1Marison Felicidad R. Dy, 2Erick Vernon Y. Dy
1Department of Human and Family Development Studies College of Human Ecology University of the Philippines Los Baños Philippines
2Office of Counseling and Guidance Office of the Vice-chancellor for Student Affairs University of the Philippines Los Baños Philippines
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v7-i05-23Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
The study determined the relationship between connectedness to nature, spirituality, and resilience among selected Filipino adolescents. There were 116 respondents, with an average age of 19.6 years, who completed a self-administered questionnaire. Findings show that the average level of connectedness to nature was 51.05 with the majority of the scores (71.6%) in the average range. More than two-thirds (67.2%) of the respondents had an average frequency of spiritual experiences. The majority (78.4%) also had scores in the average resilience levels. Connectedness to nature had weak positive relationships with spirituality and resilience. Spirituality and resilience were also weakly and positively related. All relationships were significant. Adolescent connectedness to nature, spirituality and resilience should be enhanced as these are related to positive individual states and outcomes. Further studies can consider larger samples of adolescents from various settings and how the mentioned variables relate to each other in different adolescent contexts.
KEYWORDS:adolescence, connectedness to nature, resilience, spirituality
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