The legacy : An autoethnography on a story of developed resilience
Creators: name: Bartolome, Allan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390411
subject: Special education and disability
classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology

description: The study utilizes the bioecological theory by Urie Bronfenbrenner in the story of developed resiliency. <i>Methodology.</i> The researcher employed qualitative research design using autoethnography in connecting personal experiences to understand socio-cultural meanings. <i>Data gathering procedures.</i> The researcher introspects on the significant circumstances occurred all throughout while examining the phenomenon. <i>Results.</i><i> </i>The study<i> </i>revealed that resiliency was developed by the researcher who is the subject of the research through self-awareness, self-efficacy, self-worth, and self-determination as influenced by his father having a strong virtue of hope, efficacy, resiliency, and optimism. <i>Conclusion.</i><i> </i>Based on the results of the study using the lens of bioecological theory, the following were drawn: 1) the personal experiences of the researcher shaped his totality as a developed individual, 2) the researcher’s microsystem contributes to his resiliency in adapting to emotional and psychological challenges, 3) resiliency was his father’s legacy to him and was developed through optimism, self-awareness, self-efficacy and self-determination, 4) oppressive circumstances and events served as the factors in developing his resiliency to counteract emotional and psychological challenges, and 5) the interaction of the proximal processes in each level of the bioecological theory shaped him as an individual who learnt and developed resiliency through the influence of my father that self-awareness, self-efficacy and self-determination served as the building blocks of my totality as a developed individual.<i> </i><i>Recommendations.</i><i> </i>Based on the conclusions, the following were recommended: 1) Parents should always serve as an exemplar to their developing children. Whatever the parents do, will be imprinted n the young minds of their children for parents are the heroes of their siblings. Parents are the source of strength of their kids. So, parents, especially the father, should model the virtues of hope, love, care, optimism, self-efficacy and most importantly, resiliency in the midst of challenges to their children, 2) For the children, they should abide with their parent’s advise for our mother and father always want the best for us. They will not put us into trouble that will cause harm to us, their beloved children. No parent will give a “snake” to their kids who requested a “toy” to play meaning no parents will think something that would harm their kids. So, parents, especially our father are worth obeying for, 3) It is suggested that the values imprinted to the children by their parents should be enhanced and applied whenever they encountered difficult circumstances that call to apply the tenets of resiliency embedded in their individuality and 4) Parental guidance and support are necessary to lead the child to develop his emotional and psychological resilience for” experience is the best teacher”. Let the children showcase their learnings from their parents having their parents at their side to “protect their children when they fall”.