
eout ”orchari
ty.

2.INSTITUTIONAL–t heinsti
tut
ionalfor
mulati
on,incontr
ast,seessocialwelf
are
asapr operlegi
timat ef
unctionofmoder nsociet
y.Thatsomei ndi
vi
dualsarenot
abletomeetal ltheirneedsisa“ nor
mal”conditi
on,andhelpingagenciesare
acceptedas“ r
egular”sociali
nsti
tut
ions.

CULTURALPERSPECTI
VEOFSOCI
ALWELFARE

1.EQUITY – Soci
alWel
far
econceptwhi
chsuggestst
hatthewellbei
ngofall
soci
ety’
smember smustbeanequalfoot
ingwit
hotheri
nst
it
uti
onandother
aspecti
nsociet
y.

Thr
eepropert
iesofequit
y
a)Compr ehensi
veness–av ai
labi
lit
yofcomprehensiveandwidev
ari
etyof
servi
ces
b)Uni versal
ian–everyoneisentit
ledtocer
tai
nservi
ces
c) Preventiv
e–r ecognizesthatmanyneedsar epr edi
ctabl
eandt
heref
ore

466
soci
etyshoul
ddosomethingtoei
therpr
eventt
heneedorpl
anf
orhow
bestt
omeetitwheni
toccurs.

2.PRI
MACY–t heneedsofmanandthensat
isf
act
ionshoul
dtakepr
ecedenceov
er
ot
herar
easoraspect
sofsoci
ety
.

3.DEPENDENCY–socialwel
far
easani
nst
it
uti
onoper
atesi
nti
meandi
mpor
tance
af
tert
heotheri
nst
it
uti
on.

B.GOALSOFSOCI
ALWELFARE

Ther
earemanymot i
vati
onsorreasonsforprovi
dingsoci
al(
welf
are)servi
ces.
However
,amongthemanylegit
imateandvi
tal
lyimport
antgoal
sofsoci
alwelf
are,
whi ch
of
tencompetef
orscar
ceresourcesar
ethefoll
owing;

1.Humani
tar
ianandSoci
alJust
iceGoal
s

Thisgoalofsoci
alwelfareisr
ootedi
nt hedemocr at
ici
deal
sofsocialj
ust
iceandis
basedont hebeli
efthatmanhast hepotent
ialtoreali
zehi
mself
,exceptthephysi
cal
,
soci
al,economic,psychol
ogical
,andotherfactorssometimeshinderorpreventhi
m
fr
om real
izi
nghispotenti
al.

Thisconceptsubmi tsthati
tisrightandj ustformant ohel pman,hencesocial
serv
ices.Thisgoalinvol
vesthei
denti
fi
cati
onoft hemostaf f
li
cted,t
hemostdependent,
themostnegl ected,andthoseleastabletohel pt hemsel
ves,andmakingt hem t
he
pri
ori
tytargetf
ortheinvest
mentofscarceresources.

2.Soci
alCont
rol
Goal

Thi
sgoali
sbasedont her
ecogni
ti
onthatneedy,depr
ived,ordi
sadvant
agegroups
maystri
keout,i
ndivi
dual
l
yand/orcol
l
ecti
vel
y,agai
nstwhatt heyconsi
deranali
enati
ng
oroff
endi
ngsociet
y.

Societ
yther
eforehast osecur
eitsel
fagainstthethreat
stolife,pov
ertyandpolit
ical
stabili
tyinthecommuni tywhichar eusual
lypr esent
edbyt hosewhoar edepriv
edof
resourcesandoppor t
unit
iestoachieveasat isfyi
nglif
e.Socialservi
cesar eopent o
dissidentsandt
oj uveni
leandadultoff
ender
’sexempl i
tythesocialcont
rolgoalofsocial
welfare.

Funct
ionsofSocial
Contr
ol
a)Separ at
ion–isol
ati
ngaprobl
emati
cpopulat
ionthatar
eatv
ari
ancewi
tht
he
dominantgr
oupsandhav
et het
endenci
esofrevol
ti
ng.

b)Contai
nment–r efer
st obenefitprovisi
onst
hatwoul
damel
ior
atethel
i
ving
condit
ionsofthesepar atedpopul at
ionso t
hatt
heywoul
dhav eagreat
i
ncentivet
ochal
lengetheirseparat
ion.

c) Resoci
ali
zat
ion–ref
erst
otheef
fortt
oreabsor
bthepopul
ati
oni
nquesti
on
i
ntotheexpect
ati
onsoft
hedominantsoci
etybymeansofeducat
ionand
assi
mil
ati
on.

3.Economi
cDev
elopmentGoal

The economi
c dev
elopmentgoalgi
ves pr
ior
it
ytot
hose pr
ogr
ams desi
gned t
o

467
supporti
ncr
easesint
hepr
oducti
onofgoodsandser
vices,
andot
herr
esour
cest
hatwi
l
l
contr
ibut
etoeconomi
cdev
elopmentgoal
sare:

a)Certai
ntypesofsoci alservi
ceswhichdirectl
ycontri
butetoi
ncreaseproducti
vit
y
amongi ndi v
iduals,groupsandcommuni ti
es,suchascounsel i
ngservicesfor
youthandf ort headj ust
mentofwor kerst oi
ndustri
alset
ti
ngs;laborwel f
are
servi
cesandf aci
li
ti
es,servicesforther ehabi
li
tat
ionofhandicappedwor kers,
skil
l
st r
ainingfort heunempl oyedandunder employ
ed,int
egr
atedsocialservi
ces
forfar
mer s,etc.

b)Cert
ainsocialserv
iceswhichpreventorr eli
evet heburdenofdependenceon
adul
tworkersofsuchdependentsast hev eryyoung,aswellast
hev er
yol d,t
he
si
ck,thedisabl
ed,etc.
,whichhampert hei
rpr oducti
vi
ty.
(exampl
esoft heseare
daycarecenter
s,oldagehomes,healt
hcl i
nics,r
ehabil
it
ati
oncent
ers,
etc.)

c) Certai
nsocialserv
iceswhi chpr ev
entorcount er
actthedisrupti
veef f
ectsof
urbani
zati
onandindustr
iali
zati
ononf amil
yandcommuni t
yli
fe,andhelpident
if
y
anddev el
oplocall
eadershipincommuni ti
es(exampl
esoft hesearef amilyl
if
e
educati
onservi
ces,l
eadershipt
raini
ngprogramsandvarioustypesofcommuni t
y
servi
ceswhichenhanceordev elopself
-r
eli
anceandtherefor
epr omotepeople’
s
owncapaciti
esforprobl
em- sol
vi
ng.

C.Funct
ionsofSoci
alWel
far
e

What evert hedefini


tion,orspeci ficmeaninggi ventosoci alwelfareitexer ci
ses
certainfunct i
ons,whichar euniversallyacceptedassuch.Thesear edi rectedtot he
i
mpr ovementoft hehumanbei ng’ssoci alfuncti
oningandsoci alr
elati
onships,andi n
meet ingsocialneedsatindivi
dual,groupandcommuni tyl
evel
s.Sucht askandact ivi
ti
es
mayconsi stofpr ovi
dingser vi
cesasar esponset osoci alneedsandpr oblemsof
predicti
ngt heemer genceofsuchsi tuat
ionsandt akingpreventi
vemeasur esagainst
thei
roccur rence,and/orhelpingtocr eatecondi t
ion,conducivet osocialdev el
opment .
Thesef unctionsarecategori
zedintot hreemajortypes.

1.Remedi
al

Remedi
alsocialwel
far
econsist
sofprogr
amsandservi
ceswhichsuppl
ementor
subst
it
utefort
heinadequat
ecareprovi
dedbythefami
l
y,gr
oup,orcommunit
y.

Remedi
alsoci
alwel
far
eisoft
hreet
ypes:

a)Suppl
ement al
.Iti
ssupplementalwhenf orex
ampleitprov
idestemporaryshelt
er
tochi
ldrenwhosemot heri
ssickandcannotadequat el
ycareforthem.Thistype
ofassistanceisusual
l6ytempor aryandusuall
yofshortdurat
ion.(
example:day
car
eser viceprovi
dedtopreschoolerswhosemother
smaybebusyatwor k)
.

b)Subst
itut
ive.Substi
tuti
veassi st
anceast het ermi mpl
iesrefertothecareof
i
ndivi
dualswithspecialneedswhoar eenti
relydepr
ivedofnormalpar
entalf
amil
y
car
e.Insti
tuti
onalorresident
ialcareforneglect
edandabandonedchi l
drenmay
beconsideredsubsti
tuti
ve–t heytaketheplaceofthehome.

c) Rehabil
it
ativ
e.Asar ehabil
it
ativef
uncti
on,thepurposeofsocialwelfar
eistohelp
theindivi
dualr emovet hedisabl
ingconditi
onswhi chstandint hewayofhi s
famil
y,thegr oup,orthelar
gercommuni t
y.Itistheindi
vidual

sdi sabi
li
tyrat
her
thanhissocietalenv
ironmentthatcal
l
sf oracti
on.

Itat t
empt st oreconstr
uctand/ororgani
zet hepat t
ernofinter
actionthathas
beenbr okendown,beenchangedorbui ldnewones.( Examplesofservi
cest hat
exempl ifyrehabi
li
tati
vefunct
ionar
eser vi
cesforsubstanceabusers,emotional
ly
disturbed,underst r
ess due totraumatic exper
iences,j
uvenil
e deli
nquents,
releasedpr i
soners,et
c.)

468
2.Pr
event
ive

Asaprevent
ivef
unct
ion,soci
alwelf
arepr
event
stheoccur
renceofsoci
alpr
obl
ems
andstr
engt
hensthefami
l
yandot herexi
sti
nggr
oupsandcommuniti
es.

I
tgoesthr
oughear l
ydiscover
y ,contr
ol,andelimi
nati
onoft hosecondit
ionswhich
mayimpai
rpsychol
ogicalf
uncti
oning.Asameansofpr event
ion,
socialworkunder
takes
pr
ogramsandservi
cesgearedtowar dstheprevent
ionofsoci
aldysfunct
ion.

Thepr imarypurposeofpr eventivesocialwelf


areist opr ev
entsocialbr eakdown
whichaccompani esrapidi ndustr
iali
zati
on,urbani
zati
on,incr
easepopul at
ion,changing
systemsandsi tuati
ons.( exampl e:famil
ylifeeducati
on,responsibleparenthoodand
adulteducati
on,popul
ationawar enessandsexeducat ionprogramsf ort
hey outhaswell
asrecreati
onandchar acterbuil
dingactivi
ti
esfortheyouth.

3.Dev
elopment
al

Ref
erst
ot heprovi
sionofsocialassi
stanceandser
viceswhi
chwi
l
lleadt
oopt
imum
dev
elopmentandfulf
il
lmentoftheclient
’spotent
ial
.

Itisconsi
deredwithbui
l
dingofst
rengthsforself
-r
eal
i
zat
ion,
self
-f
ulf
il
lmentandsel
f-
actuali
zati
on,andwiththewaysofeffect
ivel
ycopingwit
hsit
uati
onsinli
fethatmaybe
problemati
c,chall
engi
ngorstr
essf
ul.

Devel
opmentalSocialwel
fareref
ersto progr
ams and ser
vices whi
ch di
rect
ly
contr
ibut
etotheprocessofdevel
opment
,soci
alchangesandpeople’
spart
ici
pat
ioni
n
deci
sion-
maki
ngandnat i
on-
bui
ldi
ng.

Itimpl
iesamongot herthi
ngst hepr ov i
sionofimprovedoppor t
unit
yf orthepoort o
useand/orav ailofmat erialandphy sicalassets,gr
eateropport
unitytoparti
cipateinthe
i
ncomegener atingact i
v i
ti
espar t
icularl
yt hosesuit
edt oormat chtheircapabili
ti
es,the
greaterpart
icipationoft hepoori nt hef ormulat
ionandi mpl ementat
ionofspeci fi
c
poli
ciesandobj ect i
ves,specifi
cal
lythosedi r
ectl
yaffect
ingthem,andi ntheaccept ance
ofresponsi
bili
tyf ortheirsuccessandf ai
lure.

D.Obj
ect
ivesofSoci
alWel
far
e

Gener
alObject
ives:I
nexer
cisi
ngi
tsdi
ff
erentf
unct
ions,soci
alwel
far
ehast
wogener
al
obj
ect
ives.

a)Tosuppor torstrengt
henfami
lyast hebasi
csociali
nsti
tut
iont
hroughwhi
ch
needsaremet .
b)Tostrengthentheindi
vi
dual

scapaci
tytodealasef
fect
ivel
yaspossi
blewi
thhi
s
l
ifesi
tuati
on.

Speci
fi
cObject i
ves:Socialwel fare,whateverthenatureofit
sf unct
ionhasfourspecifi
c
obj
ecti
ves.
a)Tocar efor ,
mai ntain,and/orprotectthewell
-bei
ngofitscli
ents;
b)Tohel ppr eventtheirsocialdysfuncti
on;
c) Tostrengthent heireconomi cpot ent
ial
,ex.Theearni
ngandsav i
ngpoweroft he
i
ndi
vidual;
d)Tost rengthenthei ndivi
dual’sabil
ityt
owi t
hstandthestr
essesofmoder nl
ife.

469
Modul
eE
At
tri
but
esandDomai
nofSoci
alWor
kasaPr
ofessi
on

R.A.4373,pr omulgated i
n 1965 gav
e soci
alworkf
ormalrecogni
ti
on as a
pr
ofession.However,itt
akesmor ethant
hepassageofalawt
oestabl
i
shapr of
essi
on.
Whatthenconsti
tutesa“ pr
ofessi
on?”

Basedonacar efulcanvassoft hesoci


ologi
call
iterat
ureonoccupati
ons,Er
nest
Gr
eenwood was ablet o disti
l
lt he fol
lowi
ng five elements as const
it
uti
ng the
di
sti
ngui
shi
ngattr
ibut
esofapr ofessi
on:
1.Syst
ematicBodyofTheor y
2.Prof
essi
onalAuthorit
y
3.CommunitySanction
4.Regul
ati
veCodeofEt hics
5.Prof
essi
onalCult
ur e

Sy
stemat
icBodyofTheor
y

 Theskill
sthatcharact
erizeapr ofessionfl
owfrom andar esuppor t
edbyaf und
ofknowledgethathasbeenor ganizedi nt
oaninternal
l
yconsistentsy st
em call
ed
abodyoft heory
 Theoryservesasabasei nt ermsofwhi chthepr ofessi
onalrationali
zeshis
operati
onsinconcret
esi t
uations
 Acquisi
ti
onoft heprofessionalski l
lrequi
resapr i
ororsimultaneousmast eryof
thetheoryunderl
yi
ngthatski l
l.

470
 Thepr acticeofapr ofessioninvolv est heappl icati
onofsci entifi
cknowl edge
l
ear neddur ingthecour seofpr ofessi onaleducat ion;itisnotahi t-or-miss,trial
-
and- err
orki ndofact i
vity
 Ther eisneedt ounder scoret heimpor t
anceofst r engtheni
ngt het eachingoft he
theor ybaseofsoci alwor k,toconsci ouslyappl yt hisinpr act
icesot hatwecan
i
ncr easinglydemonst r
at ethatsocialwor kist rulyasci entif
icactiv
ity.
 Ther eisal soaneedt ohav eacr iti
cal ,rathert hanar everenti
alat ti
tudet owar d
thet heoreticalsystem ofsoci alwor k,ast hiswoul dpav et hewayf orthet esting
andbui ldingoft heorywhi chwi l
lprov ideuswi thasol i
dbasef orourpr ofessional
helpingmet hodsandt echniques.
 Soci alWor k,likeallot herprofessions,der i
vesknowl edgef r
om manydi fferent
sour ces,andi nadditi
on, buil
dsitsownbodyofknowl edgef rom practice.

Thr
eet ypesofknowl edgewhi chsoci al workuses:
1.Test edknowl edge–knowl edget hathasbeenest abli
shedt hroughsci ent i
fi
c
study( r
esearch)suchasbor rowedknowl edgef rom di ff
er entpr ofessi
onsand
disciplines,aswel lasf r
om t hatwhi chhasbeendev elopedt hroughsoci al
wor kr esearch-economi cs,publ ic administration,psy chology ,sociology ,
ant hropology,pol i
ti
calsci ence,l aw,medi ci
ne,et c.whi ch ar e gener ally
obt ai
nedi nthecour seofthei rformal education.
2.Hy pot heti
calknowl edge– st i
llhast ounder got ransformat ioni ntot ested
knowl edgemaybeaccept edt oexpl aincertainfact s(ex.Ignor ancemor et han
reli
gioni sther easonf ort hel ow accept anceoff ami lypl anning among
Fili
pinocoupl es.)
3.Assumpt i
veknowl edge,or“ pract icewi sdom” -themor eexper ienceonehas
hadi npr actice,themor eassumpt i
onsorsupposi t
ionshet endst omake
relatedt ohiswor k(ex.Cl
ient sv alueser vi
cemor ewheni tisnotgi v
enent irely
free)

Pr
ofessi
onal
Aut
hor
it
y

 Inahel pingrelati
onship,thepr ofessional’
sjudgmentandauthori
tyarerespected
andaccept edbyhi s“client”,unli
kei nat r
ansacti
onwi t
hanon-pr
ofessi
onal where
theruleis“t hecustomeri salway sright”
 Theexer ci
seofpr ofessionalaut hori
tyisnotwi thoutl
imi
ts.Thepr ofessi
onal
socialwor ker,li
keanyot herpr ofessional
,shouldguideorassi
stherclientonly
alongherar eaofcompet enceorshewoul dv iolat
etheauthori
tyofanot her
professionalgroup.

Communi
tySanct
ion

 Recognition ofpr ofessionalaut horityi s expr essed notonl yi nt he client-


prof
essional relationshi pbutalsoi nthepr ofessional-
communi tyr elat i
onship
 Thecommuni tysanct i
onsapr of ession’saut hori
tybywayofgi v i
ngi tcer tain
power sandpr i
v i
leges.Amongt hesepower sandpr i
v i
l
egesar et hepr ofession’s
controloveri tst rainingcent er
s, admi ssioni nt
ot hepr ofession,andst andardsf or
prof
essional per formance.
a)Pr of
ession’ scont r
olov eritstrainingcent ersisusual lyachiev edt hroughan
accrediting pr ocess exer ci
sed by one of t he associ ati
ons wi thint he
profession.
b)Cont r
olov eradmi ssion i
ntot he pr ofession hasbeen achi ev ed witht he
passagei n1965ofRA4373r equiringt hecompl eti
onofaBachel orofSci ence
i
n Soci alWor k( BSSW) degr ee,t he passi ng of a gov er nmentboar d
exami nat i
on, andt henr egi
stration,inor dert oqualif
yf orsocial wor kpractice.
c) Apr ofessi oni susual l
ygivent hepr ivi
legeofcont rol
lingpracticest andardson
the assumpt i
on t hatt he laycommuni t
yi s noti n a posi tion t or ender
j
udgmentov ert heper f
ormanceoft hemember sinapr ofessi onsi ncet his
woul dinv olvet echni calmat t
ers.

Regul
ati
veCodeofEt
hics

471
 Everyprof
essi
onhasabui lt
-i
nr egul
ati
vecode,part
lyformalandpart
lyinf
or mal
,
whichcompelsethi
calbehavioronthepar tofi
tsmember s.Thi
scodeserv esto
checkpossibl
eabuseswhichcanar i
seoutofapr of
ession’
sexer
ciseofauthori
ty,
anditsaccompanyi
ngpower sandprivi
leges.

Pr
ofessi
onal
Cul
tur
e

 Thenet wor koff ormalandi nfor malgr oupswi thi


nwhi chitoper atesincludest he
organizat i
onst hatbenef i
tfr om apr ofession’ sser vi
ces( school s,cour t
s,soci al
agency ,hospi tals,et c);t
heeducat ionali nstituti
onswhi chpr oduceandr epleni sh
professionalmanpower ;and t he pr ofessionalassoci ation whi ch pr omot es
professional interest sandai ms.
 The“ interact i
onsofsoci alr ulesr equiredbyt hef ormalandi nformalgr oups
generateasoci alconf i
gurat i
onuni quet ot hepr of on,v
essi iz.,apr ofessi onal
cult
ure.
 Thecul tureofapr ofessionconsi st sofi tsval ues,norms, andsy mbols.
 Soci alv aluesr efertot hebasi sandf undament albel i
efsofapr ofessi onal
group, pr acticallythereasonf ori t
sexi stence
 Pr of essionalnor msar et heaccept edst andar dsofbehav i
orofdoi ngt hings,
whi chgui det hepr of
essionali nv arioussi t
uationssuchashowt ogai nent ry
intof ormalandi nfor
malgr oups,howt ohandl econsul tations,howt or elate
to super iors,col l
eagues and subor dinat es,how t ot reatcl i
ents,how t o
chal l
engeanout modedt heor y ,howt opr esentanewi dea, andsoon.
 The sy mbol s ofa pr of essi on ar ei ts meani ng-l
aden i tems”,i ncludi ng
embl ems,i nsigni as,dr ess,hi story,itsi dioms and v ocabulary and i ts
stereot ypesoft hepr ofessi onal ,thecl i
ent ,andt helayman.

Thefiv
eat tr
ibutesdescr
ibedarenotamonopolyoft
heprofessi
ons.Ascrut
inyofnon-
prof
essionaloccupati
onswil
lshowthatt
heyal
sopossesst
hesecharact
eri
sti
cs,butt
oa
l
esserdegree.

Indi scussi
ngt heattr
ibutesofapr
ofessi
on,Greenwoodconcludesthat“soci
alworki
s
alreadyapr ofessi
on”,ithastoomanypoi nt
sofcongr uencewi t
ht hemodelt obe
classifi
ableotherwi
se”.

Theneedf orsocialwor
kerstoconsciousl
yhelpimprovesocialwork’
sstandingoneach
at
t r
ibute,whichconsequent
lywillgi
vetheprofessi
onaddedpr est
igeandauthorit
y,t
her
e
i
sal soaneedt owat chagainsttoomuchpr eoccupati
onwithget ti
ngrecognizedasa
profession,t
hisrecogni
ti
onwillcomeinduet i
me, wi
thoutbei
ngsought .

Modul
eF
TheGener
ali
stSoci
alWor
kPr
act
ice

 SocialWorkPracti
cei
nthePhili
ppinesrequiresthatt
hesoci
alwor
kerneedsto
haveaf oundat
ioni
nval
ues,knowledge,andskill
s,whi
chwoul
dequipherasshe
workswi t
hpeoplei
navari
etyofproblem si
tuati
ons.

 Intheear l
yfif
ti
es,
althoughsoci
alwor
kpract
iceal
readyconsi
stedofthetri
nit
yof
casewor k,group work,and communit
yor gani
zati
on (
pract
iced as separat
e
met hods),“
the”methodwascasework.

472
 Duringt he1967Nat i
onalWor kshoponSocialWorkEducat
ion,oneoft hemajor
outcomeswast herecommendat ionthatasadeliber
atef
orcef orchange,the
school sshouldteachsocialworkmet hodsbasedonthewholist
icapproach;so
thatindivi
dual,t
hegroup,andt hecommuni t
yareasusedasfunctionalpoi
ntsof
entry,andt odevel
opskil
l
sbasedont hegeneri
caspect
softhemet hodsusedby
socialwor ker
s.

 Theint egratedmet hodofsoci alworkpracti


ce,orthe“gener
alistappr
oach”to
soci
alwor kpr act
ice,wasdev eloped,mostl
yint he1960’sbecauseofamor e
sophisticated understandi
ng of t he rel
ati
onships bet
ween man and hi s
envi
ronment ,andtheef f
ectofsy st
emstheori
esont heacqui
sit
ionofknowledge
i
nsoci al work.

 ComptonandGal awayhav eaddi ti


onalobj ect i
onst ot hecasewor k-groupwor k-
communi tyorgani zationmodel .Accor dingt othem, thisappr oach:
a)Encour agest hedi chotomoust hinki
ngt hatt hecommuni tyor ganizerwi l
l
wor ktopr oducecommuni tychange, thecasewor kertopr oducei ndi v
idual
change, andt hegr oupwor kert odoei ther,
dependi ngont henat ur eoft he
groups,i nst ead of mai ntaining t he primar yf ocus of soci alwor k
i
ntervent i
oni nt heper son-situationinteract
ion.
b)Ledt ot het r
ainingofspeci alistsineachoft hesemet hodswhot endt o
seet hepr obl emsoft heircl i
ent sint ermsoft heirownmet hodol ogical
preference,r athert hani nter msofacompl eteassessmentoft hecl i
ent -
si
tuationint eraction.
 Whatwebel i
ev easami nimum compet encef orwor kingwi thFi l
i
pinocl ients,we
haveasf rameofr eferencet her ealityt hattheFilipinoclientisamul ti
-problem
cl
ient
,whicht heref orerulesoutaf ragment edappr oacht opr oblem -solving.

 TheIntegrat
edSocialWorkPract
ice/General
istSoci
alWorkPract
ice/Int
egrated
Pract
ice/Gener
ali
st Model
/Gener
alist Approach/
The Gener
alMet hod/unit
ary
Approach:is

o “Theuseofar angeofskill
sasneededt ointer
venei
nav ari
etyofcli
ent
l
ife si
tuati
ons.The general
ist’
sfunct
ion isto have as wide a skil
l
repert
oir
e as possibl
ein ordertofacil
it
atethe i
nter
actions bet
ween
peopleandthesociali
nst
it
uti
onsandsituati
onsinwhi
cht heyli
ve.

o “….pract i
ceinwhichtheclientandt heworkertogetherassesst heneedin
allofi t
scompl exi
tyanddev elopapl anf orrespondi
ngt ot hatneed.
A
strategyi schosenf r
om ar eper t
oireofresponsesappr opriat
ef orwork
withi ndivi
dual
s,famil
ies,groups,agenci es,andcommuni t
ies.Theunitof
attentioni schosenbyconsi der i
ngt hesystem needingt obechanged,
Thepl aniscarr
iedoutandev aluated.”

 Rel
atedConcept
sinI
ntegr
atedMet
hodofSoci
alWor
kPr
act
ice:

o Theconceptofone( any
)cli
entsyst
em aspointofent
ryforwor
king
wit
hothercl
ientsy
stems-ex.i
ndi
vi
dualcl
ientaspoi
ntofentr
y.

o Theconceptoftot
alpr
oblem-sol
vi
ng-deal
i
ngwi tht
heot
hersy
stems
ofwhi
chthecli
entisapar
t,andwhichar
eaffect
inghi
m.

o Theconceptoft hecli
ent ’
sproblem orsi
tuat
ionast hebasisf orthe
choiceofthewor ker’
shel pi
ngapproachori nt
erventi
on-appr
oaches
theproblem asasoci alworkerandselectfrom anar r
ayofhel ping
approaches and i
nter
v ent
ions whatis bestsuited tot he cli
ent’
s
sit
uati
ons.

 “
Gener
ali
st”soci
alwor
ker
s ar
e pr
ofessi
onal
s who wor
k wi
th cl
ient
s on an
i
ndi
vi
dual
,group,orcommunityl
eveldependi
ng on whatis needed and

473
appropri
ate,uti
li
zi
ng t
he basi
c compet
ence f
orpr
act
ice t
hatr
equi
res t
he
“generi
cs”ofsoci
alwor
k:

PHI
LOSOPHI
CAL(
VALUE)BASE SCI
ENTI
FIC(
KNOWLEDGE)BASE

 Phi losophy :human wor th and  SWPPS


dignity  HBSE
 Val ue: self-
real
izat
ion/
self
-  SWP:
fulfi
ll
ment o Goal :enhancementofsoci al f
uncti
oning
 Pr inciples:APSICCW o Funct ions:remedial
/preventi
ve/
 Pr ofessi onalEt
hics: f
ormal o dev elopment al
CodeofEt hics/ i
nfor
mal, o Essent ial component s: cl i
ent
, wor ker,
unwri
tt
ensy stem ofethics problem, process
o TheP- SPr ocess:API
ET
o Common t ools in pr acti
ce: inter
view,
communi cati
on, r ecordings, communi ty
resources,programsandser vices

Modul
eG1
ThePhi
losophi
calFoundat
ionofSocialWor k:Phi
losophy,
Cor
eVal
ues,
Ethi
csoft
he
Profession

PVFSW i
sanencompassingter
mr ef
err
ingtothebodyofpr
inci
plesonwhichar
eroot
ed
thepr
ofessi
onal
s’at
ti
tudesandguidesprof
essi
onal
conductorbehavi
or.

I
.Thr
eeEssent
ial
Component
s:

1.Value-t
hatworthwhichmanat t
achestocert
aint
hings,
syst
em,
orper
sonswi
thi
nthe
real
m ofusef
ulness,
trut
h,goodnessorbeaut
y.

 Wil
li
am Gor don-tovaluesomethingistopref
erit
.Themeasureofextentofa
pr
eferenceiswhatpr i
ce,eff
ort
,orsacr i
fi
ceonewillmaketoobtai
nwhati s
pr
eferred,
whet herar
ti
cle,
behavi
or,orst
ateofaf
fai
rs.

 Val
uesar
ebel
i
efs,pr
efer
encesorassumpt
ionsaboutwhati
sgoodorbadf
or
man.

474
 Beingabel i
ef,val
uecannotbesubject
edtoscient
if
icinv
est
igat
ion.Itmustbe
acceptedingoodfait
h.
 Ani ndivi
dualmaynotev enbeawar eofthev al
ueheholds;he/ shesi
mply
automat i
cal
lyappl
iesorusesitwhenthesit
uati
oncall
sforacertai
ncourseof
acti
ont obeperfor
medonani mport
antdeci
siont
obemade.

2.Knowledge-fact
sandinf
ormati
onest
abl
i
shedbyt
hehi
ghestst
andar
dsofobj
ect
ivi
ty
andrat
ionali
ty,
whichmaniscapabl
e.

3.Ski
l
l-abi
l
ity
,exper
tness,
orpr
ofi
ciencygai
nedf
rom pr
act
iceandknowl
edge.

 Ever
yprof
essionhasav
alueandaknowl
edgebase;ski
l
list
hef
usi
onoft
hese
twocomponents.

o Prof
essi
onalski
l
l,t
herefor
e,ref
erstoone’
sabi
li
tytoappl
ytheknowl
edge
andval
ueofone’sprof
essioninherworkwi
thpeopl
e.

o Awordoft
enusedi
npl
aceofskil
lis“
art
.”Soci
alworkpract
icehasbeen
r
efer
redt
oas“anar
twi
thsci
ent
if
icandvaluef
oundat
ion”
.

I
I.ThePhi
losophyofSoci
alWor
k

 Der
ivedf
rom t
hesoci
etyofwhi
chi
tisapar
t.

 Thephi l
osophyorbasi
cbeliefofsoci
alworki
sthatev
eryhumanbeinghaswor th
(halaga)anddigni
ty(
pagkatao).Thi
sistr
uewhetheronewor kswi
ththathuman
beingonaone- on-
onebasis,asmember sofasmallgroup,
oraspartofalarger
coll
ectivi
ty.

 Thesoci
alworkphil
osophyrest
sont hebel
i
efthatmanwascr eatedaft
ert
he
i
mageofGod( andhavi
ngasoul )
,endowedwit
hthecapaci
tyt
or easonandt
he
fr
eedom t
oexer
cisehi
swill
.

 Thephil
osophicalbaseofsoci alwor
kisthatmani stheobj
ectofsoci
alwork,
anditi
sthemani nrelat
ionshi
pwi t
hhisenvi
ronment
,andhowheint
eract
swit
hi t
.
Thesocialworkeri
nreachingoutahandt osomeoneinneedordi
str
essedmust
takei
ntoaccounttherestofthatman’
swor l
d.

I
II
.TheVal
ueCommi
tmentofSoci
alWor
k

Soci
alworkadherest omanyv al
ues,buttheulti
matev al
ueoftheprofession
rest
sont heconv
icti
onthatitisgoodanddesirabl
eforeveryhumanbei
ngt oful
fil
lhis
potent
ial
s,t
oreal
izehimsel
f,andtobal
ancethiswithequalef
fort
stohel
pother
sdot he
same.

I
V.TheUnder
lyi
ngPur
poseofSoci
alWor
k

Toreleaseall
humanpowerini
ndivi
dualsf
orpersonalful
fi
ll
mentandsoci
algood,
andi
nordertocreatetheki
ndofsoci
ety
,sociali
nst
it
utions,
andsocialpol
i
cywhichwill
makesel
f-
reali
zati
onpossi
blef
oral
lmen.

V.Di
ff
erentVi
ewsaboutMan

1.Nat
ural
vs.Tr
anscendent
alVi
ew

 Nat
ural
i
sti
cvi
ew-mani
spar
tofnat
ure.Hecanbest
udi
edandunder
stood

475
scient
if
icall
yaswedot herestofnat
ure,sot
hatifweknowallthatsci
encecoul
d
teachuswecoul df
ull
yaccountformanandhisbehavior
.Presentl
imit
ati
onson
ourknowl edge,
however,
makeusunabl etof
ull
yaccountforman.

 Transcendentalview-hol
dsthatsciencecannev
erfullyexplai
nman,par
tl
ydue
toignorance,andpar t
lybecausemanhasapot ent
ialtotranscendt
henatur
al
orderofthi
ngs, t
ochoose,tocreat
eandt ober
ati
onal.

2.ManasSoci
al,
Asoci
al,
orAnt
i-
soci
al

 Beingsocial
,menaspi r
etoliveongoodt ermswi thothers,t
obepar tofandt o
contri
butetogrouplife,
makingper sonalgoalssubser
vienttogroupgoals.
 Associalbeings,menar edi
screetindivi
dualswhocomet ogethertofr
om groups
forthei
rmut ualprot
ecti
onandsaf ety.
 Asant i
-soci
albeing,menarev i
ewedasi nherent
lysel
f-
seeking,egoti
sti
cal
,outto
extendpersonalgainattheexpenseofot hers.

3.Democr
ati
cVi
ewofMan

 Mani scapabl
eofreason,ofrati
onalanal
ysisandchoice.I
tbeli
evesthatsoci
al,
bi
ological
,cul
tur
aland psychologi
calinf
luencesarepower fulin det
ermini
ng
behavi
or ,
butt
hatmancanov ercometheseinfl
uencesandexerci
sechoice.

Modul
eG2
Fi
li
pinoPer
spect
ive

Val
uesarei mpor
tantt
opeopl
east heyoft
endi
ctatethei
rbehav
iorandthei
r
acti
ons.Letuslookatsomeofourcult
uralval
uesanddiscussthei
rsi
gni
fi
canceto
soci
alworkpract
ice.

1.Soci
alAcceptance-bei
ngtakenbyone’sfel
lowsforwhatonei s,orbel
i
evesheis,and
bei
ngtreat
edi naccordancewithhisstatus,thi
sv aluei sf
aci
li
tatedbythefol
lowing
i
nter
mediateval
ues:
a.Smoot hInt
erper
sonalRel
ations(SI
R)-gettingal
ongwi t
hother
sinsucha
wayast oavoidoutwar
dsignsofconflicts

MeansofAcqui
ri
ngorpr
eser
vingSI
R:

a.1“
Paki
ki
sama”
-“gi
vi
ngi
n”,
“concessi
on”
,orf
oll
owi
ngt
hel
eadorsuggest
ionof
anot
her

476
a.2.Euphemi
sm-t
hest
ati
ngofunpl
easantt
rut
h,opi
nion,
orr
equestaspl
easant
ly
aspossible.

a.
3.Theuseof“ go-
bet
ween”(
tul
ay)whi
chmeanst
hir
dpar
tywhowi
l
lcar
rya
message,assuage
abrui
se,orpreventani
njur
y.

a.
4.“ Amorpropio”-referto sensit
ivi
tyto per
sonalaf fr
ontand functi
onsto
protecttheindi
vi
dualagainstlossofacceptance.Thevalueof“ hi
ya”(senseofshame),
whichisnotmer elyt
heact ualemoti
onf el
twhenonehasv i
olat
edsocialnorms,butal
so,
thesensiti
vi
tytorebukeandf earofone’
sexposureofone’sinsecureself.

2.Emot
ional
ClosenessandSecur
it
yinaf
ami
ly

Thi
sval
ueisbel ievedtobef aci
li
tatedthrought hefol
lowing:
 Sacr if
icingindiv
idualint
erestforthegoodoft hef amil
y
 Par entalst ri
vi
ng to givet heirchi l
dren an educati
on ev
en atgr
eatcostt
o
t
hemsel ves
 Ol derchi l
drensacri
fi
cingforthey oungersibli
ngs
 Mot hersespeciall
y,makingsacr i
ficesforthefamily.

3.TheAuthor
ityValue-t
hebeli
eft
hatfamili
eswil
lremai
ncloseri
fsomeoneexer
tsf
ir
m
aut
hori
tyandthatsuchpersonmustberespect
edandobeyed.

(
Tradi
ti
onsandr
it
ual
s,Fat
ali
sm)
4.Per
sonali
sm

Att
achesmaj orimport
ancetothepersonalfact
or,whi
chguar anteesint
imacy
,
warmth,andsecurit
yofki nshi
pandfr
iendsinget
tingthi
ngsdone.Somespeci f
icval
ues
rel
ated t
o personal
ism ar e“ti
wal
a”(trust
),“
kil
ala”
(per
sonalref
erence),and “wal
ang
paki
alam”(non-
int
erference)

5.“
UtangnaLoob”

Li
ter
all
ymeansdebtofgr
atit
ude.I
tcompel
sthereci
pientt
oshowhisgrat
itude
proper
lybyret
urni
ngaf
avor“wi
thinter
est
”tobesur
ethathedoesnotremai
ninothers
debt.

6.Pat
ience,
suf
fer
ingandendur
ance

Acult
uralbel
i
efapersonmustsuf
ferbef
orehecangainhappiness,andrel
ated
t
oiti
sthatwhi
chmanysti
llbel
iev
e,t
hatwomen,par
ti
cul
arl
y,mustsuf
ferinsil
ence.

Anawar enessofthesev al
ueswi llbeofgr eathelpi nunder standinganddealing
wit
ht hebehav iorofthepeopleonewor kswi t
h.Manyoft hesev aluesar egoodandno
onewi l
lar gueagai nstthev alueofpr eservi
ngt hem.Howev er ,someoft hem have
negati
veaspect sorar egivendi stor
tedinterpret
ation,therebycr eati
ngpr obl
ems.Many
ofthesev aluesr uncountertot heulti
mat ev aluesofsoci alwor kwhi chi sthatman
shoul
dbeal lowedt oful
fi
llhi
spot enti
al.Socialwor ker
st herefore,hav etobeski l
lf
ulin
handl
ingthesev alues(botht heirown,aswel last heirclients)andi nmaki ngthem
compatibl
ewi t
hpr of
essi
onalvalues.

I
naddit
iont ocul
turalval
ues, i
nnumerabl
ebel
ief
s,cust
omsandt r
aditi
onshel
dby
peopl
einoursoci etyi
sFi l
ipi
nopr overbsormaxims.Theseprov
erbstellusaboutthe
natur
eofFil
ipi
nol ifeandculture,provideuswithi
nsight
sintothepsychologyofour
peopl
e,andr
eflectourvaluesandet hi
cs.

477
 Pr
over
bsi
nSoci
alwor
kPr
act
ice

Obj
ect
ive Fi
l
ipi
noPr
over
bs Engl
i
shTr
ansl
ati
on
Tostressthepoi
ntthat 1.Walangpagbwawagi
ng Therei
snovict
ory
onemustwor khardto dimaypagbabaka wit
houtast
ruggle
reachhisgoal (Tagal
og)
I
fther
eishar
dshi
p,t
her
e
2.Pagmaysaki
t,eguani
n i
sheaven
l
angit(
Bicol
)
Ify
ouwantt ocl
imb,you
3.Nocay att
i cumar
adcad, mustendurethe
anusantigaradgad scrat
ches
(I
locano)
Hewhopl ant
swill
reap
4.Pagmayi ti
nanim,may somet hing
aanihi
n(Tagalog)
Per
sev
erance Saisangpint
ong Forev
erydoort
hatshut
s,
masarhanaysampuang tenwi
llopen
nabubuksan(Tagal
og)

Modul
eG3
Soci
alWor
kPr
inci
plesasRel
atedt
oVal
ues

Endowedwi t
ht hef undamentalphil
osophyandpr ofessi
onalvalues,thepractice
ofsocialworkisguidedbycer tai
nbasi cpri
nci
plesorrulesofact ionforthepracti
tioner
(emanatingfr
om suchv alues,asdif
f erent
ialf
rom “pri
nciples”ofactionbuiltontest ed
knowledgeorgeneraltr
uths).Belowar esomeoft hepri
nci pl
eswhi chsocialworkersuse
i
nt hei
rwor kwithpeople,whethershewor kswiththem asi ndi
vidual
s,asgr oupsoras
communi ti
es.

1.Accept
anceofpeopl
east
heyar
e

Thepr i
ncipl
eofaccept ancedoesnotmean appr ovalofdev iantatti
tudeor
behavi
or.“Theobjectofacceptancei
snott hegoodbutthereal
”,whichmeansdeal i
ng
wit
htheclientasheisinreal
it
y.
Acceptancealsomeanst hatwer ecogni
zedthatpeoplehav estrengt
hsand
weaknesses,andcapabil
i
tiesandlimi
tat
ions.Par
toft
heacceptanceisalsothepersonal

478
di
sci
pli
newithwhi
cht
hewor
keri
sabl
etoacceptpeopl
e’
seccent
ri
cit
ies,t
hei
rbi
ases
andpr
ejudi
ces.

2.Par
ti
cipat
ionoft
hecl
ienti
npr
obl
em-
sol
vi
ng

Thewor kerbuil
dsuponandut i
li
zest heclient’
sst rengths.Shedoesnott akeover
andsol vetheent i
reproblem byher self.Thecl i
enti sther e,andhasapar tint heent
ire
probl
em- solv
ingpr ocess.From thet i
met hatthewor kersbegi nst ogat herinformati
on,
theclientisaskedt opr ovi
deper t
inentf act,topr esenthi sownper ceptionsoft he
sit
uati
on,andi sinvolvedindef ini
ngt henatureoft hepr oblem,andi ft hereareany
probl
em,hei sinvolvedinpriori
ti
zingt hesepr oblems.Hepar tici
patesinpl anningway s
ofresolvi
ngt heproblem, i
nthinki
ngofpossi bleal t
ernatives.Hei saskedt olookintohis
ownr esourcesandwhi choft hesecanbeappl iedt opr oblem solvi
ng.Thenhehi mself
mustacti nrelati
ont othepr oblem,andnotr elyont hewor kertot akeal lnecessary
acti
onst hatwouldsol vehisproblem.

3.Sel
f-
det
ermi
nat
ionasar
ightoft
hecl
ient

Themai nideainthispri
ncipl
eist hattheindivi
dual(gr
ouporcommuni ty)whois
i
neconomi c,personal
,orsocialneed,hast herighttodeter
minewhathi sneedsar eand
howt heyshouldbemet .Thewor kerdoesnotdoev eryt
hingfortheclientforsheknows
thecli
entiscapableof“self-
help”
.Shewi llnotmani pul
atehisaffai
rs,butwillguidehi
m
so thathe isabl eto actathi sproblem obj ecti
vel
y,understand whatchoi cesor
alt
ernati
vesareopent ohi m,thei
rimplicationsandconsequences,andt henmakehi s
owndeci si
on.Acl i
entdevel
opsorr egai
nshersel f
-r
espectandsel f
-confi
dencewhenhe
i
sabl etosolv
ehi sownproblems.

4.I
ndi
vi
dual
izat
ionofcl
ient
s

Theprinci
pleofi
ndividual
i
zat i
oninvol
ves“ t
herecogni
ti
onandunder st
andingof
eachcl ient
’suniquequali
ti
esandt hediff
erent
ialuseofpr incipl
esandmet hodsin
assisti
ngeacht owardabetteradjustment…basedupont heri
ghtofhumanbeingst obe
i
ndividualsandt obet r
eatednotj ustasahumanbei ngast hishumanbeingwith
personal di
ff
erences.

5.Conf
ident
ial
it
y

Theideabehindthepri
ncipleofconfi
denti
ali
tyistoprovi
dethecli
entprot
ecti
on,
withi
ntheli
mitsofthelaw,f
rom harmt hatmightr
esultfr
om hisdiv
ulgi
nginfor
mationto
theworker.I
ftheclientissofreelyexpresshisfeel
ingsandputdownhi s“def
enses”
thentheremustbesomeassur ancethatwhathet ell
shi sworkerwillbekepti n
confi
dence.

6.Wor
kersel
f-
awar
eness

Thi
spri
nci
plemeanst hatthesoci
al wor
keri
salwaysconsci
ousthatherrol
eisto
makeuseofherpr of
essionalrel
ati
onshipwithhercli
enti
nawayt hatwi l
lenhance
pr
imar
il
ythecl
i
ent’
sdev el
opmentr at
herthanherown.

Sel
f-
disci
pli
nei scrucialtothepr i
ncipl
eofwor kersel
f-awareness.Herv ery
posi
tionprovideshercountl
essoppor t
uni
ti
estomani pulat
epeopleandt heiraf
fai
rs,and
touseherr elati
onshipwit
hthem t omeetpersonalneeds.Thisisespecial
lytrueinthe
Phil
i
ppi nesetti
ngwher emajor i
tyofsoci
alwor kcl
ientsarepoor,havel i
tt
leeducation,
andar eoft
enbehol dentoanyonewhocangi vethem anykindofhelp.

Theconsci
oususeofone’
ssel
fisal
sopartofthi
sprinci
ple.Theworker
’sgoali
s
forhercl
ientt
oulti
matel
ylear
nto“i
nter
nal
ize”l
i
mits,sothattheyt hemsel
vesdevel
op
self
-di
sci
pli
ne.

479
Anotheraspect,whi
chrelat
est oself
-awareness,i
stheneedfortheworkertobe
consci
ousofhowsher espondsorr eacttomani pul
ati
onbyothers.Bybeingconsci
ous
ofthi
s,thenshecanl earntheskil
lofproperlyhandli
ngcert
ainactsthatunder
mineher
prof
essionalr
ole.

7.Cl
ient
-wor
kerr
elat
ionshi
p

Thepurposeofworker
-cl
ientr
elat
ionshipi
stohel
pthecli
enti
nsomeareaofhi
s
soci
alf
unct
ioni
ngi nwhichatthepresenttimeheisexperi
enci
ngsomedif
fi
cult
yand
wheret
heworkerisinsomeposit
iontoofferhel
p.

A purposivewor ker
-cl
ientr elat
ionship al
lowsf orsomedegr eeofsubj ecti
ve
feel
ings,whichcannotbeent i
rel
yr emov edinanyr el
ationshi
p.Tobeconsci ousoft hese
feel
ings,whet herpositi
veornegat iveandt obeabl et ocontrolt
hem isv er
yimpor tant.
Thesoci alwor kli
ter
aturesusest hephr ase“contr
oll
edemot ionalinv
olvement”,perhaps
because admi tt
edly,the socialwor ker’
s humani ty prev
ents her f r
om r emaining
emot i
onallyuninvolvedinherrelati
onshi pwithothers,butcredit
sherwi ththecapaci t
y
tocontrolthedegr eeofherenv i
ronment .

Cl
ient
-wor
kerr
elat
ionshi
pcomponent
s:

1.TRANSFERENCE–bel ievedtotakeplacewhenthecli
entunconsciousl
yt r
ansfersto
thesocialworkerat
tri
butesorcharacter
isti
csofsomeimportantorpowerfulpersonsin
earl
yli
fe.Thismayr esultinposit
iveornegati
veatt
it
udestowardsthewor ker.Askill
ed
workerwi l
lnotpr ol
ong t r
ansfer
ence,ev en i
fiti
spositiv
e,ast hiscan encour age
dependencyont hepartofthecli
ent.

2.COUNTER- TRANSFERENCE – the opposi


te oftransf
erence wher
et he wor
ker
unconsci
ousl
ytransf
ert
othecl
i
entatt
ri
buti
onsofsigni
fi
cantpersonsi
nherpast
.

