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This descriptive-correlational study is aimed at understanding how acculturation practices of foreign migrants in Bataan influence their coping mechanisms during Fiscal Year, 2015. The locale of the study was the Province Bataan where there is an influx of foreign migrant working in various industrial areas. The respondents of the study were fifty-three (53) foreign migrants who are working in the province. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The data gathered was encoded and statistically processed using statistical software called IBM Statistics version 21. Statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation were utilized to analyze data and address the specific questions enumerated in Chapter I of this study. Frequency counts and percentage were used to describe the profile of the immigrant laborers in terms of age, sex, educational attainment, business/employment, length of stay in Bataan and ethnic identity. Weighted mean was utilized to present the acculturation practices of the respondents and their coping practices. Independent Samples T-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) or F-test were used to compare the accultural practices of the foreign migrants when they are grouped according to their profiles. These were also utilized to compare the coping mechanisms of the foreign migrants when they were grouped according to their profiles. Independent Samples T-test was used when two (2) groups are being compared while ANOVA was utilized with three (3) or more groups being compared. From the data gathered in the study, the following were the findings: Majority of the respondents are within the age range of 40 to 49 years old; male; college graduates; vi business owners; have been living here for less than five (5) years; and are Taiwanese and Asian in general. The acculturation practices of the foreign workers in terms of cultural, cultural affiliation and cultural pride were practiced while cultural participation and language use and proficiency are moderately practiced. The coping mechanisms of the foreign workers in terms of emotion-focused, problem-focused, avoidance and approach avoidance were rated as coping. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that most of the respondents are middle adult; male; college graduates; business owners; have been living here for less than five (5) years; and are Asians. Foreign migrants practice cultural exposure, cultural affiliation and cultural pride while they moderately practice cultural participation and language use and proficiency. They are coping using emotion-focused, problem-focused, avoidance and approach avoidance mechanisms. Also, there are no significant differences in the coping mechanisms of foreign migrants when grouped according to their age, educational attainment, business/employment, length of stay and ethnicity while significant difference was found between coping mechanisms of foreign migrants and their sex. Likewise, there are no significant differences in the acculturation practices of the foreign migrants when grouped according to their age, educational attainment, business/employment, length of stay and ethnicity while significant difference was found out between coping mechanisms of foreign migrants and their sex. There is a significant relationship between the acculturation practices of the foreign migrant and their coping practices in terms of emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping and avoidance coping while there is no significant relationship between the acculturation practices and approach avoidance coping mechanism of the respondents. A conceptual model was developed to provide a better understanding of how acculturation practice affect the coping mechanisms of the foreign migrants. It was recommended that the school should include in the Social Studies curriculum the study of personal characteristics of foreign migrants in their local communities which may provide baseline information regarding the cultural background of these foreigners. It should design programs on how to engage students into foreign migrants who are underdoing acculturation in the local community. Classes on cultural exposure, cultural affiliation, cultural pride, cultural participation and language use and proficiency must be given to students so they will know how to deal with foreign migrants in a multicultural communities. Meanwhile, school administration should design programs on how to help students respond to foreign migrants who are coping with the acculturation stress. The context of the program should teach students the principles of emotion-focused, problem focused, avoidance and approach avoidance mechanisms and how to respond to anyone who is using any of the mechanisms mentioned. Local community channels in cooperation schools must create television shows that feature Filipino cultural traditions like songs, dances and literary pieces with subtitles in English or other dominant foreign language. In this way, the foreigners may have accessed on the rich culture of the Filipinos through audio-visual means which are proven to be powerful tools in the learning process. It may also increase understanding of the culture of the country and the Province of Bataan. Data collection should include important issues such as participants' perceptions on their ethnic identities to allow further confirmation or modification of the conceptual model. |
