FILIPINO WOMEN'S MORALE AND MOOD: THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH APPRAISAL OF AND COPING WITH THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Political Science, General.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.
Description: An exploratory, correlational nursing study was conducted to examine the relationships between negative appraisal of and coping with political instability and violence in the Philippines and socio-demographic characteristics, morale, and mood of 200 Filipino women. Negative impact of thirteen stressful political situations was scored with the Modified Bryce Life Events Inventory. Affective-focused and problem-focused coping were measured with the Modified Jalowiec Coping Scale. The Cantril Self-Anchoring Scale was used to measure morale as indicated by life satisfaction. The Beck Depression Inventory measured mood as indicated by depression scores. An open-ended socio-demographic questionnaire designed by the investigator obtained the socio-demographic data on the respondents.

Stepwise multiple regression demonstrated significant findings: (1) positive relationship between annual individual income and morale; (2) positive relationship between educational achievement and morale; (3) negative relationship between negative appraisal of "rioting" and morale; (4) negative relationship between negative impact of "frequent changes in the President's cabinet: and morale; (5) positive relationship between affective-focused coping and depression; (6) negative relationship between problem-focused coping and depression; (7) negative relationship between depression and annual individual income; (8) negative relationship between education and depression; (9) no correlation between the collective negative impact of selected political events considered stressful and mood, morale and any of the coping styles; and (10) no correlation between the negative impact of any of the political events considered stressful and problem-focused coping. Among other factors, Filipino socio-cultural values are especially explored to account for these findings.

Descriptive statistics revealed that the political instability in the Philippines is perceived to have a very mild negative impact on the respondents, that the respondents mainly use problem-focused coping, and that they reported moderate life satisfaction and only mild depression. Owing to the fact that the findings and conclusions are culture-based, implications for stress and coping assessment and interventions by the nurse in delivering generic and in particular, culturally-sensitive nursing services are discussed. Nursing activities for health promotion by nursing associations in political crisis times and by practitioners in special fields of nursing in times of peace are discussed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-07, Section: B, page: 3322.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1990.

School code: 0227.