3.REALITY–actualbei
ngorexi stence,asopposedt oani maginary,i
dealized,orfal
se
natur
e;somethi
ngthathasrealexistenceandmustbedeal twit
hinr eall
ife.
Ambival
ence– basedont hepropositi
onthatthehumanmi ndf uncti
onsi na
duali
sti
cwaythatconfl
i
ctsbetweeni tsopposingtendenci
es(ambivalence)oftenresult
s.
Cli
ent’
sexperi
enceambival
entfeelings,suchasabouthomeandt hemember sofone’s
famil
y(lov
ingandhati
ng),
acceptingmat eri
alassist
anceandsoon.

Modul
eG4
PROFESSI
ONALETHI
CS

Ethicsi
sthesciencethattr
eatsofmoralandrightconduct.Prof
essionalet
hicsis
thesystem ofet
hicalpri
nci
plesandrulesofconductgeneral
lyacceptedbythemember s
ofapr ofessi
onalgroup,basedont hephil
osophy,valuesandgui di
ngprincipl
esoft he
prof
ession.

Twoaspect
sofet
hics:

1.TheProfessi
on’sCodeofEt hi
cs–thewri
ttenexpr
essi
onofsomeoft hese
pri
nci
plesandrul
esofconductf
ort
hegui
danceofthepr
ofessi
onal
group.

2.TheUnwr
it
tenPr
inci
plesandRul
esofConduct–whi
chusual
l
yhav
ethesame

480
f
orceast
heCode.

Together,theyserve as a compass t
hathelps gui
de t
he pr
acti
ti
onerin her
prof
essionalrelat
ionshi
pwithhercli
ent
,wit
hthecol
l
eaguesandherprof
ession,
wit
hher
agency,andwi t
ht hepubl
ic.

Thefol
l
owingar
ethePhi l
ippi
neAssoci
ati
onofSoci
alWorker
’sCodeofEt
hicsas
r
evi
sedin1998;
theor
igi
nal
/fi
rstcodewasadoptedi
n1964,andt
henrev
isedi
n1972.

Pur
poseoft
hecodeofet
hics:

1.Ithelpscheckabuseswhi ch can r esul


tfrom thepower sand pri
vil
eges
accompany i
ngt hemonopol yenj
oy edbyapr ofessi
on;
2.Itprovi
dest hecommuni tysomepr otecti
onagaianstabusesbymember sof
theprofession;
3.Itsetsforthbasicpri
ncipleswhichser vesasguideli
nestomembersoff utur
e
professional
s
4.Itusesgui deli
nesforrelati
onship,ifnotspecifi
cdutiesofmemberstoeach
other,t
ot heircl
ient
sandt oothergr oups;
5.Itisausef ulresour
cefort heenrichmentorimpr ovementofthepr
ofessional
curri
culum.

Codeofet
hics

We,
themember
soft
hePhi
l
ippi
neAssoci
ati
onofSoci
alWor
ker
s,I
nc.bel
i
evi
ng:

 I
nt hei nherentwor t
handdi gnit
yofal lper sonsemanat ingf rom aSupr emeBei ng
whodi rectsouract i
onsofl ov eforoneanot her ;
 That ev ery human bei ng has nat uraland soci alr i
ghts,capaci ti
es and
responsi bi
li
ti
est odev elophi sfullpotentialasahumanbei ng;
 I
nt hehumanbei ng’scapaci tyt ochangeandr ecogni zet hev alueofuni tyin
diver si
ty, i
ndivi
dual dif
ferencesandpl uralism i nsoci et
y;
 I
nf r eemenandwomenl i
v i
nginaf r
eesoci etywher epov erty,inal lit
sf orms,is
neitheraf atenorapuni shmentbuti sacondi tionthatcanandmustbechanged.
 I
nt hef amilyast hebasi cuni tofsoci etyandi tsv it
alr olei nt hegr owthand
dev elopmentoft hei ndivi
dual ,t
hef ami l
ysy st em andt hecommuni ty;
 Thatt hegov ernment ,t
hepr ivatesect orandt hepubl i
chav eaj ointr esponsibi
lit
y
topr omot esoci aljusti
ceandt oensur et hepol it
ical,economi candsoci alwell-
beingofal lpeopl e;
 I
nt her oleofsoci alwor kersasagent sandadv ocatest ochangeandi nt he
promot ionofpr ofessionalism, responsibilit
yandaccount abil
it
y ;
and
 Thatourpr ofessionalpracticeisdeepl yroot edi nourcul t
ur alvalues.

Doher
ebydecl
aret
hatwewi
l
labi
debyt
hesest
andar
dsofet
hical
conduct
:

A.Rel
ati
vet
osel
fandt
hepr
ofessi
on

1.Toconductmy selfinamannerconsi stentwit


ht hephi l
osophy,pri
ncipl
es,
values
andbeliefsofthesocialwor kprofession;
2.To actatal lt imes wi t
h honest y,openness,and t ransparency i
n allmy
prof
essionaltransacti
ons;
3.To const ant
ly wor ktowar ds my own pr ofessionaladv ancementso as t o
contr
ibutetothepr omotionofsoci alworkpractice;
4.Tocont ri
butetimeandpr ofessi
onalexper t
isetoact iv
iti
esthatpromoterespect
fort
hei nt
egrit
yandcompet enceofsoci alworker s;
5.Toshar er esearchknowl edgeandpr acti
cewi sdom t ocol l
eaguesandot her
prof
essionals;

481
6.Tobev i
gilantandactt opr eventtheunaut hori
zedandunqual i
fi
edpr act
iceof
soci
al work;
7.Tosuppor tt heprofessionalassociati
ondul yorganizedandconsti
tutedforthe
prof
essional wel
fareofal lsoci
al workers;
8.Tor espondandv olunteermypr of
essionalservi
cesintimesofemergency;
9.Touphol dandpr otectthedignityandintegri
tyofthepr of
essi
on;
and
10.Topr omot eculturalvaluest hatwi l
lenhancet hepr acti
ceofthesoci alwork
prof
ession.

B.Rel
ati
vet
ocl
ient

1.To uphol dt he basic human r i


ghts of cli
ents and servet hem wi t
hout
di
scriminat
ion;
2.Toacceptpr i
mar yresponsibi
l
ityandaccountabi
li
tytocli
ents,
respecti
ngi nal
lmy
deal
ingswitht hem;
3.Toseekoutt hemar gi
nali
zedandensur eequalaccesstotheresources,servi
ces
andoppor t
unitiesr
equiredtomeetbasicneeds;and
4.To expend choi ce and opportuni
tyforal lpersons,wit
h specialr egar
df or
di
sadv ant
agedoroppr essedgr oupsorpersons.

C.Rel
ati
vet
ocol
leagues

1.To acknowledge and r espectt he prof


essionalexpertise ofotherdi scipl
ine
extendi
ngallnecessarycooper at
ionthatwill
enhanceef fect
iveserv
ices;
2.Tobr i
nganyv i
olat
ionofpr ofessi
onalethicsandst andar
dst otheatt
entionoft he
appropri
atebodiesinsideandout si
det hepr ofessi
onandensur et hatrelevant
cl
ientsareproperl
yinvolved;and
3.Toadv ocat
ewi t
hlegisl
ativeandpol i
cybodiesf orthewelfar
eofallcoll
eagues.

Soci
alwor
ker
s’oat
h

Ako si____
___
__ng ___
_____ayt aimti
m na nanunumpang i t
ataguyod ko at
i
pagt at
anggolangSali
gangBatasngPi li
pinas;naako’
ytunaynamananal i
gattatal
ima
ri
to;nasusundi nkoangmgaut osnal egal;atmgabatasnai pinahahay agngmga
sadyang iti
nakdang may kapangyari
han ng Republi
ka ng Pil
ipinas;atkusa kong
binabal
ikanangpananagut
angito,nangwal anganumangpasubal
i ohangaringumiwas.

Taimt
im parinakongnanunumpanasal ahatngpanahonatpookna
ki
naroroonan ay mahigpit kong panghahawakan ang mga et ikal at tunt
uning
propesyonalngmgaMangagawangPanl i
punanatmat apatkonggagampanannang
buonghusaysaabotngaki ngmakakay aangmgat ungkulinatpananagutangini
atang
saisangiti
nakdangMangagawangPanli
punan.

I
naddit
iont
othefor
egoi
ngCodeandOat h,thereareunwr
it
tendut
iesandobli
gat
ions
t
hatar
eexpect
edofapr
ofessi
onal
soci
alworker.Thefol
l
owi
ngaresomeofthese:

1.Dut
iest
owar
dscl
i
ent
s

A pr ofessionaldeals wit
h cli
entopenlyand frankly;is patient
,tolerant,and
considerateoft heclient
’spointofv i
ew,neverusest hreatsordecei t;i
spunct ualin
keepingappoi ntments,andmakesnocompr omisesshecannotkeep;i scar efuland
thoroughindeal i
ngwi thcl
ient
s’probl
ems,neverdiscr
iminatesagainstanyclient,giving
so-call
ed“ hopeless”casesasmuchat tent
ionaspromisingones;wi l
lactinrelati
ont oa
cli
ent’
spr oblem ont hebasisofadequateknowledgeofclient
’ssi
tuation.

2.Dut
iest
owar
dscol
l
eaguesandt
hepr
ofessi
on

Aprofessi
onali
scour
teousandf
airi
ndeali
ngwi
thco-wor
ker
s;cooper
ateswi
th
co-
wor
ker
si nthepursui
tofcommongoals;shoul
dmai
ntai
nhighstandar
dsofhonor
,

482
i
ntegri
tyandmor ali
ty;makesonlyconst r
ucti
vecr
it
icismsofco- wor ker
sandoft he
prof
ession;doesnotexpl
oitherprof
essionalmembership,anddisti
nguishesbet
ween
acti
vi
ti
esshedoesnotasapr i
vatecit
izenandasamemberoft heprofessi
on.

3.Dut
iest
owar
dst
heagency
/or
gani
zat
ion

A professi
onalisl oyaltoheragency ,cooperat
esint heachi evementofher
agency ’
sgoal,seeksoppor t
unit
yt oparti
cipat
eint heformulat
ionofpol ici
es,ther
eby
contri
buting t
ot heimpr ovementofagencyser vices,doesnotj ustopposeagency
poli
cieswi t
houtf i
rstdiscussingt hematterwiththeirappr
opr i
atepersons,observes
establi
shedagencyr ul
es,channel s,andprocedur
es,andadv ocatesfortheirchangeor
modi f
icati
onifthesearenotsat i
sfactor
y.

Modul
eG5
TheI
nter
nat
ionalFeder
ati
onf
orSoci
alwor
ker
s,I
nc.

Def
ini
ti
onofSoci
alWor
k

Thesoci
alworkprof
essionpr
omotessocialchange,pr
oblem-sol
vingi nhuman
r
elat
ionshi
psandempowermentandli
berat
ionofpeopletoenhancewell-
being.Uti
li
zing
t
heoriesofhumanbehaviorandsocialsy
stem,socialworkinterv
enesatt hepoints
wherepeoplei
nter
actwit
ht hei
renvi
ronments.Pr
inci
plesofhumanr i
ghtsandsoci al

483
j
ust
icear
efundament
alt
osoci
alwor
k.

I
nter
nat
ionalconv
ent
ion

Inter
nat
ionalhumanr i
ght
sdecl
arati
onandconvent
ionsf
rom commonst
andar
ds
ofachi
evement
, andrecogni
zeri
ght
sthatareaccept
edbythegl
obal
communit
y.

Document
spar
ti
cul
arl
yrel
evantt
osoci
alwor
kpr
act
iceandact
ionar
e:

1.Uni
v ersalDeclarat
ionofHumanRi ghts
2.TheI nter
nat i
onalCovenantonCi v
ilandPoli
ti
calRight
s
3.TheI nter
nat i
onalCovenantonEconomi c,Soci
al,
andCultur
alRi
ghts
4.TheConv enti
onont heElimi
nationofAllFormsofRacial
Discr
iminat
ion
5.The Conv enti
on on the El
iminati
on ofAl lFormsofDi scr
iminat
ion Agai
nst
Women
6.TheConv enti
onont heRightsoftheChild
7.I
ndigenousandTr ibalPeopl
esConv enti
on

Pr
inci
ples

A.HumanRi
ght
sandHumanDi
gni
ty

Soci
alWor ki
sbasedonr espectforthei
nher
entworthanddigni
tyofallpeopl
e,
andtheri
ghtsthatfoll
ow fr
om thi
s.Socialworker
sshouldupholdanddef endeach
per
son’
sphysical
,psychol
ogi
cal
,emot i
onal,andspi
ri
tuali
ntegr
it
yandwell-
being.Thi
s
means:

1.Respect ingt herighttosel f


-determi nati
on-socialworkersshouldr espectand
promot epeopl e’sr i
ghtst omaket heirownchoi cesanddecisions,irr
especti
ve
oft heirv aluesandl if
echoi ces,pr ov i
dedthisdoesnott hreatenther i
ghtand
l
egi ti
mat ei nter
estofot her s.
2.Promot ingt her i
ghtt opar ti
cipation–soci alworkersshoul
dpr omot et hefull
i
nv olvementand par ti
cipation ofpeopl e usi
ng theirservi
cesi n way sthat
enabl es t hem t o be empower ed i n allaspects ofdecisions and act i
ons
affectingt heirl
ives.
3.Treatingeachper sonasawhol e–soci alworkersshouldbeconcer nedwith
the whol e person,wi thi
nt he fami ly,communi tyand societaland nat ural
env i
ronment ,andshoul dseekt orecogni zeallaspectsofaperson’sl i
fe.
4.Identifyinganddev el
opingst r
engt hs– soci alworkersshoul dfocusont he
strengt hsofal li
ndi vi
duals,groups,andcommuni ti
esandt huspr omot etheir
empower ment .

B.Soci
alJust
ice

Soci
alwor ker
shavear esponsi
bil
i
tytopromot
esocialjust
ice,i
nr el
ati
ont
o
soci
etygener
all
y,andinr
elat
iont
othepeoplewi
thwhom t
heywork.Thismeans:

1.Challengingnegat i
vedi scriminati
on– soci alworkershav ear esponsi
bil
it
yt o
chall
engenegat ivediscri
mi nati
onont hebasi sofcharact er
ist
icssuchasabi lit
y,
age,cul ture,gender ,orsex,mar italst atus,socio-
economi c st
atus,poli
tical
opinions,ski n colororot herphy sicalchar acter
ist
ics,sex ualorient
ati
on,or
spiri
tualbelief.
2.Recogni zingdiversit
y–soci alwor ker sshoul drecognizeandr especttheethnic
andcul turaldi v
ersit
yofsoci etiesi nwhi cht heypractice,taki
ngaccount sof
i
ndividuals,family,gr
oupandcommuni tydiffer
ences.
3.Distr
ibutingr esourcesequi tably–soci alwor kersshouldensur ethatresources
attheirdisposal aredist
ributedfair
ly ,accordingtoneed.
4.Challengingunj ustpol i
ciesandpr act i
ces– soci alwor kershav ethei
rdutyt o

484
bri
ng tot heat tentionoft heirempl oyers,pol icymaker s,poli
ti
ciansand t he
generalpubli
csit uationswher epeopl earel i
vingi npov ert
y ,wher
eresour cesare
i
nadequat e orwher e dist
ributi
on ofr esour ces,pol ici
es and pr act
ices are
oppressi
v e,
unfairandhar mful.
5.Workingi nsolidar i
ty– soci alwor kershav eanobl igat i
ont ochallengesoci al
condit
ionsthatcont r i
butetosoci alexcl
usi on,stigmatizationorsubjugation,and
towor ktowardsani ncl usi
vesociety.

Pr
ofessi
onal
conduct

I
tistheresponsi
bil
i
tyofthenat
ionalor
ganizati
onsi
nmember shipofIFSW t
o
devel
opandr egul
arl
yupdatethei
rowncodeofet hicsoret
hicalgui
del
inescurr
enti
n
thei
rcount
ry.

Soci alwor ker sshoul dacti naccor dancewi tht heet hicalcodeorgui delines
curr
enttot henat ional cont ex t
.Thef ollowi nggener algui deli
nesonpr of essi onal conduct
appl
y :
1.Soci alwor ker sar eexpect edt odev elopandmai nt aint her equi r
edski l
l
sand
compet encet odot heirjob.
2.Soci alwor ker sshoul dnotal l
ow t heirski ll
sbeusedf ori nhumanepur poses,
suchast or tur eort er r
orism.
3.Soci alwor ker s shoul d actwi thi ntegr i
t y– t hisi ncludes notabusi ng t he
rel
at ionshi p oft rustwi t
ht he peopl e usi ng t heirser vices,r ecogni zing t he
boundar i
es bet ween per sonaland pr of essionall i
f e,and notabusi ng t hei
r
posi ti
onf orper sonal benef itorgai n.
4.Soci alwor ker sshoul dacti nr elationt ot hepeopl eusi ngt hei rser vi
ceswi th
compassi on, empat hyandcar e.
5.Soci alwor ker sshoul dnotsubor dinat et heneedsori nterestofpeopl ewhouse
theirser vicest ot hei rownneedsori nterest .
6.Soci alwor ker shav eadut yt ot akenecessar yst epst ocar ef ort hemsel ves
prof essional lyandper sonal lyi nt hewor kpl aceandi nsoci ety,inor dert oensur e
thatt heyar eabl et opr ovideappr opr iateser vi
ces.
7.Soci alwor ker s shoul d mai nt ain conf i
dent i
alityr egar ding i nf or mat i
on about
peopl ewhouset heirser v i
ces.Except ionst ot hismayonl ybej ustifi
edont he
basi sofagr eat eret hical requi rement( suchast hepr eser vationofl ife).
8.Soci alwor ker sneedt oacknowl edget hatt heyar eaccount ablef ort heiract ions
tot heircl ient s,t hepeopl et heywor kwi th,t heircol l
eagues,t hei rempl oy ers,the
prof essionalassoci at i
onandt ot hel aw,andt hatt heseaccount abili
tiesmay
conf li
ct .
9.Soci alwor ker shav eadut yt ocol labor atewi tht heschoolofsoci alwor kinor der
tosuppor tsoci alwor kst udent st ogetpr act i
calt rainingofgoodqual it
yandup
todat epr act ical knowl edge.
10.Soci alwor ker sshoul dfost erandengagei nethi caldebat ewi t
ht hei rcol l
eagues
andempl oy ersandt aker esponsi bi l
ityformaki nget hical l
yi nfor meddeci sions.
11.Soci alwor ker sshoul dbepr epar edt ost atet her easonsf ort hei rdeci sions
based onet hicalconsi der ations,and beaccount ablef ort hei rchoi cesand
actions.
12.Soci alwor ker sshoul dwor kt ocr eatecondi ti
onsi nempl oy i
ngagenci esandt hei
r
count r
ieswher et hepr incipl eoft hisst at ementandt hoseoft hei rownnat i
onal
code( ifappl i
cabl e)ar edi scussed, ev aluat ed,anduphel d.

Ar
easofet
hicaldi
lemmast
hatsoci
alwor
ker
sface:

1.Manipulati
on– comesi nmanyf orms,suchasi nthemat terofinfl
uencing
cl
ient
st oacti nwayawor kerwant st hem t oacti nr esponsetoagi ven
si
tuat
ion,ormani pul
atingagencyreportstoj usti
fybudgetaryrequest
s.
2.Advocacy– i nthecauseofadv ocacy,somepr omot eunnecessaryconfli
ct
si
tuat
ion,r esor
ti
ng tov ari
ous machinat i
ons,i ncl
uding the use ofinsults,
embarrassment, distort
ion of t r
uth, di srupti
on, and v iol
ence. Rati
onal
pr
ocessesar esetaside,“fort
heendj usti
fiest hemeans”.

485
3.Conf li
cting l oy alt
ies – al though l oyaltyt o one’s agency as among t he
professi onal’sdut iest oheragencyoror ganizati
on,l
oy altytoone’scol leagues
(orpr ofessi onalgr oup)asoneoft woar easar oundwhi chnor msgov erning
coll
eaguesr elat i
onscl uster.Theyr efert ot hisas“uni t
yt owardoutgr oups” ,
which meanst hatpr ofessional suni te agai nstoutsiderwho t hreat enst he
pri
vilegesandr ewar dsoft hegr oup.Thus,anaccept ednor minapr of ession
l
ikemedi cinei s“ donot hingandadmi ttonot hingwhi chwi l
ldi scr editt he
professi onint heey esofout sider s”.
4.Cultur alandot herr eali
ties–ourcul t
urepr esentscertainet hi
caldilemmast o
thesoci alwor ker.Forexampl e,t hesoci alwor kerisexpect edtof ollow t he
establ i
shedr ulesandpr ocedur esofanagency .Howev er,ourwor kersknow
thatourper sonal i
sticcul tureof tencal lsfortheuseofper sonal“connect ions”
tofaci li
tateact iononacl ient’
sr equest .Theuseofone’ sconnect i
ons, howev er,
quiteof tenmeanst hatonehast odi sregardaccept edagencyr ul
esorchannel s,
witht her esul t
antef f
ectt hatone’ ssuccessi nusing“ connect i
ons”canbet o
thedi sadv ant ageofanot herwor ker .

Concl
usi
on:

Thequalit
yoft hepersondeci dingtobepr ofessionalsocialworkeriscrucial
.It
goesbey ondsoci
oeconomi clevel,int
ell
igencequoti
ent,mot i
vat
ions,andaspirati
ons.It
shoul
di ncludeacertai
ndegr eeofper sonalidenti
ty,hungerf orchangeandcr eati
vi
ty,
opennesst olear
ning,rel
earning,anddi scover
y.Internali
zingpr of
essionalphil
osophy
andethicswouldrequir
etheseat t
ribut
es.

The essence ofsocialworkphil


osophyand et
hicscannotbe “
taught,
”but

imbi
bed.”I
ft heyare“taught,
”theyremainext
ernalt
ot heprof
essi
onal
;iftheyare

imbi
bed,
”theybecomepar toftheper
son.

Ourprofession demands fr
om us a gr
eatper sonaldiscipl
ine suffi
cientfor
carr
yingoutourobject
ivesofpromoti
nghumanwel f
areandhappi ness,sothatbot hour
cl
ientsandwewi l
lbeinabetterposi
ti
ontof
ulf
il
ltheendf orwhi
chGodcr eatedman.

Modul
eH
Knowl
edgeFoundat
ionofSoci
alWor
k

 Likeallotherprofessi
ons,socialworkderiv
esknowledgefrom av ariet
yof
sources,i
.e.
,bor
rowedknowl edgegenerat
edandt est
edinthebasi cprinci
ples
(psychol
ogy,ant
hropology,soci
ology
,etc.
);knowl
edgefrom otherprofessions
(humanser vi
ceprofessi
onsborrow knowl
edgef r
om eachother,l
ikemedi cine

486
andsoci
alwor
k),
andknowl
edgef
rom t
hepr
ofessi
oni
tsel
f.

 Alf
red Kadushin stat
es that t
he “knowl
edge base of soci
alwor kisa
comprehensivetopi
cwhich encompassest hefact
sand theor
ies,ski
l
lsand
att
it
udes,necessar
yforef
fecti
ve,
eff
ici
entpr
acti
ce.

o SocialWel f
arePol icyandSer vices,al sor eferredt oasWel farePol i
cy ,
Progr amsandSer vi
cesi sconcer nedwi tht heor ganizati
on,admi nistrati
on,
and oper ation ofsoci alwel fare pr ogr ams and ser vi
ces whi ch ar e
establ i
shedi nsoci et yinor dert omeethumanneedsandpr oblems,t he
developmentoft hesepol iciesandpr ogr ams,t heinterrel
ati
onshi poft he
agenci eswhi chunder taket hem, andt henat ureofneedsbei ngser vedby
thesepr ograms
o HumanBehav iorandSoci alEnv ir
onmenti sconcer nedwi ththemat erial
necessar yf orunder standing the cl i
enti n his problem si t
uat i
on,t he
dynami csofi ndivi
dualandgr oupbehav i
or ,andofgr oupandcommuni ty
processeswhi chaf fectori nfl
uencet hei ndividual,thegr oupandt he
communi ty.
o SocialWor kPr acti
ce,commonl yr eferredt oasSoci alWor kMet hods,i s
concer nedwi tht heact ualpr ocessbywhi cht hesoci alworkerhel psher
cli
ent -ani ndiv i
dual, group, orcommuni ty,themet hodsandt echniquesof
helping,t her esour cesnecessar yf orhel ping,aswel last heappr opriate
atti
tudest hatf aci
li
tat ethehel pingpr ocess.

THEESSENTI
ALELEMENTSI
NSOCI
ALWORKPRACTI
CE

Theessential
element
sinsocialwor
kpracti
cearet
heclient
,wor ker
,pr
oblem and
process.Li
ppit
t,WatsonandWest l
ey,inTheDynamicsofPlannedChange,pr ovi
deus
withausef ulfr
amewor kforunder
standi
ngtheseelements.Thev eryideaofpl aci
ng
them inthecontextof“pl
annedchange”isuseful
,foraf
teral
l,socialworkisplanned
change.

Planned Changei sdef ined aschangeor i


ginat
ing f
rom adeci sion to make
deli
berateef fortt oimprovet hesystem andt oobtainthehelpofanout sideagenti n
maki ngt hisimpr ovement.Thedeci si
ont omakeachangemay bemadebyt hesystem
i
tself,af terexper i
enci
ng pai n( malf
unctioni
ng),ordi scoveri
ng the possi bi
l
ity of
i
mpr ovement ,orbyanout si
dechangeagentwhoobser vestheneedf orchangei na
part
icularsy stem andt akesthei ni
ti
ati
veinestabli
shingahelpingrel
ati
onshi pwiththat
system.
 Cl ientSy stem – thespeci fi
csy st
em t hati
sbei nghelpedsuchani ndi
vidual
,
fami l
y,asmal lgroup,andacommuni ty.

Thet
erm“
cli
entsy
stem”canmeananyoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

1.The per sonalitysy stem whi ch consists ofr elat


ed sub- parts;t he conscious,
unconsci ous,themi ndandt hebody ;
2.Thegr oup: famili
es, commi ttee,staffs,cl
ubs, andot hersmal lersoci alunit
s;
3.Theor ganization:anyoft helargersoci alsystem whi chcompr i
set hecommuni t
y:
business or ganizations,wel far
e agenci es,educat ionali nstit
utions,r el
igi
ous
associations,governmentbur eaus,politi
calpar ti
es;
4.Thecommuni tymadeupofav ari
etyofi nteracti
ngsub- parts,e. g.
’indivi
dual
ci
tizens,informalint erestgroups, organizedoccupat ionalorpol it
icalsub-groups,
economi candsoci al str
ata,geogr aphicalunits,etc.

 Prof essionalChangeAgent– i sasoci alworkerwhosehel pingfunctionsar e


facili
tatedbypar aprofessionals,i
ndigenouscommuni tyl
eader s,andv olunteers.
Apar tfrom herpr ofessionaleducationandherpr acti
ceski
lls,thesocialwor ker
shoul dbeendowedwi t
hcer t
ainpersonali
tytr
ait
s,amongt hemosti mpor tantof
whi char egenuinelikingf orpeople,warmth,emot i
onalmaturity,i
ntegri
ty,anda
strongsenseofr esponsi bi
li
ty.

487
 the“outsideagent
”whowor kswithpart
icul
arcli
entsystems
 Thepr oblem orsi
tuat
iontobeassessedi sthereasonf ort
heentr
yofachange
agent.
 The pr ocess orthe dev
elopmentoft he hel
ping r
elati
onshi
pis def
ined as
consistingofthef
oll
owing“phasesofpl
annedchange” :

 Phase1:t hecli
entsy stem discov erstheneedf orhelp,somet i
meswi t
h
sti
mulati
onbyt hechangeagent .
 Phase2:thehelpi
ngr el
at i
onshipisest abli
shedanddef i
ned.
 Phase3:thechangepr oblem i
si denti
fiedandclari
fi
ed.
 Phase4:Al t
ernat
ivepossi bil
it
iesf orchangear eexami ned;changegoal
s
orint
enti
onsar eestablished
 Phase5:Changeef fortsinther eali
tysituati
onareattempt ed.
 Phase6:Changei sgener ali
zedandst abil
ized
 Phase7:Thehel pingr elati
onshipendsoradi ff
erentt y
peofcont i
nui
ng
rel
ati
onshipisdefi
ned.

Li
ppittdescr
ibest
woconceptsusef
ulinunder
standi
ngthedynami
csofpl
anned
change.Thesearetheconcept
sofchangef
orceandresi
stancef
orce.

a)ChangeFor ce–i sanaspectoft hesit


uati
onwhi chincreasest hewill
i
ngnessof
theclientsystem t omakepr oposedchange.I tmayber ati
onalori rr
ati
onal
,
recognizedorunr ecognized,generalorspeci
fic.I
tmayor i
ginatefrom thecli
ent
system, t
heenv i
ronment ,orthechangeagent.
b)Resist
anceFor ce–i sanaspectoft hesit
uati
onwhi chreducest hewill
ingnessof
thecli
entsystem tochange.Justl i
kechangeforce,
itmayber at
ionalorirr
ati
onal
,
recognizedorunr ecognized,generalorspeci
fic.I
tmayor i
ginatefrom thecli
ent
system, f
rom t
heenv i
ronment ,
orf r
om thechangeagent.

 Probl
em –ar i
sesfr
om someneedorobst acl
eoraccumulationoffr
ustr
ationor
maladjustments,and someti
mesallthese toget
her,whi
ch t hr
eat
ensorhas
al
readyat t
ackedtheadequacyofaper
son’sli
vingsit
uat
ion ortheef
fect
iveness
ofhiseffort
stodealwithi
t.

THEHELPI
NG/
PROBLEM-
SOLVI
NGPROCESS

 Origi
noftheproblem -solv
ing
 AccordingtoJohnDewey1933,t heproblem solv
ingbehaviori
sbasedonthe
refl
ecti
vethoughtthatbeginswi
thafeeli
ngofdoubtorconf usi
on.
 Inordertosolveapr oblem,apersonfoll
owsar at
ionalpr
ocedur
econsi
sti
ngof
stepsinanorderl
ysequence.

TheSt
epsi
ntheSoci
alWor
kHel
pingPr
ocess

Thesoci
alwor
khel
pingpr
ocessconsi
stsofthef
oll
owingsequenti
alst
epswhich
ar
efol
lowedwhenworki
ngwithanytypeofcli
entsyst
em,i.
e.,i
ndi
vidual
,famil
y,smal
l
gr
oup,
community:

1.Assessment
2.Planning
3.I
nt erventi
onorPl anImplementat
ion
4.Evaluationand
5.Ter mination
Thef i
rstt wo stepsar econsider
ed astheBegi nni
ng Phaseoft heHelpi
ng
Process;t
het hir
dst epist heMiddleorInter
vent
ionPhase;thelastt
wocomprisethe
EndingPhase.
Remembert hatonesteporphasehast obeenti
rel
ycompletedbef
oremovingon
tothenext.

488
TheHel
pingRel
ati
onshi
p

Thewor ker-
cli
entr el
ati
onshipissuchacr ucialf actoritcanspel lt
hediff
erence
betweensuccessf ulorunsuccessf ulprobl em- solvi
ng.“ Rel ati
onship”i sabasicconcept
i
n soci alwor k.Al loft he worker’
s pr of essionalr elationshi ps shouldinvol
ve self
-
discipli
neandsel f
-awareness.Theconsci oususeofone’ ssel f,inthecourseofhelping
requiresj udgmentandmat ur
it
y.EmanuelTr opphaddev el
opedani mport
antsetof
statement swhi ch,whil
er elati
ngprimaril
yt ot hesoci alwor ker’spresentat
ionofselfto
the gr oup,coul dv ery wel lsum up t he essent ialchar acteri
sti
cs oft he worker’
s
present ationofsel ftoeachofhercl ients, whet heratt heirf ir
stmeet ingorinthecourse
ofthehel pingrelati
onship:

1.Compassi on-Ideeplycar eabouty ou.


2.Mut ual ity-Wear eher eonacommonhumanl evel;l
et ’
sagr eeonapl anandt hen
l
et’swal kt hepat htoget her .
3.Humi l
ity -Pleasehel pmet ounder st and.
4.Respect -Iconsi dery ouashav i
ngwor th.It reaty ouri deasandf eel
i
ngswi th
consi der ation.Idonoti ntrudeupony ourper son.
5.Openness-Iof fermy selft oy ouasy ouseeme: real,genui neandaut hentic.
6.Empat hy -Iam t ryi
ngt of eel whaty ouaref eeli
ng.
7.I nvolvement -Iam tryingt oshar eandhel pi nyouref fort.
8.Suppor t-Iwi lll
endmyconv ictionandbackupy ourpr ogress.
9.Expect ation-Ihav econf i
dencet haty oucanachi evey ourgoal s.
10.Limitat ion- I must r emi nd me of y our agr eed-upon obl igati
on.
Conf ront at i
on-Imustasky out olookat y ourself.
11.Planni ng-Iwi l
lalway sbr ingpr oposal s,butIwoul dratherhav ey ours.
12.Enabl ing-Iam her etohel py oubecomemor eable, mor epower ful.
13.Spont anei tyandcont rol-Iwi llbeasopenaspossi ble,yetImustr ecognizet hat
,
i
ny ourbehal f,Ineedt oexer cisesomesel fcontrol.
14.Roleandper son-Iam bot hahumanbei ngl i
key ouandasoci alrepresentativ
eof
anagency ,witha special functiontoper form.
15.Scienceandar t-Ihopet obr ingy oupr ofessionalski ll
swhi chmustbebasedon
organi zedknowl edge,buti ndeal ingwi thpeopl e,andmyhumani tymustl endar t
togr acet hesci ence.

489
FI
ELDS
OF
SOCI
ALWORK
Rev
iewer
:
Ms.Gl
ori
aCeci
li
aBer
nal

I
. TRADI
TIONALSETTI
NGS

490
A.PUBLI
CASSI
STANCE

Isasol dashistory.I
texi
stedwaybackSpanishtimeswhent r
ibesr esor
tedto
MUTUALAI DANDPROTECTI ONint i
mesofneed.Itwil
lneverbeobsol
ete,especi
all
yin
acountr
ylikeoursravagedbyWor ldWarII
,pocketrevol
ts,di
spl
acementsoff amil
ies,
nat
ural
disaster
sandincreasi
ngrat
eofpovert
y.

Wear esituatedi nt hePacifi


cRim wher
ei ntheWi deOceanoft hepacifi
ct heheat
andcol dmeet ,thuspr oducingtyphoonsorsupert yphoons.Wehav et y
phoonsev er
y
yearandsev eralti
mesay ear
.Wehav ebeenvisi
tedbyt hestrongestt yphoonrecordedin
human hi st
ory whi ch had caused damage ofpr opert
y and l oss ofl iv
es bey ond
i
magi nati
on.Fort his,reason,theimageofDSWDasr eli
efgivi
nggov ernmentagencywi ll
bediffi
culttoer asef rom themi ndsofthepublic.Socialwor kerswi l
lbecont inuousl
y
vi
ewedasr eli
efwor kers.Thisstandsasoneoft hemaj orchal l
engesoft hepr ofessi
on
hereinthePhilippines.(Bernal2017)

 PUBLI
C ASSI STANCE r ef
erstot he f
inanci
alassist
ance and fi
nanci
alai
d
ext
ended byt he gover
nmentt oindi
vi
duals and f
amili
es who do nothav
e
suf
fi
cientr
esourcestosustai
nthemsel
ves.

TodayPUBLICASSI STANCEi svi


ewedasinst
rumentofdevel
opment,thepoor
,the
needy,andthedi sadvantagedmembersofsocietyar
eassist
edbyt hest at
eintheir
eff
orttouplif
tt heirsocio-economi
ccondi
ti
onandi mprov
et hei
rstandardofli
v i
ng
thr
oughthediff
erentdev el
opmentprogr
amsandservi
ces.

B.CHI
LDWELFARE

Chi
ldwelf
arestandsast heoldestwel f
areprogram i
nthePhili
ppi
nes,havi
ng
exist
ed si
ncepre-Spani
sh per
iod.During t
heSpani sh col
oni
zati
on i
twast heonly
program t
hatwasgivenatt
enti
onwiththeest abl
ishmentoftwo(2)or
phanagesrunby
rel
igi
ous:HOSPI
CIODESANJOSE( 1882) ;
ASILODESANVI CENTEDEPAUL( 1885)

Dur
ing t
he1960schi l
d wel
far
epr ogr
am recei
ved a boostwit
ht heUNICEF
ASSI
STED SOCIALSERVICES.A si
gni
fi
cantsupportcamefrom theformerfir
stlady
I
meldaMarcoswhopouredquit
easum ofmoneytoimprovefaci
li
ti
esandserv
ices.

WHYI
STHEREANEEDFORCHI
LDWELFAREPROGRAMS?

1.Chil
drenarethemostv ulnerablesect
orofsociet
y
2.Withouta stabl
ef amilyt heyar eexposed to allt hehazardsofthesoci al
envir
onment.
3.Chil
dreninthei
rtenderagear edependenttowardt heirf
amil
iespr
acti
call
yinall
thei
rneeds.
4.Incaseoffail
ureofthef amilytoperfor
mi t
sfunctiont hest
atehastotakeover.
Based on the PRINCI PLE OF PARENS PATRI AE,ort he STATE AS THE
GUARDI ANOFALL.

WHYI
STHEREANEEDFORASTRONGLEGI SLATIONFORPROTECTI ONOFCHI LDREN?
1.Thest at
ehast oproveit
sser i
ousnessi nenfor
cingsancti
onstothosewhoabuse
chil
drenormi nor
s.
2.Legisl
ationsarest
rongprotectionagainstabuseandv i
olati
onofri
ghts.
3.Legisl
ationsarecarr
iedont henat i
onalscalehencethel ongarm ofthelawwil
l
reachv i
olat
orsandabusersev erywhere.

LEGI
SLATI
ONSRELATEDTOTHEWELFAREOFCHI
LDREN:

491
1.PD603–TheChildandYouthWelf
areCode
2.RA7610–LawagainstChil
dAbuse
3.RA9262–Viol
enceagainstwomenandchi
ldr
en

CHI
LDWELFARESERVI ESAREOFTWO( 2)CATEGORI ES:
1. DayCar eSer vice– chi l
drenbel ow 6y earsarepr ov i
dedpar tti
mesubst i
tute
parentalcarewhi l
etheirwor kingmot hersareoutsi
det hehome.
2. Chil
d Pl acementSer vi
ces – mi norswho ar enegl ect ed,abandoned,abused,
orphanedordest i
tutearepr ovidedsubstit
utehomepl acement .
a)Adopt i
on– pr ovidesper manentsubstit
utecar ef ort hechildwhenhi s
parentsar eeitherunabl eorunwi l
li
ngtocaref orhi m/ her.
b)Guar dianshi p–chi ldrenwhoar edependent ,negl ectedorproblemati
car e
providedwi t
hcour tappoi nt
edguar di
anst opr ovidesubst i
tutepar
ent al
care,tempor aril
yorper manentl
ywheni nsti
tutional careoradopt i
oni
snot
possible.
c) Fost erHomeCar e–t hisref
erst otheprovisionoft emporarysubsti
tute
familycar eifadoptioni sneit
herpossibl
enordesi r
able.
d)Resi dent i
alCar e/I
nst i
tuti
onalPlacement–i nst i
tuti
onalplant omeett he
needsoft hechi l
d.

ROLEOFSOCIALWORKERS
1.Caseworkwi t
hf amil
ies
2.Lear
nthepsy chologyofchildr
en
3.Keepabreastont helat
estlegi
slationonchildr
en
4.Makeast andoni ssuesaff
ectingchi l
dren’
swelfar
e
5.Mayinvolvethemselvesinresearch,planni
ngandpoli
cyf
ormul
ati
on
6.Lobbyforlegi
slati
onaffect
ingchildren

C.FAMI
LYWELFARE

I
sbr oadlydefinedasacomposi t
einter
venti
vet echni
ques,act
ivi
ti
esormeasures
focused on t he prev enti
ve orresol
ution ofproblems oft he rol
ef unct
ioni
ng and
rel
ationshi
pst hatthreatenst hest
abi
li
tyofthefamily.
Therearepr ogr amsandser vi
cesdesignedt odev el
opthepr obl
em solv
ingand
copingcapaci ti
esoff ami l
iesandindi
vidualmember ssoast oimproveandstrengt
hen
thequalit
yoff amilylif
e.Theyar e:
1.Fami l
yLi feEducati
onandCounseling
2.Fami l
yAssi stanceandCounseli
ng
3.Fami l
yPl anningandCounseli
ngSer v
ice

WHYI
STHEREANEEDTOPROMOTEFAMI LYWELFARE?
 Asbasi cunitofsociety
.Itisonlythefami l
yt hatissanct i
onedt operf
ormt he
reproductiv
eandr eari
ngfuncti
onofsoci ety;ithast hemi ssi
ont operpet
uate
humani ty;thechildreceiv
est hef i
rstsocial
izati
onandeducat i
onexper i
ence
from thefami ly
;whenthefamil
yfailsthestatehast hedutyt otakeover
.
 Count l
ess f amil
i
es ar e affected by t he dy sfuncti
oning of soci ety
.
Disenfranchisement,bal
anceofpay mentdef i
cit,i
nflat
ionetc.beardownont he
familycan cause l oos ofjobs,under employ mentov erseas employmentor
commi ssi
onofcr i
mes.

ROLESOFTHESOCI ALWORKERS
1.Engagingthefamil
yi naproblem sol
vi
ngrel
ati
onshi
p
2.Mobil
izingorcreat
ingresources
3.Sol
ici
tsupportforindiv
idualandgroups

492
D.CORRECTI
ON/
COURT

Isdefinedastheadministr
ati
onofpenal
tyinsuchawaythattheoff
enderi
s
corr
ected,thatishiscur
rentbehavi
oriskeptwi
thi
naccept
abl
eli
mitsattheti
mehis
generall
if
eadj ust
menti
smodifi
ed.

Whati
spr
obat
ion?
I
sapr ocessoft r
eatmentpr escribedbyt hecourtforaper
sonconvict
edof
off
ensesagainstthel aw duri
ngwhi cht hei ndi
vi
dualort hepr
obat
ionerl
i
vesinthe
communityandr egulat
eshisownl i
feundercondi ti
onsimposedbythecourt
sandis
subj
ecttosuperv
isionbyapr obat
ionofficer.

Whati
spar
ole?
Isr
eleaseofpri
soner
sundersuper
visi
onbef
oreexpi
rat
ionofhi
ssent
ence.The
conv
ict
edpersonshoul
dhavemai
ntai
nedgoodbehavi
ori
nordertoqual
i
fy.

Whati
sIndet
ermi
nat
eSent
enceLaw?(
Act4103)
I
tisint
endedtofavortheaccusedandt oshort
ent het er
m ofi
mprisonment
,
dependi
nguponhisbehavi
orandphysical
,mentalandmoralrecordasapri
sonertobe
deter
minedbytheBoar
dofIndeter
minateSent
ence.

Ter
mstobef amili
arwithinthefiel
dofcor r
ection:
 Recidivi
st–i sonewhoatt hetimeofhi stri
alforonecrimeshal lhav
ebeen
previousl
yconv i
ctedbyf i
naljudgmentofanot hercr
imeembr acedinthesame
ti
tl
ei nthePenal Code.
 HabitualDeli
nquency–Whenaper sonwi t
hintheperi
odof10y earsfr
om t he
dateofhi sreleaseorl astconv i
cti
onoft hecr i
meofseriousphy si
cali
njuri
es,
robbery,t
heft
,est af
a,falsi
fi
cationisfoundguil
tyofanyofsuchcr i
mesat hir
dor
oftener.

E.JUVENI
LEJUSTI
CE

Ter
mstobef ami liarwith:
1.RELEASEONRECOGNI ZANCE–apr i
vil
egegr antedt omi nor sondet entiontobe
abletor eturnt othei
rf amili
esorcommuni tiesasl ongast herear eor ganizat
ions
orper sonswhowi l
lprov i
desuper visionwhi let r
ialoft hecasei snoty etov er(thi
s
i
sequi valentt obailforadultof f
ender s).
2.LAW ON SUSPENDED SENTENCE – mi nor s who ar e conv i
ct ed befor ethey
reached18y earsoldar eenti
tledf orsuspendedsent enceunt iltheyr eachedt hei
r
th
18 bi rthday .
3.RA 9344OR THEDI VERSION LAW – anexempt ingci rcumst ancegr antedt o
minor swho ar ebel ow 15 y ears,butt heyar esuper vised bymeansoft he
Diversionpr ogram impl ementedbyt helocal governmentsoci al welfareser vi
ces
4.YOUTHREHABI LITATIONCENTERS–ar ef acili
ti
esofDSWDt or ehabili
tateyouth
offender swhoei t
herar eawai ti
ngt rialorwai t
ingf ort hesent encet obehanded
downwhent heyreached18y earsol d

SOMESIGNI FI
CANTDEVELOPMENTI NTHEREHABI LITATIONOFYOUTHOFFENDERS
 Yout h of f
enderswho plead guil
tytot hecr i
met heycommi t
ted beforethey
reached18y ear
soldaretoserveonlyunti
ltheyreached21y ear
sold,regardl
ess
ofthegr avi
tyofthecri
mecommi t
ted
 TheDi versi
onLawi sundergoi
ngatpresentchangesi nCongressthati
sl ower
ing
theageofl iabi
l
ityofminors.Thisisnow ahi ghlydebatabl
eissuet hatsocial
workersshoul dbeawareofandbeabl etomakeast and

493
F.SCHOOLSOCI
ALWORK

Exi
stpri
mari
lyt
o pr
ov i
dehel
ping ser
vicet
ot hosestudent
swi t
hsoci aland
emoti
onalcauses whi
ch i
nter
fer
e wi
tht hei
radjust
ments and potent
ialacademic
achi
evement.

Commonproblems:
1.Ir
regularat
tendance
2.Healthproblems
3.Behaviorproblem
4.Learni
ngdifficul
ty

G.HEALTH/
MEDI
CALSETTI
NG

THE LEGAL BASI


S FOR ESTABLI
SHMENT OF MEDI
CAL SOCI
AL SERVI
CE I
N
GOVERNMENTHOSPITALS:

RA747–Mandati
ngal
lgov
ernmenthospi
tal
swi
th100–bedcapaci
tyt
opr
ovi
de
MEDI
CALSOCIALSERVI
CE.

Funct
ionofsoci
alwor
kinmedi
calset
ti
ng:
1.Hel
ppat i
entstohavebett
eracceptanceofthei
ril
l
ness
2.Toprovi
demedi cal
personnelonthebackgroundofthepat
ient
3.Conducthealt
heducati
ontopatientsandthei
rfamil
i
es

Speci
fi
csoci alworkactivit
ies:
1.El i
gibil
i
tystudies–t odet erminefinancialcapacit
iesofpati
entsfort hem tobe
abletopayhospi talbil
lsorbedecl aredasi ndigent
2.I nt
erpretati
onofhospi talpoli
ciesandr egulati
onstopati
entsandtheirfamil
ies
3.Dat agat heri
ngont hepat ients’socialsi
tuati
ont oassi
stmedicalstaffatarri
vi
ng
atcorrectdiagnosis
4.Per formingcoordinatingandl iai
sonact i
vit
ies

H.I
NDUSTRI
AL/
CORPORATE

Thi
sisasoci alworkpracti
ceintheindustr
ialsetti
ng.
Thesearetheconcernsofsocial workacti
vit
ies:
1.Efforttoimprovebenefitsassocialsecurit
yhealt
handgeneralwel
far
e
2.Selectionofwor ker
sfortheempl oyer
3.Assistempl oyeesandt hei
rfamili
esint hei
rpersonal
,heal
thandfi
nanci
al
pr
oblems.

