SOCIAL ANXIETY OF GRADE 12 STUDENTS WITH OFW PARENTS IN PASIG CATHOLIC COLLEGE A PROPOSAL FOR GROUSAP

= Abstract = The Philippines with its high number of overseas migrants may impose psychological gaps to the children left behind. Social anxiety is one, which is where this study is centered to. Contextualized in Pasig Catholic College, this study aims to find out whether or not there is a significant relationship between the social anxiety of Grade 12 students and parental absence. The researchers used the correlational quantitative design to determine the direction of the paper. They conducted a survey with two sets of questionnaires to selected Grade 12 students with OFW parents. Utilizing the Pearson’s R Formula, the end result turned out that there is indeed a relationship between the two variables, albeit low. The relationship did not prove to be majorly significant. With these findings, the researchers recommend to use the proposed intervention “GroUsap”– a therapeutic group discussion focusing on the importance of casual group conversation, used as a “prevention” instead of a “cure”.