Lived Experiences of Grade 12 Senior Hig

LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVING
ALONE IN HOSTELS
A Research Paper Presented to the

Senior High School Department of
San Pedro College
In Partial Fulfilment of the

Requirements for the Subject Practical
Research 100
(Qualitative Research)
Javier, Nicole
Prudenciado, Kaye
Caminero, Maria Rafaella
Apolinares, Kyle Daniela
Asinas, Sarah
Bonggat, Maria Christina
Cañeda, Heidi Joy
Pedroso, Kristine
Cuajao, Aurie Alexa
Mahilum, Baby Anar
Mamac, Samuel
May 2019
Lived Experiences of… 2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We, the researchers would like to thank the following people for their support and
encouragement. This paper would not have been possible if not for their efforts in
assisting and encouraging us.
First, we would like to thank our teachers and administrators. Specifically, we
would like to thank Mrs. Narlina A. Espanto, MAED for her advice and guidance in making
this research. Her lessons and connections were critical in creating this paper and were
incredibly valuable to us as researchers. To Rosario M. Oconer, MATC, thank you for
your permission. We would also like to express our deepest gratitude to the panel
members. Mr. Rommel Gestopa and Mrs. Raquel Dizon for assisting us in enhancing our
study. Your collaboration made this research possible.
Second, we would like to thank our parents, friends, and classmates. Your
encouragement, both financial and emotional means, were of great help in completing
this paper.
Third, we would like to thank the selected Grade 12 Senior High School Students
of san Pedro College, for their patience and cooperation in answering and participating in
this research. Thanks to you, we have discovered information that will benefit the
educational community.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE .................................................................................................................. 1
ACKNOWLEDEMENT .................................................................................................. 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ 3
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................... 5
Related Literature ....................................................................................................... 8
Theoretical Lense ..................................................................................................... 12
Intent of the Study..................................................................................................... 13
Significance of the Study .......................................................................................... 13
Scope and Limitations .............................................................................................. 14
CHAPTER II: METHODS ............................................................................................. 15
Design ...................................................................................................................... 15
Locale ....................................................................................................................... 16
Participants ............................................................................................................... 16
Instruments ............................................................................................................... 17
Procedures ............................................................................................................... 17
CHAPTER III: RESULTS ........................................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 1V: DISCUSSION .................................................................................... 33
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................... 40
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 45
Appendix A - Letters ................................................................................................. 45
A. 1- Letter to the Panelist ................................................................................... 45
A. 2- Letter to the Program Head ......................................................................... 48
Appendix B – Reseach Instruments (Guide Questions) ............................................ 49
Appendix C – Informed Consent Form for Parents/Guardians .................................. 50
Appendix D – Informed Consent Form for Participants ............................................. 56

Appendix E – Transcript ........................................................................................... 62
Appendix F – Transcript ........................................................................................... 82
CURRICULUM VITAE ................................................................................................. 85