ACTIVI
TIESOFSOCI ALWORKER
1.Counseli
ngempl oyeesonwor kandnon-workrel
atedpr
obl
ems
2.Engageininfor
mationandeducat i
onprogram
3.Fami l
ycounsel
ing
4.Makingempl oy
eesunder standcompanypoli
cies
5.Inter
pret
ingworker
s’ needsandprobl
em tomanagementandempl
oyer
s

Compani
eswhichempl
oyedsoci
alwor
kers:
1.MERALCO
2.SARMI ENTOGROUPOFCOMPANI ES
3.VICTORIASMILLI
NGCOMPANY( asugarr
efi
ner
yfoundi
nVi
ctor
iasCi
ty,Negr
os
Occi
dental
)

494
I
. SPECI
ALGROUPS

1.DRUGDEPENDENTS
Areper sonswhoasar esultofper iodicuseofdr ugshav edev eloped
physicalandpsy chologicalneedf ort hesedr ugs.Theper soni spr eoccupiedwi th
theacquisitionandcompul si
veuseofdr ugsdespi tei tsnegat iveconsequences.
Thisi sawor ldwi depr oblem andaser iouspr obl em f orgov ernmentt o
consider.Ther ei sanappr oxi
mat enumberi nt hePhi l
ippi neswi that otalof1. 8
mill
ion.Var iousgov ernmentagenci eshav ebeencr eat edf ort hepur poseof
resolvi
ngt hepr oblem.Li kewisel egi
sl ati
onswer epassedwhi chwer er epeat edly
amendedt oi mposest iffpenalty.Thel atestlegisl
at ioni sRA9165knownast he
COMPREHENSI VEDANGEROUSDRUGACTOF2002.
Detent i
onCent ersinmaj orcitiesi nthePhi lippinesi ncludingZamboanga
arecongest edwi t
hal most95% oft hei nmat eswi thdr ugr elatedcases.Rehab
faci
lit
iesar eni land ar enotabl et o copewi tht her ising st ati
sti
csofdr ug
dependent s.
Resol vi
ngt hi
spr oblem becamet hecampai gnpl atfor m ofacandi datef or
presidency.Tr ulythepr oblem isal ar
mi ng.Ithashi tmember soff ami l
i
esr i
chand
poor.Thepoorbecamet heeasyt ar
getbecauseoft headdedat tracti
onofbei ng
ablet osel landmakemoney .Housewi veswhodesi readdedi ncomef ort he
familyarenotexempt ed.
I
not herwor ds,dr ugsel l
ingi saf orm ofl i
v elihood.Dr ugdependent sar e
eventuall
yt urnedi nto“ pusher s”inor dert osuppor tt heirhabi t
s.
Thisi saphenomenont hatmaycont inuet oexi stasl ongast hepr obl em
ofpov ert
yinourcount ryisnotr esolved.( Bernal 2017)

ROLEOFTHESOCI ALWORKER
1.Soci
alworkermayengageintheareaofr ehabil
it
ationandmayper form soci
al
workact
ivi
ti
esrel
atedt
orest
oringt
heself
-worthoft hedrugdependent.
2.Soci
alworker
sneedtospeci
ali
zeandenhancet hei
rcounseli
ngskil
ls
3.Soci
alworker
smayengageincommunityeducat i
onr el
atedt
odrugdependency

2.SOCIALLYDI SADVANTAGEDWOMEN
Theyarev ictimsof :
1.Gender -basedv i
olencesuchaswi febeati
ng,
marit
alrape,i
ncestrapeand
sexualhar assment
 Wi f
ebeat i
ng–physi cal/emoti
onal
 Mar italrape–t hi
soccur si
ncaseswheretheconjugalr
elat
ionshi
pis
nol ongerwhol esome;mayoccuri narr
angedmar ri
ageswher ethe
wifehasnev eraccept edthehusband
 I ncest–t heper pet
ratoriscl
osememberoft hef amil
y,may bethe
fatheroft hebr other
.Mostcasesi nt
heHAVEN, aDSWDf acil
it
yareof
thisnat ure

Ar
t.266-A:RAPEWHENANDHOW COMMI TTED.Rapei scommi t
ted:
1.Byamanwho shal lhav ecarnalknowl edgeofawomanunderanyoft he
fol
lowingci r
cumst ances:
a)Thr oughf orcet hr
eatori
nt imidat i
on;
b)Whent heof fendedpartyi sdepr i
v edofr easonorot herwiseunconsci ous;
c) Bymeansoff raudul
entmachi nationorgr ossabuseofaut horit
y;and
d)Whent heof fendedpart yisunder12y earsordement edev ent hough
noneoft heat tendi
ngcircumst ancesment ionedabov ebepr esent
2.Byanyper sonwhounderanyci rcumst ancesment ionedi nparagr aph1,her eof
shallcommi tanactofsexualassaul tbyi nsert
inghispeni sintoanot herper son’s
mout horanal orifi
ceoranyi nst
r umentorobj ectintothegeni t
aloranal or
ifice.
 Sexual Har assment–RA7887–sexualf avorssolici
tedfrom awomanby
aper sonwi thmor alascendency ,commi tted ei
theri nt hewor kplace,

495
schoolorat hleticor ganization.Perpetr atorsareei t
hersuper iorteacheror
coach.
 Prostitutedwomen– vi cti
msof“ whi tesl avery”eitherbyf orceorwi th
consent( sexwi thapr ice).AnewphenomenonofCHI LDPROTI TUTIONi s
comi ngofageasi tr i
seswi ththetourism indust r
yandi ncr easingpov erty
.
Pedophi l
esal lov erthewor ldaretouristf orthi
spur pose
 Victi
msorar medconf l
ictandmi l
itar
ization–t hesear ewomanandt hei
r
familieswhoar edi splacedf r
om theirhomesandmay beexposedt oall
danger sper tainingt ot heirwomanhood
 Financi aldistr
ess–womenwhogot hr oughl i
fetoear nf ort hef amil
ydue
tohusbands/ fathersl ossofj obsoranyot hercircumst ancest hatfor ced
them t oear nfort hef ami li
es
 Solopar ents–occur sdur i
ngdeat hofspouse,abandonment ,divorceor
separ ationandchi ld-bear i
ngoutofwedl ock
 Victi
msofHumanTr afficki
ng–RA9208–Ant i-
Traffi
ckingi nPer sonAct
of2003“ Anactt oi nst i
tutepol i
ciest oel iminatetraffickingi nper sons
especi allywomenandchi ldren,establ i
shingt henecessar yi nstit
utional
mechani sms f ort he pr otection and suppor toft r
af f
icked per sons,
providingpenal tyfori t
sv i
olati
on.”

3.TRAFFI
CKEDPERSON

Referstot her ecr


uit
ment,t r
ansport
ati
on,transferorhar bori
ngorr ecei
ptsof
personswithorwi t
houtv i
cti
msconsentorknowl edgewi thi
noracr ossnationalborders
bymeansoft hreatoruseoff orceorot herformsofcoer cion,abduct i
on,f r
aud,
decepti
on,abuseofpowerorofposi t
ion,t
akingadv ant
ageoft hev ulner
abili
tyoft he
personorgi vi
ngorr eceiv
ingofpay ment sorbenefi
tst oachiev
econsentofaper son
havingcontrolofanotherpersonf orthepurposeofexpl oi
tat
ionwhi chincludesatt he
minimum theexploit
ati
onort heprosti
tuti
onofotherformsofsexual exploi
tati
on,forced
l
abororser v
ices,sl
averyservi
tudeortheREMOVALORSALEOFORAGAN.

OBEJCTIVESOFTHEPROGRAM
1.Protecti
on– pr ogramsar edesi gnedt o protectwomenf rom sit
uati
onsthat
exposedt hem tomor al
/emoti
onal/psy chol
ogi cal/physicalhazards
2.Preventive–pr ogramst opreventsituati
onst hatmayar i
seduet ocir
cumstances
thesewomenar eexposedt o
3.Treatment–pr ogramst oprov i
deinterventionf orwomencaughti nanyofthese
viol
entsituati
ons
4.Rehabi l
it
ation – pr ogr
am t or estore women’ s dignity and self
-wor
th aft
er
experiencingtr
aumaar i
singfrom anyoft hesi tuation

SERVI
CES:
1.Temporar
yshelt
ers
2.Prov
isi
onoffaci
li
ti
eswhicharemedical
,dental
psychol
ogi
cal
3.Prov
isi
ononpsychologi
cal
,soci
al/
spir
it
ualserv
ices

ROLEOFSOCI ALWORKERS
1.Engageinresearchandeducat i
on,pl
anning/admini
strati
on
2.Dir
ectservi
cesinwomen’ scentersandcr i
sisint
erv
entioncent
ers
3.Tel
ephonehot li
neproj
ect
4.Communi t
ybasedpr ojectthatundert
akeHUMANRI GHTSEDUCATI ON,GENDER
SENSITIVI
TYTRAI NI
NG ( GST),CRISI
SI NCI DENTSTRESSDEBRI EFI
NG (CI
SD)
,
andorgani
zationofwomensuppor tgroups.

4.RELEASEDPRI
SONERS

Theyare pri
soners who are ei
therrel
eased on parol
e,absol
ute pardon or
t
ermi
nati
onofsentence.Thegovernmenthasprovi
dedafacil
it
yknownast heHALFWAY
HOMEtoprov
ideservicesthatwouldhel
ppri
sonersint
heirevent
ualr
etur
nt ofamil
yand

496
communi t
y.Iti s bel
iev
ed thatprolonged absence woul d cr
eate some kind of
maladjust
mentsinhisperson.Anumberofr el
easedprisonershavelostcont
actwith
thei
rfamil
iesandfarremovedfrom t
heircommunitiesandwoul dfi
nditdif
fi
cul
ttopick
upfrom wheretheyhadbeenbefor
etheirconf
inement.Hencethisprogr
am.

OBJECTI
VESOFTHEPROGRAM:
Toassi
stpr
isoner
sinwor
kingef
fect
iveadj
ust
ment
sinhi
sev
ent
ualr
etur
ntot
he
communit
y.

ACTIVI
TIESOFTHESOCI ALWORKER
1.Doing pre-r
elease assessment of rel
eased pr
isoner
sto det
ermi
ne t
hei
r
capaci
tiesandlimit
ati
ons
2.Helpintherel
ationtoemployment
3.Mobili
zati
onofneededcommuni tyresour
ces

5.RECOVEREDMENTALPATI
ENTS

Act
ivi
ti
es under
taken are si
mil
artor el
eased pr
isoner
sinthe sense t
hat
prol
ongedconfi
nementinment ali
nst
it
uti
onpr
oducedaneffectsi
mil
art
othatofpr
ison
confi
nement.

6.THEELDERLY
 Areper sons60y earsoldandabov e
 Mainpr obl emsoft heelderl
yi nthePhi l
i
ppines:
o I ncreasi ngdependencyont heiradultchil
dren
o Lackofeducat i
onandempl oymentski ll
sr educedthem t othemost
mar gi nali
zedsect orinthecount ry
o Al argemaj or i
tyisnotcov eredbysoci alsecuri
tyexceptthosewhohave
regist eredasseni orci t
izensandt heyqual ifyforthemeasl ymonthl
y
pensi on
o Seni orci t
izensinspit eoftheirabil
it
iesandt alentsar
ediscri
minatedf
rom
empl oymentduet ot hei
rage.( Bernal2017)

RELI
EFPROVIDEDBYGOVERNMENT:
 RA7482–gr ant
sbenef
it
sandspeci
alpri
vi
legesandforotherpur
poses
 RA 7846 – an actest abl
i
shi
ng seni
or cit
izen cent
ersi n al
lciti
es and
muni
cipal
i
ties

FUNCTI
ONSOFSOCI ALWORKERS
1.Agencyadministr
ati
onandmanagement
2.Staf
fsupervi
sion
3.Progr
am development
4.Communi t
ymobi l
izat
ion
5.Coll
abor
ationandcoor di
nat
ionwi
thot
herpr
ofessi
onal
s

PERSONSWI THDI SABILITIES( PWD)


Theyar eper sonswhoei therhadcongeni
tal
oracqui
redphy
sicali
mpai
rment.The
per
sonmay bebor nwi t
hphy sicaldi
sabi
li
tyorhaveacquir
edsuchthroughacci
dentor
i
ll
ness.
CATEGORIES:
1.Bli
nd( part
ial andtotal
)
2.Deaf
3.Deaf-mute
4.Speechi mpai rment
5.Mentallyretarded
6.Recoveredhanseni t
es

PWDsar
eest
imat
edt
obe10%outoft
heent
ir
epopul
ati
onoft
hecount
ry;75%

497
arefoundintheruralareasduetolackofsoci
alser
vicesandl
ackofknowl
edgeof
parent
stosubmitt
heirchil
drenf
ori
mmunizat
ion.

Eachcategor yhavetheirowndistinctpersonali
tytrai
tsandcopingmechani sms:
 Thebl i
ndshav esharpenedtheirauditoryandol fact
oryfacul
ti
est ocompensate
thei
rlackofsi ght
 Thedeaf /deaf-muteshav esharpenedt heirsi
ghtstocompensat el
ackofhear i
ng
 Personswi thcongenitalbli
ndnessorbl i
ndnessacquiredatanear l
ystageoflif
e
haveadj ustedtotheirdisabil
i
tiesbetterthant hosewhoacqui rediti
nlaterli
fe.
(Bernal2017)

Generall
yphysicallyimpair
edper sonsaresensi t
iveandneedmor ecareandat tenti
on
thanthosewhoar enot.
Legisl
ati
onsr
elat edtothewel far
eofPWDs
1.Vocational Rehabil
it
ationActof1954( Vict
orBalt
azar)
2.UNPr ogr am ofAct i
on
3.TheWhi teCaneLaw
Thi slaw isi ntended forthe bli
nd requir
ing the dr
iver
s ofv ehicles
appr oachi
ngat ot
all
yorpartial
l
ybl i
ndpedest r
ianwhoiscar r
yingacane
predomi nantl
yWHI TEORMETALLI CincolororusingaGUI DEDOGshal l
takeal lt
henecessar ypr
6ecauti
ont oavoi
dinjurytosuchbli
ndpedest r
ian.
WHI TECANEI SFORTHEBLI ND;RED&WHI TESTRIPEDCANEFORTHE
DEAFBLI ND.

498
I
. GENDERI
SSUES

Genderisabasicorganizingpri
nci
pleofsocieti
es,part
icul
arl
yint
hedi
visi
onof
l
abori
nf amil
ies,communitiesand mar ketplace.Althoughgenderrol
esli
mitboth
womenandmen, theygener
allyhavehadamor erepressiv
eimpactonwomen.

GENDERINEQUI TYI NALLAREASOFLI FE:


1.FAMI LY–Womenar eov er burdenedwi thhousehol dandf ami lyr esponsibi
li
ties;
somewomenwhowor kedout sidet hef ami lyhav et hesamehousehol ddut i
es
thant hosewhoar epur elyhousewi ves.
2.WORKPLACE– womenar edi scrimi natedwhent heyar emar ri
ed;depr i
vedof
empl oy ment;pr omot i
on;r eceivel ower sal aryt han men wi tht he same
responsi bil
i
ty;may be subj ected t o sexualhar assment dur ing hi r
ing and
promot i
on.Onl y1or2%occupyexecut iveposi ti
on.
3.GOVERNANCE–Ther ear ev eryf ew womeni nlocalandnat ionalgov ernance;
woment hemsel vesl ackt heconf idenceont hemsel vest oent erpol it
icsandmay
nothav econf idenceonot her st odot hesame.Pol i
ti
csi sassoci atedwi t
ht he
machocul t
ureofaggr essi onandv iolence, whi chthr eat ensmostwoment oent er
thefield.Womenmakeupl esst han5%oft hewor l
d’ sheadofst ate.
4.MORTALI TY/MORBI DI TYRATES–Womenexceedsmeni nmor tali
ty/morbidity
ratesespeci all
ydur i
ngchi l
dhoodandr eproduct i
vey ear s.
5.FOODANDMEDI CALCARE–duet opar ent s’biast owar dsboy swhor eceiv
et he
bestf oodandmedi calcar e,femal echi ldrenage1- 4hav ehighermor t
ali
tyrates
i
n17oft hewor l
d’spoor estcount ries.
 Womenbecomei nf ectedwi t hHIV5t o10y ear sear l
i
ert hanmen.
6.EDUCATI ON–f emal el agsbehi ndt hatofmal esoutoft he129mi ll
ionchildr
enof
primar yagenoti nschool77mi lli
onor60%ar egi rl
s.Dr opoutr atesf orgirl
speak
ataboutt he5thgr adeandr emai nshi gh.
Thelma Lee Mendoza def ines soci all
ydi sadv ant aged women ( orwomen n
especi al
lydiffi
cul tcircumst ances)t oincludewomenwhoar ev i
ct i
msofgender
based v iol
ence ( domest ic wi fe beat ing,mar it
alr ape,incestr ape,sexual
harassment )prost i
tutedwomen, sol opar ent s.
Var i
edsoci allegislati
oni nv ol v
ingwomen:
RA7192–Womeni ndev elopmentandnat ionbui l
ding
RA7877–Ant i-sexual har assmentactof1995
RA8353–Ant i-RapeLaw
RA9262–Vi olenceagai nstwomenandchi ldren

Workwithwomeni nespeci
all
ydif
fi
cultcir
cumst
anceshasemer
gedasav
eryi
mpor
tant
andat
tract
ivef
iel
dofsocialworkpract
iceint
hecount
ry.

I
I. HUMANRI
GHTSI
SSUES

Statepoli
ciesof1987const ituti
on:
Sec.IIThest atevaluest hedi gnityofev eryhumanper sonandguar anteesfullrespectof
humanr ights.
Itissaidqui ter i
ght l
yt hatist hehumanper sonali
tythatisthecenterofal lplans
towardspr ogress.Ahumanper son,soi ti
ssai dcreatedint heimageandl i
kenessof
God.Itisnowdecl ar edt hatthest at
ev al
uest hedignityofev er
yhumanper sonandf ul
l
respectforhumanr ightsi sguar anteed.
RIGHTTOLI FE,LI BERTYORPROPERTYi sguar anteedbyt heBILLOFRI GHTS
(sec1);noper sonshal lbedepr ivedofl i
fe,li
bert
yandpr opertywithoutduepr ocessof
l
aw.
 Ri ghtt opr operty( sec2)r i
ghtsagainstunreasonableseizure
 Ri ghtt oliberty(sec2)r i
ghtsagainstunreasonablearrest

499
 Ri
ght
stol
i
fe,r
ight
sagai
nstsummar
yexecut
ionwi
thoutduepr
ocessof
l
aw.

Humanr i
ghtsissuesstartedtocomeoutdur ingmar ti
allawy earsandhasbeen
i
nst i
tuti
onalizedbysucceedi ngr egi
me.Humanr i
ghtsviolat
ionhav ebeencommi ttedby
theagent soft hestateagainstitsci
tizenwithoutduer egardtot heBil
lofRightsoft he
1987 const it
ut i
on. Count l
ess wer e v i
cti
ms of summar y execut ion,involuntary
disappearances, massacreofv i
l
lagerswhoar esuspectedt oberebels,inhumant ortures
ofsuspect sdur ingcustodiali
nvesti
gationandt hel
ike(hamletti
ngandr isingv
igil
ant i
sm).
Socialwor kerscanplayanact ivepartinhumanr ight
seducat i
onespeci al
lythose
i
nr emot ear easandcanf ur
therhelppr ot
ectpeoplef r
om harassmentoft heagent sof
thest at
e.(Ber nal2017)

I
II
. DEVOLUTI
ON

Wasapr ocesswher eby86%ofDSWDper sonnel( maj ori


tywer esoci alwor ker s)
wer edev olvedt ot helocalgov ernment .Thi swasmadepossi bl ethrought hepassageof
theLocalGov ernmentCodeorRA 7160,gi v
ingmor ef unct i
onandpowert oLocal
Gov ernmentf rom t hepr ovincialtot hemuni cipall evel
.Soci alwor kerswer epl aced
dir
ect l
yundert hesuper visi
onofl ocalexecut iv
eswhi chunt ilnow r emai nedasabi g
i
ssuewhet herornott hi si sbenef icialtot hem andt othesoci alwor kpr ofession.As
whol eappoi ntment swer egi v enbyl ocalexecut ivesandhi ri
ngandpr omot ionsar e
coloredbypol iticsorr emai ningi nt heposi t
ionmay bepr ej
udi cedbyt hei denti
ficat ion
withpr eviousout goingexecut ive.Ther ear equi tesomedi ssat i
sfactionont hepar tof
socialwor ker swhoar epai daccor dingt ot heincomeoft hemuni cipalityort hepr ov ince.
Being dev olv ed depr i
ved t hem ofpr omot i
on t o anyv acantposi t
ion i nt he DSWD
str
uct ure.Somear efor tunat et obeundert hesuper v
isi
onoft hel ocalexecut ivewho
under st
ands t he soci alwor k prof ession and i t s need f orgr owt h and cont inui ng
educat i
on.Int hiscaset heyar esentf orsemi narsandconf er
ences.( Bernal 2017)
Dev olut iondoesnotonl ymeandev oluti
onofper sonnel ,butal sodev olutionof
services.Ser vicesar est il
lsuper vi
sedbyDSWD, butt hi
sisnotaf ullguar anteet hatt hey
str
ictlyimplement ed.
Dev olut ionwasaphenomenat hatshockedt hesoci alwor ker sorhasshocked
thepr ofessionasawhol e.How DSWDl eadershiphasconsent edt ot hisar rangement
sti
llremai nedi nadequat elyexpl ai
nedunt ilatpresent .Practitionerswhower edev ol ved
simpl yremai nedacqui escentoft hei rfate.Whet herornott heyar econt entedoft heir
sit
uat i
on, i
tisonl ywhot heywhoknowst heanswer .

I
V. GLOBALI
ZATI
ON

I
s an i nternationalf l
ow of t rade and capi t
alor concept of economi c
borderl
essness.I tisr atherahi ghlydebat ablei ssue,whet hert hePhi l
ippinesi sreadyt o
enterthe ar ena ofgl obal i
zation,byt he f actt hatwe hav e notent ered into mass
productionandhav enotbeeni nt ohi ghtechnol ogyinagr i
cultureandi ndust r
y.
Thebi gquest ionr emai ns, arewer eadyorf ittocompet ewi thpr oductsofhi ghly
developednat ions.Wi llourcount rybenotopent oexpor tsofot hercount ri
eswhi chwi l
l
compet ewi thourownpr oduct s?Wi l
lthesei mput edpr oduct sremai ncheaperandof
quali
tybei ngofhi ght echnol ogy ?How wi lltheseaf fectt helivesofourf armers,our
producer s?Di dourcount rypr ov i
deenoughsaf et
ynet sf ort hecomi ngi noft heGATT
(GeneralAgr eementonTr ade& Tar iff
)andt hePhi l
ippineMember shi ptot heWTO
(World Tr ade Or gani zati
on) ?Does gl obal i
zation t hen ser ved the interestofhi ghly
developednat ionoft heWestt ot hedet rimentoft heThi rdWor l
dcount ri
esl i
keours?
Whenhesi gnedt heGATT( PresRamos)washenotawar eoft her eper cussions?How
aboutt hesucceedi ngpr esident swhyar et heyconsi stentlysuppor tinggl obali
zati
on?
Wher eist hesensi bili
tyandr ationalityofPr es.Gl ori
aMacapagal Ar r
oyoasaneconomi st,
graduatingsummacum l aude?( Ber nal2017)
Soci alwor kerscanpl ayav i
talrol eont hisi ssuebyengagi ng inadv ocacy
campai gnsont headv erseef fect sofgl obalizati
on

500
Thereisaneedforthem t
ounder st
andhowgl
obal
i
zat
ioni
spushi
ngt
hecount
ryt
owar
ds
povert
yandfur
therdisenf
ranchi
sement.

V. ECOLOGY(
ORENVI
RONMENTADVOCACY)

Publicconcer nisincreasi ngaboutt hegr adualpollutionofourenv i


ronment,
especiall
yoft her i
versandseas.Manypr essuregr oupshav espr ungupt ocallfor
governmentact i
on.Manyr iver
sar epol l
utedandempt i
edoff ishesandaquat i
clif
eaf t
er
i
ndiscriminate dumpi ng ofpoi sonous i ndust r
ialwast e.Mostoft histoxi
c wast e
eventuall
yflowt otheseawher ei tisdispersed.Lar gequalit
iesoft oxicwast eremaina
seri
ouspr oblem.
Oneoft hebiggestpollutionpr oblem concer nsWATER.Al thoughweknow how
i
mpor tantwat eri stoalll
iv
ingt hings,wear eonl yjustbeginningtot hinkabouthowwe
canlookaf tertheear t
h’swaterforour selvesandf orthefutureofpeopl e.
ECOLOGYdeal swithther elat
ionshipbet weenl ivi
ngor ganism,bot hplantsand
animalsandbet weentheseor gani sm andt heirsur roundi
ngs.I ti
sabr anchofbiology
andismoder n,mor escient
ifi
cappr oachtot heoldst udyofnat uralhistory.

Ecol
ogi
stshavebeenleader
sinthecampaignfor
:
1.Conser
vati
on(pr
eservi
ngandprotect
ingnatur
alr
esour
ces)
2.Fi
ghtagai
nstpol
lut
ion(foul
i
ngtheearthwit
hwaste&poison)

Themor ehighlyindust r
ializedcount rybecomest hegr eaterriskr unsofhar mingthe
bal
anceofnaturet hroughpol lut
ion.
 Factori
esandmot orv ehicl
esdi schar gepol lutingchemi calsintot heatmospher e
 Oilspil
lsandmedi cal wast econt ribut etomar i
nepol l
uti
on
 Insecti
cideseepi ntot hesoilandr i
v ersystem
 Releaseoft oxi
csubst anceandt hebur ningoff ossilfuelledt ot hegreenhouse
effect
,depl eti
onoft heozonel ayerandaci dr ain.
 Wast epr oducts–al mostev erythingmandoescausespol luti
onofsomeki nd.
Househol dsewaget reatmentpl ant st okillger mswhi chcar rythedi sease.Unl
ess
thesewagei str
eat edbef or
ei tisdi schargesi nt
ot herivers,lakesorseasi twi l
l
soonki l
lthel i
feofwat er
way sandcont ami nat ethefreshwat erweneed.
Manyt hingsi nnat ur enat ur
allybr eakdowni ntohar mlesssubst ance.Whent hi
s
happens,wesayt heyar ebiodegr adabl e.Howev ersomei ndust r
ialwastesare
notbrokendown.

ROLEOFSOCI ALWORKERS
Wi t
ht he overwhelming problem ofthe ecology socialworkers,ifwe are
concernedoft hewelfareofmanandt heenvi
ronment ,shoul
dt akeanact i
veparton
i
ssuest hatconf r
ontsthisphenomenon.Pr oblemsast hisshouldnotbel efttothe
envir
onment al
istbutsocialworkerscanassumeADVOCACYROLE( t
akingast andon
i
ssuest hatthr
eatensthesur v
ivalofman)andbei nshortenvir
onmentalacti
vist
s.Many
pract
iti
onershavetowedal ongthisli
ne.

VI
. PEACEADVOCACY

Oneemer gi
ngconcer noft oday ,mostespeci allyf orsocialwor kersinMi ndanao
i
st heissueofpeaceorwar .Whati st heroleofsoci alwor kerswithr egardstot his?Is
wart heanswert ot heMor oi nsurgencyi nMi ndanao?Whydi dPr esi
dentFi delRamos
workf orthepeaceagr eementdur i
nghi st erm?Thesear equest ionst hatshoul dbe
delveddeeperbypr act
it
ionersasi def rom mer edispenser sofser vicesi nareasofar med
confli
ct.
Onewoul dnotfull
yunder standMi ndanaosi tuationunl esswedi gdeeperi ntoits
hist
ory–t hestoryofmi grati
on,conquest ,conv ersion,r esist
ancet ocol onialruleand
parti
alint
egrat
ion.
Pri
ortot headv entofSpani shcol onizat
ion,Mi ndanaohadbeent heseatof
cult
ureandar t
sbasedonext ernalinf l
uenceswhi chwher eIndian,ChineseandAr ab.At
thesamet imeitbecamet hecent erofcommer ceandgov ernmentunt ilthesituation

501
wasrever
sedwhent
heSpani
shcol
oni
zer
spl
acedt
heseatofgov
ernmenti
nMani
l
a.
(
Bernal
2017)

Whoar et hepeopl ei nMi ndanao?


Thepeopl ei nMi ndanaower ef i
rstconv ertedt oI sl
am i n1380wer et hesame
Mal aypeopl ewho al so i nhabi t
ed i n Luzon and Vi sayascent uriesbackbef oret he
Spani sch col oni zat i
on.The ancest ors oft he pr esentFi l
ipinos bot h Chr isti
ans and
Musl i
mswer e eitheroft he Mal aywav eswho came i ntot he count ryi nt he mi d-
t
h
10 cent ur yoroft heei therI ndonesi anwav eoroft hePapuanPol y nesi angr oupoft he
earliestpr ototypeMal ay s.
Islam asar eli
gi ousf ait
hcamet ot hePhi li
ppinesatt hesout hmosti slandof
Simunulnowpar toft hepr ovinceofTawi -tawi ,throughext ensi vemi ssi onar yzealoft he
Madr amautr eli
giousSay yidsoft hemi ghtyMol uccanEmpi re(nowpar tofI ndonesi a).
Sov ereigntyofMi ndanaoar eawasi nt hehandsoft heSul uandMagui ndanao
Sultanat ebef or et hecomi ngoft heSpani ards.Bot hoft hem f oughtSpani shcol oniali
sm
asast atet omoder npol iti
calsci enti
stt hesesul tanatesl ostt heirdej ur estat uswhen
the l eader ssi gned a t reat ywi tht he Spani sh gov er
nment .I tmade bot h Sul u and
Cot abat oasor tofpr ot ect orateofSpai nacknowl edgingt hem asl oy alandobedi ent
subj ect s oft he Ki ng ofSpai n.The peace t reaties did noti ncl ude conv er sion t o
Chr istiani tyoft heMusl i
ms.
Theent ir
eofMi ndanaower e98% Musl i
msunt il1913,whent heAmer i
cans
compl et edt heiroccupat ionoft heSout handest abl i
shedt hef irstagr i
cul turalcol oniesi n
Pikit,Cot abat o.Hencef ortht housandsofmi grant sproceedt oMi ndanao,anepi sode
whi chpr ov edt hef actofl andl essnessoff armer sandpeasant sf rom t heNor th.Duet o
rapisr at eofmi grationandset t
lement ,itr ev ersedt hecomposi t i
onofet hnol inguist i
c
groupt hepopul ationi nwhi cht heMusl imswer er educedt omi nority.
Asi def rom t hei ndi genouspeopl eofZamboanga,t herewer eot heret hni ct ri
bes
classi fiedaset hni cmi nor iti
eswhoexi stedi nMi ndanaot oget herwi t
hMusl imsbef or e
Spani chcol onization.Theywer eaboutone( 1)mi lli
onconsi stingofSubanun,Bagobo,
Mansakaandmanyot her s.Manyoft hem canbef oundi nr emot emount ainar easand
aredescendant soft hosewhodi dnotsur rendert ot hefor cesofSpani shcol oni zation.
Theyar econsi deredasout castoft hecol oni alor derandwer ecutof ffrom t hedy nami cs
ofmoder nhi stor y.Thi sex plainshow t heyar eabl et opr eser vedi st i
nct ivenessoft heir
cultur e.I nt hepr esentsoci alor deroft heMi ndanaosoci alst ructur e,t heyar ecl assified
asLUMADSorHI GHLANDERS.

Mindanaother
eforeidTRI -
PEOPLEcomposedoft hese3di
sti
nctgr
oups.Thei
r
ancest
orscamet oMindanaoi ndi
ffer
entpoi
ntsofhi
stor
y:
 Lumads–pr e14thcentur
y
 Musl i
ms–pr e15thcentury
th
 Chr i
sti
ans–post15 cent ury

Accordi
ngt
oRudyRodil(i
sahistor
ianwhosati
nthenegot
iat
ingPanelwi
tht
heMNLF
duri
ngthet
erm ofPr
es.Ramos)

Mindanaoisasharedterr
it
ory.Atthispointinhistory
, nottoasinglesegmentof
thepopulationcanclai
m Mindanaoast heir
sanyl onger.Somuchwat erhasgoneunder
thebridgefor300y ear
sorso.Ifweonl ytake1913ast hedat et or
eckonwi t
h,thereare
about5 gener at
ions ofsettl
erinhabitants born here,i ncludi
ng theirparents or
grandparents.Wheret hencoul
dbet hei
rhomel andi fnotMi ndanao?How aboutt he
Zamboangeños,wi l
ltheybedepr i
vedofahomel andj ustbecauset heywer enative
Tausugs,Samal s,SubanunandBadj aoswhower econv er
tedt oChr i
sti
ani
ty?( Ber
nal
2017)

Whati
stheHi
stor
yoftheMor
oRebell
ion?
Si
ncethesigni
ngofthepeacetreat
ieswi
thSpai
nandl
aterwi
thAmer
ican

502
coloni zer ,thought her emay bepocketr evol t
st hesewer emer elydi smi ssedasact sof
bandi try.Thegener alMor opopul at ionwasi ntegr at edi ntot hemai nst ream ofPhi lippi ne
soci ety ,especi al l
ywi thest abl i
shmentofpuv l
iceducat iondur i
ng Amer icancol oni al
per i
odandest abl ishmentofr el i
gi ousschool sinMusl i
m domi natedar eas,ast heNot r
e
DameofJol oandCot abat o.Conv er siont oRomanCat hol ism andPr otest ant ism di dnot
takepl ace, butmanyMusl imsunder stoodt hei reducat i
oni nt heschooloft hecol oni zers
andl aterbyt hePhi l
ippi negov er nment .Whent henameFi lipinowasgi v ent ousbySpai n
priort ot hei rexi tf rom t hecount ry,t hati ncl udesev ery onei nt heent i
rear chi pel ago.
Musl i
mswhoat tendedpubl iceducat ionwer et aughtt ocal lthemsel v esasFI LIPI NO
(Laja, 1988)
Thegr oupsofi slandknownt oev er yFi li
pi noasLuzon,Vi say asandMi ndanao
becamet hesubj ectoft hesal ebySpai nt ot heUni tedSt at esofAmer icaf or20mi lli
on
dollar s,embodi edi nadocumentknownasTREATYOFPARI Ssi gnedDecember10,
1898i nPar is,Fr ance.Thi spi eceofdocumentdef inedt het er rit
or yoft hePhi lippi nest o
i
ncl udeMi ndanao,Sul uandPal awan.Thet reat yofPar isbecamet hepoi ntofi ssuei n
theor ganizat ionoft heMORO NATI ONALLI BERATI ON FRONT.Thef ounderay oung
Musl i
m pr of essoratt heUni v er sityoft hePhi lippi nesi nt heper son ofNur Mi suar i
quest i
onedt hev alidityoft heTr eat yofPar isandt hei ncl usi onofMi ndanao,Sul uand
Palawanwi thoutt heconsentoft heMor opeopl e.Theseemi ngpeaceandqui etwhi ch
wasexper iencedsi ncet hesi ngi ngoft heBat esTr eatyi n1899,onceagai ndi st ur bed
whent hef irstgunf i
r ewashear di n1972.Musl imsor gani zingt hemsel vesandseeki ng
forsecessi onori ndependencewast ri
gger edbyt heJabi dahmassacr ewhi chki ll
ed
youngMusl imt r aineesi nt hei sl andofCor regidor .Theywer esupposedl yt rai nedbyt he
gov er nmentofPr es.Mar cosf ort hesecr eti nvasi onofSabah,Mal aysi a.Howev ert hey
wer esi lencedbydeat hwhent heyr ef usedt heassi gnment .Thest or ywasr elat edbya
l
onesur vi
v or.Si xtysev en( 67)supposedl ywer eki l
ledt opr ev entt hem r ev eal ingsecr et s.
The i nci dentawakened t he sensi bili
ties of t he Musl ims and Nur Mi suar i
succeededi nor gani zingt heMNLF.Manybel ievedt hatwhat ev erf atet hatbef ell him now
hewoul dst il
lgodownt ohi stor yasonewhouni t
edt heMusl i
m peopl e.Tot heMusl ims,
theMNLF i st hev anguar d off reedom and l ookupon t hi sor gani zat ion wi th deep
rever ence.( Ber nal 2017)
Sincet heout breakoft heamedconf li
cti n1972t hegov ernmenthasshoul dr ed
thecostoft hewarat70bi ll
ionpesosandcount lessl iv esl ostt omor et hanahundr ed
thousand.Thr ee( 3)pr esident si nitiatedpeacedi alogueswi tht heMNLFst ar ingwi t
h
Pres.Mar coswi thsi gni ngoft heTr ipoliAgr eementi n1976;pr esentCor azonAqui no
witht hesi gni ngoft heJeddahAccor din1987;Pr esidentFi delRamoswi thhi sFi nal
PeaceAgr eementi n1986, inwhi chhesucceededi nbr ingi ngbackNur Mi suar it oaccept
gov er nmentpost .Thesuccessoft hispeaceagr eementwasat tribut edt ot heheadof
thegov ernmentpeacepanel ,formerAmbassadorManuel Yan, whowasdescr ibedbyhi s
colleaguesasamanwi thconsummat epat i
ence.
Asar esul toft hepeaceagr eement ,Nur Mi suar iaccept edt or ununopposedas
gov er noroft heARMM.Thi sl edt ot heor gani zat ionoft heSPCPDandt heSZOPADand
i
ntegr at i
onof7, 500MNLFt ot hemi litaryandPNP.Thepeaceagr eementdi dnotmean
surrenderoft heMNLFsi nceasanor gani zationi twasnotdi smant l
ed.

Whatwer ethePeaceI ni
ti
at i
vesf rom Ci
vilSocietyOrganizations?
Moregroupsandi ndividual
shav ebeenpr e-occupiedi npromot i
ngcultureof
peaceaf t
ert hesigningoft hepeaceagr eement .I
ti sar ealit
ythatpeacecannotbe
achi
ev edsimplybyt hecessat ionofwar .Ther earemanyt hi
ngst olearnandt ounlearn
andtodesignpr ogram thatwoul dpromotemaki ngupf orwhathasbeenl ost–thel oss
off r
iendship,brotherhood whi ch was t aken away f rom us due t o cent
uri
es of
col
onizati
on.Fort hisRodi lissuest hr
ee( 3)fundament alassumpt ionsorbasi cst o
consi
derinpr omotingcultureofpeace:

1st,Mindanaoi
sinhabi
tedbyapopulati
onthatmaybecl
assif
iedbroadlyint
o
t
hree(3)disti
nctsegment
s–t heLUMADS,theMUSLIMS,t
heCHRISTIAN SETTLERS
(
CHRISTIANIZEDNATIVES);

2nd,
notasegmentcancal
lMi
ndanaoast
hei
rsanyl
onger
;Mi
ndanaoi
sal
readya
shar
edterr
it
ory
;

503
3rd,despi
tet
heirdi
ff
erencesthet
hree(
3)segment
sarecapabl
eofwor
kingouta
modusvivendiandcanmakeMi ndanaoasahomeofpeaceandharmony

DirectorJawal iLaja( DECSassi st.Di rect orf orRegionI X)whosati nt heMNLF


commi tteedur ingt hepeacenegot i
ati
on,hast hist oofferasast atementofpeace,“ We
areal lundert heencompassi ngsov ereigntyoft heonemosthi ghGod.Bot hgr oupsi n
theinter estofpeaceandhar monyshoul dr ecogni zethisasonebasi cprinciplei nor der
tosur vive....Sur v i
v alofonei sthesur vivaloft heot her;dest ruct ionofonel eadst ot he
destruct i
onofot her ....”
DirectorEr icCasi ñooft heMi ndanaoExecut i
veDev elopmentAcademyhast his
tosay ,“ I
fwel ooki ntotheAbr ahami ctradi ti
on,wear etracingt her ootsofChr ist
iani t
y
andI slam f rom t het wo(2)sonsofAbr aham whower eIsaacandI shmael .
”JesusChr i
st
beingt hecent ralf igureofChr isti
anitywhosehumangeneal ogyi st r
aced42gener at ion
from Isaact hesonofAbr aham andPr ophetMohammadwhosegeneal ogyi st raced
mor e orl ess 70 gener ation f r
om I shmael ,whi ch ill
ustrat es one f atherf orbot h
ChristianityandI slam.
Dr.Casi ñocont i
nuedt hatwhatwef indcommoni nI slam andChr isti
ani tycoul d
l
eadust omut ualunder standinganduni t
y .Hef ur therasser tsf orust of i
ndourAsi at i
c
humani tyt hatl inkst heI ndonesi ans,theMal aysandt heFi lipinosi nacommonet hnic
foundat ion.Ourf irstt askist ol ookatour selvesasapeopl ebef oret headv entofI slam
andChr i
stianity .Whati si mpor tantist oexami neourher itaget hatliesbur iedi nour
ethnicconsci ousness,i nourmy thsandl egends,ar tandl anguage,ourv aluesand
customs.Thi si swhatDi rectorLaj ameanswhenhesai dt hati tdoesnotmat teronwhat
wav eofAsi anmi grat i
onwecomet othecount ry .Butwhatmat terstohi mi st hathei s
brownasany onei nt heZamboangaWor ld.( Ber nal 2017)

Whati
stheRol
eofSoci
alWor
ker
sinPr
omot
ingPeace?

Soci
alwor ker sshoul dlookbey ondthesuf feri
ngsoft hev ict
imsofar med
confl
ict.Wepr actit
ionerscant urnour selv
esintopeaceadv ocatesdelvi
ngdeeperi nto
ourculturalandreli
gioushistoryforust obeabletosharethiswi t
hpeopl ewhountilnow
haver emainedcapt iveofourcol oni
aleducationandsust ainedprejudices.Toquot e
Prof
essorRodi l,hesaidasl ongasChr isti
anshelptheseprejudicesandbi asesagainst
Musli
ms, i
twoul dbediffi
culttoachievegenuinepeacei nMindanao.

Socialworkerscanjoinpeacegroups,part
ici
pat
eindialogues,maytakeast and
onissuest hatishurt
ingMusl i
m-Chri
sti
anr el
ati
ons.Whil
etheBal i
katanexerci
seswas
vi
ewedbyt hemostinMi ndanaoassecurityagai
nstAbuSayyaforterror
ism,Theyfail
ed
toseehow t hisexerci
seishur ti
ngtheMusl imswhowi llbepr onedt obehel das
suspect
sf orbeingAbuSay yaf.Thedivi
siv
enessofpeoplewithregardstotheseissues
wassurelyabl owtopeaceiniti
ati
ves.

Therearemor eforsoci
alworkerstol earninthepr ocess,moretor eadmor eto
hear.Ifwearef orpeople’
swelfar
e,thenwel ookf urt
herandbeani nstrumentsoas
peoplemayl i
vei npeace,harmonyandbr otherhood,thatpeoplemaypar ti
cipateand
benefi
tinthedev el
opmentprocessandul t
imat elytr
ansform Mindanaointot helandof
ful
fi
ll
ment.Socialworker
smayt akeformerAmbassadorManuelYanasar olemodel ,i
n
hisconsummatepat i
enceandthiswil
lclearther uggedroadt opeace.(
Bernal 2017)

VI
I. HUMANSETTLEMENT(
THEURBANPOOR)

 Humanset tl
ement sforthelandl
essi nthecountryisagr owingconcernfor
socialworkers
 Mor e people with unst
abl
el and tenure ar
ef aci
ng thr
eats ofevict
ion as
urbani
zationprogresses
 Fi
lipi
nostheysai daresquat
ter
sintheirowncountry
 Thereisagr owingnumberoffamil
ieswi t
hsquatt
erstat
ussince20year
sago

504
 Warint hecountr
ysi
deiscomingoutast henew causef
orfami
li
est
osettl
ein
populati
oncent
er
 Yearsagoitwaspovert
yinthecount
rysi
dethatmadepeoplemov
etopopul
ati
on
cent
er s

THREATSTOUNSTABELSETTLEMENTSI NTHECI TI
ES
 Increasev alueofur banlands
 Wi deningofr oads
 Zoni ngoft hecit
y
 Dev elopmentpr ojectsofgovernment/businesssect
or
 Nat i
onal eventsthatneedt ohideugl
ysitesofsquatt
ercommuni
ti
es

ROLEOFSOCI ALWORKERS
 Primarilyascommuni tyor ganizers
 In cases of aggr essive ev i
ct i
on the SaulAl i
nsky method of communit
y
organizati
oncanbeempl oyed
 Socialwor kerpart
ici
patesi nt i
mesofact ualdemolit
ion byfor
ming human
barri
cadesandpr ev
ent i
ngt hedemol it
ionteam f
rom comingi
ntot
hecommuni t
y
 Socialwor kersparti
cipatesi ndemonst rati
onsandr al
li
estoadvancewhatthe
communi tydemandsf rom thegov ernment
 Socialwor kersshouldbegr oundedont heUDHA( URBANDEVELOPMENTAND
HOUSI NGACT)Ber nal2017

VI
II
. I
NDI
GENOUSPEOPLE

 Thereare18et hnoli
ngui st
icgroupsi nhabit
ingthecount r
ywaybef orethe
Spanishcoloni
zation
 Theyaredistri
butedinal mostallt
heislandsi nt
hePhil
ippinearchi
pelago
 Theirancestor
sar ri
vedt oourcount r
yasar esul
tofmi grat
ionoftri
besf r
om
th
I
ndonesiadur i
ngthe9 cent ur
y
 I
nZamboangaCi ty,theyar etheSubanun,Yakan,Kal ibugan,SamaBadj ao,
SamaBangi ngi
 I
ndigenouspeopl es’r i
ght sare protected byRA 8351 ort he I
ndigenous
PeopleRightsActpassedi n1997
 Thi
sl aw wasdecl aredasCONSTI TUTI ONALaf teri
twaschal l
engedi nthe
SupremeCour tshortl
yaf teri
twaspassedi n1997

THEPRIMARYSTRUGGLEOFI
NDIGENOUSPEOPLEI
SJW TOLEGALLYRE-
ACQUI
RE
THEI
RLANDAFTERITWASDECLAREDASGOVERNMENTLANDBYTHECONCEPTOF
THEREGALI
ANDOCTRINE

 TheI PRA pr ovi


desananswerbygi v i
ngacl eardef i
niti
onoft heconceptof
ANCESTRALDOMAI N
 Wehav etomakei tclearthattheconceptofANCESTRALDOMAI Naspr ovi
dedin
theIPRAf orINDIGENOUSPEOPLEi sf ardif
ferentfrom theANCESTRALDOMAI N
conceptuali
zedbyt heMNLF/ MILF
 AncestralDomai nasdef i
nedint heI PRAmeans:
1.I ti
sacommunal pri
vatepr
oper ty
2.I twaspossessedandoccupi edbyt hei
rancestor ssincet i
mei mmemor i
alor
onbef oreSpanishconquest
3.I ti
scont i
nuouslypossessedbyt heirdescendant suntilatpresent
4.Thecl aim isst ronglysuppor tedbyv ali
dev idences,oneofwhi chist he
genealogyoft hel eadersoft het ri
be,ev i
dencesofexi st
enceofol dburial
sit
es,hunt i
nggroundsandi ncludingnamesofr iver
s,cr eeksandsiteswhich
shouldbei ntheirownl i
ngo.

505
5.Clai
mantsshouldfoll
owrigidprocessfort
heclai
m;itist
heNCI Pwhodoes
al
lt he pr
ocessi
ng and exami nati
on ofevi
dences before approv
aland
i
ssuanceoftheCADT( CERTIFICATEOFANCESTRALDOMAI NTI TLE)
6.TheCADTi sapprovedbyeight(8)NCIPcommissi
onerssi
tti
ngenbanc

THREATSTOI PRIGHTSTOTHEI RANCESTRALDOMAI N


1.Conti
nuousflowoflandl
esspeoplefrom t
helowlandstoopennewfarmi
ngsi
tes
2.Openi
ngofnewdev el
opmentpr oj
ect
sofgovernment
3.Cyni
calatt
it
udeofthepolit
ical
leader
softhelocali
ty
4.Complacencyofthenewgener ati
ontowar
dstheircul
tur
eandtradi
ti
on

ROLEOFTHESOCI ALWORKER
1.Wehav econvi
ncedt hatI ndigenouspeopl
ehaveri
ghtsespeci
all
ytot
heirl
and
2.Wehav etobefull
yconv incedoftheconceptofAncest
ralDomain
3.Thatstandi
ngupf ort her i
ghtsifIndi
genousPeoplei
sanADVOCACY,t hatwe
cantakeapartacti
v elyifwear egivenachance
4.Weengagei nconsci entizati
onef f
ortf
ormorepeopletofoll
owthecauseofthe
Indi
genousPeople.(Ber nal2017)

506
SOCIALWORK
COMMUNICATI
ON
AND
DOCUMENTATI
ON

Rev
iewer
:
Ms.Wy
lenL.Li
pangl
ipang

507
Modul
e1
Communi
cat
ioni
nSoci
alWor
k

Communi
cat
ioni
nSoci
alWor
k

 Communi cationisat erm der i


vedf r
om t heLat inwor d“ communi s”whi chmeans
tomakecommon,andt hewor d“ communi -care”,whi chmeanst oshar eort o
i
mpar t(ThelmaLee- Mendoza)
 Communi cationi stheshar ingorexchangeoft hought sbet weent woormor e
persons.
 Insoci alwor k,i
ti sthepr ocessbywhi chani deai st r
ansf err
edf rom itssour ceto
ar eceiverorbet weent hewor kerandt hecl i
entwi tht hei ntentt ochanget he
l
atter’
sbehav i
or.
 Thef or mermaywantt oal t
ert hel att
er ’
sbehav iorandat t
itudeormot iv atehi mto
all
eviatehi sowncondi tionorsi tuation.I nt hesamemanner ,t hecl ientmakes
knownt ot hewor kerhisf eelings, wishes, oraspi r
ations.
 Throught her eciprocalpr ocessofcommuni cationandunder st andingt hecl i
ent,
thewor keri stheni nt hebestposi t
iont ot ransf orm new i nformat ioni ntonew
behav ior.
 Communi cationisabasi ci ngredi entinhel pingpeopl e.
 Communi cationisat wo- waypr ocess( whichst artswi tht hesour ceini ti
at i
ngthe
communi cati
onandt her eceiverr espondi ng)
 Communi cationisamet hod( way sofhel pingpeopl el earn,throughv ariedf orms
bywhi chasour cepur posi velyshar esmessageswi t
har eceiverdi rect lyorv iaa
channel andbot hlearnsf rom eachot her.
 Knowl edgeaboutcommuni cationi sagr owingbr anchofst udyt hatisnowal so
ref
erredt oasasci ence–canbeext remel yhel pfultot hesoci alwor kerwhowi l
l
undoubt edly hav e many occasi ons t o use such knowl edge t o ef fecti
vel
y
i
nfluencepeopl eandhel pbr ingaboutchange.

