Self Determination and Realization of Self-actualization Among Elderlyfilipino Gay Men -
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Self-determination results from subjective experiences that match one's behavior based on goals and values essential in reaching psychological growth, well-being, and actualization of full potentials. (Deci & Ryan, 2000). Conducting this study aimed to investigate how elderly Filipino gay males underwent the process of self-actualization despite challenges as part of a marginalized and stigmatized group by inviting 40 elderly gay males to participate in this study. From this initial selection, 30 among them consented while data from 20 elder Filipino gay males were considered to be applied and integrated to fit this study's chosen theory. Encoded data applied through Straussian Grounded Theory analysis allowed the researchers to conceptualize self-actualization stages among elderly gay males through the process of Daunting, Driving, and Discovering. The researchers called this model ROSA, Realization of Self-Actualization. This model showed that despite their experiences to disempowerment, they still got to self-actualize through the process called ROSA.
Source: Journal of Critical Reviews
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3211078795