ElementsoftheCommunicati
onPr
ocess
Basedont heprecedi
ngdefi
nit
ion,t
hecommuni
cat
ionpr
ocesshasf
our(
4)
essent
ialel
ements:t
he
1.Sour ce
2.Message
3.Channel
4.Recei v
er

1.SOURCE

 Communicati
onmayor i
ginat
ef r
om anindi
vi
dual,agroup,oraninst
itut
ion.
 Whenappliedtosocialwor k;thi
smeanst hatasoci alworkercouldi ni
ti
ate
communicati
on,wi
thhercl i
ent,herco-wor
ker,heragency,orwi t
hawor kerin
anot
heragency.
 Theagencyworkerhowev er
,isnotalwaysthesourceofcommuni cati
ons,asit

508
couldbet hecl
ientoranoutsi
deagency.
 Asf arascommuni cati
onsourcei
sconcerned,credi
bil
i
tyisanimport
antfact
orin
i
nfluencing anaudience.Themor ecredibl
et hesour ceasperceived bythe
audience,themoreeffect
ivei
tisi
nchangingatti
tudesimmediat
ely
.

Exampl
es:
1.Beinganolderperson
2.Sinceri
ty
3.Abili
tytoexpl
ainclear
ly
4.Frequencyofcontactswit
hther
ecei
ver(
audi
ence)

2.MESSAGE

 Themessageofacommuni cat
ioncouldbeknowledge,anatt
it
ude,andt
o/ or
behavi
orwhi
chthesourcewi
shestoconveyt
other ecei
ver
.Thi
smessagecould
beconvey
edinv
ariousways:
verbal
ly
,non-
ver
ball
yort hr
oughsymbol
s.

A.Ver
balCommuni
cat
ion:
Inv
olv
est
heuseofwor
ds,
whet
herspokenorwr
it
ten.

 Contrarytowhatmanypeopl ethink,verbal communicati


oncanbeapr obl
em.
1.Theav ail
abili
tyofwor dsdoesnotal way smakeus“ saywhatwemeanand
meanwhatwesay ”.
2.Manyofushav el i
mitedv ocabular y,whichpreventsusf r
om expr essi
ng
ourselvesclearl
yandcandi dl
y.
3.Somewor dshav ediffer
entmeani ngsandusagest odiff
erentregions,a
problem compounded by our hav ing numerous dialect
s, maki ng
communi cati
on diffi
cult
. Thus such wor ds li
ke “ano” and “ kuwan”
(expressi
onsequi val
entt o“ thi
st hing”or“ youknow whatImean”ar ein
commonusage.

 Howev er ,usingwor dscanmakeawor l


dofdi f
f erence.
Int hePhi li
ppi
nes,awor kercanal mostest ablishi nstantr apportwi than
i
ndi vi
dual ,agr ouporev enanent i
recommuni tybyspeaki ngthei rlanguageev en
i
fonl yinheropeni ngstatementdur ingt hei ni
tial contactwi t
ht hecl i
ent.
 Euphemi sms,ort he use ofa wor d orphr ase t hatexpr esses somet hing
unpleasantorof fensi
veinamor epleasantway ,isalmostanor mi nsociety.
Thus,wor dsl i
ke“ bakasakal i
”(may be) ,“ti
ti
ngnanko”( I’
llsee),“siguro”
(probably ),
et c.aresubst i
tutefor“no”or“ Icannot ”
.
 Wor kersar enotonl ytol earntoint erpretclient ’
smessagewhenheusessuch
wor ds,butsomet imesshet oo,mayhav et ouseeuphemi smsasat echnique.
 Forsoci alwor kers,weshoul dal
sounder scor et heimpor tanceofcommuni cating
properlyt hrought hewrit
tenf orm.
Engl ishandFi li
pinoar eourof fici
all anguagesandwet hinkawor ker
shouldwr it
ei nt helanguageofwhi chshehasabet tercommandkeepi nginmi nd
that,i
tisat ool,shecanuset oherorhercl ient’sadv ant ageordi sadvantage.

B.Non-
ver
balCommuni
cat
ion

 Communi cati
onwi thoutt heuseofwor ds.Itisconvey edthr
ought heperson’
s
physicalappearance, dress,faci
alexpr ession,behavi
or,gest
ures,sounds,si
l
ence,
touch,eyecont act,andsoon.
 Aphy sicalset
tingcanal socommuni catemessages.
 Non-verbalcommuni cati
on,whi ch conv ey
s at t
it
udes,and f eel
ings,oft
en
accompani esv erbal communi cati
on.
Howev er,theyof tenstandbyt hemsel ves,sothatsocialworkersshoul
d
l
earnt obeobser vantandsensi ti
ve.

509
 Theabil
i
tyto understand peoplecan bei mproved,byf orming t
hehabi tof
knowi
ngwheretolook,whattol i
stenfor,andwhatt osense.
 Symbol
sareessenti
all
yanon- verbalf
or m ofcommuni cat
ion.
Symbolsareint heform ofpi ctures,di
agrams,post er
s,logos,et
c.,and
canst
andbyt hemsel v
es,orwit hwor ds.

Sy
mbolsarechosenfordi
ffer
entreasons:
1.Toappealtot
heintell
ectand/ort
ot hesenses
2.Tocorr
ectortopromot eabiasorprejudi
ce
3.Torai
sehopesortocr eat
edissati
sfacti
on
4.Tofost
erunit
y

Exampl es:
Thesy mbolofjustice–abl i
ndfoldedwomanholdingabal
ancedscale-isdispl
ayedin
court
rooms, ar
emi ndertothej udgeaswell
astothepubl
i
cthatjust
iceisdevoidofbi
as.
Insocialworkpractice,aposterdepict
ing“
bayani
han”–agroupofmencar r
yinganipa
hut–isuset osy mbol i
zetheneedt oshoul
dercommonproblemstogether,
andt owork
cooperati
vel
ytowar dsthei
rsolution

3.CHANNEL

 Refer
st othepr opercourse,or“channels”oftr
ansmi ssi
onofcommuni cat
ion,
thati
s,ei
therinterper
sonalormassmedi a,orbot
h.
 Thechoiceofcommuni cat
ionchannel
si smadeusuallywitheff
ect
ivenessasthe
main considerati
on alt
hough ot
herf actor
slike control
l
abil
i
ty,economy ,and
speedcomei ntothepictur
e.

A.I
nter
personalcommuni
cati
onistheonesour
ceofinf
luencet
hatseemedtobe
f
araheadofallot
her
sindet
ermi
ningt
hewaypeopl
emadeupt hei
rminds.

B.Massmedi
aont
heot
herhand,
off
erscer
tai
nadv
ant
ages:

Itcanreachabiggeraudi
encewithi
nashor
terper
iodoft
ime,andar
eeasi
ert
o
cont
rol
thanint
erper
sonalcommunicat
ion.

4.RECEI
VER

Theper son,gr oup,orpopul ati


onsegment /t
otalpopul ationt hati sthe
intendedaudi enceofacommuni cationiscalledthe“ r
eceiver”.
 Inef f
ectiv
ecommuni cation,thereceiveristhef i
rstconsideration.
Mercadogi v esust hef oll
owinggui deli
nest or emember ,wi thr espectt othis
v
eryimpor t
antel ementi nt hecommuni cati
onpr ocess:
1.Themor ehomogenoust heaudi ence,theeasi ert ocommuni catewi t
h
them.
2.Themor eweknowaboutt heneedsofouraudi ence,t heeasi erf orusto
i
nfluencet hem.
3.I ngener al,thehi ghertheeducat i
onalat tai
nmentofaper son,t hemor e
openhe/ shei st onewi deas.Thi sisbecauseeducat ion, perse, broadens
aper son’sper spect i
ve.
4.I ngener al,womenar eeasiert opersuadet hanmen.
5.I ngener al,they oungert heper son,themor eopenhe/ shei st onewi deas.
Thisbecauset heexi sti
ngknowl edgeorat t
it
udesofy oungerper sonsare
notyetdeepl yingr ai
ned.

510
Modul
e2
Level
s,Pr
ocesses,
Appr
oaches,
Methods,Mat
eri
alsandSt
rat
egi
esi
n
Communicati
on

Level
sandBl
ocks

1.Fi
rstLev
el/
Blocks

Theblackenedporti
oninthemi ddl
eoft wocircl
esindi
cat
est hel
eveloft he
messagebecomi ng commont o bot
h.Thismeanst hatcommunicat
ionisnotv er
y
successf
ulbecauseonlyasmallport
ionofthemessagei scommont oboth.Perhaps
thesenderwasnotabletorel
aythemessageclear
ly,
thati
swhyonlyasmallpartofthe
messagewashear d,orr
ecei
vedbytherecei
ver
.

2.SecondLev
el/
Blocks

511
Themessageoft hesour
ceisalmostr
elay
edi nfullt
othereceiv
er.Asmal lpart
i
snotcommont oboth.I
tispossi
blet
hatsomedi str
acti
onshavecausedi t
.Itisalso
possi
blethatnomatterhowgoodthesour
cewasi nrel
ayingthemessageifthereceiver
wasnotequal l
ygoodi ncaptur
ingthemessaget hencommuni cati
onwasnot100%
eff
ect
ive.

3.Thi
rdLev
elBl
ocks

Thisisani dealsit
uat i
on.Ift hereceivedbyt heot herpersoni sexactl
yt hesame
astheoneabov e,thencommuni cati
onwassuccessf ul
.
Communi cationmakesorbr eaksasi tuation.I
Nmanyconf li
ctsi
tuati
ons, theroot
causei sof t
enpoorcommuni cationcausi ng mi sunderstanding.Good and ef fecti
ve
communi cati
onal lowsust oobt ainaccur ateinformation,knowt heneedsandf eelings
ofothers, comeupwi t
hbet terdecisionsandt oar ri
veatmut ual
l
yagr eeabl
esol uti
ons.
I
nmostcases, acqui ri
ngbet tercommuni cati
onski l
lsisattachedtobeingabl eto
expressy ourselfwel l.Indeed,iti sv eryimpor tantthatweexpr essourt hought sand
feel
ingsinacl ear,non-threateni
ngmanner .I
fwear egent l
erwithwor ds,theot herpar t
y
wouldal sobegent l
erwi huspr ev ent
ingmi sunderstandingthatcanescal atei ntoa
confli
ct.

ProcessofCommuni cat
ion
Communi cati
on may be classi
fi
ed accordi
ng to processes.The numberof
processesi nvol
vedi nthei nter
acti
onaf f
ect
st hecostandt heef fect
ivenessofthe
communi cat
ion.Therearethreetypesofcommuni cati
on,whi
chcoul dbegoodsubjects
forinvesti
gati
on:
1. One-wayprocess-undert hist
ypethesour cesi
mplysendst hemessaget othe

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receiverwhoi sex pectedt of ol
low theor derwi thoutquest ion.Thi spr ocessis
typifi
edbyapar entwhoor der shisson,ordaught ertodosomet hing,andt he
orderiscar r
iedoutwi thnoquest i
onasked.Thi stypeofcommuni cationismost
evidentwhent her eisanemer gencyl ikef ir
eorear thquake.Thi swast hefir
st
andsi mpl estt ypeofcommuni cati
on, whi chwasi nvestigated.
2. Two- waypr ocess-t histypei nvolvesasour ceandar ecei
v erwhocant alkto
eachot her .Thesour ceini
tiatesthepr ocessandt herecei veranswer sback.Thi s
typeshowsaf eedbacksy st em fr
om t her ecei
v ertot hesour ce.Whi lethefir
st
modelshowsaone- wayar rowbet weent hesour ceandt her eceiver
,t hi
smodel
presentst w-wayar rowssi gnifyi
ngthepr esenceofaf eedbacksy stem.
3. Thr ee-
waypr ocess-Thi st ypeisv i
rtuallysimi l
art othet wo-waypr ocessexcept
thatt he sour ce st ar
ts wi th gathering i nfor
mat i
on about ,instead of giv
ing
i
nf ormationt o,ther eceiv
er .Thegi vingofi nformat i
oncomessecondandt he
collecti
onofi nformat i
onfollowsast het hirdstep.

Communi
cat
ionMat
eri
als,
Appr
oaches,
Met
hods,
andSt
rat
egi
es

Communi
cat
ionmat
eri
alsar
eteachi
ngai
dst
hatar
eusedbyt
rai
ner
sini
mpr
ovi
ngt
he
ef
fect
iveness oft
hei
rcommuni
cat
ion ef
for
ts.Theycan be di
vi
ded i
nto pr
intand
el
ectr
onic.

Exampl
esofpr
intmat
eri
als:

Charts Bl
ackboards
Maps Fl
ipcharts
Graphs Model
s
Posters Objects
Bull
eti
nboar
ds Di
agr ams
Exampl
esofel
ectr
onicmat
eri
als:

Vi
deos Sl
ides
Casset
tet
apes Fi
l
ms

Communi
cat
ionappr
oachesar
eacombi
nat
ionofmet
hodsdesi
gnedt
oreachcer
tai
n
tar
getaudiences.Forappr oachest hatareusual l
yusedi ncampai gns,andaresubjectto
i
nvesti
gationsar ethei ndividualapproach,gr oupappr oach,themassmedi aappr oach,
andthefolkmedi aappr oach.
1.Thei ndiv
idualappr oachi sgenerall
yusedt oimprovetheawar eness,knowledge,
skil
l,and/orpractice( AKASP)ofani ndi
vidual.
2.The gr oup appr oach i s generall
y empl oyed toimpr ovet he AKASP ofan
i
ndiv i
dual.
3.Themassappr oachi sgeneral
lyappl i
edt oimprovetheAKASPofal ar
gemass
oftargetaudiencest hatcannotber eachedper sonall
ybyt hesource.
4.Thef olkmediaappr oachIgener al
lyappliedtocreateawar enessandt ochange
atti
tudeoft ar
getaudi encesthataredi f
fi
culttoreach.

Communi
cat
ion met
hods ar
e way
s ofshar
ing messages bet
weena sour
ce and a
r
ecei
ver
.Theef
fect
ivenessoft
hesemet
hodscoul
dal
sobest
udi
ed.

Appr
oaches Met
hods
Farmv isit
Homev isi
t
1.I
ndi
vi
dual
appr
oach Offi
cev isi
t
Chanceconv ersat
ion
Personal l
ett
er
Lecture
2.Gr
oupappr
oach
Discussion

513
Lecture-discussi
on
Smal lgroupmeet ing
Semi nar
Wor kshop
Studyt our
Rolepl ayi
ng
Met hoddemonst r
at i
on
Resultdemonst r
ation
Newspaper
Magazi ne
Radio
3.MassMedi
aappr
oach TV
Fi
lm
Bil
lboar d
Books
Traditi
onal drama
4.Fol
kmedi
aappr
oach
Debat es
Poems
Riddles
Folkdances
Folksongs

Communi
cat
ionst
rat
egi
esar
ebr
oadst
atement
sthatpr
ovi
det
hegener
aldi
rect
ionf
ora
communi cati
on pr
ogr
am.Ther eareatleasttwo gener alcommunicat
ion st
rat
egies
commonl yusedincommunicati
oncampaigns:educat
ionstrat
egysuchasInformati
on,
Educat
ion,Communi cat
ion campai
gns (
IEC),adv er
ti
sing str
ategy
,such as Soci al
Market
ing( SM).

Modul
e3
EFFECTI
VECOMMUNICATI
ON

Whati
scommuni
cat
ion?

Communi cat i
oni stheartoft ransmitt
inginf
ormati
on,i
deasandat ti
tudesf
rom
oneper
sont oanot her.Communi cat
ioni stheprocessofmeaningf
ulint
eract
ionamong
humanbeings.
 PersonalProcess
 Occursbet weenpeopl e
 I
nvolveschangei nbehavi
or
 Meanst oinf l
uenceothers
 Expressi
onoft hought
sandemot i
onsthroughwordsandact
ions
 Toolsforcont rol
li
ngandmot i
v atingpeople
 I
tisasoci alandemot ionalpr
ocess

Whatar
et hemostcommonway
swecommuni
cat
e?
 Spokenwor d
 Wr i
tt
enword
 Vi suali
mages
 Bodyl anguage

TypesofCommuni
cat
ion
 Downwar d Communi cati
on:hi ghlydi recti
ve,from seni ort o subordinates,t o
assignduties,giv
ei nstruct
ions,toi nform, t
oofferf eedback,approvaltohighlight
problems,etc.
 Upwar dsCommuni cat i
ons:Itisnon- directi
veinnat urefrom downbel ow,t ogi ve
feedback,toinform aboutpr ogress/ problems,seeki ngapproval
s
 LateralorHorizontalCommuni cation:Amongcol leagues, peer
satt hesamel evel
forinfor
mat i
onshar ing,forcoordinat i
on,tosavet ime.

514
I
nmoder nbusi
nessenvir
onmentcommuni cat
ionext
endsbey
ondwrit
ten
orspokenwordstol i
stenedwords.Vi
sualcommunicati
onaddedbytel
evi
sion,
computershav
egivennewmeani ngtocommunicati
on.

Communi
cat
ionnet
wor
ks
 Formalnet
wor k–vir
tual
lyver
ti
calasperchai
nofcommandwithi
nthehi
erarchy.
 Inf
ormalnetwork– f r
eetomov ei nanydirect
ion;mayski
pformalchainof
command;likelyt
osat i
sfysoci
alandemot i
onalneedsandcanfaci
li
tat
et ask
accompli
shment

Bar
ri
erst
ocommuni
cat
ion

 Noise
 Inappropriatemedium
 Assumpt i
ons/Misconcept
ions
 Emot i
ons
 Languagedi f
fer
ences
 Poorlisteningski
ll
s
 Distr
actions

515
Val
ueofLi
steni
ng
 Li
steningtoot hersi
sanel egantar t
 Goodl i
steningrefl
ectscourtesyandgoodmanner s
 Li
steningcar eful
lytot hei nstr
uctionsofsuper i
orsimprovecompet enceand
per
formance
 Ther esultofpoorl i
steningskillcouldbedi sast
rousinbusiness,employment
andsocial r
elati
ons.
 Goodl i
steningcaneliminateanumberofi maginar
ygriev
ancesofempl oyees.
 Goodl i
steningskil
lcanimpr ovesoci al
rel
ati
onsandconv er
sati
on
 Li
steningisaposi ti
veactivi
tyratherthanapassiveornegati
veacti
vit
y.

Essent
ial
sofCommuni
cat
ionDos
 Alwaysthinkaheadaboutwhaty ouaregoi ngt osay.
 Usesimpl ewordsandphr asest hatareunder st
oodbyev er
ybody.
 Incr
easey ourknowl edgeonal lsubjectsy ouar erequi
redt ospeak.
 Speakclearlyandaudi bl
y .
 Checkt wicewitht hel i
stenerwhet hery ouhav ebeenunder stoodaccur at
elyor
not
 Incaseofani nterrupti
on,alwaysdoal i
ttlerecapofwhathasbeenal r
eadysaid.
 Alwayspayundi videdattenti
ont othespeakerwhi l
eli
stening.
 Whileli
steni
ng,alway smakenot esofimpor tantpoint
s.
 Alwaysaskf orclarif
icat
ionifyouhav ef ail
edt ograspot her’
spointofview.
 Repeatwhatt he speakerhas sai dt o checkwhet hery ou have understood
accurat
ely.

Essent
ial
sofCommuni
cat
ionDon’
ts
 Donoti
nst antl
yreactandmut tersomet hi nginanger.
 Donotuset echnicalterms&t erminologi esnotunderstoodbymaj or
it
yofpeopl
e.
 Donotspeakt oof astort ooslow.
 Donotspeaki ninaudiblesur r
oundings, asy ouwon’tbeheard.
 Donotassumet hatev er
y bodyunder standsy ou.
 Whi
leli
steningdonotgl anceher eandt her easitmightdist
ractthespeaker
.
 Donoti
nt err
uptthespeaker .
 Donotj
umpt otheconcl usionthatyouhav eunderst
oodev erything

Howt
oImpr
oveExi
sti
ngLevelofCOMMUNI
CATI
ON?
 IMPROVELANGUAGE.
 IMPROVEPRONUNCIATI
ON.
 WORKONVOI CEMODULATI
ON.
 WORKONBODYLANGUAGE.
 READMORE
 LISTENMORE

516
 AVOID READI
NG OR WATCHI NG OR LI
STENI
NG UNWANTED LI
TERATURE,
GOSSIP,MEDI
A PRESENTATIONETC.
 INTERACTWITHQUALITATI
VEPEOPLE.
 IMPROVEONYOURTOPI COFDISCUSSI
ON,
 PRACTICEMEDITATI
ON&GOODTHOUGHTS.
 THINKANDSPEAK.
 DONOTSPEAKTOOFAST.
 USESIMPLEVOCABULARY.
 DONOTSPEAKONLYTOI MPRESSSOMEONE.
 LOOKPRESENTABLEANDCONFI DENT.

I
mpr
ovi
ngBodyLanguage–Ti
ps
 Keepappropriat
edi st
ance
 Touchonlywhenappr opr
iat
e
 Takecareofy ourappearance
 Beawar e-peoplemaygi vefal
secues
 Maintai
neyecont act
 Smilegenuinel
y

I
NSI
DETHERECEI
VER’
SHEAD

Thei
nter
nalpr
ocesst
hatt
akespl
acewi
thi
nar
ecei
verhasf
iveel
ement
s:

1.I
ntake–i
nfor
mat
iont
hati
srecei
vedi
sact
ual
l
ysel
ect
edbyt
her
ecei
ver
.

517
2.Meani ng– somemessagesar eincomplete,andt her
eforear eceiverplaces
meani ngbyr eplaci
ngt hei nformati
ont hatthesenderl eftoutandusesone’ s
pastexper i
enceasabasi s.
3.Signif
icance– cr eat
inga“ feel
i
ng”( emotionsorbodysensat ions)outoft he
meani ng.Themessagei st henconnect edtoone’sgoals,concerns,emot i
ons,
valuesandpastexper iences.
4.Accept ance–unconsci ouslyapprovingordi sappr
ovingthesignif
icanceoft he
message.
5.Response–r esponsei sfil
tereddependingonwhati seffecti
veorappr opr
iateto
themessagesent .

Mi
sinterpr
etati
on and lateron,mi scommunication,mostl
y happens i
nt he
processofgi vingmeaningt ot heinformat
ionunti
lar esponseisret
urned.I
tisvery
i
mpor tanttor emembert hatalt
houghwehav easpeci f
icmeaninginmi nd,t
heother
partymightthinkotherwi
se,especial
l
yi fwehavedi
ff
erentbackgr
ounds.

Everymessagehasf oursides;thereforeinli
steni
ngtoamessage,onemust
have“ f
ourear s”t
ogetthemessageaccur ately
.Thesenderoft hemessagemustal so
considerthatthemessagehe/sheissendingcoul dbeinter
pret
edinfourdi
ffer
entway s.
Iti
simpor tanttolear
nhowt ocommuni catewi thal
lfoursi
desoft hemessageinorder
tofacil
itat
ecommuni cat
ionwellenough.

TheFourSi
desofaMessagear easf ol
lows:
1.Factuallevel–ev erymessagecontainfactuali
nfor
mation.
2.Self-
revelati
on – i tcont
ains int
entionalself
-port
ray
aland uni ntended self
-
di
scl
osur e.Itr
efersonhow t hesenderv iewshimself
/herselfandhow he/ she
woul
dliket obev i
ewedbyot her
s.
3.Relati
onshi p–rev eal
sthesender ’
ssentimentsforeachot her.I
tismanifested
i
nthetoneofv oice,gest
uresandot hernon-ver
balsi
gns.
4.Appeal– t hesenderwant st o achieveaspeci fi
cef f
ectwhenr elayi
ng the
message.

Exampl
eofanal
yzi
ngt
heFourSi
desofaMessage:

Message“
Ther
eisnomor
eri
ce”
,sai
dthewi
fet
oherhusband

Fact
ual
lev
el:
“Ther
icesacki
sempt
y”

Sel
f-
rev
elat
ion:
“Wemi
ghtgohungr
y.”

Rel
ati
onshi
p:“
Iam count
ingony
out
obuyt
her
ice”(
emphasi
zi
ngt
her
oleoft
hehusband
ast
hebreadwinner
)

Appeal
:“Hey
,gobuyr
icenow!

518
Module4
I
NTERVIEWING

Ani
nter
view i
saf ace-
to-
facemeeti
ngbetweentwoormor epersons,di
rect
ed
t
owar
dsapurpose,suchastoobtai
ninf
ormati
on,
togiv
einst
ruct
ions,andtohelp.

How ani nter


view isconduct edgreatl
ydependsuponi tspurpose.Hence,an
i
ntervi
ew conductedinconnect i
onwi thasurveywillprobablybeli
mi t
edt oget ti
ngt he
i
nformati
onneededf orthest udy.Inasocialworkinter
view,thesoci
alwor keroftengoes
beyond merely gett
ing informat i
on.Ev en inintervi
ewing appli
cantsr equesti
ng a
part
icul
aragencyservice,
thewor kerusual
lywouldalsogiveinfor
mationori nstr
uctions,
provi
deguidanceandsuppor t,gi
v esuggesti
onsandmakenecessar yinterpret
ations,al
l
ofwhicharealr
eadyaspect sofhel ping.

Ani nter
viewinvol
vesbot hverbalandnon-verbal
communi cat
ion.Thesocialwork
pract
it
ionermakesuseoft hei nt
ervi
ewt hr
oughoutthehelpi
ngprocess,inhi
swor kwith
i
ndivi
duals,groups,andcommuni t
ies.Incommuni t
ywor k,
onemor efrequent
lyhearsthe
term“conference”which,essenti
all
y,involv
esthesamepr ocess.

I
ntervi
ewingisbothanartandatechni
que,whi
chrequi
resknowledgeandskil
ls.
Iti
sanar tbecausewhileint
ervi
ewer
smayf ol
l
ow thesamepr i
ncipl
es,itall
owsfor
expressionofone’ spersonal
i
ty.Thefoll
owingareamongt heskil
lsr equi
redforan
eff
ectiveinter
view.

1.Ski
lli
nrel
ati
ngwi
tht
hei
nter
viewee.Asoci
alwor
kint
erv
iewi
sgui
dedbyt
he
pr
ofessi
onal
pri
nci
plesappl
i
edi
nwor
kingwi
thpeopl
e,whi
chi
ncl
udet
he

519
followi ng:
a)Accept ingpeopl east heyar e,r egardl
essofwhet hert hei ntervieweei spassi ve,
resist i
ng, aggressi v
e,suspi cious, condescendi ng,etc.
b) Indi vidualizi
ng peopl e,knowi ng thatt hey hav e di ff
erentphy siologicaland
psy chol ogicalmake- up, andal sodifferentcul tur
al char acteri
stics.
c) Prot ectingt heconf i
dent i
alnat ureofthei ntervi
ew,set ti
ngl i
mi tsonhi msel fwi th
regar dt owhatki ndofi nf
or mat i
ont oobt ainfrom t hecl ient,orwhatt oobt ain
suchaswhent herear eot herpeopl epr esent.Gossi pandr umorspr eadi ngar e
cultur alrealit
iest hatr equi ret hesoci alwor ker’
sexer ciseofcer tainpr ecaut ions
whenconduct inginterv iews.
d)Exer cisingdi scipli
nei nt heuseofone’ ssel f
,cogni zantoft hewor ker’shol ding
certai npower swhi chcanbeusedf ororagai nstacl i
ent ,ortosui therownneeds
orends.Unl essshehasdi sci pline,apr actiti
onermayr esorttousi ngpr essur e, or
shemi ghti mposeadv ice,andexer ci
seot herformsofcont rolj ustbecausea
cli
enti sa“ cli
ent ”
.
e) Allowi ng t he i ntervi
ewee t o par t
ici
pat e and become sel f-det ermining,i .e.
,
prov idinggui dance,di r ection,suppor t,clar i
fi
cation,butal way skeepi ngi nmi nd
thatt he cl i
ent,r egardl essofhi spr oblem orsi t
uat ion,hascapabi li
tiesand
pot ent i
ali
ties.

2.Ski
lli
nobser
vingt
hei
nter
viewee.A ski
l
ledi
nter
vieweri
sver
yobser
vant
,is
sensit
ivetowhathi sey escansee: thephy sicalappearanceoft heintervi
ewee,
hisfaci
alexpr essi
on,gest ur
es,bodymov ement s,andthel i
ke.Whenwi thot her
people,howdoesonecl i
entbehaveandr eact? Howdoesher espondtot he
worker-
isheanxi ous,orcomf ort
able, orannoy ed?Istheintervi
eweepat ronizing?
Isheent husi
astic,
orishemer el
yf orcinghi msel f?Anintervi
ewershoul dalsobe
awareofherownl i
mi t
ationsinobser ving,thati s,aninterv
iewershoul dalsobe
awareofherownl imitati
onsinobser ving,thati s,aninterv
iewermayseeonl y
whatshewant stosee.Shemayhav eherownpr ej
udi
cesandi nterests,
ofwhi ch
sheshoul dbeawar e.Shemayal sof indmeani ngorsignifi
cancei nsomet hing
thatshouldjustbeaccept edforwhati tis.

3.Ski
lli
nli
steni
ng.Agoodi
nter
vieweri
sagoodl
i
stener
.Shel
i
stensbef
oreshe
tal
ks,orst ar
tst hei nt
ervi
ew usuall
ybygi vingit
spurpose,andt henl et
st he
i
ntervi
eweet alk.Shepi cksupi mportantpoint
sf orel
aborati
onordi scussion.
Bri
efrelev
antcomment sorquestionswi l
lnotonl
yshowt hattheinter
vieweris
l
ist
eningtoorf ol
lowingtheint
erviewee’saccount
,butwillencouraget hecli
ent
toexpresshisfeelings.

4.Skilli
naski ngquest i
ons.Ani ntervi
ewerwoul ddowel lt oremembert hata
fri
endl ymanneri naski ngquest ionscanmaket hedi ff
erencebet weenherget tingcorrect
orwr ongi nf
ormation, andar esponsi veorhost i
ler eply
.Anaccusi ngquest ionar ousesa
fearfuland def ensive at ti
tude.When an i nt er
v i
eweri s genui nelyinterested and
concer nedabouthel ping,shewi llhav enodi ffi
cul t
ywi thhermannerandt oneofaski ng
quest i
onst hi
swi l
lcomenat urally,andt heint ervi
eweewi l
lsensei tandwi l
lrespond
accor dingly.I
tisalsoadv i
sabl et oav oidquest ionst hatcallforay esornoanswer ,as
thisisnotconduci vet oclientsel f-expression.Themat terofaskingper sonalquest i
ons
alsodeser vesourat tenti
on.I ni ntervi
ewi ng,apr ofessionalpersonshoul dbegui dedby
thepr incipleofprivacy .I
nsoci alwor ki nt
erviewi ng,askingper sonalquestionscanonl y
bej ust i
fi
edi fitrequi redbyt hehel pingpr ocess,andev ent hen,onemustaskonl y
necessar yquestions.

5.Skillinanswer i
ngper sonalquest ions.Justasaski ngper sonalquest i
ons
requir
esski l
l,sodoesanswer ingper sonalquest ions.TheFi
li
pinosoci alwor kershould
real
izet hatshet ooisenti
tledtoherpr i
vacyandshemustnotf eelobligedt oanswer
everyquest i
onhercl i
entasks.Thewor kershoul dal sobesensiti
vet ot hemot i
vefor
asking personalquestions.Ifneed be,a l itt
le“ whit
eli
e”maybe gi v en.Personal
questionsar enotdiffi
culttohandlei fthewor kerisnotemot ionall
yinv olvedandi s
securei nherhel pi
ngrelati
onshipwi t
hhercl ient .Wemust ,howev er,under scorethe
needt ounder st
andthereasonf orcl
ient’squestions.

520
6.Interpreti
ng the cl
ient’
sr esponse.The i nt
ervi
ewergiv esmeaning t
ot he
cl
ient’
swor ds,expressi
ons,andbehav ior.Thewor kershouldexercisecar
einorderto
ar
riveatobjecti
veandaccur ateint
erpretati
ons.“KnowYour sel
f”i
sagoodmot t
oforthe
i
ntervi
ewer. Ther e is also need t o under st
and client’
s cult
ur e,when making
i
nterpr
etat
ionsofhi sresponses.

CONDUCTI
NGTHEI
NTERVI
EW

Onedoesnotbecomeaski l
l
edi nt
erv
ieweroverni
ght
.Pr acti
ce,alongwit
ha
consci
ousnessofthetechni
queswehavepresented,wi
l
lhelpawor kerbecomeamor e
eff
ecti
veinter
viewer
.The f ol
lowi
ng ar
e additi
onalsuggest
ions forconducti
ng an
i
ntervi
ew.

1.Pr
epar
efor t
he i
nter
view.Ant
ici
pat
ethe usualpr
obl
ems and si
tuat
ions
presentedbypeopl e,consider
ingt hepar t
icul
arnatureofy ourwor k.
2.Alwaysst artbymaki ngt heclientf eelcomf ort
able.Thei nter
viewershoul
df eel
comf ortableherselfsinceanxiety,tensionandner v
ousnesscanbesensedbyt he
cli
entandcanaf fectt heint
erview.Wi thFili
pinoclient
s,theuseofameni ti
esi s
veryhelpf ul
,e.g.“Kumust ahokay o?,
””Namumukhaankoy atakayo,”ar
ecasual
remar ksthatcanputacl i
entatease.Howev er,
thewor kershoul dwatchagainst
overdoingt his.

3.Useyouri
ntui
ti
onor“
sixt
hsense.
”Thewor
kershoul
dbesensi
ti
vet
ocer
tai
n
si
gnst hattel
lherwhenorhow t
ost
artwi
ththeint
erv
iew.Acli
entwhocomes
seeminglyupsetshoul
dbeall
owedt
imetocoll
ecthi
mselfbef
orethei
nter
view
star
ts.

4.Exer
cisecar
eint
heuseofi
nter
viewi
nst
rument
sli
kei
ntakeandsur
veyf
orms.
Thewor kershouldexpl ainthesei nstrumentst ot hecli
ent,ast hel att
ercan
becomesuspi ci
ousoruncomf ortable,especiall
yoncet hewor kerstar
t swr i
ti
ng
downhisr esponses.Not etaki
ngdur i
ngt hecour seoft heintervi
ew somet imes
hstobedone.Taki ngdownnot esisal lri
ghtasl ongast heclientistol
dwhyt he
workerhastodoi t.Cli
entssomet i
meshav etof i
lloutsomef or msthemsel ves.A
workeri
nsuchcasesshoul dbev erysensitiv
et oclient’
sneeds.

5.Beconsci
ousoft
ime.Ani
nter
viewershoul
dreal
i
zet
heneedt
osetl
i
mit
sont
he
i
ntervi
ew.Thewor kershoul
dkeepi nmi ndwhatshewant stoaccompli
shduri
ng
theinterv
iewhassomei deasast ohowl ongthei nt
erv
iewshouldlast
,anddoes
notallow itt
ogoi nalldirect
ions,unnecessari
lywastingti
mei ntheprocess.
Whent hepurposeoftheintervi
ew hasbeenaccompl i
shed,theworkershoul
d
takethemov etoter
minatetheinter
view,oradjour
ntheconference.

6.Donotr ushi
ntodirectact
ionorhelpwi
thoutful
lyunderstandi
ngthecl i
ent’
s
si
tuat
ion.A workershould car
eful
l
yassess t
he cl
ient
’s sit
uat
ion based on
accurat
eorrel
i
abledat
ashehasgather
ed,whichmakesforadefi
nit
ionofthe
natur
eofthecl
ient
’spr
obl
em,whi
ch,i
nturn,becomest
hebasi
sfortheworker’
s
acti
on.

7.Thei
nter
viewershoul
dhavepr
operdepor
tment
.Thewayani
nter
vieweract
sor
conductsher selfisveryi mpor tant
.Inoursoci ety
,awor kerwi
llfi
ndi thelpf
ulto
l
earnt henor msi napar t
icularcommuni tyifshewant st obeaccept edbyt he
peopl
e.Whatmaybeaccept ableinonecommuni t
ymaybeof fensiv
et oanother
communi ty.A pr ofessionalper sonshoul datl easttr
yt odevelop,asenseof
propr
iety
, carry
ingher selfinsuchawayt hatshemai nt
ainsbot
hhersel f
-r
espect
andther espectofot hers.Inourcul t
ure,itissoeasyt ogetcarri
edawayi nthe
nameof“ pakikisama” .Accept ancebycl ientsisnottobegai nedatanycost .
Suchaccept ancecanal socomebydemonst r
atingfi
rmnessandcont r
ol.

521
Modul
e5
RECORDINGS

Vir
tual
l
yal lsocialwor kagenci eskeepsomef orm ofr ecor ds,whichi dentif
yt he
cli
entstheyserve,andt hekindofser vicerenderedtot hem.Theyar ekeptf orasl ongas
theagencyt hi
nkst heyar est
il
lneeded.Agenci esvar yi
nt heirpr acti
ceofrecor d-keeping.
Themostcommoni sto, atl
east,keept hecli
entsappl i
cation/admi ssion/
int akef orm( i
n
caseswher ei
tisi ndivi
dualorgr oupwhoi stheclient),andacommuni t
yst udy /survey
fi
ndingsand/ orpr oblem-assessmentr eportbased on i ni
tialcommuni tymeet i
ngs.
Somer ecordofint erv
iewsorconf erenceshel dandser vicesr endered,andsi gnif
icant
acti
vit
iesundertakeni nt hecourseoft hehelpingprocess, areof tenalsoav ailable.

Whywr
it
erecor
ds?

Agencyr
ecor
dsser
vemanypur
poses.Amongt
hisar
ethef
oll
owi
ng:

1.Recor ds,part
icul
arl
yt hoset hatdwel lonact ualactivit
iesundert
akent osolvet he
cli
ent’sproblem serveastool sthatgui det hewor kerasheandt heclientproceed
withthet askofpr oblem-solv i
ng.Theyshowt he“ process”asithasdev eloped,
andhel pthewor kerkeept rackoft hesi gni f
icantev entsthathavetakenpl aceso
far.
2.These r ecords wil
lbe usef ulin ev al uati
on.Theywi l
lshow t he signif
icant
problemsandobst aclesencount ered,aswel last hegr owthorchangei nt he
cli
ent,andt hesuccessorf ailurei
nachi evingobj ectiv
es.

522
3.Recor ds can be v aluablet ot he soci alwor kerwho want st oi mpr ove her
knowl edgeandski l
l i
nhel pingpeopl e.
4.Recor dspr ovi
deanaccountofwhathav etakenpl ace, whichi
sneededwhenone
workermustr eplaceanot her,orwhen,i nanemer gency,onewor kermustt ake
overf oranother .
5.Theser ecordspr ovidei mpor tantinfor mationt ot heagencyespeci al l
ywher eit
hast omakedeci sionsaboutexpandi ng,changi ngort er
minat
ingpr ogramsand
serv
ices, andf orrepor t
ingt othecommuni t
yonhowf undshavebeenused.
6.Recor dsar esuper visoryt ools.Ther eview andanal y si
softheircont entduring
super vi
sionhel pimpr ovet heski l
lsoft hewor ker.
7.Socialwor kr ecords,such as case st udies,ar e used as basicl earni
ng in
prof
essi onalschool sofsoci alwor k,andf ort hisreason,serveasani mpor t
ant
educat i
onal purpose.
8.Recor dsar easour ceofst atisti
cali nformat i
onaboutagencyoper ati
ons,and
providedat aforv ari
ousr esear chpr ojects.

Typesofr
ecor
ds

Thepr esenttrendi stokeepr ecord-keepi


ngtoami nimum sot hateveryagency
wi
llhav
et odecidewhi char enecessary,andoncet hi
sdecisionismade, t
heexpectat
ion
i
sthatthoserecordswi llbedonepr operly.Intheauthor
’sexperience,thefol
lowingare
t
hemajortypesofr ecordspr epar
edbyagencysoci al
workers:

I. Intakef orms( alsocal l


edFaceSheet ,Admi ssi onFor m, andAppl i
cationFor m)
I
I. Summar yr ecor ds/ ent riesofdat aobt ainedaspar toft hei nfor mation-gat her i
ng
stagei npr obl em sol ving( usual lyindi catingdat e,place, andsour ceofdat a)
II
I. Sur veyRepor t(cont ai
nsf indingsaboutt hecommuni tysi tuat i
on, indicatingdat e,
place, andsour ceofdat a)
I
V. CaseSt udy( briefi ndent ifyi
ngi nf ormat ion,assy nthesisoft hedat aobt ained
from v ari
oussour ces;t hegoal s/obj ect i
vest obeachi ev ed;andt hespeci fi
c
meanst ot heirachi evement )
V. Summar izedPr ocessRecor dings( Thet erm maysoundl ikeacont radiction,but
the r eason we added t he wor d“ Summar ized”i s because,a r ealpr ocess
recor ding i s supposed t o cont ain consi der able detai laboutt he cont entof
i
nt erviews,conf erences,andot hercont act swi thcl ient s,i nt hesequencei n
whi cht heyt ookpl ace, includi ngt her eact i
ons, andr esponsesofbot hcl ient ,
and
wor ker ,f ollowedbyt hewor ker’
sassessment /analysisofwhatt ranspi red.We
thinki ti sunr eal i
stict oexpectourpr esent -daywor kerst oaccompl isht hist ype
ofpr ocessr ecor ding,becauseoft hei rwor kload.Howev er ,webel ievet her eisa
needt o,atl east ,makesummar i
esoft hepr ocessest aki ngpl acei nr elat i
ont o
probl em sol vi
ng,whet herwi t
hani ndi vi
dual ,agr oup,oracommuni ty,wi tht he
wor kerexer cisingj udgmenti nrecor di ngt hose, whi chshet hinksi mpor tant .
VI. Per i
odi c Ev aluat i
ve Summar i
es ( i
ncl uding a st atement about t he maj or
dev elopment sthathav eoccur red) .
VII. Transf erSummar i
es( i
ncl udingr ecommendat ionsonf utur ecour seofact ion)
VII
I. FinalEv aluat i
v eSt at ement( focusi ngont heext entt owhi chgoal s/obj ectives
spel l
edouti nt heCaseSt udyhav ebeenaccompl i
shed/ notaccompl ishedand
why ; recommendat ionsf ort erminat ionorcont i
nuat i
onofser vice)

523
Modul
e6
SOCI
ALCASEWORKRECORD

Whati
sasoci
alCasewor
kRecor
d?
Anabstr
acti
onofwhathappenedinalocalsi
tuat
ionbetweenthecl
ientandthe
wor
kerint
heprocessoft
heformer’
sseekinghel
pandt helat
terr
espondi
ngt othe
f
ormer’
sneed.

WhyshouldasocialworkerrecordhisProcessofHelpi
ng?
Iti
salsoneededbyt hecaseworkertoguidehiminhissel
f-
appr
aisal
.
Arecor
dmakesapr ofessi
onal soci
alworkerseethr
oughhisowninvol
vementi
nthe
pr
ocessofgi
v i
nghelp.

Pur
poseoftheRecor d
1.Forpr act
ice
2.Foradmi nistr
at i
on
3. Forsuperv i
sion
4.Forteaching
5.Forresear ch

Themosti
mpor
tantt
hingaboutapr
ofessi
onal
recor
dli
esi
nit
sCONTENTi
n

524
r
ecor
ding.

Themostimport
antthingst oshowar e:
 Natur
eofcasesi tuati
on
 Thecli
ent
’sdoingabouthi sprobl
em
 Howthecasewor kercarr
iestheresponsi
bil
i
tyofof
fer
inghel
pinpr
obl
em-
sol
vi
ng
thr
oughpreci
sei ntervent
ion

St
ylei
nRecor
dingshoul
dsui
tthemat
eri
al

Agoodr
ulef
orcont
entandst
yleshoul
dbe-
--

--
--
--
-“
lookatt
heappli
cant
,tal
ktohim,wri
teabouthi
m, hisat
ti
tudes,hisneeds,
his
rel
ati
onshipt
oother
sandtoy ou.Don’
tev
erseehim,thinkabouthim orwrit
eabouthi
m
asat ype.

St
ylei
nRecor
dingshoul
dsui
tthemat
eri
al

Thebestrecor
dwill
notonl
ycontai
nobject
ivef
acts,eventsorbehavi
orbutare
supposedtobri
ngoutclear
lypr
eci
seassessmentandtheinterv
enti
veplansaswell.

Agoodprofessi
onalst
ylemeanst hatitwaswr i
tt
enbyapr ofessi
onalsocial
work
practi
ti
onerorel
set her
ecordcannotachievea“ pr
oblem-solv
ingunity
.”Alsoagood
professi
onalst
yleshowsamast eryoftheinterv
enti
veprocesswi t
hclari
tyofdir
ecti
on
becauseoneknowswhatt hecl
ientandthewor kerar
edoi ngtoget
her.

Thebestrecordnotonlycontai
nobject
ivef
act
s,ev
entsandbehavi
orbutare
supposedtobri
ngoutcl ear
lypreci
seassessmentoft
hepersoni
nsit
uati
onswith
defi
nedprobl
em forfocus.

THREEMOSTI
MPORTANTSTYLESI
NRECORDI
NG

1.Narr
ati
ve
 Thi
sisthepri
marysty
leforthesocialcaserecor
d.
 I
tisthesty
lefort
hesoci
alcaser ecor
d.
 I
sactual
lyconcer
nedwit
ht hereporti
ngoffacts.

Thenar
rati
vecondensed
 Isgenerallyusefulf
ormf orallty
pesofcaseworkagencies.I
tisgoodfor
report
ingf actsofpracti
calhelpf
ulness,
event
sandmostcol lat
eralv
isi
tor
conferences.
 Isanabr idged,compactv er
sionwhi chmayhavebeenreducedfrom it
s
formerv oluminoussize.

Nar
rat
ivepr ocess
 Thenar rati
veprocessst yleisusedt oel aborat
emor eoni nter
personal
relati
onshipsinrecords.Pr ocessisusedt oshowt heprocessof
i
nt eract
ionwithintheinterview,witha“ pl
ayinter
view”,orinagr oup
i
nt ervi
ewt oshowgr oupi nteract
ion.
 I sawr i
tt
endescr i
pti
onoft hedynami ci nt
eract
ionthathast akenplacei
n
ani nter
view.
 I tshouldcontainthepur poseoft hei ntervi
ew,worker’
sobser vat
ions,
descr i
pti
onoft heint
entions, impressions,worker’
sroles,andplan.

2.Summar i
zedRecordi
ng
 Thesummar yr
ecordi
ngisagooddevicef
oror
gani
zati
onandanalysi
ngfact
s.
 I
sar evi
ew,orr
ecapit
ulat
ionofmat
eri
alwhi
chhasal
readyappear
edinthecase
recor
d.

525
Summari
zedRecor ding
 Summar i
esincludesoci
alhistor
ies,
diagnost
icsummaries,per
iodic
evaluati
on,transf
erandclosingsummar i
esalsocaseabstract
sfrom
otherrecords.
 Summar i
esar eeit
hert
opicalorcondensedchronol
ogi
cal summaries.

Soci
alhistori
esar eoft wotypes:
Thesoci oeconomi chistorywhichismostoftenusedwhenmanyoft he
welf
areclient
spr esenti
ngprobl emsusuallyi
nvol
vetheprobl em ofeconomic
sur
vival,
andthepsy chosoci
al orpsychogeneti
chistor
ywhi chisgenerall
yused
wit
hcl i
entspresenti
ngani mpai rmentofthepsychosoci
alfunctioni
ng.

SUMMARYRECORDI
NG-
--
-ASOCI
O-ECONOMI
CHI
STORY

Ernest odel osSantos,37y earsold,acar


penter,metwi thanacci dentoneday
whenaspeedi ngcarhi thi
m onhi swayhomef orwork.Hewasbr oughttot hehospi
tal
wherehisrightlegwhi chwasheav il
yinj
uredwasamput ated.Hewasdi schargedaftera
month’sstayi nthehospi t
al.Akinddonorhadgi ft
edhi m withapai rofcrutcheswhichhe
wasalreadyl earningtousebef orehisdischar
ged.Hewasr eferredbytheSoci al
Ser
vicesUni toft hehospitalt
ot hefamilyagencyforfurt
herassi st
ance.Hehasawi fe
andthreechi l
drent osupport.Theyarerentingasmal lhousef orP300.00amont h.

Hi swif
e,AsuncionPerez,is32y earsold.Shesellscookedf oodinthe
neighborhoodtosupplementherhusband’ sincome.Thei rthreechil
drenareall
study
ing.
Manuel ,
14y ear
sol disi
nsecondy earhighschool,Corazon,12y earsol
disingradeVI,
andMar iett
a,8y ear
soldisi
ngr adeI I
.MrSantosi swor r
iedthatthechil
drenmayhav eto
stopschoolingifheremainsj
obl essbecauseofhi sdisabil
ity
.

 Per iodicsummar i
esar emadet ocoveracer t
ainperi
odoft i
medur i
ngwhi chthe
casei sundert hecar eofori sbeinghandl edbyt hewor ker.Thi sisappl i
cableto
l
ongt er m casewor k,groupwor kwi t
hf ormedgr oups,andwi thcommuni tywork.
 Tr ansf ersummar yreferstot hesummar ymadewhent hecasei st obe
transf erredt oanot herwor kerorisbei ngreferr
edtoanot heragency .I
tmay
cont ainabr iefstatementoft heproblem, thetr
eatmentpl anandwhathasbeen
accompl i
shedsof ar .
 Thecl osingent ryorsummar yfocusesont hecausesandr esul t
soft he
treat mentori nterventi
on.Itcov erst
hesi tuati
onatintakeandt hereasons
i
nv olved,t heproblem thatemer ged,t
het reatmentgiven,ser vicesext ended, or
i
nt ervent ionmade, thepr ogress,movementorchangedachi ev ed,and t he
resul tsorst atusoft hecase.

3.THEI
NTERPRETATI
VESTYLE

ILLUSTRATI ON
Cli
enthasnoty etgott
enov erthetr
aumaofhi sacci dent.Hemustbef eel
ingvery
usel essandsor ryforhimselfandangr ywithwhathappenedt ohim.Heseemst ohave
nopl ansasy etonwhathei sgoingtodo.Hehasnotbot her edtolear
nhowt ouse
crutchesski l
full
y.Hemayhav elostsomeofhi sself-confidence.Hispresentbehav i
oris
ar eflect i
onofhisinnerf eeli
ngsofangerandf rustrati
onwhi chhedispl
acesonhi s
childr en.Itmaybet hatthereasonhehasr efusedt otalkthingsov erwit
hhi swife
becausehehi mselfisstil
lconfusedandhasnoty etsetgoal sforhimselft
oaccompl i
sh.
Hiseconomi chistoryshowst hathehasbeenqui teself-reli
antinthepastandhi snew
roleasadependentdoesnotsui thim atal
l.Havinghadt oappl yformaterialassist
ance
mayhav ereducedhi sself-r
espectandself-esteem.

TheI
nter
pret
ati
ve,
Diagnost
ic,
andEv
aluat
iveRecor
ding

Contai
nst
hesoci
ali
nter
pret
ati
onoftheworker
.Itshowsint
ell
ectual
sensi
ti
vi
ty
anddi
sci
pli
neint
ryi
ngt
owrestoutthemeaningoft
hefactsofthecase.Int
hiski
ndof

526
recor
dingwehav
eawor kerwhoseey
estrai
nedtoder
ivethesigni
fi
canceofev
entsand
alsot
oseeendhearandrepor
taccur
atel
ytoser
veami ndthatist
rai
nedtoref
lect
.

Modul
e7
DOCUMENTATI
ONANDRECORDKEEPI
NG

Whykeepr
ecor
ds?

1.Document ation and r


ecor
d keeping areimportantt o ensure accountabi
l
ity
,
faci
li
tate coordi
nati
on ofcare between pr
oviders and servi
ce impr ov
ement.
Howev er,the impor t
ance of documentat
ion and r ecord keeping may be
overl
ooked/ over
shadowedbyt hef ocusondir
ectser vicestoclients.Assuch,
properdocument ati
onandrecordkeepingmaybenegl ected.

2.Thefol
l
owi ngsect i
onpr ovidest hr
eer easonswhyi tisimpor t
anttodocument
andmaintai
npr operrecord:
2.
1. Continuit
yofcar e.Recordspr ovi
deacasehi storyandamor e
holi
sti
c picturei n or dert of ollow-up on services ortry different
approachest oassi stthecl i
ent.Thisi sespecial
l
yf orcli
ent
swi thl ong-
ter
m orcompl exneeds,orwhor equiremulti
pleservi
ces.Accurateand
up-t
o-daterecordingi simpor t
antespeci al
lywhent her
eisanemer gency
and the st aff
-i
n-charge i s notav ail
able(due t oill
ness,v acat i
on,

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resignation,et c.
).Good r ecords and document ati
on wi llfacili
tate
communi cati
onbet weenser vi
cepr ovider
st oensur ecoor dinated,rather
thanf r
agment ed,servi
ce.
2.
2. Account abi
li
ty.Itisimpor t
antt obeabl et opr ovi
der elevantclient
i
nf ormationatanygi v entimeandt heor ganization’sresponset otheir
needs.Thei nfor
mat ionmaybeneededt or espondt oquer iesf rom
stakeholder s, whomayi ncludet heclient’
sf amily,funders,donor sort he
cour t
s.One i mpor t
antsour ce ofi nf or
mat i
on i st he clientr ecords.
Document at
ionf ormst henat ureoft hepr ofessionalrelationshipwi th
the client.I nformation on pr oblems encount ered and t he agency ’
s
responsewoul dassisti ntheev entofacr i
sisori nvesti
gations.

2.
3. Serviceimpr ovement .Well-
documentedrecor dscanalsol eadto
i
mpr ovedser vicest ot hecli
entsbyhelpingthest afforgani
zehi s/
her
thoughts.Aggr egat
ed cl i
entinformati
on can also facil
it
ate servi
ce
planni
ng, ser
vicedev elopmentandser vi
cerevi
ews.Thei nformati
oncan
alsoform pri
mar ydatat oconductevi
dence-
basedr esear
ch.

3.Havingestabl
i
shedtheimport
anceofdocumentationandrecordkeepi
ngas
essent
ial
element
sofprof
essi
onalpr
act
iceandser
vicetocl
i
ents,

Summary:
Recor
ding-
keepi
nganddocument
ati
onar
eimpor
tantt
hatf
aci
l
itat
es:

 Conti
nui
tyofcar
e
 Account
abil
i
ty
 Serv
icei
mprovement

GUI
DELI
NESFORDOCUMENTATI
ON

Whatshoul
dbedocument
ed?

1.Giventhedi v ersenat ure,sizeandcompl exityofclientneedsandi ntendedcl i


ent
outcomes, ther emayseem amy riadofi nf or
mat iontodocumentandst or
e.What
thenshouldbedocument ed?
 Hi stor y and needs of cl ient .Att he poi ntofadmi ssion,det ai
led
informat ionont heneedsandbackgr oundoft hecl ienti sdocument ed
dur i
ngi ntakeassessment .Ref ert othegui deoni nt
akeandassessment ,
NCSS( 2006)f ormor einf or mat ion.
 Ser vice r ender ed- when t he cl ient i s par ticipat
ing i n t he
service/ pr ogr amme,i nfor mat iononser vicesr ender edi sdocument edi n
thecl ient ’
scar eplan.Ref ert ot heGui deonCar eandDi schargePl anning,
NCSS( 2007)f ormor ei nf ormat ion.Ot herkeyi nformat iontodocument s,
accompani edbysuppor t i
ngdocument s,isf eeschar gedandsubsi dies
receiv ed ( fore. g.,qual ifying i nf ormation forsubsi di es undermeans
testingorot hersour ces) .
 Cl ientout comes-agenci esshoul ddocumentcl i
entout comesachi evedor
notachi ev eddur ingper iodicr ev i
ews,di schar georf ollow-up.Addi ti
onal
informat ionmaybeder ivedf rom mi l
estonesachi evedbyt hecl ientor
caregi versat isfacti
onsur vey s.Theabi li
tytopr oducedocument ationof
cli
ent ’s achi ev ement f urther enhances t he account abili
ty of t he
progr amme.
 Pr ogr amme i nformat ion-mi nut es ofmeet ings,case conf er
ence and
emai ls exchanges t owar ds cr i
ticaldeci si
on maki ng ar ei mpor tantt o
recor d.Suchdocument at i
on,i naddi ti
ont oot hersour cesofi nfor
mat i
on,
couldpr ov ideabackgr oundt ot her easonwhycer tai nproposalwer e
accept edorr ejected.

Howcant
hei
nfor
mat
ionbeused?

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2.Cli
ent -rel
atedi
nformati
onareusual l
yaggr egatedperi
odicall
y(fore.g.,quarterly,
half
-y earl
y,annuall
y)to provi
de information on outcomes.The consol i
dat ed
reportsar eoftenprovi
detostakehol der
s,suchascur r
entandpot entialcl
ient s,
funder s,donors,media,accredit
ation bodies,ect.The informati
on on cl ient
outcomesandpr ogrammeef fect
iveness( ort hel
ackofi t
)couldbeusedf or
servicepl anni
ngandi mprovement ,needsassessment ,cost-
benefi
tsanal yses,
mar ketingandpublici
ty,
aswellasot herpurposeswher enecessary.

Summary
I
mpor
tanti
nfor
mat
iont
orecor
dincl
udes:

 Hist
or yandneedsofcli
ent
 Servi
cesr endered
 Cli
entoutcomes
 Programmei nf
ormat
ion

BESTPRACTI
CESFORDOCUMENTATI
ON

WhatdoIhavet
obeari
nmi
ndwhendocument
ingcl
ienti
nfor
mat
ion?

1.Diff
erent st aff woul d hav e uni que wr iting st yle accor di ng t o i ndi v i
dual
prefer
ences.Toensur econsi st ency , i
ti sbestt obeari nmi ndt hef ollowi ngwhen
thedocument i
ngcasenot es:
 Conci se-cl ient not es shoul di ncl ude onl yr elev ant i nfor mat ion i n
appr opr iat edet ail,i.e.onl ypr ov idei nf ormat iont hati sdi r
ect l
yr elev antt o
thedel iver yofser vicesf orint endedcl ientout comes.Thest affshoul dt r
y
toensur emi nimalbur dent ot hecl ientandhi scar egi versbyaski ngonl y
requi rei nf ormat ionandnotaski ngf ort hem r epeat edl y.Wi tht hecl ient ’
s
consent ,assessmenthi storyshoul dbet ransf err edandv er i
fiedf r om a
refer ringpr ov idert ot hecur rentpr ov ideri nst eadofsubj ect i
ngt hecl i
ent
tor epeat edassessment .
 Accur at e-besi despr ov idingaccur atei nfor mat i
on,di rectquot esf rom t he
client ,car egi verorot herpr ofessi onalst af f( such as commentf r
om
psy chol ogi st sordoct or s)coul dber eflect edi fnecessar yt opr ovideaf ull
pict ure oft he cl ient .As t he i nfor mat ion maybe shar ed wi t h ot her
agenci es,t her ecor dsmustbel egibl e;t her efer encet er msusedmustbe
consi st entandt her ecor dsf r
eef r
om j ar gon( meani nglesswor ds).
 Up- to- dat e-pr ogr essnot es,cr isisi nt er vent i
onori ncidentr epor t
sshoul d
bewr ittenassoonaspossi bleaf teranev enthashappenedt opr event
lossofi nf ormat ionduet ot imel apse.Al lsi gni ficantf actsshoul dbe
recor ded.Suchr epor tsshoul dnotassi gnbl ameoni ndiv i
dual sandbe
freef rom i rrelevantspecul ati
onorof fensi ve, subj ect ivest atement s.
 Meani ngf ul-Thenot esshoul dcapt ur et hought fulr eflectivet hinkingand
prof essi onalj udgmentoft hei nt erv ent i
onandser v i
cespr ov ided.Not es
shoul d di st i
ngui sh cl ear l
ybet ween f acts,obser v ati
on,har d dat a and
opi nions.Wher eopi ni onsorpr of essi onaldi agnosi sorr ecommendat i
on
of a par ticular i nt erv ention i s made, t hese shoul d be pr oper l
y
acknowl edge,dat ed and si gned.Recor ds r equi ring v al i
dation and
aut hor i
zat ionmustbepr oper l
ycompl etedandsi gned.
 I nter nal lyconsi st ent -Not esshoul dbest ruct ur edaccor dingt oapr eset
formatt hatmaybeuni quet oeachor gani zat ionorpr ofessi onalgr oup
wi thint heor gani zat ion( fore. g.,useofst andar dcar eanddi schar gepl an
templ at e)acr ony msshoul dbemeani ngf ult oal lwi thint heor gani zat ion.
Consi st ency and st andar dizat ion hel ps t o br ing cl ar i
tyt o st af fand
reducest het imet akent osear chf orv i
tali nf or mat i
onami dstt hehuge
amountofcl i
enti nf or mat ionav ailabl e.

529
Summary
:
NotesandRecor dsshouldbe:
 Conci se
 Accur at
e
 Up- t
o-date
 Meani ngful
 Internal
lyconsi
stent

GUI
DINGPRI
NCI
PLESFORRECORDKEEPI
NG

HowdoIst
oreandmai
ntai
nrecor
ds?

Thefol
lowi
ngsecti
onprov
idessomeguidi
ngpri
ncipl
esforgoodr
ecor
dkeepi
ng
pr
acti
cesi
ntermsofr
ecordret
ent
ion,
transmi
ssi
onanddestr
uct
ion.
1.Recor
dRetent
ion

 Stori
ngr ecor ds.Recor dscanbest oredascasef iles,logbook,sof tcopy
database,ect .Agenci esshoul dt aker easonabl est epst oensur et hat
cli
ent’
sr ecor dsar est oredi nasecur el ocat i
onandar enotav ail
abl et o
otherswhoar enotaut horizedt ohav eaccess.Agenci esneedt oal so
haveapol icyonbacki ngupofsof t-copydat a, accessr ightsandsecur ity.
Precautionshoul dbemadet opr ot ectsof tcopyr ecor dsf rom electroni c
vir
usesort echni calfai l
ure,andwr i
ttenr ecor dsf rom damageduet of ire,
waterorev enr odents( e.g.termi t
e) .
 Protecti
ng r ecor ds.Agenci es shoul d dev el op it s own conf ident iality
poli
cyt opr otectt hecl ient’
swr i
ttenandel ect r
oni cr ecordsandot her
sensit
iveinf ormat i
on,andt heobl igat i
onofal lwor ker st oabidebyt hem.
Agenciesshoul dseekt obal anceani ndiv i
dual ’sr ightt oconf ident iality
withtheirri
ghtt oser vices,car eandpr otection.
 Accesst or ecor ds.Whenpr ovidingcl ientswi t
haccesst othei rrecor d,
staffshoul dt akest epst o protectconf ident i
ali
tyofot heri ndividual s
i
dent i
fi
edordi scussedi nsuchr ecor ds.Bot hcl i
entr equestandr ational e
forwithholdingr ecordsshoul dbedocument edi nclient ’
sf i
les.

Sensit
ive and conf
ident
ialinf
ormati
on must be rel
eased onl
yto
author
izedpar
ti
es;wi
thcli
entconsent
,whenev
erappl
i
cati
on.

2.Tr
ansmi
ssi
onofi
nfor
mat
ion

 Mai ntainconf i
dent i
ality.Agenci esshoul dt akepr ecaut i
ont oensur eand
mai ntainconf i
dent i
ali
t yofinformat iont r
ansmi tt
edt oot herst hr
ought he
use ofcomput ers,el ect
ronics mai l,f ax machi nes,t elephones and
tel
ephoneanswer ingmachi nes.
 Consent .Humani nt
er eststoriesar eessent ialforpubl ici
tyorf und-raisi
ng.
Howev er,agenci es shoul di nform t he cl i
ent s on t he pur pose oft he
publicit
y,whet heri tisani nterv i
ew orpr ofil
ingcl ientsi nmagazi nesor
annulr eports( includi ng shar i
ng of phot ographs) .Af t
ergi ving t he
i
nfor mat i
on,theagencyshoul dseekt hecl ient’
sper mi ssi
on.Thecl i
ent
shoul dbegi venther ightt odeclinewi thoutbei ngdepr i
v eofser vi
ce.
 Release of i nfor mat ion- agenci es shoul d not di sclose sensi t
ive
i
nfor mat i
on when di scussi ng clients,whet herwi t
ht he medi a ort o
external consult
antunl essisacompel l
ingr easont odoso.

3.Recor
dMai
ntenanceandDest
ruct
ion

 Updat
eofrecords.Agenci
esshoulddevel
opi
tsowni nt
ernalpol
i
cyont i
me
fr
amesforupdateofrecords;i
ncl
udecarepl
ans,pr
ogressrepor
ts,i
nci
dent

530
reports,et
c.
 Termi nati
onofser vi
ce.Agenciesshouldst orer ecor dsfoll
owingt ermination
ofser vicetoensur er easonabl
ef ut
ureaccess.Asagener algui de,case
recordsshoul dbekeptf oratleastthr
eey ears,andf i
nancialrecords,sev en
years.Agenci esneedt oensurethatt heirrecor d-keepi
ngpr acti
cecompl y
withal l
contractual
,regul
atoryorl
egalrequirement s.
 Deceasedcl i
ents.Agenciesshouldpr otectt heconf i
dential
i
tyofdeceased
cli
entswi tht hestandardsment i
oned.Thet ransferri
ngordi sposingclient
recordsshoul dbeconduct edinamannert hatpr otectscli
entconf i
dentialit
y
andi sconsistentwit
hgov ernment,
cont r
actual andanyot herregulati
on.

4.El
ect
roni
corhar
dcopyr
ecor
ds?

 Electroni cr ecor ds.Keepi ngcl i


entr ecor dsinsof tcopi esal lowsf oreasyaccess,
tr
ansf erandsav esst or age.Howev er,keepingr ecor dsv iaanel ect r
onict oolsuch
ast hePer sonalDi gitalAssi stant( PDA)whi l
stconduct ingi nt
akeassessmentof
new cl ients,f ore. g. ,mayseem i mper sonalandi nappr opr i
ate.Ifdocument ati
on
andr ecor dsar est oredel ectronicall
y ,itisi mpor tantf ortheor ganizationt o
developi t
spol iciesandpr ocedur esfori nfor
mat i
onmanagementandt echnol ogy,
i
ncludi ngsy stem mai ntenance, moni toringaccessandst afftr
aining.
 Wr i
ttenr ecor ds.Wr ittenr ecor dsar ecommonandmor eper sonabl et ocl i
ent,
especi all
yi nt hebusi nessofhumanandsoci alser v
ices.Howev er,theyar eat
ti
mes di fficultt or ead due t ov ary i
ng and uni que handwr i
ting.I n addi t
ion,
duplicat ecopi eshav et obemadef ort ransmissi ont oot herpartiesoragenci es.
 Electroni cCaseManagementSyst em ( ECMS) .NCSShasdev elopedt heeCMS, a
softwar esy stem t hatal l
owsf orcompr ehensiveandsy st
emat icdocument ati
on
ofclient ’
spar ticular ,i
nt akeassessmentandcar epl an.TheECMSal soallowsf or
sharing ofi nfor mat i
on acr oss agenci es thathav e access t ot he sof twar e,
accompani edwi thpr i
v acyandconf i
dent i
ali
tysaf eguar ds.TheECMSi sthusone
modeofdocument at i
onf oragenci est or ecordcl i
enti nf ormation.
 Agenci escoul dconsi deral lfact orsandchooseasy stem t hatmeet sthei rneeds,
toultimat elybenef itthecl ientsser ved.

Summar
y

Whenst
ori
ng,tr
ansmi
tt
ingordestr
oyi
nganyinf
ormat
ionper
tai
ningt
othecl
i
ent
,
whet
heri
nwri
tt
enrecor
dsor“
li
ve”i
nter
views,
agenci
esshoul
d:

 Prot
ectcli
entconfident
ial
it
y
 Seek cli
entconsentbef ore shar
ing sensi
ti
vei nf
ormati
on,or prof
il
ing or
i
nter
viewingcli
entsinanymedia.
 I
nformtheclient
saboutt hei
rri
ghttodecl
ineforbei
ngint
erv
iewedorfeat
ured.

REVI
EWSOFRECORDSFORSERVI
CEI
MPROVEMET

Whyr
evi
ewr
ecor
ds?

1.I
tisgoodpract
icetorev
iewrecor
dssot hatser
viceimprovementcanbemade.
Hence,
recor
dsshouldberev
iewedper
iodical
l
ytoestabl
ish:

 Whetherassessmentsconduct
edwerethor
ough,completeandt i
mely.
 Whethercli
entswereacti
vel
yinvol
vedinmakinginf
ormedchoi cesregar
ding
ser
vicesrecei
ved.
 Whethercli
entsweregi
venappropr
iat
eserv
icetoachievecli
entoutcomes
 Whethertheachiev
ementofcli
entout
comescouldbei mprovedupon.

Recor
dsf
orcont
inuesi
mpr
ovement

1.Recor
dswi
l
lpr
ovi
det
hepr
imar
ydat
asour
cef
ormanyuses.Thesei
ncl
ude:

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 Astudyoft hedat aofcli
entoutcomest oassesstheimpactofi nter
vent
ion
andanalysesar easf
orimprovement
 Furt
herresear chint
hear eaofevidence-basedpracti
ce,tostudytheproven
methodsf orthemy r
iadandcomplexityofissuespresentedbycli
ents.
 Demonstrating of accompl i
shed st andards of pr act
ice for possi
ble
accr
edit
ation.

2.Ther esear
chf i
ndingscouldbeusedt oadvocat
eforcl
ient
s,expandproven
programmes,achieveaccreditat
ionasahal
lmarkofqual
i
tyserv
ice,aswellas
sharebestpract
iceswit
hot herprovi
der
s.

Summar
y

Peri
odicr
evi
ewsofrecor
dsar
eimport
antf
orcont
inuesi
mpr
ovementi
nit
iat
ives.
Theaggr
egatepr
imar
ydat
acouldbeusedt
o:

 anal
yzeareastobettermeetcl
ientout
comes
 conductevidence-
basedresearchtodocumentpr
ovenandmostef
fect
ive
i
nterv
enti
onst r
ategi
es
 seekaccr
editati
onasahallmarkofquali
ty

CONCLUSI ON
 I nconcl usi on,wr iti
ngpr operassessment ,careanddi schargedpl ansent ai
lsi n-
dept h pr of essi onal j udgment and r eflecti
on. Hav i
ng t o pr epar e proper
document ationser v esani mport antr oleofhel pi
ngt oensur equal itycareby
maki ngst af fthi nkaboutt heircl i
ent s,awel lasr ev i
ew andr ef l
ectont heir
i
nt erventi
ons.
 Wi thper i
odi cr ev iewsbasedoni nfor mat ionsy stematicall
ygather edf rom cli
ent
records,soci alser vice st affand agenci es coul d objecti
vely consi dert he
effectivenessoft heirser v
ice.Findi ngf rom ev idence-basedr esear chcouldal so
l
eadt onew per spect iveandi nnov ati
veappr oachesandpr ograms.Achi ev i
ng
couldbecel ebr atedanddi stingui
shedbyseeki ngaccr editat
iontodemonst r
at ea
hallmar kofqual it
yt ocl ientsandot herst akehol ders.
 Thus,r athert han v iewi ng document ation ast edi
ousand t i
me–consumi ng,
socialser v i
cepr ofessi onalsshoul dv iew i tinthel i
ghtofi tbeinganessent ials
elementofpr ofessi onal practicetodel iv
ersuccessf uloutcomesf orcl ient
s.

Module8
REFERRAL

Refer
rali
stheprocessthathel
psacl i
enttomov eontoanot
herresour
cef
or
ser
vice.Onceinawhil
ereferr
alsarenecessarybecausenosi
ngl
einst
it
uti
oncanser
ve
al
ltheneedsofacomplexmani nacompl exsociet
y.

Ref
er r
alist heactofdi r
ectingacl i
enttoanotherwor ker/agencyf ort her eason
thattheclient’
sr equestforhelpi sbey ondthescopeoft heagency ’
sser vi
ces.Ar eal
referr
almeanst hatt heworkershoul ddohi sbestsot hatthecl ientget stheser vi
ces
from theot heragency .Thisofteni nvol
vesexplai
ningt heagency ’spoliciesandr ules,
clari
fyi
ngthecl ient’squesti
onsaboutt heagency,pr epari
nghi mf orthebur eaucrati
c
i
nt r
icaci
esthatwi llli
kel
yconfronthim, andgivi
nghimi nstr
uctionsort i
psonhowt odeal
wi t
hthem.Al ett
erornot eofreferralisusual
lymadef ortheclienttopresentt ot heother
agencyorr esource.A briefnot ewi lldoifthereisanexi sti
ngwor ki
ngr elati
onship

532
bet
ween the two agenci
es or resour
ces (
summar
y of
i
nfor
mati
on/
justi
fi
cat
ion/r
ecommendat
ionoft
heref
err
al)

Thedet
ail
soft herefer
ralprocesswillvar
yinter
msofthespeci
fi
ccaseand
speci
fi
cagenci
esi nv
olved.Cert
ainprinci
plescanhoweverbest
atedasguidet
othe
devel
opmentofski
lli
nthisi
mpor t
antareaofservi
ce.

1.Ther eferralmustbei ndi v i


dual i
zed
2.Thepur poseoram oft her ef erralshoul dbeclearl
yunder stoodbyt hewor ker,by
theindiv i
dual whoi sbei ngr ef err
ed, andbyt hereceivi
ngagencywor ker.
3.TObemostef fectiveref erral sshoul dbeper sonali
zed
4.Preparat i
onoft heindiv i
dualf orr eferralandpreparati
onf ortheagencyt oreceive
theindiv i
dual i
sv eryimpor t ant
5.Thewor kershoul dinter prett hei ndividualbei
ngr eferredtot hereceivi
ngagency
andshoul dshar ev erbal lyorbycor respondenceper t
inentinformationrequest
ed
byther eceivingagency .
6.Thewor kershoul dbepr epar edt o wor kwi threferredcl i
entatt hepointof
i
nterrupt i
on especi al
ly when r eferralmeans t he t empor aryr emovaloft he
i
ndividual fr
om t hef ormeragency
7.Immedi at el
yaf terther ef erral hasbeenmadet hewor kershoul dtaketheinit
iat
ive
i
n det er mini
ng wi tht he r eceiving agency wor kerwhatki nd ofcont i
nui
ng
cooperat ionbet weent hewor kerssneeded.

I
nter
vent
iver
olesi
nref
err
alpr
ocess

Soci
alBr
oker

Thi
si nter
v enti
ver ol
ei nvolvest hepr ocessofnegot i
ati
ngt he“ser vicej ungle”f or
cli
ents,whethersi nglyori ngr oups.Thewor kerli
nksorconnect sthecl ientt oneeded
servi
cesi nthecommuni ty.Sheof t
enhast oper form av ari
etyofot herr oles-hel per,
i
nterpreter
,facili
tator,expediter,escort,negot iat
or-toi nsur
erapidser v i
cedel i
very.The
rol
er equir
esabr oadknowl edgeofcommuni t
yr esourcesaswel lknowl edgeoft he
operati
ngpr ocedur esofagenci essot hatef fecti
veconnect i
onscanbemade.Ref er ralis
consideredabasi cactivit
ynt hisinterv enti
ver ol
e.Itessential
lyinvol
v esconnect ingt he
cli
enttoneededr esources.Ar elatedt er mis“ networ ki
ng”whichr ef
er stot hewor ker’s
eff
ortsatest abli
shmentandmai ntai
ni ngr elat
ionshipwi t
hot hercommuni tyent iti
es
whichhav er esour cest hatcansuppor tandsuppl ementherownagency ’sr esour ces.
Such“ networ k”isext remel yhelpfulwhensheper form asocialbr okerr olewi tht he
cli
ents.

Act
ingasasocialbrokerispart
icul
arl
yrelev
anttothesi
tuat
ionofmul
ti
-pr
obl
em
Fil
ipi
nocli
ent
s,ser
vicesavail
ableunderoursocialwel
faresyst
em butar
enotawareof
them.

Modul
e9
COMMUNI
CATIONANDCONFLI
CT

PRI
NCI
PLESOFCONFLI
CT

1. Confli
cthasaf uncti
oni nsoci et
y-asocietythathasnoconf li
ctisnotnecessary
aperfectsoci
etyal t
houghi tisalsoimpossibletoimagi neone.Asoci etythathas
nconf l
i
ctmayhav eeliminateddiversi
tyordegeneratedev eryone.Therefore,
ther
ewi l
lalwaysbeconf l
ictforaslongaswel iv
e.
2. Confli
ctispositi
ve-itshouldnotbel ookedatasat hreat.Thegoal ofapeace
buil
deristotransform confli
ctintoanoppor tuni
tyforgrowt h:ourresponsetoa
confl
ictsit
uati
oncoul dbeaconst ruct
iveandposi t
ivelearning.Confli
ctsmake

533
humanbei ngstrongerandmor epr eparedforthechal l
engesinl i
fe.Thi sisnotto
sayhowev erthatweneedt oencour ageconf l
i
ctinor dertogrow.Asmuchas
possible,wewi llav oidt heoccur renceofconf li
ct.Butwheni tisalreadyt herewe
mustbeabl etohandl ei tinsuchawayt hatweconv ertiti
ntoanoppor t
unityto
growth.Thi sisthesameasshout ingatsomeone.I fwedoso, wecanal most
al
way sexpectt hatt heot herpersonwoul dshoutbackatus.I fwewer emor e
dipl
omat icandki ndwi thourwor ds,itwouldalsobegetki ndofr esponse.
3. Conf l
i
ctisanor malpar tinanyr elati
onship.I
tisembeddedi nanyr elat
ionship,
whichmakeshumanbei ngmor ehumane.Thi smeanst hatasl ongast hereare
peopleandsoci eties, conf li
ctwillalwayshappenbecauseeachoneofusi s
uniqueandi nar elationshi p.Ouruni quenessanddi ff
erencesf rom ot herswoul d
produceconf l
i
cti ncer tainsituati
ons, wit
hconf l
i
ct,wear eencour agedt or efl
ect
andsear chf ornewdi rections,exami neourrelati
onshipswi t
hot her sandwi th
societyasawhol e.

“THEMUTI PLELENSES”
Theil
lust
rat
ionwouldshowust heoftenti
mes,whatpeopl
econsi
derasthe
wholepict
ureofconfl
icti
sjustt
he“content
”theissuest
hatappearatt
hesurf
acelev
el.
Andthesearenotyetreal
lythecor
eoft hematter.

Accordi
ngly,wefail
signi
fi
cantl
ytoseethe“
invi
sibl
e”par
t-
--
-t
heroots-
--
wher
ethe
wedofr el
ati
onshipsandprocessesinvol
vedi
nthegrowthofthepl
anissil
entl
yand
unnot
iceabledeveloped.

Thi
siswheretheideaofconfl
i
cttr
ansfor
mationcomesi n.wedonotj ust
addressorresol
vet
hei ssuebutwegodeeperint
other el
ati
onshipandaskwhat
happenedtotherel
ati
onshipbetweenthepar
ti
esinvolv
edinaconf l
ictsi
tuat
ion.

Oncewesol veanissueorcutthatpar
toftheplantt
hatgrowsaboveground,
ther
eisnoguar anteethatt
heissuehasbeenr esol
vedi
ftheplantwoul
ddie.Theroot
s
aresti
l
ltheregi
v i
nglif
et oanewandf utur
eplantorint
hiscase,t
heroot
sofconfli
ct
maygiver i
setoanewconf l
ict
.

PeaceApproachest oResol vingConf lict


 Probl em-Sol vingandDeci sionmaki ng
 Wr ongdeci sioncanbr eakr elationship
 Thei mpl i
cat iont oouract ionsar eser i
oust her
ef oreitisext remel yi mpor tantt hat
weexer cisepr oper l
yourpr oblem- solvinganddeci sion-maki ngski lls.
 Thewayt hatdeci sionar emadei slinkedt othei ssuesofpeaceandconf lict
 Top- downappr oach-whenadeci sionisj ustmadebyoneper sonf r om
topandhandeddownt ot hepeopl ebel owwhowi llbeaf fect edbyt he
deci sion, whowi llthepr obabi li
tyofconf li
ct, i
sincr eased.Thi shasal ready
beenpr ov eni neffect i
v einmanycasesespeci al
lyi ngov ernment
progr ams.
 Down-t opappr oach-peopl ewer egi vent heoppor tunitytoexpr ess
themsel v es, theirneedsandsent i
ment s.Whenpeopl eact i
v elypar ticipate
i
nt hepr obl em-sol v i
ngpr ocessandi ntheshapi ngofadeci siont hatwi l
l
affectt hem, theyar emor eli
kel ytof eel sati
sf i
ed.Ther eisaf eel i
ngof
owner shi poft hedeci sionandt her efor
et heywoul dacceptany
const rai ntsandt heconsequencest hatgowi thit.
 Decisi on-maki ngst rategieswi llvaryfrom onecommuni tytoanot her .Ther emay
bet raditionway st hatpeopl eint hecommuni t
ymakeuseof .itwoul dt heref ore
behel pful tocar efull
yanal yzewhatst rategywoul dbemostappr opr iatefora
particularsi tuat ion.
 Ther ear eal way st wosi dest oaconf l
ict.Thi sleadst ot hedi l
emmawher et wo
thi
ngsar edi ffer ent( usual lyatext r
emeorcont rastingends)butt heyar ehel d
toget heratt hesamet ime.Adi lemmaof tenar i
sesi ncr isessi tuationwher ewe
hav et omakeadeci sionl i
kei si tgoingt obey esorno, blackorwhi te,thisort hat.
Aspeacebui lder s, weneedt odeal wi t
ht het wosi dest hatst r uggleagai nsteach
otherandt hi sr equi resdi lemmaposi ng.

534
Twowaysofdi
lemmaposi
ng:

1.Positi
veway -howcanwedoAandB?f orexampl e,howcanwepr ov
idethe
much- needhealthserv
icest
hrought
hebui l
dingofacli
nicatthesamet i
mebui l
d
peaceandendt helongyear
sofconfl
ictbet weenthetwowar ni
nggroups?
2.Avoidanceway -HowcanwedoAandav oi dB?howcanwepr ovidethehealt
h
serv
icesandav oidtheoccurr
enceofanot herwar.
 Di lemmaposi ngisoneofthestr
ategiesofpr obl
em-sol
vinganddecision-
maki ng.

DECISI
ON-MAKI NGSTRATEGI ES
1.Thel eaderdeci des-t hegr oupchoosesal eader .Theleaderhearswhatev eryone
thi
nkst hendeci dewhatt hegr oupwi l
ldo.
2.Consensusdeci sion-ev ery oneinthegr oupagr eesononechoi ceorsoluti
on.The
groupdoesnotv otebutgr oupmember slistent oeachot herthentheycomean
agreementonacommonsol uti
on.
3.Votingdeci sion-sev eral choi cesorsolutioni ssuggest ed.Groupmember ssay
whichonet heyl ike.Thechoi cemostpeopl elikei sthegroupchooses.
4.Arbitrati
ondeci sion- thegr oupasksanout sidert omakeadeci si
onforthem.The
outsideriscal l
edt hear bi trati
on.Thegr oupagr eest odowhatsheorhedeci des.
5.Chancedeci des-t hegr oupf li
pscoinordr awnst r
awst ochoosewhati twilldo.
6.Compr omisedeci sion-ev er y
bodyi nthegr oupagr eestogiveupal i
ttl
eofwhat
theywant .Theyt ryt of i
ndasol uti
onev eryonecanaccept .
7.Exper tdeci
sion-t heper soni nt hegroupwhoi san“ expert”orwhoknowst he
mostaboutt hepr obl em makest hedeci sion.

535
SOCI
ALWORK
COUNSELI
NG
Rev
iewer
:
Asso.Pr
of.JoseMI
guelB.Al
var
ez

COUNSELI
NGI
NSOCI
ALWORK
I
. Counsel
ingDi
mensi
onsi
nSoci
alwor
k(Seden,
2005)

 Counsel
i
ngski
ll
sunderpinni
ngt hewholer
angeofsoci
alwork
 Counsel
i
ngasasignif
icantcomponentofthework,
carri
edoutwi
th
conj
unct
ionwi
thotherapproaches
 Counsel
i
ngasamaj orexpli
citpar
tofthej
obdescri
pti
on

Counseli
ng and soci
alworkaretwo di
ff
erentprofessi
ons,butinreali
ty,soci
al
wor
ker
st akeonthecounsel
ingrol
eatacert
ainextentandemploycounsel
ingskil
lsi
n

536
al
lsocialwor
kpr
ocessesandtasks.Ex.Soci
alworkertaki
ngont hecounsel
ingrol
e–
hel
pingawomanweighthepr
osandconsofput t
ingherchil
dreni
nat emporar
yshelt
er.

Mi
sconcept
ionsaboutcounsel
i
ng:
 All
dir
ectworkwi
thcli
ent
sinsocialworkagenci
esarel
abeledcounsel
ing.
 Somesocial
worker
sregardcounsel
ingasentir
elyamat
terforspeci
ali
str
efer
ral
.

Bot
hsocialworker
sandcounselor
swor ktowardshelpi
ngindivi
dualstochange,
adj
ustt
oachangeinlif
eci
rcumst
ancesorf
indnewopportunit
iesandresourcest
ogrow
anddevel
op.Thedi
mensionthatcl
earl
ydi
fferent
iat
escounseli
ngfrom socialwor
kis
cont
ext
.

Soci
alwor
ker
s–
 Cli
ent s ar
e oft
en compel l
ed bya societ
alorlegalmandates t
o addr ess a
parti
cularareaoftheirli
vesoraredriv
entoaskf
orhelpduetopover t
yorsome
othertypeofdisadvantage;
 Areengagedwi thservicedel
iver
y;
 Perform casemanagementt asks;andper
for
mintervent
ionwit
hclients’soci
al
environments(i
.e.
,homevi si
ts)

Counsel
ors–
 Cli
entscomeal mostent ir
elyont heirownfreewi
ll
;
 Donothav etoengagewi thser vicedeli
veryordi
rectl
ywor
kwi
tht
hei
rcl
i
ent
s’
soci
alenv i
ronments;
 Mayof f
erconf i
denti
ali
tyinadi sti
nctiveway;
 Employvariouscounselingstrategiesandtechni
ques;and
 Mayoper ateinhourl
ysessi ons.

I
I. Counsel
ingasaHel
pingRel
ati
onshi
p

Counsel
ing i
s a goal
-or
iented r
elat
ionshi ween a pr
p bet ofessi
onal
lytr
ained,
compet
entcounsel
orandanindi
vidualseeki
nghelpfort
hepur
poseofbr i
ngi
ngabout:
 Ameani ngfulawarenessandunder st
andingoft
hesel
fandenvi
ronment
;
 Improvi
ngpl anni
nganddeci si
on-making;and
 Formulati
ngnew way sofbehaving,feel
i
ng,andthi
nki
ngforpr
oblem r
esol
uti
on
and/ordevelopmentgr owt
h.(Vil
l
ar,2007)

Counsel i
ngandhel
pingr elat
ionshipai
medat :
 Enabli
ngacl i
entt
oexpl oreaper sonalpr
oblem;
 Givi
ngt hecli
enti
ncreasedawar enessofchoicesthanwhatt
heyalr
eadyhav
ein
deali
ngwi tht
heproblem; and
 Assist
ingher/hi
mt omakeani nformeddecisionwhattodoaboutthepr
obl
em.
(Reggi
, 2009)

Counsel
i
ngasapar
ti
cul
arwayofhel
pingt
hati
nvol
ves:
 Aski l
ledhelperandoneormor e“ cl
ients”(peopleseekinghelp,thet er
m“cli
ent

suggestsanequal r
elati
onship).
 Anaccept i
ng,trust
ingandsaf erel
ationship
 Apr ocesswher ebyclientslearnhowt ounder standbettert
hemsel v
esandthei
r
presentsit
uations.
 Apr ocesswher ebycli
entsar ehelpedt oconstructgoalsfort
hef uture
 Apr ocesswher ebyclientsarehelpedt oacquiret heski
ll
sandcour agetopur
sue
thesegoals.(UNFPAci t
edinReggi ,2009)

Counseli
ngas:Personal
i
tyoftheHel
per+Hel
pingSki
l
ls=Gr
owt
h-Faci
l
itat
ing
Condi
tionsandSpeci
fi
cOutcomes
 Growth-
faci
li
tat
ingcondi
ti
ons– feel
i
ngofmut
ualt
rust
,respectandf
reedom
betweenthecounsel
orandcl
i
ent

537
 Emphasizi
ngt heuseofthe“sel
fasaninst
rumentofchange”
 Cl
ient’
s percepti
on ofthe counsel
or’
s[orsocialworker’
s]at
ti
tude i
s mor
e
i
mpor t
antthant hecounsel
or’
stheori
esandmet hods.(
Brammer
,1996,cit
edi
n
Nystul
,1999)

I
II
. Basi
cQual
it
iesofEf
fect
iveHel
per
s(Ny
stul
,1999)

1. Encour aging–Encour agementhel pscl ient st obel iev ei nt heirpot ent i


alf or
growt handdev elopment .
2. Arti
st ic–ef fectivecounsel or stendt obesensi ti
v eandr esponsi vet ocl ient ’
s
needs.Bei ngar ti
st ici mpl iesbei ngcr eat i
v eandf lexi bleandadj ust ingt he
counsel i
ngt echni quest ot heuni queneedsoft hecl ient .
3. Emot ional l
yst able–Anemot i
onal lyunbal ancedcounsel orwi l
lpr obabl ydo
mor ehar mt hangoodf ort hecl i
ent .Thesecounsel orsmayat temptt omeet
theirownneedsatt heexpenseoft hei rcl ient s.
4. Empat hicandCar ing – Ef fect i
v ecounsel orsar eaboutcar i
ngpeopl eand
havet hedesi ret ohel pt hosei nneed.Theyar esensi ti
v et ot heemot ional
statesofot her sandcancommuni cat eanunder st andi ngof ft hei rstruggl esi n
l
ife.
5. Self-awar e–Bei ngsel f-awar eenabl escounsel or st obecomeawar eoft hei r
l
imi t
at i
ons.Sel f
-awar enesscanal sohel pcounsel or smoni tort heirneeds,so
theycangr atifyt hoseneedsi namannert hatdoesnoti nt erferewi tht he
counsel i
ngpr ocess.Sel f-awar enessappear st ober elat edt oanumberof
otherconcept sr elatedt o“ self”suchassel f-accept ance,sel f -
esteem,and
self-
r eal i
zat ion.Aspeopl ebecomemor eawar eoft hemsel ves,t heyar ei n
betterposi tiont oacceptt hemsel ves.
6. Self-accept ance – Thi s suggest st hatcounsel or s ar e comf ortable wi th
themsel ves.Al thoughhopef ullyt heywi llbewor kingoni mpr ovementi nt hei r
personalgr owt handdev el opment , thedi scr epancybet weent her ealsel fand
theideal sel fisnotsogr eatt ocauseundueanxi ety .
7. Posi tivesel f-est eem–Thi scanhel pcounsel or scopewi tht hei rper sonaland
professi onall ivesandmai nt aint heemot ionalst abi l
ityt hati scent ralt ot hei r
j
ob.Al so, counsel or swhodonotf eelposi tiveaboutt hemsel v esmayl ookf or
thenegat iveoft hei rcl ient s.Ev enwor se,suchcounsel or smayat temptt o
degr adet hecl i
entt oenhancet hei rownsel f-image.
8. Self-real ization–Ef fect ivecounsel or sar e“ busybei ngbor n”.Theyr eachout
i
nnew di rect ionsandexpl orenew hor i
zons.Ast heydo,t heyr eal i
zet hat
growt hr equi rescommi t
ment ,risk,andsuf fering.Counsel or scanwel come
l
ifeexper i
encesandl ear nf rom t hem.Theydev el opabr oadout lookonl i
fe
thatcanhel pt heircl ient sputt hei rpr obl emsi nper spect ive.Bei ngal ive
meanscounsel orshav eanent husi asm f orl ife.Thi sent husi asm cancr eat e
ener gyandopt imi sm t hatcanener gizeandcer atehopef oracl ient.
9. Self-di sclosur e – Ef fect iv e counsel or s ar e const ruct ivel yopen wi t
ht hei r
thought sandf eelings.Whencounsel or smodelopenness,t heyencour age
theircl ientt o be open.The r esul ting candi dnesscan be cr it
icalt ot he
counsel i
ngpr ocess.
10.Cour ageous–Al t
houghi tisi mpor tantf orcl ientst oper cei vet heircounsel ors
ascompet ent ,counsel or sar enotper fect ,andt heyshoul dnotbev iewedas
perfect .Inst ead, theyshoul dt rytomodelt hecour aget obei mper f
ect .Hav ing
the cour age t o communi cat et hei rweaknesses and st rengt hs gi ves an
authent i
cpi ctureoft hemsel ves.Theyar eal sopr esent i
ngar eal i
sticv iewof
thehumancondi tionandcanhel pcl ientsav oidsel f-def eat ing,per fect ionist
tendenci es.
11.Patient– Hel ping someone change i s a compl expr ocess and r equi res
significantef for t
.Cl i
ent smaymakepr ogr essandt henr egr esst ool dhabi ts.
Counsel or smustbepat ientwi tht hegoalofachi ev ingov er allther apeut i
c
mov ement .
12.Nonj udgement al–Counsel or smustbecar ef ulnott oi mposet heirv aluesor
beli
ef sont hecl i
ent ,ev ent hought heymaywi sht oexposecl i
ent st onew
i
deasatt i
mes.Bei ngnonj udgement alcommuni cat esr espectf orcl i
ent sand

538
al
lowst hem toactuali
zetheiruniquepotenti
al.
13.Tolerance forambi guit
y–Ambi guit
yi s oft
en associat
ed wi tht he ar
tof
counseling.
14.Spiri
tual
ity–Char acter
ist
icsofspi ri
tual
it
yincludecapacit
iessuchasbei ng
sensiti
vet orel
igi
ous-
spiri
tuali
ssuesi noneselfandothers.(suchasmor alit
y
andsoul )andbeingabl etofunctionfrom andrelat
etothespi ri
tualworl
das
dist
inctfrom themateri
alwor l
d.

Personalquali
ti
es,v al
uesandat ti
tudesoverl
apwithskil
ls,butski
l
lscanbe
dist
ingui
shedast heabi li
ti
esortechniqueswhichareusedt ocommuni cat
et he
essenti
alval
uesofr espectandunderstandi
ng.Theper
sonalquali
ti
esoftheworker
areappli
edthroughtheirski
ll
s.(
Seden,2005)

I
V. Counsel
ingPr
ocessi
nSoci
alWor
k

Thecounseli
ngprocessi sbot hanartandasci ence.(Ny stul,1999)
 Thear tofcounsel i
ngr equi
resthecounsel ortor eachsensi ti
vel yint
ot hewor l
dof
cli
entsandhel pt hem becomeawar eoftheirstrengt hsandhi ddenbeaut y.Ital
so
recognizestheimpor tanceoftuni nginandr eactingappr opri
at elytodiver
tissues
suchascul ture,genderandspi r
itualit
y.
 Thesci enceofcounsel i
ngcreat esani mpor t
antbal ance,pr
ov i
dinganobj ectiv
e
dimensiont othesubj ecti
veartofcounsel ing.Counsel orsmustbeabl et
out il
i
xe
scienti
fi
ctoolstogai nanobj ecti
v eunderstandingofwhati soccur ri
ngduringthe
various stages i nthe counsel ing process,f r
om f ormulating a counsel i
ng
relati
onshi
pt oterminat i
onandf ollow-upandr esear chandev aluat i
on.

COUNSELI
NGPROCESS(
Seden,
2005)

St
age1.Bui
ldi
ngRel
ati
onshi
ps
Inthisst age,thesoci alwor kerneedst oestablishr apportwi t
ht hecl i
enttogai n
theirt rustand conf idence i nt he hel ping rel
ati
onshi p.Counsel i
ng ski lls aret he
foundat ionf oracar eful,clearandsensi ti
vecommuni cat i
ngwi tht hecl i
ents.Thi salso
i
ncl udest heef fortsoft hewor kert or educecommuni cati
onbar riersthatcancomef r
om
themanydi ffer encesbet weeni ndividuals.
Relationshi p building al so gi ven weightto communi cation asan i nteracti
ve
processi nvolv ingt hegi vi
ng,r eceiving,andchecki ngoutofmeani ng.Itisapr ocessof
whi cht heout comei sengagement ,thebegi nni
ngofaf urtherprocesswher ethepar ti
es
areabl et owor kt ogether ,tobei nv ol
ved,toachi evemut ualunder standi ng,tohol d
attentionandt ocont racttoapur pose.
Muchsoci alwor kcommuni cat i
ont akesplacet hroughi ntervi
ewing,wi t
hinan
office,ont het elephoneori nt heper son’
shome.Thesoci alwor kinterview hasbeen
called‘ conv er sationwi thapur pose’.Per sonalatt
r i
butessuchaswar mt h,flexibi
li
ty,
creat i
vity,empat hyandposi t
iver egardhav ebeenconsi deredagoodbasef rom whi chto
begi n.

St
age2.Assessment
Assessmenti sbot hapr ocessandanout come.Itspurposeistogatherasmuch
i
nfor mati
onaspossi bleaboutt hesi tuati
onandf orm someopi ni
onabouti t
smeani ng
fortheclientandi tsimpl icationsf oract i
ons.Itser
vesast hefoundat
ionofplanningand
decisionmaki ng.I tmov esawayf r
om di agnost
icfocust owardsunderstandi
ng the
perspecti
v esoft hecl i
entwi t
hinahol i
sti
candneeds- basedframework.Itemphasizes
ont hecli
ents’needsandexi sti
ngsuccessf ulprobl
em-solvi
ngandcopingstrategi
es.
Stagesinassessment :
 Acqui sit
ionofi nf ormat i
on
 St udy i
ngf actsandf eeli
ngs
 Bal ancingandf ormul ati
ng
 St rategiesi ngoal -setti
ng
 I nter vention

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St
age3.Pl
anni
ng,
Int
ervent
ionandEval
uat
ion
Socialwor kers ar e expect ed t o under stand peopl ei nthe contextoft heir
envi
ronment sanddi scussanypl annedact i
onswi ththem.Thi sli
stisnotexhausti
vebut
showshowsoci alwor kintervent ioniswi der angi ng.
Socialwor kactionsi nclude:
 Theuseofsoci alwor ktheor iesandmet hodst oplani nt
ervent
ionst o
achievechange;
 Theuseofpr actitioner’
sper sonal ski
ll
sinintervent
ion;
 Ref err
al topr ovideragenci es;
 Pur chaseofser v icesfrom pr ov i
deragenci es;
 Di r
ectpr ovisioni ncashorki nd;
 Adv ocacyt oobt ainser vicesf rom anot heragency .
Oftent heseel ement sar ecombi nedandcounsel i
ngskill
scanbei nt
egrated
witht heoryandmet hodst oachi ev echange.Thepr actit
ioner
’scounsel i
ng
skil
lsar esignificanti ninfluencingt hewayser vicesareof f
ered,andsomake
af undament aldifferencet ot hewayact i
onsar eexper i
encedandev aluated
bycl i
ents.

St
age4.Fol
lowupandTer
minat
ion
Ending cont
actand wor king wit
h peopletowards completi
ng worki svery
i
mpor t
ant.Anunderstandi
ngofat tachmenttheor
yandhumangr owthanddevelopment
suggestst hatwherer el
ati
onships are buil
tand att
achment s occurthe way the
rel
ati
onshipsendisimport
ant.Takingcareofthewayacont actendsconsoli
dat
eswhat
havebeenachieved.

V. Basi
cCounsel
ingSki
ll
sinSoci
alWor
k

Theseski
ll
sareessent
ialt
othecounsel
ingprocessandal
soinf
aci
li
tat
ingsoci
al
worktaskssuchasgi v
ingbenefit
sadvice,i
nter
viewsandassessmentwithadult
s,
chi
l
drenandthei
rfami
li
es.(
Seden,2005)

 Att
ent i
ongi ving, activeli
steni
ng, non-cri
ticalaccept ance
 Paraphrasing, reflecti
ngback, summar izingandchecki ng
 Awar enessoft heuseofdi f
ferentki ndsofquest ions, mini
malpr
ompting,
useofal ternativest oquest i
ons
 Emphat icunder standing,l
inking, immedi acy
 Challenging,conf ronting,workwi thdefenses
 Goal sett
ing,pr oblem sol v
ing, focusingt echniques
 Knowl edgeaboutownandot her ’suseofbodyl anguage
 Avoidanceofj udgi ngandmor al i
sticresponses
 Boundar yawar eness,st r
uctur ingt echniques,t heabi li
tytosaydi
ff
icult
thi
ngsconst ruct i
vely
 Theabi l
itytoof ferf eedback,techni quesf ordi
ffusing

1.UseofBodyLanguage(
Att
endi
ngSki
ll
s)

S–Facet heotherSquar ely


O–AdoptandOpenPost ure
L–Leant owardtheot her
E–MakeEy eContact
R–BeRel ati
velyRelaxed
 Maintaineyecontact,butcar efull
yconsidercul
tur
aldi
ver
sit
yindoingso.
 Maintainacomf ortabl
edi stancebet weentheworkerandthecl
ient.Consi
dert
he
i
nformal i
tyand/orformalit
yoft her oom.
 Avoidlookingdistr
acted,frowni ng,yawningandpeeri
ngatyourwat chasi
tgiv
es
cl
earnegat i
vemessagest ot heclient.

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 Usel
owertonesofthev
oice.
 Hel
pyour
selfandtheot
hertofeel
comf
ort
abl
eandr
elaxedwi
theachot
her
.

2.St
ruct
uri
ng

Thisinv ol
vesdescri
bingther ol
eandfuncti
onofthecounselorandcl i
entand
provi
desar ationaleforwhatthecounselori
sdoinginthecounseli
ng.Ithel
psclients
underst
andwhati sgoingoni ncounsel
ingori
ntheint
ervi
ewing(i
.e.
,askingquest
ions,
notetaki
ng),increasi
ngthei
rmot iv
ati
onandenabli
ngthem totakeanactiverol
eint he
counseli
ngprocess.

3.Obser
vat
ionSki
ll
s

List
eni
ngwi t
ht heeyes”Consi derthecli
ent’s:
 Bodyl anguage– post ure,gesti
culati
ons,fr
equencyofshift
sof
posit
ion,breathingpatterns
 Faci
alexpr essions–col orchanges,ti
ghteni
ngoff aci
almuscl
es,
quiv
eringofl i
ps, t
ics,
et c.
 Clot
hingandaccessor ies

4.Act
iveLi
steni
ngSki
ll
s

Act i
veListeni
ngi sapr ocedurethathel
pt heclient
st el
lthei
rstor
yandf eel
connected and understood by a cari
ng and i
nterest
ed person.Strat
egi
es incl
ude
attendi
ngt heverbalandnonv erbalmessagesofclient
s,encouragi
ngcli
ent
st of r
eely
express themselves,devel
oping a phenomenol
ogicalunderstandi
ng ofcl
ient
s,and
respondinginanappropriat
emanner .

Li
steni
ngDo’ s
 Li st
enwi t
hundi v
idedat tention,withoutinterr
upti
ng.
 Rememberwhathasbeensai d,includingthedetail
s–i nsomei nstances,
thesoci alworkermi ghtneedt otakedownnot es.
 Wat chf ornonverbalcuest ohel py ouunder st
andthefeeli
ngs.
o Not e:l
i
steningwi tha“ thi
rdear ”
 Li st
ent oyourselfandhow y oumi ghtfeelinadescribedsituati
on,asa
wayoff urt
herunder standing.
 Tol eratepausesandsi lencest hatar eal i
ttl
elongerthani susuali n
conv ersati
ons,andav oidaski nglotsofquest ionstobreaksi
lences.

Li
steni
ngDon’ ts
 Day dreaming–l osingat tenti
on,thought swander ing
 Label ing–put ti
ngt heot herpersoni ntoacat egorybeforehearingthe
evidence
 Scor i
ngpoi nt
s–r el
at ingev ery
thingy ouheart oy ourownexperi
ence
 Mi ndreading–pr edictingwhatt heot herper sonisthinki
ng
 Rehear sing–pr acticingy ournextl eni
siny ourhead
 Cher r
y pi
cking – l i
steni ng fora key pi ece ofi nformat
ion and then
swi t
chingof f
 I nterr
upting–bei ngunabl etoresistgiv
ingadv i
ce
 Duel i
ng– count eringt hespeaker ’
sv erbaladv anceswi t
hpar ri
esand
thrustsofy ourown
 Si de-steppingsent i
ment–count eringexpr essi
onsofemot ionwithjokes
orclichés
5.Respondi
ngSki
ll
s

Counselor
sandsocialworkersmustbeabl etoprovidethought
fulandmeasur ed
r
esponsesduri
ngsessi
onswi t
htheircli
ents.Thewayofr espondingwi
llhel
pt heworker
moveforwar
dwi t
hthei
rint
ervi
ew,toclari
fyorexpl
oremor efull
y.
 Par aphr
asing–Thiscanbeusef ulafteracl
ienthast al
kedatsomel engthabout

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a par ticul ar si tuat ion or pr obl em.Par aphr asi ng al lows t he counsel or t o
communi cat et hatheorshehasnotonl yhear dt hecl ientbutunder standswhat
hasbeensai d.Apar aphr aseshoul dbe“ tentat ively ”wor dedsot hatt hecl i
entcan
cor rectt hecounsel ori fnecessar y.
 Ref l
ect ionorf eel i
ng – t hi si nv ol vest hecounsel orr eflect
ingwhatheorshe
senses t he cl ienti sf eel ing.I tcommuni cat es t hatt he counsel ornotonl y
under standswhatt hecl ienti sf eel i
ng, butal soemphasi zeswi tht hecl ient.
 Mi nimalencour ager s–t hi st echni queal l
owst hecounsel ortof aci l
i
tatewhatt he
cli
ent i s say i
ng wi thout changi ng t he cl ient ’sl ine of t hought .Mi nimal
encour ager si ncludesuchwor dsofacknowl edgementsuchas“ yes” ,“mmm” ,“ah
-ha”, orev ennods.
 Clar i
fyingr emar ks-Thi scanbeusedwhent hecounsel oreitherdi dnothearor
doesnotunder st
andwhatt hecl ienthassai d.Thr ought heuseofcl arifyi
ng
statement s,t hecounsel orcommuni cat est hatheorshegenui nelywant st o
under standwhatt hecl ienti ssay i
ng.
 Summar izing–Thi si nv olv esr est atingsomeoft hemaj orconcer nst hecl i
enthas
ment ioneddur i
ngapar ticul arsessi on.Obv iousl y,thishel psident i
fythecl ient’
s
areasofconcer n.Summar izingcanal sol eadt oa“ per cept i
oncheck”andt ot he
dev elopmentofpr obl em- sol vingst rategies.
 Per cept ioncheck–Thi shel pst hecounsel ordet ermi newhatt hecl i
entwant sto
wor kon.I tf oll
owst hesummar yst atementt hathel pst hecl i
entf ocusonone
par ti
cul arar eaofconcer n.
 Focusi ng orconcr et eness – Thi sr ef erst o hel ping t he clientdi scuss t heir
concer nsi nspeci fict erms.Cl ient scanf eelov er whel medwi t
ht hei rproblemsand
hav edi ffi
cul typut tingt hi ngsi nt oper spect i
v e.Whent hi soccur s,concr et
eness
canhel pt hecounsel orcr eat eaf ocusf ort hecl ienti nt hecounsel ingpr ocess.
 Av oidmaki ngj udgment sorl oadedr emar ks.
 Wher epossi ble, li
nkr epor t edexper iences, ev ent s,react ions,andi dea.
 Av oidchangi ngt hesubj ectori nter ruptingunnecessar ily.
 Av oidspeaki ngt oosoon, t ooof tenorf ort ool ong.

6.Empat
hicUnder
standi
ng

Empat hyi stheabi l


i
tyt o“standi ntheot herperson’sshoes” ,l
ookingatt hewor l
d
through t heirey es and aski ng,“ Whati slikelyt o be i nt his person’ s situati
on”.
Obser v i
ngtheot her’
spoi ntofv i
ew wi t
houtfil
t er
ingitt hroughourper sonall ens,will
furthermor el etust oavoidaj udgment alat
ti
tudet owardt heper sonandwi llenabl eusto
deepl yunder st andhi m/her.
Keyf acti sthatempat hyi sdifferentfr
om sy mpat hy.Ifyouf eelsympat hy ,youwill
tendt ot akesi desandt hiswi l
ldistortoraf f
ecty ourabili
tytoheart hewhol est oryabout
her/hispr obl em.Youwi llnol ongerv eryobject i
veinunder st
andi ngther eal
ityoft he
cli
ent ’
spr oblem si t
uati
on.
Agoodcounsel ort r
iest ounder st
andandshar et hecl i
ent ’
sfeeling,nott obe
over whelmedbyt hem.Empat hyinvol vesaccept ingher /
hispoi ntofv iew andbei ng
i
nter estedi nexpl or
ingitsimpl i
cati
ononher /
hisbehav ior.I
tisnotenought oexper i
ence
empat hy,itisal soi mportanttobeabl et otr
ansmi tempat hybyt hewayofr espondi ngto
thecl i
ent .

7.Quest
ioni
ng

 Keepquesti
onst oami ni
mum unlessyou:
o Needpr eciseinf
ormati
on,thenaskpreci
sequest i
ons;
o Wantt oopenupanar ea,thenuseopen-endedquest i
ons;
o Wi shtopr ompt ,
thenyoumayuser hetor
icalquesti
ons.
 Avoi
dquestionsbegi nningwithwhy.Thewhyquest ionsoundsaccusingand
over
lyaut
horitar
ianwi thechoesofschoolday
sandchi l
dhood.

8.Under
standi
ngDef
enses

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Under standingdef ensesenabl esoci alworkerst oavoidunproduct i
veandheav y
confr
ontationwi t
hcl i
ent s.Psychody nami cscounsel orswor kf r
om thepr emiset hat
whenpeopl eareupset ,angryoraf raid,theybehav edef ensi
velyandbecome‘ resistant

tochangeorot hernewi deas.
Defensesand r esist
ancear eseenas‘ natur
al ’waysofav oi
ding discomf ort
,
anxi
etyort hreat.Themostcommondef ensesthatsoci alworkersmeetar e:
 Deni al– notaccept i
ngt her eali
tyofy ourownpar tinsomet hingdi f
ficult
yor
painful
 Pr ojection– Pl acingy ourownf eel i
ngsont osomeoneel se,perhapsbl ami ng
them
 Rat ionalizat
ion–Expl ai
ningsomet hingaway

Whatmat tersi snotpr eciseunder standingoft hedef ensethati soperati


ng,but
rat
hert hecapaci tytounder st
andt hatt her esist
ancey ouar emeet ingcanonlybe
l
ower edbyusi ngcounselingskills.Bydoi ngso,pr acti
tioner
smayl owerresi
stance
andbui ldamor ecooper ati
ver elati
onshi p.Somet imes,acceptancei senought o
l
owerr esistanceorsomet imesagent leconf r
ontationisneeded,whi chinv
olvesthe
fol
lowing:
 I dent i
fyi
ngt heresi
stance/def ensepr esent;
 Dr awingat t
enti
ont oit;
 Suggest i
nganexpl anati
on, which:
o Recogni zestheper son’sanxi ety
o I fpossibleidenti
fi
est hef eelingort houghtwhichisbeingresist
ed;
o I nvit
estheper sont oconf irm orrejecttheinter
pret
ation.

9.Conf
ront
ati
on

I
tisanattit
udeofconstruct
ive“confr
ontati
on”onsomespeci fi
caspectsofthe
cli
ents’behavi
or,whichappeartobecont radi
ctoryandincoherentandtowardswhich
thecli
entisnotawar e(
fori
nstancebecauseofactivat
eddefensemechanisms).
Thegoalhereistoovercomet hosebarri
erswhichobstr
uctthedev el
opmentof
theindivi
dual
,helpi
ngthelasttobeawar eoft hem andtohaveanobj ect
ivereadi
ngof
thesituati
on.

10.Chal
lenge

Insocialwor k,handl ingt het ensionandconf ronti


ngthei ssuet hatariseasy ou
goalongi spar toft hewor k.I tisnecessar yt obecomemor eski ll
edathandl i
ngand
acceptingot herpeople’sangeranddi stresswithoutbei ngunnecessar i
lyconfrontati
onal.
Iti
sal sopossi blet olear nt opr esentchal l
enget oanot herperson’spoi ntofv iew i
na
constructi
v eway .Iti
si mpor tantt oav oi
dbecomi nginsensiti
vetot hepower fulemot i
ons
and feelings thatar e of ten pr esent.Of ten a si mple acknowl edgementt haty ou
understandwhati sdi f
ficultfort heot herpersoni ntheirpositi
oncandef useasi tuati
on
tothepoi ntwher edi f
ferencecanbeopenl y,reasonabl yandcalml ydiscussed.Al l
owing
theotherper sonspacet oexpr esst heirperspectiv
ei salsousefulpr ovi
dedthatt heyare
notgivent heimpr essiont hatthiswi llchangesomet hi
ngt hatcannotbechanged.

11.I
mmedi
acy

I
mmedi acyist heabi l
i
tytoexpr essopenl y,fri
endly
,directl
yandwi t
hcl ar
it
ythe
i
mpr essionsandi nfor
mat ionregardingthewayt her el
ati
onshipisdev el
oping.Itall
ows
thecounsel orstodirectlyaddressissuesofi mpor tanceinthecounsel i
ngrelati
onship.
I
ti nvol
vest hepr acti
ti
oneri nmoni tori
ngcar eful
lythei
rownf eeli
ngsandbei ng
prepared t o practi
ce a l ev
elofsel f-
disclosure.Thi si st o promote directmut ual
communi cati
onbet weent hecounsel orandt heclient.Thismayi ncludethewor ker
’sway
ofdealingwi th‘t
ransference’and‘counter-t
ransfer ence’

12.Managi
ngSt
rongFeel
i
ngs
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Soci alwor ker sengageinsi tuati
onst hathav eapparentst r
ongf eel
ingssuchas
l
oss,distress,f ear ,anger,guil
tandmanyot heremot ions.Ther oleofthesoci alworker
(whatevert heyar ef eeli
ngthemsel ves)istof ocusont heneedsoft heothers.St ayi
ng
cal
mi scr uci alandt heabil
it
ytodosocomest hr
oughacknowl edgingyourownf eeli
ngs
and under standi ng whatt he wor k provokes withint he self.Partofpr epari
ng for
emotionallychar gedi stoidenti
fywhati tmayt r
iggeriny ouandt oexploret hatwith
someoneel se.Thi scanpav et hewayf orbei ngabl et olistenwhi l
esomeoneel se
off
loadst hei rupset ,anger,orf eeli
ngsaboutl ossofcont rol.Socialwor kersneed
support,super visionandconsul tants,asneeded, tosot hiswell.

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CASEWORK
Rev
iewer
:
Asso.Pr
of.JoseMi
guelB.Al
var
ez

545
CASEWORKOUTLI
NE

I
. OVERVI
EW ( What
, Where, Who, How and When)
CASEWORK/
WORKWI THI
NDIVIDUALS

I
I. HI
STORYOFSOCI
ALCASEWORK:
EVOLUTI
ON

I
II
. HI
STORICAL HI
GHLI
GHTS: UNI
TED STATES AND
PHI
LIPPI
NES

I
V. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS I
N SOCI
AL WORK
PRACTICE/PLANNEDCHANGE

V. ELEMENTOFTHEPROBLEM-
SOLVI
NGAPPROACH

VI
. PROBLEM-SOLVI
NGPROCESSANDSOCI
ALWORKHELPI
NG
PROCESS

VI
I. GENERALI
ST/
INTEGRATED METHOD I
N SOCI
AL WORK
PRACTI
CE

VI
II
. CASEMANAGEMENT

I
X. HELPI
NG MODELS/
THEORETI
CAL APPROACHES I
N
CASEWORK

546
I
. OVERVI
EW (What
,Wher
e,Who,HowandWhen)CASEWORK/WORKWI
TH
I
NDIVI
DUALS

1.Casewor ki sapr imar ymet hodi nsoci alwor kal soknownaswor kingwi th
i
ndi vidual s.
2.Soci al casewor ki st hemot herofmet hods.
3.Casewor ki samet hodofcl inical socialwor k.
4.Casewor ki st heor i
ent ati
on,v al uesy st em,andt ypeofpr acticeusedby
professi onalsoci alwor ker si nwhi chpsy chosoci al ,behav ior
al,andsy stems
concept sar et r
ansl atedi nt oski ll
sdesi gnedt ohel pindi vidualsandf ami l
ies
solve i nt rapsy chic, i nterper sonal , soci o- economi c, ad env i
ronment al
probl emst hroughdi rectf ace- to- facer elationshi ps
5.Soci al casewor k’si nfluencebegant oincr easeshor tlybef or ethe1920swhi ch
focusedmor eont hei ndi vi
dual .
6.Soci alwor kwi tht hei ndi vi
dual si soneoft hemai npar tsoft hegener ali
st
appr oacht osoci al wor kpr act ice.
7.Wor ki ngwi thindi vidual si saj ointassessmentoft hesoci alwor kerandt he
help-seeker ,thesoci alwor kerdi scusseswi t
ht hehel peet heappr opr i
ate
targetofchangeandi ntervent ionsi nor dert oachi evet hegoaloft hehel ping
process.
8.Wor ki ngwi thindiv idual sist hegener ali
stt er mi nsoci alwor kpract i
cer ef erto
awi der angeofi nt erventionsusedi nenhanci ngandr estoringt hesoci al
funct ioni ngofi ndi viduals.
9.Thepr ofessi onpl acei mpor tancei nHel pingI ndividual st ohel pthemsel v es
10.Casewor k has a medi cal -or i
ent ed concept st udy -
di agnosis-treat ment ,
replacedbyexpl or ation, assessmentandi nter v
ent ion.
11.Soci alcasewor ker sar ef oundi nnon- pov er typopul ationsandi nwar -related
activities, suchasRedCr oss’ sHomeSer vice.
12.Thecl ientwhoseekshel pi scal ledhel peeorhel pseeker .Thesoci alwor ker
orcasewor keriscal ledhel per , ser vicepr ov iderpr act i
tioner .
13.Soci al wor kpr ofessi onhasi tsr oot sincasewor k.
14.Soci al casewor kwasf i
rstpr act icedi nchi l
d- caringi nst i
tutions.
15.Soci al casewor kwasf i
rstint roducedi nt hemedi cal set ti
ngandment al health
i
nt hePhi lippines.
16.Thef i
r stsoci alser vi
ceuni tor gani zed i n1915 att hePhi li
ppineGener al
Hospi tal
17.Psy chi at ri
csoci alwor k waspr act i
cedatt heNat ionalPsy chopat hicHospi tal
alsoknownasNat ional Cent erf orMent al Heal th
18.Mar yRi chmond,aut horofSoci alDi agnosi sexpl ainsoci alwor ktheor yand
framewor kf orassessment .
19.Soci ologyi nf l
uencedmuchsoci al wor kpr act i
ce.
20.Josef aJar aMar tinez, pi
oneer edsoci alcasewor ki nt hePhi li
ppines.
21.Soci al gr oupwor kandcommuni tyor ganizat ionf ollowedaf tercasewor k.

I
I. HI
STORYOFSOCI
ALCASEWORK:EVOLUTI
ON

1.XENODOCHI Aguesthousef orpoorpeopl ei


nGr eeceandRome
2.Char itywasmot i
v atedbyt hedesi r
eofmer itsorgooddeedsf oreternal
l
ife
3.16thcentury,JUANLUI SDEVI VES,Spani shphi l
osopher,fateofindiv
idual
poordeser v edattention
4.Invest i
gat
ion of t he soci al condition of ev ery pauper family=
INDI VIDUALI ZATI
ON
5.Engl i
shPoorLawi n1601orEl i
zabethanPoorLaw,t hebasisforEngli
sh
Soci alWelfareCodi ficati
on( systematize)precedingpoorr eli
efl
egisl
ati
on
startingwitht heStatut eofLabor ersin1349, careforthepoor
6.INDI VIDUALAPPROACH( protot
y peofcasewor k),THOMASCHALMERS,
mi nisteri
nScot l
and,i nvestigat
ion,indivi
dualsbasi scopi edbyChar i
ty

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Organi zationSoci et y( COS)
7.Engl i
shPoorLaw,Associ ati
onf orI mpr ov ingt heCondi t
ionoft hePoor
(ACI P)andChar i
tyOr ganizationSoci ety( COS)
Engl i
shPoorLaws’gener alassumpt i
ons“ allpoorbecauseofi gnor ance,
refusalt owor k,i nef f
icient,corrupt…” assist anceishar mful,givensmal l
amount s,ext endedf orshor tper i
odoft i
meandonl yf oremer genci es.
Why ?Sot hatt hepoorpeopl earemadet owor kandtaughtresponsi bil
it
y
8.Fi rstFami l
y Wel far e Associ ati
on was or gani
zed in 1905 by Mar y
RichmondandFr ancesMcKl ean
9.Soci alCondi tionsext ernalt ot hei ndividual swast hechar acteristi
csof
casewor kdur ingt heear l
ypar tofthe2ot hcent ury
10.MANI PULATI VETHERAPYmeansenv i
ronmentcoul dnotbechanged, t
he
i
ndi vidualshoul dber emov edfrom t heenv ironment,tothepoi ntofbei ng
separ at edf r
om f ami li
es
11.Ext ernalsoci ol ogi calf actorst oi ndividual ’
sconsci oussoci alat ti
tudes
makedani mpor tantst epi nthedev elopmentofsoci alcasewor k.That
probl em oft hei ndi vi
duali sNOTEXTERNALSOCI OLOGI CALFACTORS
only ,buta out gr owt h ofr eall i
fe exper iences,such as negl ectand
rej
ect ion, anddeal twi thatt heconsci ousl evel .
12.Thei mpactofpsy chologyandpsy choanal y si
scamei ntot hepi cturein
thepr acticeofcasewor k

I
II
. HI
STORI
CALHI
GHLI
GTSUNI
TEDSTATESANDPHI
LIPPI
NES

Pre-
1920
1.Uni tedSt at es:Fr iendl yv isitorr ef erst othef orer unnerofsoci alwor kerhelped
set t
ler swhower eunabl et oadj ustinnewcul tur eandwer elivingi npov er t
y.
1921-1930
1.Uni ted St ates:Fr eudi anpsy choanal y
ticper spect i
v eusedt ounder st
and
mal adj ust edper son.
2.Mi lf
or dConf er ence,t woconcept slearnedi nt erv ent i
onandmedi calconcept
treat ment .
1930-1945
1.Uni tedSt at es:Jessi eTaf tint roducedt hef unct ionalappr oachi n1930att he
School ofSoci al Wor koft heuni versityofPennsy lvani a
2.Vi rgini aRobi nsonexpl aint henat ureoft heski llr equi redf orf unct ionalsoci al
casewor kt hati swor kerandcl i
entdet er minedcommongr oundf orwor king
toget herbasedonpr obl emsi ncl usiveofagencyser vices.
3.Gor don Hami l
ton,1937,expl aini nterpersonalpr obl ems i n hi s paper
diagnost icappr oach
1945-1960
1.Soci al funct i
oni ngi st hef ocusofsoci alwor kt hist ime.
2.Fel i
xBi est ek,aut horofTheCasewor kRel ationshi p,1957,def inescasewor k
as“ dy nami ci nter actionofat titudes” .Biesteki sal sot heper sonbehi ndt he
princi pleofsoci alwor kpr act icesuchasi ndi vidual izat i
on;accept anceand
conf ident ial i
tyt oment ionedaf ew.
3.Hel enHar risPer lman, aut horofSoci al Casewor k: APr obl em- Solv ingProcess.
Per spect i
v eofsoci alwor kf rom di agnost ic-funct i
onalaspectt opr oblem-
sol vingpr ocess.Di agnosi si sassessment .
4.Pr obl em- sol vi
ngmeansaper sonwi th apr obl em comest opl acewher ea
prof essi onal repr esent at i
vehel psbyagi venpr ocess.
5.Essent ialcomponent sofpr obl em- solvi
ng pr ocess:pur posef ul ,accept i
ng,
suppor t
iveandnur t
uring
6.Medi calsoci alwor ker shandl i
ngcasesofpat ient swi thsoci alandemot i
onal
concer nsi nSanLazar oHospi tal in1949.
7.Depar t
mentofHeal t
hCi rcul arNo.146i n1954speaksofpr ov isionofani tem
foratl eastonemedi calsoci alwor keratt henat ional ,prov i
nci al,ci tyand
emer gencyhospi tal
1961-1975
1.Soci alWor kt heor ydev elopeddur i
ngt hisper i
od mar kthe dev elopmentof

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traditionalmet hods;gener icori nt egr atedappr oaches;andnewappr oaches
topr act i
ce.
2.I nt he 1960s t he di agnost i
c appr oach i s cal led by Fl orence Hol li
s as
psy chosoci al appr oach
3.Soci alsy st em andcommuni cat iont heor ieswer eal soappl i
edt osoci alwor k
pract ice.
4.I n1970,t hei nt egrat edmet hodsorgener alistpr acticewasdev elopedf or
unifiedsoci al wor kpr ofessi on
5.Car ol Mey er , herwor kent i
tl
ed, Soci al Wor kPr act i
ce: AResponset ot heUr ban
Cr i
sis,i n1960,emphasi zingi ndi v i
dual i
zat i
on,i ntervent iv
epoi ntsandpl anof
action- gener alistpr act ice
6.Har rietBar tlet t,herwor kent i
tl
ed, TheCommonBaseofSoci alWor kPr actice,
emphasi sonuni fyingconcept ualf ramewor konpur pose,v alues,sanct i
on,
knowl edgeandcommonski ll
s- gener alistpr act ice
7.Al lenPi ncusandAnneMi nahan,Soci alWor kPr act i
ce:ModelandMet hod,
focusonpl annedchangewi thi nter v entionpl anbaseonpr oblem assessment
8.New appr oachesi ntroducet hist imewer et ransact i
onalanal ysi
s,behav i
or
modi ficat i
on, r eality-
ther apy , cr isis i nt erv ention and t ask-cent ered i n
casewor k
9.RA 747,r ef ersdet ermi nat i
onof medi calassi stanceel i
gibili
tybased on
assessment of t he st andar d of l ivi
ng. THI S LAW I NFLUENCE THE
RECOGNI TIONOFCASEWORK
10.In1969,t het hi rdnat i
onalwor kshoponsoci alwor keducat ionpr omot edt he
gener i
csoci al wor kpr act ice.
1976-1990
1.Keyconcept si nsoci al wor khel pi ngpr ocess
1.1Assessment–apr ocessofunder standi ngt heper sonsi tuati
onanduse
thisast hebasi sf ort heact iont aken.
1.2Per soni nsi tuation( PIS)orPer soni nenv ironment( PIE)–useofper sonal
suppor tnet wor ksaspar toft he hel ping pr ocessand soci alsy stem
appr oach
1.3Rel at i
onshi pi nhel pingr elationshi p–notonl ywor ker-cli
entr elationship
buti ncl uder elationshi pswi t h si gnificantsoci alsy stems& i nfluential
per sonsi nt hosesy stem
1.4Pr ocess–t her ecur rentpat ter ningofasequenceofchangeov ert ime.
1.5I nter vent ion–t her eisnoonei nt ervent i
ont opr acticewhi chi sappr opriate
foral lsi tuat ions.

I
V. ESSENTI
ALELEMENTSI NSOCI
ALWORKPRACTI
CE/
PLANNEDCHANGE
A. 1.Worker
2.Cl
ient
3.Pr
oblem
4.Process

B.PLANNEDCHANGED
1.Planned change-change or iginat ing fr
om a deci si
on to make a
del
iberateef forttoimpr ovethesy st em andt oobt ai
nt hehelpofan
outsi
deagenti nmakingt hi
simpr ovement .
2.Clientsystem
1.1personali
tysy st
em:consci ousandunconsci ous,t
hemi ndand
body
1.2groups:famili
escommi t
t ee, cl
ubsandot hersmall
erunit
s
1.3 or gani
zati
ons: larger soci al syst
em: wel far
e agenci es,
educationali
nsti
tuti
ons,reli
giousassoci ati
onandpol i
ti
calpart
ies
1.4communi t
ies:indiv
idualci t i
zens,pol
it
icalsub-gr
oups,soci al
str
ata,geographicaluni
ts

C.OUTSI
DEAGENT
1.“Out
sideagent
”iscal
l
eda“ pr
ofessi
onalchangeagent”,whowor ks
wit
ht he cl
ientsyst
em,such as psychi
atr
ist
s,marriage counsel
or,

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teachers,andrehabil
itationwor ker.
2.Phasesi nPlannedChange
1.Cli
entsystem needf orhelp
2.Helpi
ngrelationshi pest abl
ishedanddefined
3.Changeprobl em i dentifi
edandclarif
ied
4. Possibil
i
ties f or change ar e exami ned; change goal
s
establ
ished
5.Changeeffor t
sar eat t
empt ed
6.Changeisgener alizedandest abl
ished
7. Helpi
ng r elati
onshi p end and possi bi
li
ty of conti
nui
ng
rel
ati
onshipisdef i
ned

D.DYNAMI
CSOFPLANNEDCHANGE
1.Changef or
ce– i sanaspectoft hesituati
onwhichincreasest
he
wil
l
ingnessofthecli
entsy
stem t
omakeapr oposedchange.
2.Resist
ancef or
ce– isanaspectoft hesituat
ionwhichreducest
he
wil
l
ingnessofthecli
entsy
stem t
ochange.

V. ELEMENTSOFTHEPROBLEM-
SOLVI
NGAPPROACH
1.Person
2.Problem
3.Place
4.Process

VI
. PROBLEM- SOLVI NGPROCESSANDSOCI ALWORKHELPI NGPROCESS
1.Recogni ti
onordef i
nit
ionoft heprobl
em,andengagementwi
ththecl
i
ent
system
2.Dat a-collect
ion
3.Assessmentoft hesit
uat i
on
4.goal -setti
ngandt heplanningofacti
on
5.I nt
erv enti
onorthecarryingoutoftheacti
on
6.Ev aluation
7.Ter mi nation

SOCIALWORKHELPI NGPROCESS
1.Assessment
2.Planni ng
3.Intervent i
onorPlanImpl
ementat
ion
4.Ev aluation
5.Ter minat i
on
+Problem- solvi
ngandhelpi
ngpr
ocessiscogni
ti
ve,
rat
ional
andsequent
ial

1.
1ASSESSMENT–apr ocessandapr
oductofunder
standi
ngf
orwhi
chact
ion
i
sbased(
MaxSi
por
in)

A.Dat
a-Gat
her i
ng
1.Pri
mar ysource
2.Secondar ysour
ces
3.Existi
ngdat a
4.Wor ker’sownobservat
ion
B.I
nit
ial
Contact/swithCli
entandIntake
1.Wal k-
in
2.Referral
3.Reach- out

I
ntake–i
sthepr
ocessbywhi
chapot
ent
ialcl
i
entachi
eves t
hest
atusof
cli
ent.
Ini
ti
alengagement–cl
i
entcommi
tt
ingt
ohav
ecl
i
entst
atusandt
hewor
ker

550
commi
tt
ingt
heagencyt
opr
ovi
deser
vices.

Pr
obl
em – a need or obst
acl
e or accumul
ati
on of f
rust
rat
ion or
maladj
ustments,andsomet imesallt
hesetogether
,whichthr
eat
ensorhas
al
ready att
acked the adequacy ofthe person’sli
vi
ng sit
uat
ion ort
he
ef
fecti
venessofhis/heref
fort
stodealwit
hit
.

Cl
ientsyst
em –i
ndi
vi
dual
,fami
l
y,smal
lgr
oup,
andacommuni
ty.(
communi
ty
-hospit
al,
tenementhousi ngpr oject,f
actory)
Professi
onalchangeagent–soci alwor kerwor kingwithpar
aprofessi
onal s,
i
ndigenouscommuni t
yl eaders, andvolunteers.
I
ndividualIntake form – communi tyi denti
fying i
nformat
ion,presenting
problem andci r
cumst ancesr elat
ingt ot hi
s,backgrounddat aandot hers
perti
nentinf
ormationiniti
alcont act.

C.Def
ini
ngt
hePr
obl
em

Pr
obl
em-
for
-wor
k--
-“t
hepl
aceofbegi
nni
ngt
oget
her
”,eg.Fami
l
yinsi
tuat
ion
ofpov
ert
y

Par
ti
ali
zat
ion–t
hepr
ocessofsepar
ati
ngf
rom somanypr
obl
emsi
dent
if
ied
bythecl i
entand/orwor kerthespecifi
cproblem orproblemswhichar
etobe
addressedfir
standf ocusoft hehelpi
ngrelat
ionshi
p.
Pri
orit
izati
on– pr oblem ofi mport
ance,givenpr i
ori
tyat t
ent
ionandthatis
surv
ivalinnatur
e( food,clot
hing,
shelter
,medicalatt
ention)
AssessmentSt atement–agr eementofwor kerandclientonwhattodoabout
theproblem-f
or-wor kwiththefol
lowingcomponent

1.
2PLANNI
NG

A.Planni ng i sthel i
nkbet weenAssessmentandI nterv ent
ion.Itfurther
translat et hecont entofassessmenti ntoagoalst at ementandameans
tor eacht hegoal s.Theendgoal ofpl anningi splannedchange.
B.Goal sar eends,desi redorexpect edout comesofhel pingpr ocess.Itisa
solution.
C.Interim goal s,intermedi ategoal sandobj ecti
vesar et er msr eferr
ingt o
speci fi
c,shor t-
term goal sthatwoul df acili
tat
et heat tainmentof l ong
term orov erallgoals.
D.Plansar emeanst oachi evethegoal s.
E.Uni tsofAt tenti
on–ot herpersonsbesi dest hesoci alwor ker,whoar e
i
nv olv eint hesi tuati
onoft hecl ientbecauset heyar eessent ialtot he
attainmentoft hegoal .
F.Strategy–i sdef inedas“ anov er allapproacht ochangeasi tuati
on.”Itis
alsoknownast heoriesofpr acticeormodel ofpracticei nsocialwor k,
like
Cr i
sisI nterventionAppr oachandMedi at
ingModel .
G.Hel pingcont ract–af terassessmentandact i
onpl anningt heagr eement
bet weent hewor kerandt heclientonwhatneedst obedoneandwho
shoul ddoi t
.

1.
3INTERVENTI
ON

Intervent
ionmeansaction,planimpl ementati
onandt reat
ment .Itisan
acti
ont hatwouldsol
vetheclient’
spr obl
em.Compt onandGal awayt hatin
thi
shel pingphasetwoacti
ont akesplace:deci
dingwhattodoanddoi ngt he
decided
EcologicalMap orEco- Map isknown and used bysoci alwor kerasan
assessment ,pl
anni
ngandintervent
ivetool.
A.I ntervent
iveRol
esinDirectPracti
ce–i nproblem-sol
vi
ngt hisisref er
red
tot hecompositeofact
ivi
ti
esort asksthatasocialworkerisexpect edto

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undert
akeinordertoachievethegoal
sagreedwit
ht hecl
ient.
B.Int
erv
entiverol
esareResour cepr
ovi
der,
social
broker,mediat
or,
adv
ocat
e
enabl
er,counsel
or/
therapist
.
1.
4EVALUATION

Ev aluati
oni sdef i
nedast hecol l
ectionofdat aaboutout comesofa
program ofact i
onr elati
vetogoal sandobj ect i
vesseti nadvanceoft he
i
mpl ement ati
onoft hatprogram.
Ongoi ngev al
uat i
oni sacont i
nualpr ocesswher etheworkerkeepspm
gathering data whi ch i suse in an ongoing r eassessmentofobj ectives,
i
ntervent i
onplans, andev enthedef i
nit
ionofthepr oblem.
Pointt oconsider ,Evaluati
onisaccount abil
it
yi ntheaspectofef fect
iveness
andef fici
ency.
Summat i
veev aluationemphasizeonout comesandef f
ect
iveness.
Format iveevaluationfocusonl ookingatthepr ocessoft hework.

1.
5TERMI
NATI
ON

A.Disengagementi nt hehel pingr elationshipi sthef inalphaseoft hehel ping


processwitht hef ollowi ngr easons
1.Goal ssetbyt hewor kerandt hecl ienthav ebeenr eached.
2.Af tera r easonabl e per i
od oft ime,t here has been v eryl i
ttl
e
mov ementt owar dt heat tainmentoft hegoal sf or mul at ed, andt he
prospectf oranychangei nt hesituat ioni sheldunl ikel y.
3.Thecl ientt hi nkst hatt hewor kerhaspr ov i
dedsuf fici enthel pso
thati s nowpossi blef ort hecl i
entt opur suepr oblem sol v i
ngon
his/herown.
4.Whent heagencydoesnothav et her esour cesneededbyt he
cli
entort hewor kerdoesnotgethi s/ heragency ’sappr ov alto
prov i
det heser v
icesneededbyt hecl i
ent .
5.Whent hesy stem out sidet hecl ientmakei tdifficultf ort hecl i
ent
tocont inuewi tht hehel pingr elat i
onshi porwhent hesesy stems
infl
uencet hecl i
entt odi scont inuet her elati
onshi p.
6.Whenf oroner easonoranot her ,
t hewor kermustl eav et heagency .
B.Termsusedi nt ermi nationoft hehel pingr elationship
1.Tr ansf er–pr ocessbywhi chcl ienti sr eferredbyhi s/ hersoci al
wor kert oanot herwor keri nt hesameagency ,becauset hef or mer
willno l ongerbeabl et o cont inuewor king wi tht hecl ient ,or
becausehe/ shet hinksanot herwor keri sIabet terposi tiont o
wor kwi thher /hiscl i
ent ’spr oblem.
2.Ref er r
al–t heactofdi rectingacl ientt oanot herwor ker /
agency
becauset heser vicet hatt hecl ientneedsi sbey ondt hepr esent
agencywor ker ’
scompet enceort hecl i
entneedst headdi ti
onal
service whi ch t he pr esentagency cannotpr ov ide.( Condi t
ion
shoul dbemet !Ref erral mustbeusedappr opriately)
C.Component sofTer mi nation
1.El l
enPi ncusandAnneMi nahant het hreemaj orcomponent s
oft het ermi nat ionpr ocess:di sengagement ,st abi lizationof
changeandev aluat ion.

VI
I. GENERALI
ST/
INTEGRATEDMETHODI
NSOCI
ALWORKPRACTI
CE

A.BASI
CUNDERSTANDI
NGONGENERALI
STPRATI
CE
1.Sincetheincept i
onofsoci alworkasapr ofession,i
trelatestothelevel
s
ofconcer n,thedual ist
icv i
ew ofthe“ personal”andt he“social
”.The
pract
iceisdi alect
ical(assumingal ogi
caltruth)thatindivi
dualservi
ces
andsocial act
ionar epartsofthesameact( Lundy,2004).
2.Generali
sti stheuseofar angeofskill
sasneededt oint
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varietyi fclientl i
fesituation.Thegener ali
stpractiti
oner’
sf unctioni sto
hav easwi dea ski l
lreper toi
reaspossi blei n ordertof acil
i
t atethe
i
nt eractionsbet weenpeopl eandt hesocialinstit
utionsandsi tuat i
onsin
whi cht heylive( Wel l
es,1989)
3.Gener alistrefersal sotot hecl i
entandwor kertoget herassesst heneedi n
allofi tscompl exit
yanddev elopapl anforrespondi ngtot hatneed,A
strategyi schosenf rom ar epertoir
eofr esponsesappr opriatef orwor k,
withi ndividuals,f amili
es,groups,agenci es,adcommuni ti
es.Theuni tof
attentioni schosenbyconsi deringt hesystem needi ngtobechanged.
Thepl ani scar r
iedoutandev al
uat ed(Johnson,1989)
4.Bef oret hree ( 3) “ t
raditi
onalmet hods”:casewor k,groupwor k,and
communi tyor ganizing.Nowgener icpracti
ce,“socialworkers”or“ mult
i-
pur posewor kers”
5.The “ gener alist”wor k with clients and empl oy helpi
ng i nter
v enti
ons
relevantt oapar ti
cularcli
ent ’
spr oblem orsit
uation.

B.BASI
C CONCEPTUNDERLYI
NG THEI
NTEGRATED METHOD OFSOCI
A
WORKPRACTICE
1.Thebasi cconceptunder l
yingi ntegratedmet hodofsoci alwor k
practi
ce i st hat all social wor k pr act i
ce has a common
phil
osophi cal(value)base as wel las a common sci enti
fic
(knowl edge)baseorf oundat i
on.Weconsi dert hi
scommonbase
knowl edge and v al
ue as const i
tuting t he “ generi
c”orgener ic
component sofsoci alworkpr actice,hence,t het erm “gener ic
socialwor k practi
ce”.Ther efore,“ gener ic socialwor k” ,the
“generalistmodel”ofsoci alwor kpr act ice,andt he“ i
ntegrated
met hodofsoci alworkpractice”refert ot hesamet hing.Wer efer
“i
ntegr atedmethodofsoci alwor kpr act i
ce”f oritseemsmor e
descriptiveofwhatwear et ryi
ngt oachi eve– doawaywi t
ha
concept ionofpracti
ceasinv olvi
ngsepar at emet hods,andi nstead,
developmentofsoci alworkmet hodofhel pi ngpeopl e

2.Thebasi cconceptunder l
y i
ng t hei ntegr ated met hod ofsoci al
workpr act i
cel ogicallygi v enwayt hef oll
owi ngr elatedconcept s:
a)THECONCEPTOFONEaycl ientsy stem aspoi ntofent ryfor
wor king wi th othercl ientsy st em.Forexampl e,a hel ping
relat i
onshi p can st ar t on one- on-one basi s,and at an
appr opr iatetimei nt hej udgmentoft hewor kermov esont oa
helpi ngr elati
onshi pwi t
hagr ouporanent ir
ecommuni ty,with
thei ndi v i
dual cli
entaspi ntofent ry .
b)THE CONCEPT OF TOTAL PROBLEM- SOLVI NG. The
pract i
tioneroft hei ntegr at edmet hodseest hecl ientaspar tof
asoci alsy stem( s)whi chcauseaf fect shi s/herpr obl em or
situat ionandr ecogni zest hathe/ shecannotbeofr ealhel pi f
he/ she i gnores such sy st em( s).A t otalpr obl em- solving
framewor kal l
owst hewor kert ohel pt hecl ientasasy stem,
andt odeal witht heot hersy st emsofwhi cht hecl ienti sapar t
,
andwhi char eaf fectinghi m/ her .Thatt hewor kerhast hebasi c
compet enceneededmakesi tpossi blef orhim/ hert oi nter vene
i
nt heseot hersy stems.
c) THECONCEPTOFTHECLI ENT’ SPROBLEM ORSI TUATI ONas
thebasi sf orthechoi ceoft hewor ker ’
shel pi ngappr oachor
i
nt er vent ion.Wher e a pr act i
tionerwho i dent i
fi
es wi th one
met hod ofpr act i
ce,e. g.soci alcasewor k,woul dt end t o
appr oach pr obl em- sol ving i n t he cont ext of hi s/her
speci alization orpr efer red met hod,t he pr act it
ioneroft he
i
nt egr at edmet hodwoul dappr oacht hepr oblem asasoci al
wor kerandsel ectf rom anar r
ayofhel pingappr oachesand
i
nt er vent ionswhati sbestsui tedt ot hecl ient’
ssi tuat ion.

The t
erm “
soci
alwor
k hel
ping pr
ocess”and “
probl
em-
sol
vi
ng

553
process”,arethesame?Yes!SOCI ALWORKHELPI NGPROCESS
i
scogni tiv
epr ocessbecausei tinvolvesar elat
ionshi
pbet ween
twopar t
ies:theworkerandthecli
entsy stem.PROBLEM- SOLVING
PROCESS i sacogniti
veprocess,ar at
ionalprocedureinvol
vinga
seri
esofst epstobef ol
lowedsequent i
all
y.

VI
II
. CASEMANAGEMENT

A.Case managementi s a met hod of pr ovi


ding ser vi
ces wher eby a
professi onalsoci alwor kerassessest heneedsoft heclientandcl ient ’
s
fami l
y,whenappr opri
ate,andar rangescoor dinates,moni t
ors,evaluat es
andadv ocatesf orapackageofmul t
i servi
cest omeett hespecif
iccl i
ent s’
compl exneeds.
I
ti san i mpor tantcomponentofsoci alwor kpr acti
ce thati s
closelyassoci atedwi thcasewor k
I
tal so r eferst ot he actormannerofhandl i
ng,cont roll
ing,
dir
ect i
ng.
Casemanagementi saser vicedel i
verysy st
em t hatorgani zes,
coor di
nat es,andsust ainsanet wor koff ormalandi nf
ormalsuppor tsand
activit
iesdesi gnedt oopt i
mi zet hef unctioni
ng,andwel l
-bei
ngofpeopl e
withmul ti
pleneeds.( formalsuppor tpr ovi
dedbyor ganizedagenciesand
organizat i
ons whi ch ar e paidt o pr ov i
de servi
ces,informal suppor t
prov i
ded byf ami lymember s,f ri
ends,nei ghbors,co-wor ker
set c.wi th
whom t hecl i
enti nteractsi nthecour seofev ery
dayl i
fe,towhom cl ient
alsogi veinformal suppor t
.)

B.Maj
orf
unct
ionsofcasemanagement
1.Assessment
2.Servi
cePlanning
3.Implementat
ionoft
heCasePl
an
4.Eval
uation
5.Terminati
on
6.Foll
ow-up

C.Goalsofcasemanager s
1.Topr omot ewhenpossi bl
etheskil
lsoft hecli
enti
naccessi ngand
uti
li
zi
ngt hesesupportsandser vi
ces;
2.Todev el
opt hecapacityofsocialnetwor ksandrelevanthuman
servi
cepr ovider
sinpr omotingthef uncti
oningandwel l-
beingof
thecli
ent;and
3.To pr omot e ser
vice eff
ectiv
eness whi l
e attempting to have
servi
cesand suppor tsdel i
vered i
nt hemostef f
ect i
vemanner
possible

I
X. HELPINGAPROACHES/ TREATMENT
1.Model :TheFunct i
onal Approach
Proponent:Jessi
eTaf t,Vi
rgini
aRobinsonandRuthSmall
ey
Characteri
sti
cs: the human bei ng is capabl
e of modif
ying both
hi
m/ hersel
fand hi s/herenv i
ronmentinaccordancewithhi
s/herown
purpose and withint he l
imits ofhis/
herown capaci
tyand his own
envir
onment
2.Cogni ti
veBehav i
oralApproach-

554
555
MODEL PROPONENT CHARACTERI
STI
CS TARGETCLI
ENT HELPI
NGPHASES
 Ident i
ficat i
onoft he
Tohel paper sontocope probl em
effecti
velyaspossi blewith  Dat a-gather i
ng
suchpr oblemsascar ryi
ng
Hel
enHar
ri
sPer
lman Allcli
entsy st
em  Assessment (Diagnosis)
Pr
obl
em-
Sol
vi
ng socialtasksandr el
at i
onships
 Planni ngofi nterventi
on
whi chhe/ sheper ceivesas
st
ressfulandf indsinsuper abl
e  Intervent ion
wi
thoutout sidehel p  Moni tori
ngandev aluati
on
 Cont inuat iont oTermi nat
ion
 Client ’
st argetpr oblem
Fami l
yandi nterpersonal
,social i
dent i
fiedpr eliminaryrapid
Bri
efandtimelimit
ed. relationships, soci
alrol
e statement
Al
l
eviat
ingspecifi
cproblem, performance, effect
ingsocial  Cont ract
Task-
Cent
ered Wi
l
li
am Rei
dandLaur
aEpst
ein
or
ganizedaroundtask, transiti
ons, securingresour
ces,  Pr obl em- solv i
ngt ask
r
esearchmoni t
ori
ng emot ional di
stressreacti
vet o achi ev ement ,problem
sit
uationfactors reduct ion
 Ter mi nation
Theclient’
sinabil
it
yt ofuncti
on
 I
niti
alphase
adequatelyi
sv i
ewedasbei ng
 Assessmentofthecl
i
enti
n
Psy
chosoci
al Fl
orenceHol
l
is causebyi nadequacieseitherin Al
lcl
i
entsy
stem
hi
s/hersit
uati
on
t
heperson,sit
uation,orbot h
 Treat
ment

APr ocessf oractiv


ely
Shei
laPlatt,
CSW, broughtthe  Assessment
i
nfl
uencingt hepsycho-soci
al
modeli
nt hePhil
ippinesand I
ndi
vi
duali
natemporar
yst
ate  I
mpl ementat
ionof
4.
Cri
sisI
nter
vent
ion f
uncti
oningofi ndi
v i
dualsand
useditin1990t ovicti
m of ofdi
sequi
l
ibr
ium tr
eatment
groupsdur ingacute
ear
thquake  Terminat
ion
disequil
ibr
ium

556
 ItusesPr oblem –sol ving
model (4Ps:person,
probl em, pl
aceand
process)
 Recogni tionoft hepr obl em
 Theper son’ssubj ecti
v e
Aper spect iveof“ psychol ogyof
exper ienceoft hepr oblem
growt h”t han“ psychol ogyof
i
dent i
fied
i
llness”
 Causesandef f
ectoft he
Thecl ienti shel pt ouseown
probl em i nfl
uencingt he
powerofchoi ceand
per sonmustbei dentified
5.
Funct
ional
Appr
oach JessieTaft,Vi
rgi
niaRobinson gr owt h…andt hatclienti s Cl
i
entindiff
icul
tsit
uati
onsuch
 Sear chf orpossibl emeans
andRuthSmalley capabl eofmodi fyi
ngbot h asvi
olence:batt
eredwifeand
andmodesofsol uti
on
hi m/ hersel fandhi s/ her at
temptofchi l
dabused
env ironment …  C ho i
c e or decisi
onmu stbe
Clientandwor keragr eeof madeasar esultofwhat
whatt hef or mercandowi th me ans affectsthemostt he
theser vi
cet hati sbei ngmade p erson i
nt erms o fthe
av ailable probl em
 Act iont akenont hebasi sof
theseconsi derati
onand
wor kabi lit
yoft hedeci sion
 (thepr ocessi sSt udy-
Diagnosi sandTr eatmentby
Pear l
man)
 Backgr oundI nf
ormat ion
Behav i
or al theor yandsoci al
 Pr oblemsandPl ans
learni ng.Under standi ng
 Goal s
behav iori.e.Condi ti
oni ng-
Cl
ientsystem excl
uding  Impl ement ation
6.Behav
ior
alModi
fi
cat
ion IvanPav l
ovadB.F.Skinner l
ear ningt hr oughassoci ati
on
communi ty  E valua ti
o n
andOper antCondi t
ioni ng
t
hr oughr einf orcementand  Ter mi nat i
on
puni shment

557
Pr i
mar ylear ni
ngt akespl ace
withint hef ami l
yandand  AssessmentandTr
eatment
Indiv
idualcli
entorfamilyor
7.Fami
l
yInt
erv
ent
ion unknown recogni zet hei mpor tantr oleof majorphasesi
nfamil
y
i
ndivi
dual f
ami l
ymember s
t
hef ami lyint heindividual’s i
nterv
enti
on
developmentandf unctioning
Theenhancementofcl i
ent
soci al funct i
oningt hrough
directpr ov isionofmat erialaid
usef ul ineliminatingor
reduci ngsi t
uat i
onal
def ici
encies
Soci al wor khel pi
ngpr ocessi s
usei nt hismodel :assessment ,
planni ng, plani mplement ation
 I
ntakeinterv
iew
(intervent ion,evaluat i
onand
 Caref
ul eval
uat
ionofcl
i
ent
8.Dir
ectProv
isionModel ter minati
on) Vi
ctimsoft y
phoon, eart
hquake,
Leonar
dSchnei
der
man need
(
Resourceprovi
sion) Directpr ovisionmodel usedi n war,ev
enr ebelret
urnees
 I
denti
fyingtheneed
progr amsofmat erial
 Provi
sionsofneed
Aid–t empor aryf i
nanci al
assistance, empl oy ment ,
shel ter,medi cal care, skill
s
training, etc.
Di rectpr ov isionmodel usedi n
situationl iket yphoonorpl aces
onseasonal jobsf ort heir
livelihood, ex, SEAP
Themodel inter ventionexpl ain
thatpr oblemsar enotal way s
9.Mobil
i
zingtheResourcesof duet oper sonal i
nadequaci es
Cl
ient
ssystemstochangethei
r butof ten, todef i
cienci esi nt he
soci
alr
eali
ty social real i
ty ,thushel pingt he
clientt hecasewor kerf ocuson
his/ herr eality

558
GROUPWORK
Rev
iewer
:

Asso.Pr
of.JoseMi
guelB.Al
var
ez,
RSW,
MSW

559
I
. HI
STORYOFGROUPWORKI
NTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

A.Hi
stor
ical
Highl
ight
s

1. Soci al groupwor kor igi


nat edf rom t heEngl i
shSet tlement
2.ConceptofSet tlementwasconcei vedbyEngl isheducat ors( daughters
protest antmi nister s)
3.Set tlementi sapl acewher et hepoorgat herandpar ti
cipateinl ectures,
discussi onandspeci alproject s
4.Soci al groupwor kder i
vesi tsi nst i
tutional basedf rom t heset t
lement s
5.Or gani zedcr eat i
onasmeansofchar act erbuil
ding
6.19th cent ury,t he Amer i
cans col oniz et he Phi l
ippines ad br oughtt he
conceptofdemocr ati
csy stem ofgov ernment
7.1911, Amer icansor gani zedt heYoungMenChr isti
anAssoci ati
on
8.1926, Amer icansor gani zedt heYoungWomen’ sChr i
sti
anAssoci ati
on
9.1936, Boy sScoutoft hePhi li
ppi nes
10.Early 50s,Phi li
ppi ne SchoolofSoci alWor k( PSSW)br oughtabout
pract i
ceofsoci algr oupwor ki nwel fareagenci eswher esoci alwor k
student shav et obepl acef orf ieldpr actice
11.Phili
ppi neYout hWel fareCoor dinat i
ngCounci l(PYWCC)gr oupwor kwi t
h
they out h
12.Jose Abad Sant os Memor ialSchool s( JASMS)gr oup wor k ser v
ice
i
nt r
oducedt osuppl ementcounsel ingandgui danceser vices
13.CollegeofSoci alWor kandCommuni tyDev elopment ,Universityoft he
Phili
ppi nes,spur redt hedev elopmentofgr oupwor kasamet hodi nt he
Phili
ppi nes
14.PrivateAgenci esPi oneer edSoci al GroupWor k
1.Chr i
stianChi ldr enFund( CCF
2.Kaunl aranMul t
i-PurposeCent er
3.Ri zal Yout hDev elopmentFoundat ion( RYDF)
4.TheSal vat i
onAr my
5.TheYoungWomen’ sChr i
st ianAssoci ati
on
6.TheGi rlScoutoft hePhi lippi nes( GSP)
7.ThePhi l
ippi neMent al Heal thAssoci ation(PMHA)

B.GOALS/PURPOSEOFGROUPTHROUHGHTHEDECADE
1.Beforet
hesixt
iestheemphasisofgr
oupworki
sSOCI
ALIZATI
ON
2.The sixti
es (1960s) goal
s of group wor
k are PREVENTI
ON,
TREATMENTANDDEVELOPMENT
3.Theseventi
es(1970S)DEVELOPMENTALgoals
th
4.Present scene 20 cent ur
y, goal
s are DEVELOPMENTAL,
SOCIALIZATI
OPN/ RE-
SOCIALI
ZATION AND TREATMENT OR
REHABILITATI
ON

I
I. GROUPWORKDEFI
NE

Amet hodthroughwhichindivi
dual
singr oupinsocialagencysett
ingsarehelped
byawor kerwhogui detheiri
nter
acti
oninpr ogram acti
vi
ti
essot hattheymayr el
ate
themselvestoothersandexper i
encegrowthoppor tuni
ti
esinaccordancewi t
ht hei
r
needsandcapaci ti
estot heendofi ndi
vidual,groupandcommuni t
ydev el
opment
(Harl
eighB.Trecker
)

Aprocessandamet hodthr
oughwhi chgrouplif
eisaff
ectedbyawor kerwho
consci
ousl
ydirect
sthei
nter
acti
ngprocesstowardstheaccompl
ishmentofgoal
swhi ch
areconcei
vedinademocrat
icfr
ameofr ef
erence.(
Gert
rudeWil
sonandGladysRyland)

Abasi
caspectofsoci
alwor
kpr
act
icet
hatusest
hesoci
alr
elat
ionshi
pswi
thi
n

560
gr
oupexperienceasmeanstoindivi
dualgr
owthanddevelopment
,andt hatt
hegroup
workerisconcernedi
ndevel
opingsocialr
esponsi
bil
i
tyandacti
vecit
izenshi
pforthe
i
mpr ov
ementofdemocrat
icsoci
ety
.(GraceCoyl
e)

A group i
s“ atleasttwo people,butusuallymore,gathered wi t
h common
purposesorl ikeint
erest
sinacogni ti
ve,aff
ecti
ve,andsoci
alint
er changei nsingl
eor
repeated encounter
s.These encounters ar
e suff
ici
entforthe partici
pantst oform
i
mpr essionsofoneanot her,cr
eati
ngasetofnor msforthei
rf unct i
oni
ngt oget
her,
developinggoalsforthei
rcoll
ecti
veauthor
ity
,evol
vingasenseofcohesi onsot hatthey
thi
nkoft hemselv
esandar ethoughtofbyot her
sasanent it
ydist i
nctf r
om allother
coll
ectiv
iti
es."

Asi
mpl
ecollect
ionofpeopl
eisnotagroup.Agroupisconst
antl
ymov ingand
changi
ngsmal
lsy
stem;hasali
feofit
sown;andgoesthr
oughdif
fer
entphases.

Agr oupisnotst ati


c,butaconstant
lymov ingandchangingsmallsystem.I thasa
l
ifeofitsown.Itgoest hroughdi
ffer
entphaseseachofwhi chhascertai
ndy namicsthat
apr act
iti
onermustunder st
andanddealwi t
hwhenev erappropr
iat
eandnecessar yi n
ordertobeeffecti
vei nherint
erv
enti
vewor k.Thisuni
twil
lbeaboutthelif
eoft hegroup,
i
.e.,t
hephasesingr oupdev el
opment.

I
II
. HOW GROUPEFFECTCHANGE

BYDORWI NCARTWRI GHT


1.Thegr oupasTar getofchange–THEGROUPI STHEFOCUSOFCHANGE!The
groupaswhol eorcertainaspectsoft hegr oupt ochangeinor dertoeffect
changei nitsmember s.Rober tD.Vi nterexpl ai
nsthi
sas“ indir
ectmeansof
i
nfluence.” Group wor kerinterv
entions effectchange i n group condi
tions
affecti
ngt hemember s.
2.Thegr oup asMedi um ofchange– THE GROUP I S USED TO CHANGE I TS
MEMBER/ S!Thetar
getofi nf
luenceist heindiv i
dualmemberandt hesour
ceof
i
nfluencei sthegr
oup.
3.The gr oup as Agent of change – THE GROUP I S USED TO CHANGE
ENVI RONMENTOR OUTSI DEOFI TSELF!Ref er stoacti
veinvolvementoft he
groupef fort
stomodi f
yf or
cesinitssocialenvironment.

I
V. PHASESI
NGROUPDEVELOPMENT

1.PRE-
GROUPPHASE
 Groupwor
ker
sdot
hisbef
oreact
ual
organi
zi
ng
1.
1Pr
ivat
ePr
e-Gr
oupphase
 Thegroupdoesnotexi
st,
onl
ypr
ivat
eideasorpl
ansar
eint
hemi
ndof
thesoci
alworker
1.
2Publ
i
cPr
e-Gr
oupphase
 I
deaorpl anevendecisi
ont oform groupissharedwit
hother
s
 Announcement smadeei t
herv er
ballyori
nwr i
ti
ng
 Socialagencydefi
nedatt hisperiod.Thepurposeandt i
mef r
ameof
thegroupprogram andthecriter
iaforgroupcompositi
on
 ForSue Henr y,Privat
e Pre-Group and Publi
c Pre-
Group phase i
s
“INI
TIALSTAGE”
1.
3Conveni
ngPhase
 Prospecti
vemember sorsomeoft hem meetf
ort
hefi
rstt
ime
 Behaviorel
icit
edar
erestl
essness,
tensi
on,wit
hdr
awn
 Member ssi zi
ngupthesituati
onintermsofwhetherornot
thei
rexpectati
onsar
egoingtobemet

2.GROUPFORMATI
ONPHASE

561
 Aper i
odwhenthegroupgetorgani
zed
 Groupgoalsandnormsevolveandthegr
oup’srol
esyst
em begi
ns
todevelop
 Observabl
e among group membersare cohesi
on,uni
ti
ng wi
th
otherorsi
mply“uni
on”amongmember s

3.GROUPINTEGRATI ON,DI
SINTEGRATIONANDREI NTEGRATIONPHASE
 Inter
personalti
esincreaseandasenseofgr oupbondor“we
f
eeli
ng”beginstobecomeapparent
 Goal-di
rectedact
ivi
ti
esengagethemembers
 Member scanshow enthusi
asm f
orthegr
oup’
sacti
vi
ti
es

3.
1INTEGRATI
ON
 JamesA.Garl
and,HubertE.JonesandRalphKolodnycal
lthi
s
phase“
PowerandCont r
ol”
 SueHenrycal
lthi
sphase“ Conf
li
ct/
Disequi
li
bri
um”
3.
2DI
SINTEGRATI
ON
 Conf
li
cti
nt hegr
oupifser
iousandnotr
esol
vedcanl
eadt
othe
gr
oup’st
otaldi
sint
egr
ati
on
3.
3REI
NTEGRATI
ON
 Ani ndi
cati
onofahi gherlev elofintegr
ati
onischar act
erized
by a mor e stablerel
ati
onshi ps,stabl
e group st
r uct
ure,a
greaterinfl
uenceoft hegr oup upont hemember s.Clearer
norms,hi gherlevel
s ofi nterdependence and cooperation
amongmember s,moreawar enessoft hesigni
fi
canceoft he
groupexperienceandastateofequi l
ibri
um

4.GROUPFUNCTI ONI NGANDMAI NTENANCEPHASE


 “Groupness”i sdev elopeddur ingt hi
sphase
 Accor dingt oHar tf
ord,t hi
si st heper i
odwhent hegr oup,wit
h
the gui dance or hel p of t he social wor ker,wor ks at
i
mpl ement i
ngitsplani nor dert oachievethedef i
nedgoal s
 Member s’concer nf ort he gr oup and theirengagementi n
activ
ities, al ong wi th r elationshi
p pat terns, pr omote
functioningandmai ntenanceoft hegroup
 Thegr oupi sonhi ghl eveloff uncti
oningandi sexpect edto
achiev eitsgoal s
 “GroupFunct i
oningandMai ntenancePhase”i s“ Dif
ferenti
ati
on”
forJamesA.Gar land, HubertE.JonesandRal phKol odny
 “Problem- Solv
ingandSt abi
li
z ation”forHelenNor t
hern
 “Matur ation”forRosmar yC.Sar riandMaedaGal insky

5.TERMI
NATIONPHASE
1.Pre-
terminati
onphase,thegr
oupisprepar
edf ori
tsimminent
endi
ng
2.Terminati
on,theactualendi
ng,whichmeanst helastgroup
meeting
3.Post-
terminati
on,aperiodaf
terthegroupceaset ofuncti
on
andinvolvestocont
inuetomeetasagroupifdesi
red

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V. SOCI
ALWORKHELPI
NGPROCESS

A.SYSTEMATI
CHELPI
NGPROCESS
Begi
nni
ngphase
1.Assessment
2.Acti
onPlanni
ng
Mi
ddl
ephase
3.Pl
anI
mpl
ement
ati
on
Endi
ngphase
4.Eval
uation
5.Terminati
on

B.HELPI
NGPROCESSWI
THSOCI
ALWORKGROUP

I
. PRE-GROUPFORMATION
Acti
vi
ti
esoft
hesoci
alwor
ker
1.
1Concept
ual
i
zingt
hegr
oupser
vices
 Statementoft hepur poseoft hegrouppr ogram emanate
fr
om t heagency’spur poseadf uncti
on
 Grouppr ogr
am’ spur posemusthav eacleardef i
nit
ione.
g.
Treatment,t
reatmentwi l
lser
v easagui deinidenti
fyi
ngthe
cl
ientsectortobeser ved
 Agencypur posef orgr oup program servesasgui dein
i
dent i
fyi
ngtheclientsect ort
obeser ved,e.
g.drugaddicts,
batter
edwi f
e,delinquentchil
d
1.
2Announci
ngt
hegr
oupser
viceandr
ecr
uit
ingmember
s
 Announcementi spostedincommunityli
kebarangayhal
l
heal
t hcenter
scommuni t
ycenter
sandpari
shhall
 Socialworkervi
sit
sbarangayandexpl
ainthepr
ogram and
recr
uitmentofpotent
ialmembers
1.
3Pr
epar
ingl
ogi
sti
cs
 I
tref
erst
othev
enuef
orgr
oupmeet
ingsandf
aci
l
iti
es
1.
4Enl
i
sti
ngcommuni
tysuppor
t
 I
tisimport
antthatsectorincommuni t
y:resi
dent
s,store
owner and poli
cemen suppor
t agency ’
s progr
am,
ot
herwise communi ty sectorwillresi
storbl ock the
pr
ogram
 I
mportantt
otapexist
ingcommuni tyresour
ces

I
I. I
NDI
VIDUAL-FOCUSEDASSESSMENTANDPLANNI NG
 Assessmental soknownas“ soci
alst
udy”and“diagnosis”is
i
nformati
ongatheri
ngandanalysi
stowardsanunderstanding
andconsequentl
yadef i
nit
ionoftheneedorproblem oft he
cl
ient
.
Act
ivi
ti
esoft hesoci
alworker
a.Pr
e-gr
oupi
nter
views/
int
ake
 Int
akeintervi
ewsest abli
sht heperson’seli
gibi
l
ityforthegroup
servi
ce
 Int
ervi
ew/ i
ntaketakespr ecedencebef or
egroupf ormati
on.
 Agencyandi tsservices.
 Agency’spurposef orthegr oupprogr am
 Agencyexpect at
ionsi ntermsofat tendanceandpar ti
cipat
ion
 Acti
vit
iesthatarelikelytobeunder t
aken.
 Durati
onoft hegrouppr ogram;
 Thebasisfort er
minat ionofmember ship
b.I
ndi
vi
dualCl
i
entPr
ofi
l
e
 Name,identi
fyingbasicinf
ormation
 Needs,
concer ns,problems,r
elev
anttot
hegr oup
 St
rengt
hs, r
esour ces,andl
imit
ati
onsofcl
ientsystem

563
 Wor
ker
sobser
vat
ion/
comment
s
c. Caseassessment
/pr
obl
em def
ini
ti
on
 Pre-groupinterview isnecessarytounderst
andt hecl i
ent’
s
concer norproblem
 “socialstudy”,socialdi agnosi
s”,“pr
oblem defi
nit
ion”and
“assessment ”ar et erms use to mean,a process and a
productofunder standingonwhi chact
ionisbasedot her
wise
knownasPr oblem Defini
tion
d.Goalf
ormul
ati
on
 Cl i
ent ’
sprobl
em isi
mport
antbecausethi
sisthebasi
sofgoal
-
formul at
ionandint
erv
enti
onplanningforpr
ospecti
vegroup
member s
2.
5.Act
ion-planni
ng
 Act ionplanni
ngisbasedonassessmentandi ttheout
come
ofassessment .

I
II
. GROUP-
FOCUSEDASSESSMENTANDPLANNI
NG

1.Concer
norprobl
emsoft
hegr
oupwi
l
lli
kel
yaddr
ess,andwhatact
ivi
ti
esmay
hav
etobeundert
aken

2.Thetaskrel
ati
ngtotwoimpor tantaspect sofwor kwithgroups
2.
1.Groupcomposition
 Gr oupcomposi ti
onr efer
st otheselecti
onofgr oupmember s
anddecidingsizeoft hegr oup
 Gr ouprelatedtasks
 selecti
onofmember s
 sizeofgr oup
3.Groupfor
mat i
on
 Gr oupformat i
oni sthepr ocessofgettingagr ouporgani
zedin
ordertof unct i
on and mov et owardt he at t
ainmentofits
pl
annedgoal
 Commongr oupconcer n,normsandr ules,scheduleandvenue
ofgroupsessi ons;andgr oupgoal saredi scussedandagreed
duri
nggroupf ormat ion
 Gr oupwor kers’per spect i
veaccor di
ngt oJani ceH.Schopler
andMaedaJ.Gal insky
1.Member ’sperspect i
ve
2.Wor ker’sperspect ive;and
3.Gr oupsy st
em per spective

I
V. PLANI MPLEMENTATI ON
 Pl ani mpl
ement at
ionr eferst
oallactivi
ti
es,workersint
erv
ent
ionand
group act i
on whi ch t he gr
oup sy stem di rect
s towar
ds the
achievementofani ndivi
dualandgroupgoals
 Wor kerst
ancesdur i
ngt hehelpi
ngprocess
1.Directstance 3.Permissiv
est ance
2. Facil
it
atingstance 4.Fl exi
blestance

V. EVALUATI
ON
 Thesystemat
icev
aluat
ionoft
heout
come/
soft
hehel
pingef
for
ts.

VI
. TERMINATION
 Terminati
oni sthefinal
stepi
nthehelpi
ngpr
ocess.
 M.Har tf
ord’sperspecti
veoft
erminat
ion:
1.Pr
e-terminati
on

564
2.Terminati
on
3.Post-
terminat
ion

VI
. HELPI
NGMODELS/ THEORETI CALAPPROACHES
1.Development alModel
2.Remedi alApproach
3.Int
eractioni
stApproach
4.Cri
sisInterv
entionApproach

VI
I. GROUPSTRUCTUREORSTRUCTURALPROPERTI ESOFGROUPS
 Groupstr
uct
ureisanarr
angementorinterr
elat
ionofal
lthepar
tsof
awhol
eandisusetoat
tai
nedthegoalofthegroup.

1.SIZE–number sofper soni nthegr oup.


2.COMMUNI CATI ON STRUCTURE– i st hepr ocessoft r
ansf erri
ngandshar i
ng
messagesandmeani ngst hrought heuseofsy mbol sl i
kewor ds, mov ement sand
gest ur
esandsound.
3.AFFECTI ONALSTRUCTURE– t hepr ocessofact i
ngandr eact i
ngwhi cht akes
placebet weenpeopl emeet i
ngt oget heri nasmal l group.
3.1 PAI RSORDYAD–mut ual fri
endshi p,courtshi pspai
rs
3.2 TRI AD – t hree-person al li
ance,coal it
ion and one and har monious
threesome
3.3 FOURSOME–f ourper sonal liance
3.4 I SOLATES – peopl ewho hand on t hef ri
ngeoft hegr oup wi t
hl i
ttl
e
accept ance; wit
hdr awn
 The t echnique ofst udy ing t he effect i
v erelati
ons among gr oup
member si scal ledsoci omet rydev elopedbypsy chiatristJacobL.
Mor eno
4.POWERSTRUCTURE–pot enti
al i
tyf ori nducingf or cesinot herper sonst oward
actingorchangi nginagi vendirection.
4.1 REWARDPOWER
4.2 COERCI VEPOWER
4.3 LEGI TIMATEPOWER
4.4 REFERENTPOWER
4.5 EXPERTPOWER
5.LEADERSHI P–t heabi l
it
yt oinfl
uenceot herpeopl ei nsomeway .
1.POSI TI ONTHEORY
2.TRAI TTHEORY
3.STYLETHEORY
3.1AUTHORI TARIAN
3.2DEMOCRACTI CE
3.3LASSEZ- FAIRE
3.4SI TUATI ONALTHEORY
3.5FUNCTI ONALTHEORY
6.ROLESTRUCTURE– ar oleisar ecogni zedpat t
ernofexpect ationsofbehav ioron
thepar tofaper soni nacer tainposi tionwhi chhel psust oi nt erpretwhata
personi sdoi ngori st r
yingt odo.
7.GROUPNORMS
1.WRI TTENRULES
2.EXPLI CITLYSTATED
3.NON- EXPLI CITINFORMALNORMS
4.NORM BEYOONDAWARENESS
1.BEHAVI ORALCONTAGI ON
2.I DIOSYNCRACYCREDI TS
8.STATUS–r efert oone’ srankorst andi ngi nthegr oupbasedonanyoral lofthe
foll
owi ng: per son’ sclosenesst ot hecent erwebofcommuni cat i
on; car r
yingonof
apar t
icul arki ndofact iv
ityormai nt ainingacer t
ainlevelofact i
vity,andt he
person’ sposi t i
oni nthewebofcommuni cationandt hekindofj obhe/ shedoes.

565
VI
II
. GROUPPROCESS
 Gr oupprocessreferr
edtoaspr obl
em- sol
vi
ngpr ocessandgr oupwork
process.
 Gr oupprocessesar echangesormov ementt akingplaceinagr oup;
changesint hecondit
ionofthegr oupasawhol e;asdevelopmental
sequencethatgroupsgoesthrough;theint
eractionprocessesorwhat
goesonbet weenamongmember s

1.CONFORMI TY
1.
1EXPEDI ENTCONFORMER
1.
2TRUECONFORMER
2.COMPETI TIONANDCOOPERATI ON
3.DECISION-MAKI NG
2.
1VOTI NG
2.
2CONSENSUS
2.
3POSTPONI NGDECI SI
ON
2.
4DELEGATI ONOFDECI SI
ONMAKINGAUTHORI TY
3.GROUPTHI NK
4.CONFLI CT – di sagreementorcl ash ofi
deas i
nter
est
,et
c.i
tis goalv
s.
rel
ati
onship
4.
1WI N-LOSECONFLI CTSTYLE
4.
2YI ELD-LOSESTYLE
4.
3LOSE- LEAVE
4.
4COMPROMI SESTYLE
4.
5I NTEGRATI VESTYLE

5.GROUPCOHESI VENESS–t hedegr


eetowhi
chthemember
sofagroup
desi
ret
or emaininthegroup.
5.
1MOTI VEBASEFORATTRACTI ON
5.
2INCENTIVEPROPERTI ESOFTHEGROUP
5.
3THEI NDIVIDUAL‘SEXPECTANCYCONCERNI NGGROUPOUTCOMES
5.
4THEI NDIVIDUAL’SCOMPARI SONLEVEL

I
X. TYPESOFGROUP
1.Soci alConv ersationgr
oup
2.Recr eational/skil
lsbui
ldi
nggroup
3.Educat iongr oup
4.Taskgr oup
5.Pr oblem- Sol
v i
ngandDeci si
onmakinggroup
6.Focusgr oup
7.Sel f
-Helpgr oup
8.Soci ali
zationgr oup
9.Ther apygr oup
10.Sensiti
vityandEncount erTr
aini
nggroup

566
Appendi
xA

PHASESI
NGROUPDEVELOPTMENT

Mar
gar
ett
eHar
tfor
d James Hel
enNor
then Rosmary
Sar
riand Har
lei
ghTr
eker SueHenr
y
Garl
and,Huber
tJones MaedaGal
i
nsky
andRalphKolodny

1.Pr
e-gr
oupphase I
.Pr
eaf
fi
li
ati
on I
.Preparat
orystage I
.Or
igi
nPhase I
.Ini
ti
al
pl
anningstageand
a.Pri
vat
epr
e-gr
oup i
ntake
phase

b.Publi
cpr
e-gr
oup
phase

c. Conv
eni
ngphase I
I.Conv
eni
ng

2.Gr
oupf
ormat
ionphase I
I.Or
ient
ati
onst
age I
I.For
mat
ionphase I
.Begi
nni
ngst
ag I
II
.For
mat
ion

II
.Emer genceof
somegr oupfeel
i
ng,
organizati
onand
program

3.I
ntegr
ati
on, I
I.powerandcont
rol I
II
.Expl
ori
ngand I
II
.Int
ermedi
ate II
I.Developmentof I
V.
Di
sint
egrat
ion,
Re- t
esti
ngthegr
oup phaseI bond,pur pose,
and Conf
li
ct/
Disequi
l
ibr
ium
i
ntegr
ati
onphase I
II
.Int
imacy cohesi
v eness
I
V.Rev
isi
onphase

V.I
nter
medi
ate
Phase

567
4.Gr
oupfuncti
oningand I
V.Di
ff
erent
iat
ion IV.Pr
oblem sol
vi
ng VI
.Mat
urat
ionphase IV.Stronggr
oup V.Mai
ntenance
mai
ntenancephase andstabil
i
zati
on feeli
nggoal
attai
nment

V.Decl
i
neinint
erest
;
l
essgroupfeel
ing

5.Ter
minat
ionPhase V.Separ
ati
on V.Ter
minat
ion VII
.Ter
minat
ion VI
.Endi
ngSt
age V.Ter
minat
ion
phase
a.Pret
ermi
nat
ion
phase

b.Ter
minat
ion

Appendi
xB

THEHELPI
NGPROCESSANDTHEPHASESI
NGROUPDEVELOPMENT

HELPI
NG ASSESSMENT PLANNI
NG PLAN EVALUATI
ON TERMI
NATI
ON
PROCESS I
MPLEMENTAI
ON

WORKER Pr
e-Gr
oup

For
mat
ion

568
Concept
ual
i
zat
ion; I
Focus:ndi
vi
dual Act
ion/
Int
erv
ent
io Terminati
on Pr
e-t
ermi
nat
ion
n; Eval
uati
on;
A Announci
nggr
oup Pr
e-gr
oup I
ndiv
idualGroup Ter
minat
ion
pr
ogram; Per
iodi
c
C I
nter
views; eval
uati
on Post-
Recrui
ti
ngmembers; t
erminat
ion
T Prepar
ingl
ogi
sti
cs; Problem
defi
niti
ongoal-
I Enl
i
sti
ngSuppor
t formati
on;
V Actionplanni
ng

T Gr
Focus: oup GroupGoal
-
for
mati
on
I Group
composi
ti
on; Act
ion-
E pl
anning
Groupformat
ion
S Probl
em (Program
defi
nit
ion medi a;ext
ra
group
activ
iti
es)

I
ntegrati
on, Separ
ati
onPhase
Disi
ntegration,
PHASESIN Pr
e-gr
oupf
ormat
ion Gr
oupFor
mat
ion Rei
ntegrat
ionPhase;
GROUP Groupfunctioning
DEVELOPMEN andmai ntenance

569
T phase

570
COMMUNITY
ORGANI
ZING
Rev
iewer
:

Ms.Ludi
vi
naB.Deki
t,RSW,
MSW

571
OUTLI
NE

 Wor
kingwi
thCommuni
ti
es

 Hi
stor
yofCoi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes

 CODef
ini
ti
ons,
Str
ategi
esandAssumpt
ions

 Theor
yinCommuni
tyOr
gani
zat
ion

 El
ement
sofCObot
hinTheor
yandPr
act
ice

 St
rengt
hsofCO

 Benef
it
sofCO

 COGui
dingPr
inci
ples

 Obj
ect
ivesofCO

 Val
uesofCOWor
k

 ThePr
ocessasFundament
alel
ementofCOPr
act
ice

 St
epsi
nCommuni
tyOr
gani
zi
ng

 Rol
esofaCommuni
tyOr
gani
zer

 Char
act
eri
sti
csofCommuni
tyOr
gani
zer

572
WORKI
NGWI
THCOMMUNI
TIES(
CO)

I
ntr
oduct
ion

Communi tyOrganizati
oni soneoft hepr imar ymet hodsofsoci alwor k.I
tdeal s
withinter
venti
oni nthecommuni t
iestosolvet hecommuni typrobl
ems.Asamet hodof
socialwor kcommuni tyor ganizationcansol v et hepr oblemsofmanypeopl ei nt he
communi ty through t heir col l
ecti
ve involvement . Communi t
y or ganizati
on and
communi tydevelopmentar einter-r
elat
edast wosi desoft hesamecoi n.Thecommuni ty
organizat
ionincl
udesot hermet hodsofsoci alwor k,thatis,groupwor k,andcasewor k.
Thepowerst ructurepl
ay sarolei nthecommuni tyor gani
zation.Thesocial workersneed
toknow t hecommuni t
ypowerst ruct
uretopr acti
cecommuni tyorganizati
onmet hod.
Communi t
yorganizati
onmet hodi susedf orempower i
ngpeopl eforthei
rdev elopment .

Thet erm"communi tyorgani


zat
ioncoversaseriesofacti
viti
esatthecommuni t
y
l
ev elaimedatbr ingi
ngaboutdesi r
edimprovementinthesocialwellbei
ngofindi
viduals,
groupsandnei ghbourhoods".Iti
stheDemocr ati
cinst
r umenttobringaboutsustained
soci alchange.Accordingt oMurrayG.Ross,“Communi tyor
ganizati
onisapr ocessby
whi chacommuni t
yidentif
iesneedsandt akesacti
on,andi ndoingso. .
.devel
opsco-
oper ati
veatti
tudesandpr acti
ces.
"

Def
ini
ti
onofCommuni tyOrgani
zing:
Communi t
yor gani
zingisasy st
emat icprobl
em-i
dent
if
icat
ion,pr
obl
em-
sol
vi
ng
pr
ocesswherebyt hecommuni t
yisenabledto:
1.Analyzeitsprobl
emsandsetpr ior
ities
2.I
dentifyneedsandpr i
orit
izet
hem
3.I
dentifyway sandresourcestosolv
et heseprobl
ems
4.Actcollecti
vel
ytosolvetheseproblems

Communi
tyOr
gani
sat
ion:Met
hodandasaPr
ocess

 Asapr ocess:communi
tyorgani
sat
ioni
mpli
edthosewel
far
emeasureswhich
areundertakenbythemembersofacommuni
tyi
naccor
dancetot
hei
rneedsand
resour
ces.

 As a Met hod:as a pr imary met


hod ofsoci
alwor k by whi
ch people of
communitiesasi ndiv
idualci
ti
zensorasr
epr
esent
ati
veofgroupjoi
ntogetherto
deter
minesoci alwelf
areneeds,pl
anwaysofmeeti
ngthem andmobil
i
sedt hese
necessar
yr esources.

Def
ini
ti
ons:

 Tost udyandt obeabletoengagei ncommunityorgani


sati
onpracti
ceitis
necessarytohaveacleardefi
nit
ion.Therear
esever
aldefi
nit
ionsavai
labl
ein
l
it
erature,whi
ch ar
eputf or
th atdiff
erentti
mesand cont
ext.Thecommon

573
elementi
nmostoft hem i
smatchingresour
cest
oneeds.Wewi l
ldi
scussher
e
twomostwidel
yaccepteddef
ini
ti
onsofcommunit
yor
ganisat
ion.

 MURRAY G.ROSS ( 1967)defi


nescommuni t
yor ganisat
ionasa“ processby
whichacommuni tyident
if
iesit
sneedsorobj ecti
v es,giv
espr i
ori
tytot hem,
devel
opstheconfi
denceandwilltoworkatthem,f indsresour ces(i
nternaland
ext
ernal
)todealwi
ththem,andindoi
ngso,extendsanddev elopsco-cooperati
ve
andcoll
abor
ati
veatt
it
udesandpracti
cesint
hecommuni ty”
.

Inthi
sdef i
nit
ionby“process”hemeantamov ementf rom identif
icati
onofa
probl
em orobject
ivetosol
utionoft hepr oblem orat tainmentoftheobj ecti
veinthe
communi t
y.Thereareotherpr ocessesf ordeal i
ngwi t
hcommuni t
ypr oblems,but
herehecall
edthecommuni tyorganisati
onpr ocesst hatbywhi chthecapaci t
yofthe
communi t
ytof unct
ionasani ntegrat
eduni tgr owsasi tdealswi t
honeormor e
communi t
y problems. The task of t he pr ofessional worker in communi t
y
organi
sati
onistohelpini
ti
ate,nour i
sh,anddev elopt hi
sprocess.Hist askisalsoto
maket hi
sprocessconsci
ous,deliberat
ive,andunder stood.

 Eduar dC.Lindemanin19211def inedcommuni tyor


ganisat
ionas“ Communit
y
organisati
onisthatphaseofsocialorganisati
onwhichconstit
utesaconscious
effortont hepartofacommuni t
yt ocont rolit
saff
air
sdemocr at
icall
yandto
securet hehighestservi
cesfrom itsspeci al
ist
s,or
ganisat
ions,agenciesand
i
nst i
tuti
onsbymeansofr ecogni
sedinterrelati
ons.

 WalterW.Petti
tin19252definedi
tas“Communityorgani
sat
ioni
sper
hapsbest
def
inedasassi st
ingagr oupofpeopl
etorecognisethei
rcommonneedsand
hel
pingthem t
omeett heseneeds.

 Russel lH.Kurrtzin1940def inedi tas“ Communi tyor gani


sationi sapr ocess
deali
ngpr i
maril
ywithprogram r elat
ionshipsandt hust obedi sti
nguishedinits
socialwor ksett
ingfr
om thoseot herbasi cprocesses, caseworkandgr oupwor k,
whichdealwi t
hpeople.Thoser elat
ionshipsofagencyt oagency ,ofagencyt o
communi tyandofcommuni tyt oagencyr eachinal ldirect
ionsf rom anyfocal
pointint hesocialworkpictur
e.Communi tyorganisationmaybet houghtofas
thepr ocessbywhi chtheser elati
onshipsar einit
iated,alter
edort erminat
edt o
meetchangi ngconditi
ons,andi tisthusbasi ctoal
l socialwork...
”.

 Way neMcmi l
lenin19473def ineditas“ Communi tyorgani sat
ioni
ni t
sgener i
c
sensei ndel i
berat
elydir
ectedef f
orttoassistgroupsinattaininguni
tyofpurpose
andact ion.Itispracti
ced,thoughof tenwi thoutrecogni t
ionofitscharacter,
wher evert heobjecti
veist oachi ev
eormai ntainapool ingoft hetal
entsand
resources oft wo ormor e groups in behalfofei thergener alorspeci fi
c
objecti
v es.”

 C.F.Mcnei lin19544def i
nedi tas“ Communi tyor gani
sationf orsocialwel f
arei s
thepr ocessbywhi cht hepeopl eofcommuni ty,asindi v
idualci t
izensoras
representati
vesofgr oups,j oi
nt ogethertodet erminesoci alwelfareneeds,pl an
way s.“Communi ty
”i nt hesensei nwhi chi tisusedher e,referst ot womaj or
groupingsofpeopl e.First l
yitmaybeal lthepeopl einaspeci ficgeogr aphicar ea,
i
.e.,av i
ll
age,at own,aci t
y,anei ghbourhood,oradi st
rictinaci t
y.Int hesame
manneri tcouldr ef
eral sot oallthepeopl einapr ov i
nceorast ate,anat ion,ori n
thewor ld.Secondl y,iti susedt oi ncl
udegr oupsofpeopl ewhoshar esome
commoni nterestorfunct i
on,suchaswel f ar
e,agricul
tur
e, education,andr el
igion.
Int hi
s cont extcommuni t
yor ganisati
on maybe i nvolved in br i
nging t hese
persons t ogether to dev elop some awar eness of,and f eeli
ng f or t heir

574

communit
y”andtoworkatcommonpr
obl
emsar
isi
ngoutoft
hei
nter
estor
f
unct
iont
heyhav
eincommon.

 The second def i


nit
ion that we di scuss her eis byKr amer and Specht
(1975),which i
sin mor etechnicalt er
ms.They def i
ned t hat“ Communi ty
organisat
ionref
erstov ari
ousmet hodsofi nter
vent
ionwher ebyapr ofessional
changeagenthelpsacommuni t
yact i
onsy stem composedofi ndiv
iduals,groups
oror gani
sati
onstoengagei nplannedcol lecti
veacti
oni nor dertodealwi t
h
specialpr
oblemswithinthedemocr at
icsystem ofval
ues.”

HI
STORYOFCOI
NTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

 Mar cos'decl ar ation ofmar tialr ulei n 1972 al tered t he t errainf orsoci al
mov ement s.Al lpr ogr essi vegr oupswer esubj ect edt or epressi onwhi lesome
i
ndiv i
dual swer eei therel imi nat edorar rest edbyt hemi litary.Dur ingt heear ly
stagesofmar ti
alr ule,al lat tempt sator gani zinggr oundt oahal t,exceptf ort he
ZoneOneTondoOr gani zat ion( ZOTO) .
 Ther epr essi vesi tuat ionl edal argenumberofact ivistst ogounder gr oundand
wagear medst r uggl eagai nstt heMar tialLaw r egi me.Someor gani zat ionsl i
ke
theFFFwer eco- opt edbyt her egi me.Ot her ssi mpl ylaidl ow.
 Chur ch- based pr ogr ams whi ch f unct ioned as non- gov ernmentor gani zat i
ons
(NGOs)wer et hef irstt oengagei nor gani zingdespi temar tiallaw.Thesei nclude
theUr banandRur alMi ssi onar iesoft hePhi l
ippi nes, TaskFor ceDet ai neesoft he
Phil
ippi nes, Epi scopalCommi ssi ononTr ibalFi l
ipinos, Shar eandCar eApost olate
forPoorSet tlers, andPEACE, amongot her s.
 The Phi li
ppi ne Ecumeni calCounci lf or Communi ty Or gani zat i
on ( PECCO)
continuedwi tht her efinementandi mpl ement ationoft hecommuni tyor gani zing
(CO)appr oachal lov ert hecount ry,incombi nat ionwi tht heMar xistst r uctur al
analysi sandt het hinki ngofSaul AlinskyandPaol oFr eire.
 Politi
ci zedNGOsusedt hest ruct uralanal y sisappr oachi nconsci ent izingand
mobi lizing,whi let heBasi cChr isti
anCommuni tyf ramewor kwasdev elopedby
thepr ogr essi vechur chasar esponset ot heneedsoft het ime.Pr ogr amsl i
ke
educat ionandheal th,economi cent erpr isesandcooper ativedev elopmentwer e
used as ent ry poi nt sf oror gani zing t o av oid get ting i nt roubl e wi tht he
dict
at or ship.
 Variouspol i
ticalf or mat ionssaw t heneedt o setupNGOsori nf luencet he
progr amsandpr oject sofexi st i
ngonesi nor dert opur suet heirowni nt er est s.On
theposi t
ivesi de,i tcannotbedeni edt hatt hemostef fect iveNGOsoft heper iod
weret hosewhosel eader sandst affhadi deol ogi cal l
eani ngs.
 On t he ot hersi de,i nt er nali deol ogi calst ruggl es wr acked some NGOs as
i
deol ogi caldebat esandr ival r
ieswi t
hint hemassmov ementspi lledov ert ot he
socialdev elopmentcommuni ty.PECCO,f orone,spl i
ti n 1977 because of
i
deol ogi caldi ffer encesamongi t
sel ement s,l eadi ngt ot hef or mat ionoft wo
separ at e or gani zat ions—t he Communi ty Or gani zat i
on of t he Phi lippi nes
Enterpr ise ( COPE) and t he Peopl e's Ecumeni cal Act ion f or Communi ty
Empower ment( PEACE) .
 InDecember1972, tenf oundat i
onscamet oget herandf or medt heAssoci ationof
Foundat i
ons( AF) .Theassoci at i
onexpandedt o40member sby1976.Mor e
progr essi ve gr oups f or med t he Phi li
ppi ne Al l
iance f or Rur aland Ur ban
Devel opment( PARUD) ,aconsor ti
um ofPOsandNGOswi t
hmor eorl esst he
samei deol ogi cal bent .

575
 Cooper ativeswentt hr oughasecondwav eofgr owt hdur i
ngt hisper iod.The
gov er nmentf ormed t he Cooper at i
ve Uni on oft he Phi lippi nes i n 1979 and
requi redal lcooper at ivest or egi ster.Independentcooper ativ esr ef usedt oy ield
and i nst ead f or med t he Nat i
onalConf ederat ion ofCooper ati
ves ( NATCCO)
(ACSPPA/ PCHRD, 1995) .
 Theassassi nat ionofBeni gnoAqui noi n1983l edt owi despr eadst reetpr otest s
whi chbecameknownast he" par li
amentoft hest reet s."I tat t
ract edacr oss
sect ionofsoci et yi ncl udi ngpr ev i
ousl yunpol iti
ci zedsect or s,suchasbusi ness
andt hei nst itut i
onal Chur ch.
 Ther ewer eef for tst of orgeuni tyamongt heant i-dictat or shi pf or ces.Sev er al
coal iti
ons wer e f or med: Just i
ce f or Aqui no, Just ice f or Al l( JAJA) ,
Kongr esongMamamay ang Pi li
pi no ( KOMPI L), BagongAl yansangMakabay an
(BAYAN)andot her s.Butt heseor gani zat ionsdi dnotl astl ongduet oi deol ogical
differencesamongi tsmember s.
 Dur ingt heFi rstQuar terSt orm oft hesev enties,COwasi nt roducedt hr ought he
Phi l
ippi neEcumeni calCounci lf orCommuni t
yOr gani zation( PECCO) .Thegr oup
organi zed communi ti
es i n Tondo and est abl ished t he Counci lof Tondo
For eshor e Communi tyOr gani z ation whi ch pr ov ed t o be an or gani zat ion of
l
eader s.Re- trainingwascar riedoutt oi mpr ov et heor gani zingski llsofPECCO
per sonnel .
 TheSaulAl inskymet hodofconf lict
- conf ront ationdev elopedi nChi cagowas
adapt edt ocondi ti
onsi nTondo.Asar esul t,theZoneOneTondoOr gani zat ion
(ZOTO)wasbor n.Thepr ogr am wasr epl icatedi not herpar tsoft hePhi li
ppi nes,
i
ncl udi ngt her ur alar easandusual lyintr oducedt hr oughChur chst ruct ur es.The
AlinskyCOmet hodwasr efinedt oi ncluder eflect i
onsessi ons, whi chwer e, int urn
takenf r
om Paul oFr eire's" Pedagogyoft heOppr essed. "
 WhenMar ti
alLaw wasdecl ared,or gani zingef for tscont i
nued.Dur ingt hist ime
dev elopmentwor ker sbeganpushi ngf orpeopl e' spar ti
cipat ionandCObecame
the t oolf or achi ev i
ng t his.Bot hi nt ernationaldev el opment gr oups and
gov er nmentbegan adv ocat ing and f undi ng CO pr ograms.Thus,communi ty
organi zingpr ol i
fer ated.
 Evenbef or ePECCO adopt edAl insky 'spr act i
ceofcommuni tyor gani zing,t he
progr essi vesect i
onoft heCat hol i
cChur chwer eal readyst ar tedor gani zingBasi c
Chr istianCommuni ties( BCC)i nMi ndanaowi tht hepr oclamat ionofVat icanI I
.I t
soon spr ead t o somepar tsofLuzon and Vi say asand t heor gani zing was
basi cal l
yl iturgi cal,empl oy ingBi blest udi esandot hercr eat iv ef ormsofwor shi p.
Butdur ingt heMar tialLawper iod,t heBCCbecameameansf orwi tnessi ngt he
Teachi ngsandExampl eofChr istt hr oughsoci o- pol i
tical wor k.

TheRur
alCOSt
andar
d

 Tofosteruni
ty,theruralCOspublishedtheircommonv iewonthedefi
nit
ionand
successindi
catorsofr ur
alcommuni tyorgani
zing.Theyspell
edoutthesuccess
i
ndicator
sforeachor gani
zingphaseinthef ol
lowingareas:

1.Organizati
onal Dev elopment(OD)
2.Cri
ti
cal,CreativeandCol l
ecti
veconsci ousnessRai
sing.
3.Coali
ti
onEf f
ortandAdv ocacyWor k
4.OvercomingGenderandot herBiases
5.ResourceTenur eI mpr ovement(RTI )
6.Economi cSelf-r
el i
anceSt r
engthening
7.Agri
culturalDev elopmentandEcol ogi
calNurtur
ance
8.Democr aticParticipati
oninGov ernance

Ar
easofConcer
nandSuccessI
ndi
cat
ors

 Organi
zati
onaldevelopmentr
eferstothequal i
tyoforganizationalfuncti
oni
ngof
t
hepeople'
sor gani
zati
onasitfulfi
l
lsit
saspirat
ions.Specifi
cally,ODseekst othe
fol
lowi
ngfeaturesoftheorganizati
onareclearandoper ative:1)Or gani
zati
onal
GoalsandObjecti
ves,2)Or
ganizati
onalSt
ructures,3)Leadership/Member ship,
4)

576
Educat i
onPr ogr ams,5)Mechani smsf orI nter nalRel ationshi psEnhancement ,
and6)TheFi nanci al Capabi li
tyoft hePO.
 Crit
ical ,Cr eat i
veandCol l
ect iveConsci ousnessRai singr ef ertot hel evelof
awar enessorconsci ousnessoft hel eader sandmember soft hePO.Speci fi
cal l
y,
thi
sar eaofconcer nseekst oassesst hePO' s:1)Soci o-Pol i
ti
calAwar eness, and
2)Communi tyOr ient ednessandGr oupCent er edness
 Theef fortsini ti
at edbyt heor gani zer ,andev ent uall
yunder takenbyt hepeopl e'
s
organi zation,t oest ablishcommongr oundwi thot herPOsandsect orsonan
i
ssue- to-issuebasi s.I nsomei nstances, theal liancef ormedi sst rategi cinnat ure,
especi allyifthei ssuei sal ongt erm one.Adv ocacywor kist heef for tofPO/ NGO
tocal lt hepubl ic'sat tentionort her esour cehol der/cont r
oller(mostl ikelyt he
gover nment )t oani ssuet hatneedsi mmedi ateact ionf rom t hegr ouport he
public.
 Theabi l
ityoft hePOt or ecogni zet hegenderi ssueswi thint hepubl icandpr ivate
spher e oft hei rcommuni ty.I ti s al so the capabi lit
yt o dev el
op appr opr i
ate
programsandmeasur est hatwi llensur eequal ityandr espectf ort her ightsof
womenandot hermar ginalizedsect ors.
 Economi c Sel f-reliance St r
engt heni ng.Thi s ar ea ofconcer nr ef erst ot he
capabi li
tyoft hepeopl e'sor gani zationt odev elopandmanageeconomi cpr ojects
orent erpr i
ses f ori ncreased i ncomes,economi c gr owt h,soci alequi ty
,and
environmentsust ai nabi l
ity.
 Agricul t
ur alDev elopmentandEcol ogicalNur tur ance.Ref erst otheabi l
i
tyoft he
POt opl anandi mpl ementpr ogr amst hatwi lldev elopt henat ural r
esour cesoft he
communi tyt o meett heirbasi c needs,whi le ensur ing t he r i
ghtoff uture
gener ationst ot heser esour ces.
 Democr atic Par tici pation i n Gov ernance.The POs capabi l
it
yt o par ti
cipate
dir
ect lyi nt he gov er
nance oft heircommuni t
y .Thi s al so r elat es t ot heir
parti
ci pationi nmai nstream pol i
t i
cal act i
vit
ies.

CODEFI
NITI
ONS,
STRATEGI
ESANDASSUMPTI
ONS

Art
hurDunham:Consci ouspr ocessofsoci alinteractionandmet hodofsocialwork
concer
nedwi thanyorall oftheobj ect i
ves:
1.TaskGoal s-
concretet asksunder takent omeetspeci fi
cneedsorsol v
eparti
cul
ar
problems.
2.Pr ocessGoal s-processofhel pingpeopl egr owi ncer tainway s
3.Rel ationshipGoals-changingcer t aintypesofsoci alrelati
onships
Fourdi
stinctivepointsofv i
ewr eflectingdi ff
erentCOor ientations(Perlman&Gur
in)
Strengtheningcommuni t
ypar ticipat i
onandi ntegrati
on( Ross)
Enhanci ngcopingcapaci ti
es( Li ppi t
)
I
mpr ovi
ngsoci al
condi ti
onsandser vices( Mor r
isandBi nstock)
Adv ancingtheinterestsoft hedi sadv antagedgr oups( Grosser)

CO i
sapr ocessbywhichacommuni t
yidentif
iesit
sneeds,obj
ect
ives,or
der
s(or
ranks)theseneedsorobjecti
ves;devel
opstheconf i
dencetoworkattheseneedsor
objeci
ves;takesacti
oninr especttothem;andi nsodoi ng,ext
endsanddev el
ops
cooperati
veandcoll
abor
ati
veat t
it
udesandpract
icesinthecommunit
y(MURRAYROSS)

Rosssuggests….
 Toachi ev epr ocessobjecti
ve,dev elop“communityassoci
ati
on”asv enueor
meansf oractualizi
ngCOprocess.
 Associationrepresentsmajorgroupsi nthecommuni t
ythr
uthei
rreal
-l
eaders.
 CORol es: gui
de, enabl
er,
expert
, socialt
herapi
st
Enhanci
ngcopingcapaci ti
es…
 I mpr
ov i
ngmeansofcommuni cati
onandi nt
eract
ioninordertobuildupt he
abi
li
tyofacommuni t
yto(orsomesegmentofi ttocopewithitsenvi
ronment
andwithchange.

577
 The obj
ecti
veisto st
rengt
hen t
he r
elat
ionshi
p ofthe cl
ientsyst
em toit
s
envi
ronmentandt
her
ebybuildi
ngupit
scapabili
ti
esforadj
ustingt
ochangesi
n
thef
uture.

LI
PPI
TT’s3Problemat i
cSituat
ionsandStrategi
es
Faul
tydistr
ibuti
onofpower -
creat
ionofnew cent erofpowerort hemakingof
i
nter
nalchangest ogiveasubsy st
em mor epower.
Faul
tymobi l
izati
onofener gy–r echannel l
ingofenergyandav oidi
nginternal
conf
li
ctbydev elopmentofinsi
ghtthruint
erpret
ati
on.
Faul
tycommuni cationandperceptionofone’senvi
ronment
-exchangeoffeeli
ngs
and at
ti
tudest o achievebetterand mut ualunderst
andi
ng ofpr obl
emsand
sol
uti
on

CORol
es:
cat
aly
st,
exper
t,i
mpl
ement
orandr
esear
cher

I
mpr ovi
ngSoci al Condi ti
onsandSer vices
• Cent ralgoali st oi dent i
f yneeds and def iciencies and t o dev elop ef fecti
ve
prov isionsandmet hodsf orsol vi
ngorpr event i
ngsoci al probl
ems.
• I ncludesset t
ingspeci f
icgoal sandmobi l
izingr esour cest oachi ev ethem.
• Anal yzehowt hepol i
ciesofanor gani zati
oncanbechangedbyasi ngleact or, t
he
“planner ”,as a means ofi mpr ov i
ng ser v i
ces and r educing soci alpr oblems
(Mor ri
sandBi nstock)
MorrisandBi nst ock’ sAssumpt i
ons
• Communi ty consi sts of i ndi vi
dual s and gr oups wi th different and of t
en
conf licti
ngi nter estsandneeds
• I nor gani zations, powert endst ogr avitateinf ewerhands.I nl
ar geror gani zations,
thisconsi stst he“ domi nant ”f action.
• For malor gani zationswi llr elatel argel yinaccor dancewi ththemaj ori nterestof
thedomi nantf acti
ons.
Advancingt hei nt erest sofdi sadv ant agedgr oups
• Pr imar ypur posei st opr omot et hei nt erestsofpar ticulargroupsbyi ncreasing
theirshar eofmat er i
algoodsandser v i
cesand/ orbyi ncreasi
ngt heirpower ,their
par t
ici pat i
oni ncommuni tydeci sion-maki ng,andt heirst atus.
• Pur poseofact ivi
tyi s“ engagi ngt hepoori nt hedeci sion-makingpr ocessoft he
communi t
y ”bot ht oov ercomeapat hyandest rangementandt or eal i
gnt hepower
resour cesofacommuni tybycr eatingchannel st hr oughwhi chconsumer sof
soci alser v i
cescandef i
net hei rpr oblemsandnegot i
at einthei rbehal f(Char l
es
Grosser ).
Grosser’
sSt r ategi est opr omot est rategiesofUr banPoor
• St rivef oral argershar eofgoodsandser vi
cesdi spensedbyagenci esofci t
y
gov er nmentandt opr essel imi nat i
onofi njusticesanddeni alofr ight sint he
prov isionofser vi
ces
• Ar ouseapat hyandi nactionandt ot eacht hem whatar eappr opr iatet argetsand
tacticsf ort heircol lectiveact ion
• CORol es: enabl er,broker , adv ocat eandact iv
ist

THEORYINCOMMUNITYORGANIZATI
ON
(
Peopl
ehav
ethepower
!)

Theori
escaneitherbebroadandabstr
actandpert
aini
ngtogener
alpat
ter
nsin
societ
y ordescr i
be patt
erns t
hatoccurin speci
fi
c si
tuat
ions (
i.
e.communiti
es,
organi
zati
ons,orspeci
fi
cpopulat
iongr
oups)

Ther
oleoftheor
yincommunit
ypracti
ce:
Theori
esincommuni
typracti
cedescri
bethedist
ribut
ionofpower&resour
cesin
societ
y,how or
gani
zati
ons funct
ion,and how communi t
ysy st
ems maint
ain
themselv
es.
Theori
esmustbeempiri
cal
lytest
edandv er
if
ied.

578
I
ndependentanddependentvari
abl
esmustbeidenti
fi
edinordert
otestatheor
y.
Ther
efor
et heor
iescont
ainassumpti
onsaboutcauseandeff
ectrel
ati
onshi
ps

The“eff
ect”aspectofcauseandeffectrel
ati
onshi
psi sout
comes,thingst
hat
occurbecauseofspeci
fi
cevent
soracti
ons.Consequentl
y,t
heysuggestspeci
fi
cacti
ons
orski
ll
sthatcanbeusedbysocialwor
kerstoproduceresul
ts.

Gener
al andMor eSpeci
fi
cTheor
ies
PracticeActi
vi
ti
esinModel
(I
nter v
ent
ionorCause)
Out comesorEff
ects

Insoci
alwor k,pract
icemodel shelpususet heorytodefineaspecificsetof
actionsori nt
erventi
onst hatcan beused t o pr
oduceout comes.Gener al
lyseveral
theoriesar ecombi nedt opr oducepracti
cemodel s.Wemayal soapplyaspect sof
theoriest o cer
tain si
tuati
ons.Forexampl e,power -
dependencytheor
yt ell
sust hat
resour cedonorsacqui r
epowerbyt ransf
erri
ngmoneyandgoodst opeoplethatcan’t
reciprocate.Thi
ssuggest sthatnonprofi
torgani
zat
ionsshouldnotacceptfundsfrom a
singlel ar
gedonoriftheywantt obeindependent
.

Theor
yty
pol
ogyi
ncommuni
typr
act
ice

Conf
li
ctTheor
yist hepr
imar
ytheoret
icalassumpt
ionassoci
atedwi
thmanyoft
he
pr
act
icemodel
s.Confl
i
ctt
heor
yassumes:

 Havesandhave-notcompet eforr
esources.
 Thehavesholdar esource&poweradvantageov
erthehavenots.
 ThepurposeofC. O.ist oworkwithmember sofoppressedgroupstoacqui
re
powerandresources.
 Powercanbeacqui r
edt hr
oughalter
nativ
emeanssuchasst r
engt
hthrough
numbers.

Empower
mentModel

579
 ImprovesInfor
mal Networksi
nt heCommuni t
y
 ImprovesLinkagesbetweenindividual
sandinsti
tut
ions.
 Leadstochangesi nlawsandinst i
tuti
ons.
 Reducestheoppr essi
onofmar ginali
zedgroups

ELEMENTSOFCOBOTHI
NTHEORYANDPRACTI
CE

 Traini
ng & Educat i
on – r ef
er stov ari
oust er msofeducat ionalact ivi
ti
est o
conscientiziseanddev eloppeoplecri
ticalawar enessoftheirexisti
ngcondi ti
ons.
 Format i
onofPeopl e’
sOr ganizat
ion–cr eat
ionoff unct
ionalst r
ucturet hatwill
serveasv enuef orpeopl etoexpresstheirpower …pri
ncipl
eofshar edleadership
 Mobi l
izati
onofResour ces– Tappingandmaxi mum ut i
li
zati
onofhumanand
naturalresourcesnecessar ytoachievesel f
-r
eliance.Humanbei ngsar ethemost
i
mpor t
antr esource.Afterall
,theyarethesubj ectandobj ectofourdev el
opment
effort
s.

STRENGTHSOFCO

 Itgener atesi mmedi atesuccesst herebyencour agi


ng peopl et of urthert hei
r
actions;itmakespeopl ereal
izet hatt heyhav ethecapaci tytochangesi t
uat i
ons
thattheyhav ethepowert omaket hingshappen.
 Itimmedi at el
ybreakst hecultureofsi lence,encour agingpeopl etospeakoutor
arti
culatewhatt heythink,whatt heyf eelaboutmat t
erst hataffecttheirlives;i
t
enablest hem tochal l
engetheoppr essivestructuresandbui l
dalternati
vet hereof
.
 Itis usual ly successfulin bui l
ding cr it
ical
,sel f-r
eliant,creati
ve gr assroots
organizations.
 Asanappr oachf orempoweringpeopl e,itisrel
at i
velysi mpleandcanbel earned
easilybyany one who has t he dr i
ve,the per severance,t he dedicat i
on and
commi t
mentt odomasswor k,althoughi niti
all
y,onemayneedsuper visionf r
om
experiencedor ganizersandtrainors.
 Itis usual ly successfulin bui l
ding cr it
ical
,sel f-r
eliant,creati
ve gr assroots
organizations.
 Asanappr oachf orempoweringpeopl e,itisrel
at i
velysi mpleandcanbel earned
easilybyany one who has t he dr i
ve,the per severance,t he dedicat i
on and
commi t
mentt odomasswor k,althoughi niti
all
y,onemayneedsuper visionf r
om

580
exper iencedorganizer
sandtrainor
s.
 Opennesst oexper iment
-opennesst ov ar
iedexper iencesandtheori
escomi ng
from ot herpartsoftheworl
d;opennesstot ryout,adopt ,
modif
ymet hodsproven
successf ulbyot hergr
oupsandwi l
li
ngnesst oadjust.
 Itisr ootedint hecommunity–wher ei
nanor ganizergoestothepeoplewher e
ev er
ydaypr obl
emsoccur .Iti sintheseissueswher eCO worki ssustained,
l
eadi ngev entuall
ytothebui
ldingofaPOwhi chcont inuestoworkoncommuni ty
problems.

BENEFI
TSOFCOMMUNI
TYORGANI
ZATI
ON

 Itcontri
but estot heest abl i
shmentofanenv ir
onmentwi thdi f
ferentcommuni ty
resources–nat ur
al ,i
nstituti
onal,technical,andf i
nancialandhumanr esources
andcanf uncti
onwi thmaxi mum ef fectiveness.
 Itsti
mul atest hev ari
ousgr oupstoex ami net heirprogramst odeterminehow
welltheyar emeet ingt heirproblems
 Peoplear egivenachancet ostudyt heirpr oblems,of fersol uti
onsandgi vea
chancet opl ananact i
on.
 Asar esultoft hiswor kingt ogether,ast ronguni tyandcoher enceisdev el
oped
amongv ar i
ousor ganizationsandl eader soft hecommuni t
yr epresentedsot hat
theydev elopedaf eel i
ngofr esponsi bil
it
yf ormaki ngthepr ogr am successful.
 Communi tyorgani zati
onset supact ionpat ter
nt osolvepr oblems

COGUI
DINGPRI
NCI
PLES

1.Accept
ance

I
tist heacceptanceofcommuni t
ybyasoci alorganizer,whenhegoest othe
fi
eld,hemustmeetwi t
hpeopl eofv ari
ouscultur
esandgr oups.Heshoul dhav eto
explainhisinterest
sinthecommuni t
ywel f
are.Hehast oaccepthi nder
sandf acethe
dif
ficult
iesint hewayofpr ogr
ess.Inst
eadofhel pl
essnessheshoul dhavetoadopt
patience and wor kforthe betterofpeopl e.He mustkeep t he people wi
thinthe
conv i
ncedboundar yandbringtheirat
tenti
ont ot
heresourcesandt hesolut
ionofbasic
problems.

2.ToUnder
standResour
cesandNeeds

Thecommuni t
yorganizermusthavet o expl
oretheint
ernalaswel last he
externalresourcesofthepeople.Hemustnoti
mposehi sworkonthepeoplebuttostar
t
hiswor kr egul
arlyandcal
ml y
.Heshoul di
ntr
oducet hepeopl
ewit
ht heprobl
emsf aced
byt hem andt obr ingsol
uti
onf orthesepr
oblemst hr
oughtheuti
li
zati
onoft hei
rown
resources.

3.Communi
tySel
fDet
ermi
nat
ion

Self
-determinati
onisnecessaryincommunit
y.Thepeopleofcommunitymustbe
provi
dedfreedom toexpl ai
nthei
rviewsandtheorgani
zernotimposeit
sownov erthem.
Tocr eat
esel f
-determinati
onamongt hepeopl
e,communi tyorgani
zati
onrequir
edt o
know them bet t
eraboutt hei
rresourcesandneedsbecausepeopl eknow wellabout
thosethi
ngsf r
om out si
depeople.

4.I
ndi
vi
dual
izat
ion

581
Tor ecognizethedignityofeachi ndi
v i
dualasocialorgani
zermustcr eatean
envir
onmentofawar dingtot hem.Theindi v
idualisnecessarytoknow hisdut yand
responsibi
l
ity aboutthe socialwelfar
e.So,t he i
dea ofi ndi
vi
dual
izat
ion creates
awarenessamongt hepeopletoworkbetterforthecommuni ty.Acommuni t
yorganizer
i
nculcatesthepeoplethattheycandoevery t
hingashumanbei ngsandthereisahuman
beingandnodi ffi
cul
tyinyourwayofprogress.

5.Fr
eedom wi
thi
nLi
mit
s

Theorgani
zershoul
dgi
vefreedom butwit
hinl
imi
tstomakedeci si
on,
showt hei
r
i
nter
estandgivepr
operatt
ent
iontotheproblems.So,f
reedom shoul
dbewi thi
nli
mits
f
orthemembersofacommunitytopaceont hewayofprogressandpr
osperi
ty.

6.Funct
ionalOr
gani
zat
ion

Thereshouldbef ormalaswel lasinfor


malleader
sforthebetterfunct
ioni
ngof
organi
zati
on.Thesepeopl eshouldbepr epar
edtomaket hei
rorganizati
onsuccessful
andwell-
functi
oning.Becauseoforganizati
onspeedthepeopl
ewillbeabletochasethe
probl
emsbi t
terl
yandsol vethem.

7.Di
ff
usi
onofResponsi
bil
it
ies

Theresponsibi
li
ti
esmustbedif
fusedamongthepeopleofcommuni t
y.Everyone
i
sr esponsi
blet o ful
filhi
s duty wit
hin the j
uri
sdict
ion of community. These
r
esponsi
bil
it
iesshouldbediv
idedamongt hem t
oconstr
uctaprogressi
vedevel
opment
i
nthecommuni t
y.

8.Pr
ogr
essi
vePr
ogr
am Exper
ience

Anyprogr
am whichhasstart
edmustbeprogressi
vei
nexper
ience.Theproblems
shoul
dbehi ghl
ychasedandf orthi
staskexper
iencedsoci
almobi
lizeri
srequired.So,
the mostexperienced or
ganizerwil
lbe t he progr
ams wil
lbe pr ogressi
ve and
exper
ienced.

9.Peopl
ePar
ti
cipat
ioni
nDeci
sionMaki
ng

I
tisext
remel
ynecessarythepar
ti
cipat
ionofallthemembersofthecommunit
y
equal
l
yi nmakingdeci
sions.I
ftheyarenotincludeditwil
lleadt
ofrustr
ati
onamong
them.

GUI
DINGPRI
NCI
PLESOFCO
1.Trustint hePeople–t hisi spr emisedont hebel i
efthatpeopl ewantchangeand
havet hecapaci t
yt obr ingaboutchangei nor dertoachi eveamor edesi r
able
society .
2.Crit
icalandAct i
vePar t
icipation–i scrucialelementt opeopl eempower ment.
Hencepeopl eshouldbei nvolvedi ntheenti
redev elopmentpr ocess.
3.The r esponsibi
li
tyt o di rectchange l i
es witht he peopl e and notwi tht he
practi
tionerwhoi sjustdoi ngaf acil
it
ati
verole.
4.Avoidr aisi
ngexpect ati
onsandf alsehopest othepeopl ef oritwil
lonl
yr ei
nforce
thei
rnegat ivepastexper ience.
5.COi snotanendi nitself.Itisameanst oachieveaj ust,humaneanddemocr ati
c
society .
6.Organi zi
ngwor ki sbi asedf ort hepoor .Thereforeitshoul dbebasedont he
i
nterestoft hedeprived,power lessandoppr essedsect orsofoursociety.
7.Startwher ethepeopl eare, andwi t
htheirneeds,resourcesandcapabi l
it
ies.
8.People’ spart
ici
pati
onshoul dbegear edtowardst hepromot ionoftheinterestof
thegreat ermajori
ty.

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OBJECTI
VESOFCOMMUNI
TYORGANI
ZING

 Tocont i
nuousl yrai
sepeopl e’
sawar enessaboutt hei
rpover
tysi
tuati
oni norderto
effectsoci alchange.
 Tof or m st r
uctureormechani sm thatupholdsbasi cri
ghtsandint er
est.CO is
expressi onsofpeopl e’spowerandshoul dt herefor
eserveasani nstr
umenti n
meet ingpeopl e’sneeds.
 Tohel ppeopl eoftheirpotenti
alsandhav i
ngthehumanandmat er
ialrecourseto
preser v
epr ogram andpr oj
ectsmeantt oi
mpr ovequalit
yofli
fe.
 To i nit
iate actions t
hatwi l
lbring aboutchanges i n communityand gr oup
rel
ationshi pespecial
lyinthedistri
butionofdecision-
makingpower.

VALUESOFCOWORK
(
Val
uesi
nCommunit
yOr
gani
zingPr
act
ice)

 Respectf orHumanRi ght–t hi sispremisedont hebeliefthatmanhaswor thand


digni
tyregar dl
essofcr eed, religi
onandeconomi cstates.
 SocialResponsi bi
lity–Manf orot hersconcept ,meaningr esponsi bi
li
tyofonef or
theot her.Thisv aluer ef erst ot hesoci ety’sresponsibi
lit
yt ocr eatecondi ti
ons
thatpermi topportunityandsel f-
fulf
ilmentf or i
ndividuals.Concr etely,t his
valueemphasi zest hati nst i
tutionand or
ganizati
onsshoul dbef lexibleand
changingi nordert orespondt ot hechangingcondi t
ionsandpr oblemsoft he
people.
 SocialJust i
ce– t herei snodev elopment ,ifthereisnopeace.Thi sv aluei s
premisedont hebel ieft hatdev el
opmentcanonl yhappeni fjusti
cepr evail
s,
commi t
mentt oseeksoci aljusti
ce.HenceCOwor kgivespr i
mar yi mpor tanceon
therightofpeopl et obehear dandt hecr eati
onofmechani sm bywhi chpeopl e
areablet oairtheirperspect i
v es.
 Commi t
mentt oDemocr aticPr ocessandGoal s
THEPROCESSASFUNDAMENTALELEMENTOFCOPRACTI CE( Buenbi
aje)
(
COisaf
unct
ionoft
hedynami
cint
erpl
ayoffourf
undament
alel
ement
s:CP,CDW, CO
Process,
CC)

COMMUNI TYPEOPLE(CP)
Communi tyi
sthestageforCO.thecommuni t
yconsist
sofpeopl
eorknownas
STAKEHOLDERS ( dir
ect
ly aff
ected,indi
rect
ly af
fect
ed,gover
nment-
elected
off
ici
als.
COMMUNI TYDEVELOPMENTWORKER( CDW)canbeasi ngl
eper
sonorat eam
ofdevelopmentwor
kers(ngo,
go,po).

CO PROCESSmeansdev elopingapar tnershi


pwi t
ht hecommuni ty
.Apr ocess
thatfacili
tatespar ti
cipatorydev el
opmenti nwhichst akeholderscani nf
luence
andshar econt r
olov erdev elopmentinit
iati
vesandov ertheresour cesthataf f
ect
themselv es.
COMMUNI TYCONSCI OUSNESS
Thewor kingrelati
onshi pbetweent heCP&CDW canbebasedont he
recogni
tionofthepeopl e’
sroleast hepr i
memov ersofdevelopment .Iti
st heawakeni ng
ofashar edcri
ticalconsci ousnesst hatgivesbirt
ht oamut ual
lyempower ingprocessof
partner
shipi
npur suitofdev elopment .
CO islikeal ongj ourneyi ntoadev elopmentpar tnershi
pwi t
ht hecommuni t
y
people.Thi sjour neyr equir
essomebasi cconsiderati
onsandpr epar at
ionsf r
om
theCDW andt heDOt owhi chs/ hebelongs.

Basi
cConsi
der
ati
ons:
o Legit
imat
eident
it
yofthedevel
opmentor
gani
zat
ion(
DO)–or
,accept
abi
l
ity
tothecommunit
yinwhichi
toper
ates.

583
o Strat
egi cpl
anningwi t
hintheDO–or ,determiningthereasonsanddi recti
ons
forit
sbei ngandf ormulati
ngstrat egiesofdev elopment.
o Role/functi
onandpur poseofCO–asst atedi ntheli
ghtoft heDO’ sVision,
MissionandGoal (VMG)andpr ogr ams.
o Resour cestoengagei nCO – i ncludecommi tt
ed,compet entandcr eativ
e
person-power,financi
alandmat erialresources.
o Continuing developmentofr esour ces oft he DO – i nvolves conti
nuous
capacity buil
ding oft he staffand gener at
ion off i
nancialand mat eri
al
resourcesthatcanhel psustainitsoper at
ions.

 BasicPreparati
ons:
o For mulateindi cesf orsel ectionofCOar ea/sconsi st
entwitht heVMGand
developmentst rategiesoft heDO.
o Gat herbasicpr eli
mi naryinformat i
onaboutt hepot enti
alCOar ea/saccor ding
totheformul atedi ndicesf orselecti
on.
o Sel ectCOar ea/ sbasedont hef ormulatedindi
ces.
o Cl ari
fyvaluesandat ti
tudinalawar enessoft heper son-powerwi t
hint heDO
towards bei ng peopl e-centered and or i
ented t owards sust ainable
development .
o I denti
fythedi fferentst akeholder sandt heini
tialcontactsthatcanf acili
tate
entrytothecommuni tyandi ntegrati
onoft heCDW/ DOwi t
hthepeople.

Ent
ryi
ntot
hecommuni
ty-out
erl
ayer
Establ
ishi
ngaf ri
endl
yy etpur
posef
ulrelati
onshi
pstar
tsuponent
ryoftheCDW into
thecommuni ty.A low profi
leentr
yispr efer
ablethanagrandentrancethatr
aises
unnecessaryorfal
seexpectati
onsfr
om thepeople.

I
mmer
sionwi
tht
hepeopl
e-i
nnerl
ayer
Thisreferstothebasiccont i
nuingeffor
tbywhichtheCDW becomesonewi t
hthe
CPbyi ntegrat
inghi
mself/hersel
finthecommunityl
ife.Thi
sisagerminat
ionpr
ocessof
buil
dingtrustandcooperati
onnet worksnowcommonl ycal
ledbui
ldi
ngthesoci
alcapi
tal
(I
IRR:36)
, pr
ocessofbuil
dingr el
ati
onship,
whichi
sbasicinsoci
alwork.

COpr
oper
-mi
ddl
elayer
Thisphaseoft heprocesssi gnalsthatt heCPandCDW ar ealreadypr epar edtowor k
togetheraspar tnersindev el
opment .InthePhi lippi
necont ext,asidef rom thef ormal
structureofor ganizati
ont hatexi st
si nev erycommuni ty,itiscrit
ical torecogni zethe
i
nfor mal str
uctur eofmut ual aidandsol idar it
yt hatrepr esent sther ichnessoft hefil
i
pino
culturallegacy.Wehav ethe‘ bayanihan’,‘damoyan’ ,‘bar kadahan’ ,‘
bakas- bakas’ ,

pal uwagan’ andmanymanymor eindigenouspr acti
cest oboastof .
Suchpr acti
cesstil
l persistbothinr uralandur bancommuni ties,butmost
especi all
yinthef ormer.Theyar eFili
pinosi nvaluablei ndigenoust hreadsofsy nergy.
Theyar eundoubt edlystr
ongr awmat eri
al s–ani nt
ernal r
esour cef orenabl ingt he
peoplet oassumet hei
rprimar yr ol
easweav ersofthei rownhi stor yandmanager sof
theirdev el
opmentdest i
ny .

584
STEPSI
NCOMMUNI
TYORGANI
ZING

St
ep1–I
ntegr
ati
on

I
nt hispr ocesstheorgani
zerimmersesher sel
f/hi
mselfwi
ththel ocalcommuni t
y
andundergoest hesameexper i
encesoflocalpeoplesoast obui
ldmut ualrespect,t
rust
and cooper ati
on.Thi scan bedonei n manyway ssuch as:par t
ici
pation in di
rect
product
ionact ivit
ies,housevi
sit
ati
ons,congregati
ngandconv er
singwi ththepeoplei n
communal areasandat tendi
ngsocial
functi
onslikebi
rthday
s,weddings,feastsandet c.

St
ep2–Soci
alI
nvest
igat
ion(
SI)orCommuni
tySt
udy

Thisi st he pr ocess ofsy stematical


lylear ni
ng and anal yzi
ng the various
structur
esandf orcesaswel lastheproblemsandi ssuesthatneedi mmedi ateorlong-
term soluti
ons.Theor ganizerdeterminesthecommuni t
y’sint
erestsandatti
tudestot he
i
ssues,i denti
fi
espot enti
alleadersandcomesupat ent
ativ
eappr oachtoor gani
zi
ng.SI
met hodsmayi ncludei nt
erv i
ewsordi alogueswi t
hpeopl e,personalobserv
at i
onsoft he
organizer,examinationandr eviewofsecondar ydataorapar t
ici
pator
yapproachsuchas
focusgr oupdi scussi ons( FGD)orpar t
ici
patoryresearch.SIi sacont i
nuous,in-going
project.

St
ep3–I
ssueI
dent
if
icat
ionandAnal
ysi
s

Thisisthepr ocessofdef i
ning,anal yzi
ngandr ankingcommuni t
ypr oblems
accordi
ng totheirimpor t
ance,theur gencyofsol vi
ng them,thenumberofpeopl e
aff
ectedandthepr obabi
lit
yofr esol
vingt hem throughcommuni t
ymobi l
izati
on.Itaims
toident
ifyt
hecommonf el
tneeds.Thesei ssuesorneedsar eoft
enaddr essedthrough
sel
f-hel
por–externall
y-
assistedsocio-economi cpr oj
ectseit
herbecausepeopl etendto
shun confr
ontat
ion with authori
ti
es t hr
u negot iati
on/s and/orpressuret act
ics,or

585
peopl
e’
str
adi
ti
onal
conceptofcommuni
tyact
ioni
sthr
oughsoci
o-economi
cpr
oject
s.

St
ep4–Cor
eGr
oupFor
mat
ion

Thi smeansinvolvi
ngthemor eadv ancedlocall
eaderswhohav ebeenspot tedby
theorganizerduri
ngtheintegr
ationpr ocess.Theyarethenconstitut
edast hecor egroup.
Theymaybei nf
ormalortempor aryleaders,i
.e.
,unti
laf or
malsetofl eadersareelected
orchosenbyacommuni ty.Thispr ocessisnecessaryforthenextst agesofor ganizi
ng
– mobilizati
onandor ganizat
ionbui lding.Goodcommuni tyleadersareusual lythose
whobel ongt othepoorersecti
onsoft hecommuni ty;possessacr i
ti
calperspectiv
e;are
desi
rouschangeoft hecommuni tyandar ewil
li
ngt owor kforchange;valuecol l
ecti
ve
l
eadershipanddemocr aticpart
icipati
on.

St
ep5–Gr
oundWor
kandcommuni
tyMeet
ing

Groundwor kmeanst omot i


vatepeopleonone- on-onebasi sorthroughi nf ormal
groupdiscussi
onst owardscoll
ecti
veacti
on,somet imeswi tht heaidofacor egr oup.It
aimstobr i
ngaboutt heemotional
,mentalandphy sicalenergiesofthepeopl eandr ai
se
them tothelevelthattheyarewil
li
ngtot akecollecti
veact i
on.Af t
erthi
si sachi ev ed,a
communi tymeetingisheldtoar r
iveatanagr eementont henecessar yactionsandt o
deli
neatetaskstobeunder t
akentoresol
vet heissueorpr oblem.Insomecases, iti sthe
coregroupwhohandl esmeet i
ng,wit
htheor gani
zerstayingint hebackground.

St
ep6–Rol
ePl
ayi
ng

Thi
si sasi mulati
onpr acticef orthecommuni tymember swhoar etaskedt o
negotiatewithpersonsorauthor i
tyorev entheadv ersary.Inthissession,theorgani
zer
envisi
ons ev er
yscenar iothatmayt ake place during “confrontat
ion”or“ dial
ogue”
betweent hecommuni tyandthe“ tar
get”.Itaimst opr eparet heleadersfortheactual
processofnegot i
ati
onandant icipatespossi bl
eout comest oensur ev i
ctor
yf orthe
communi t
y.Thisprocessisusuallydonei nissue-basedor ganizing.

St
ep7–Mobi
li
zat
ionorAct
ion

Thisist
hehighpointoftheorgani
zationprocess.Act
ionmaymeanengagingin
adialogue,orprot
estunderissue-
basedor gani
zing,star
ti
ngal i
vel
i
hoodproj
ectora
cooperati
veunderproj
ect-
basedorganizi
ng.Mobilizat
ionoracti
onisthecommunity
’s
expr
essionofpowerwhileconfr
onti
ngthepower f
ul.

St
ep8–Ev
aluat
ionand/
orRef
lect
ion

Thi
sisanact i
vi
tyconduct edaft
erev eryact
ionormobi
li
zati
ont
oext ractl
essons
l
earnedonhow t oimprovefutur emobi l
izati
ons,andconst
it
utesav i
talpar ti
nt he
tr
aini
ngofthecor egroupandt hecommuni t
y.Thepeopl
etakenoteofwhathasbeen
andwhathasnotbeenaccompl i
shed,andwhatr emai
nstobedone.I tisalsoan
assessmentofthestrengt
hsandweaknessesoft hecommunity
’smobi
lizati
on.Itcan
al
sobeasel f
-assessmentofall
t heparti
cipants.

St
ep9–For
mal
izat
ionoft
heCommuni
ty-
BasedOr
gani
zat
ion

Lessons f r
om t he Phil
ippi
ne experi
ence shows t hatforming the peopl
e’s
organi
zati
oni sbestdoneaf t
erthecommuni tyundergoesamobi l
i
zationoracti
onphase
andhasgonet hroughanev al
uationorr
eflect
ionprocess.Somepr i
ncipl
esinsetti
ngup
theorgani
zationare;ensurethemaximum numberofmember shi
p;practi
ceacol l
ect
ive
orsharedleadership;
andemphasi zesi
mplicit
yofstructur
e.

St
ep10–PhaseOut

BecauseCO isam enabl


i
ngpr ocess,ther
ecomesat i
mewhent heor
gani
zer
becomes di
spensabl
e and t
he Peopl
e’s Organi
zat
ion (
POs)take ov
er.When the

586
i
ndicatorsf orsuccesssetbyt heNGOhav ebeensi gnifi
cantl
ymet ,e.g.hi
ghlevel
sof
socio-
polit
icalawar eness,sustainedmember shi
ppar ti
cipati
on.Avibrantpooloftr
ained
communi tyl eaders,clearplansandgoal ssetbyt hecommuni t
y,et c.
,theorgani
zing
process may be t urned ov er
.The t ur
n ov erincludes the tr
ansferofcommuni t
y
organizi
ngr olesandr esponsibi
lit
iesaswell
asdocument s.

ROLESOFACOMMUNI
TYORGANI
ZER

1. Communi cat or–t hecommuni tyor gani zert ransf ersort ransmi tsi nfor mat ion,
thought ,knowl edge et c.t ot he member s of t he communi ty.Shar i
ng of
i
nformat i
onenabl est hecommuni tyt obebet t
erpr eparedandempower edwi th
i
nformat i
on.
2. Enabler–t hecommuni tyor gani zerf aci lit
at est hepr ocessi nt hecommuni tyfora
change.Hedoesnotcar ryoutanywor kbyhi msel fbutheenabl est hecommuni t
y
todot hewor k.Theor gani zergi v esi mpor tancet ot hepr ocesst hant hepr oduct .
Byt her oleofenabl ert heor gani zerwoul dcr eat ei ndependencyamongt he
peoplebywhi chav oi dt hedependencysy ndr ome.
3. Animat or–i nanypr ocessofcommuni tyor gani zat i
ont heor gani zerencour ages,
provi
des di rection and gui de l i
nes t o pr oceed i n car ry i
ng outt he di f
ferent
acti
viti
es.Asanani mat ort heCommuni tyOr gani zerpl ay sav italr olei nel iciting
theact ivepar t
icipat ionoft hepeopl ef rom pl anni ngt illev aluat i
onespeci al l
y
ensuringl i
fei nal lthedeal ingsoft hei ssuesandpr oblems.
4. Guide–t hecommuni tyor gani zeri nst eadofdoi ngany thingonhi sowngui des
themember soft hecommuni tyi nt hepr ocessofcommuni tyor gani zat i
on.The
communi tyor gani zeri snotaper sont oshoul dert her esponsi bi l
ityorsol v ing
problemsoft hepeopl e.Inst eadhehast omaket hepeopl et or espondf orwhi ch
theor gani zerpr ov idest hev ariousav enuesandshowsdi ffer entr oot swhi l
e
deali
ngwi tht hecommuni t ypr oblems.
5. Mot i
vat or– t hecommuni t yor gani zerst imul atesandsust ai nsact ivei nter est
among t hepeopl ef orr eachi ng asol utiont ot heneedsand pr obl ems.The
communi tyor gani zerencour agest hecommuni tyt ot akeupami nort askand
compl etei tsuccessf ullywhi chwoul denabl et hepeopl et ot akeupdi fficultt ask.
6. Facil
itator–t hecommuni tyor gani zerhel pst hecommuni tyt oar ticulat et heir
needs,cl ar i
fyandi dent if
yt hei rpr obl ems,expl or er esol utionst rategi es,sel ect
andappl yi ntervent ionst rat egi es,anddev elopt hei rcapaci tiest odealwi tht heir
ownpr obl emsmor eef fect ivel y.A f aci l
itat orhel pscl ientsy stemsal t
ert heir
envir
onment .
7. Educat or– t hecommuni tyor gani zeraseducat orconv ey si nf ormat iont ot he
communi ty and t he br oader env ironment .Or gani zer pr ov ides i nf ormat i
on
necessar yf orcopi ng wi th pr obl em si t uations,assi stst he communi tyi n
practi
cing new behav iour s orski lls,and t eaches t hr ough model i
ng.The
communi tyor ganizerpr ov idesi nf ormat ionnecessar yfordeci sionmaki ng.

While wor ki
ng wit
ht he people ofdiff
erentbackground orf r
om diff
erent
geographicalsetupthediff
erentrolescanbeappli
ed.Alltherol
esneednotbeor
cannotbeappl i
edinal
lthesetti
ngst oal
ltheprobl
ems.Theref
oredependingupon
thesit
uationandt heneedsandpr oblemsofthecommunityappropr
iater
olehast o
beapplied.

Char
act
eri
sti
csofaCommuni
tyOr
gani
zer

1. Ir
reverence– theor ganizerconsider
snot radit
ion,law orv alueast ot
all
y
sacredwheni tworksagainstthepeople.
2. A SenseofHumor– t okeepsaneandav oidgi vi
ngupi nf rustr
ation,the
organizermustmai nt
ainasenseofhumor .
3.Cr eati
v i
ty– anythingcanbeusedasor ganizi
ngmat eri
albuti tr equi
res
creati
veimaginati
ont ouset hepossi
bil
it
ies.
4. Anor ganized personali
ty– Heshoul d beabl eto acceptand wor kwith
i
rrati
onalit
iesfort he purpose ofchange.He shoul dr ecognize thateach

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per sonorcommuni tyhasahi erar chyofv alues.Hemustbecomesensi ti
vet o
ever ythingt hatishappeni ngar oundhi m.Hei salwaysl earningandev ery
i
nci dentt eacheshi m somet hing.Hemustal soacceptwi thoutf earorwor ry
thatt heoddsar eal way sagai nsthi m andbepr eparedforthat.
5. Freeand Open Mi nd– Hemusthavea f lexi
blepersonal i
ty,nota r igid
structur et hatbr eaks down when somet hing unexpect ed happens.The
organi zerwhi le wor king wi tht he communi tydoes nothav e anyhi dden
agendaorpr econcei vedi deas.
6. Discer ningandCr i
ticalEye– t heor ganizershoul dbeabl etol ookatt he
situationanddi fferentiateitcr it
ically.Anysi t
uat i
onhast obev i
ewedt hrough
theey esoft hepeopl ecar efullyandf i
ndouti tsmagnitude,sy mptomsand
causes.
7. Recept i
veEar– t heor gani zerhast obeagoodandanat t
ent i
veli
stener,
l
isteni ngt ot hepeopl eandt ot heirpr oblem.Theor gani
zerwhi lewor ki
ngwi th
thecommuni t
yhast obeper sonhav i
ngpat i
entlist
eni
nganddoesnotbe
per soncommandi ngov erthepeopl e.
8. Flexibi l
ity–not oosi tuationsar eexact lyalike.Conditi
onscanchangei na
shor ttimeandt heor ganizermustt hereforealway sbeonhi stoes.
9. Tenaci t
y–whi l
eor gani zinghasi tsexcitementanddr amat i
cmoment ,itisa
tediouspr ocessandt heor gani zeri sof tent emptedtogi veup,buti fan
organi zeri st enacious, hewi lllear nt oimprove.

Thecommuni tyor ganizercanbegui dedbyt hef oll


owingwheni ntegrati
ngwi tht he
communit
y:
• Int
egrati
ondoesnotmeani mbibi
ngt hev icesofsomecommuni tymember s
suchasexcessi vedrinkingandsmoki ng,gambl i
ng,womani zingandshar i
ngof
sexi
stjokes,
• Moneyi sasensi ti
veissue.Becar efulnott obef inanci
all
yi ndebtedt oany one
andthinkt wicebeforelendingmoneyt ocommuni t
ymember s.Ther eareal otof
val
uesat tachedt omoneywhi chmaygeti nt hewayoft heCOi nest abli
shing
equali
tywithpeopl einthecommuni t
y.
• Checky ourselfwhenof f
eredgift
s.Ther eareinstanceswhengi f
tof f
eringsarea
wayofbecomi ngbehol dent othegift
-giver
.Also,thismannerofr elati
ngi soften
associat
edwi t
habusiv epracti
cesofsomegov er
nmentextensi onwor kers.

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