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
School is one of the best parts in a person's life as it includes education as well
as fills in as preparing grounds. As students reach in a specific age, students will in
general be progressively specific with their decision of school that they wish to take care
of. Over this period, various students lived a long way from their families and live closer
to school. Example of this is the point at which their picked school is extremely far off
from home. This living set-up either supports students or give the person in question an
actually hard time in their academics. Transition of the academic lives of students is
stacked with adjustments, not just for the students but also for their families.
Transitioning has been described by Green (1997) as moving from known to unknown
where social dynamics and peer relationships are acknowledged as important in the
success or otherwise of the transitioning process. Social relationships, finding friends,
fitting in and creating a sense of belonging, all key concepts associated with
transitioning (Berliner, 1993; Howard & Johnson, 2005; Pereira & Pooley, 2007),
became critically important in the transitioning process for boarding students as these
students live and work with their peers. School life can be energizing or an irritating in
one's life, a transitional stage from late students who live close to the school can easily
return to their homes, yet students that live long distances from school does not have
this extravagance. Generally, the students who are from far away regions are
committed to move to urban communities to proceed and complete their studies. These
students move far from their home where they have their parent's guidance. Most
students endure this, complete their studies and engage in social relationships. Yet, not
all can outperform this. Others neglect to adjust and change in accordance with their
new condition and some neglect to confront the inescapable conditions of living alone
too. Living far from family for a particular time frame abandons some suffering
encounters in the life of the students. In this new life style, the students learn to live
independently, and learn how to compromise with other students (Kozaei, Ayub,
Hassan & Kozaei, 2010). Along with these, Mimrot (2012) said that students living in
hostels face many difficulties and hurdles such as financial crises, adjustments issues,
personal helplessness, distress, changes in eating and sleep habits, and many other
issues. In addition to that, Shah (2010) also stated that the common perception of
students who are living in hostels has a unique impact on the pattern of the student’s life
especially in their behavior and social interactions with other people due to its different
cultural background.
A study that was conducted in Australia, homesickness has been identified in
literature as debilitating to young people’s capacity to flourish socially, emotionally, and
academically while living away from home to study (Duffell, 2005; La Fontaine, 1991;
Lambert, 1968). Fisher’s works with young people in defining homesickness including:
missing family, missing home environment, need to return home, missing friends,
feeling a loss of ways of, crying, lost and lonely, feeling unhappy, feeling depressed,
regret for the decision, hating new place, feeling ill, feeling disoriented and no
confidence (Fisher, Elder & Peacock, 1990).
According to Rosalie Anderson (1972), social influence and pressure can distort
students’ performance especially when it demands a certain attention and commitment
in the group. Majority of students who have fears in being left out are usually the
students who are influenced by social pressure which leads them to conform to the
doings of a social group, they perform deviant activities that affects the student’s
attention. A research study that was conducted by the students of UP Cebu stated that
students who lived in hostels tend to be smokers and drinkers and continued through
the years (Gutang & Ygnacio, 2010).
In connection with this, according to Brilliantes, Aga, Adegue, Perez, Aya-ay and
Sagarino (2012), a study made in Davao City shows that students who live in
neighbouring provinces tend to live in hostels. However, report said that housing
facilities fail to consider students’ safety and welfare. The study was determined with the
living condition of those students who live in hostels, as well as their physical and
environmental factors affecting students’ holistic well-being. The major concern that was
gathered according to the respondents is that they felt the deficiency in the provisions of
safety and security facilities especially on fire escapes or exits and fire extinguishers.
Literature regarding the experiences of dormitory students is limited with most
studies having small sample sizes. Due in part to the limited literature, in particular into
transitioning, homesickness and homesickness help-seeking, and the range of variables
explored in this research, it focuses more on the interaction between the individual and
the environment; recognizing different elements that impact in more or less direct ways
on individuals (Bronfenbrenner, 1979).
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to know and understand the lived
experiences of Grade 12 Senior High Schools students in one of the private higher
educational institution of Davao City who are living alone in hostels. At this stage in the
research, it aims to understand the personality involved in transitioning process.
RELATED LITERATURE
Hostel
Hostel is a place where students stay for pursuing formal education away from
their homes. While living in hostel students share their personal ideology with other
students, and learn many new ideas from their hostel fellows. Boarding or hostile life is
a combination of different cultural backgrounds, students learn to live with other cultural
background people (Shah, 2010). These may also affect their perceptions and views
about life, its effect on the personality behavior, thinking, and dressing as well (Thakkar,
2012). The hostel is usually used for the residence of students and travelers in some
countries, especially in our country, hundreds of students resides in a hostel. A group
of students makes all of them. These students came from the different countries,
provinces, districts and cities (Memon, Solangi and Abro, 2018).

Personality Involved in Adaptation
Personality is the combinations of multiple traits which are consistent and
enduring. Personality is what a person is. The interaction with others is the expression
of the one’s personality. Thinking and behaving is the elements of personality, thinking
is linked with emotions. Therefore, individual’s perception and thinking are related to the
thinking process. Moreover, adolescence stage encounters remarkable physical,
intellectual, emotional, social and behavioral changes. This transition brings a variety of
emotions eg., happiness, sadness, excitement, anger, frustration, and perceptions
about things and issues in environment (Papalia, Olds & Feldman, 2004). Curiosity is
the major contributor of this dilemma. Alampay, Liwag and De la Cruz (2008), in another
article of the same journal, stated that adolescents have inquisitive minds to explore
new horizons, try out new set of activities, responsibilities and behaviours. These
activities include engaging in vices, participating in nightly fun and enjoyment and being
rebellious at times. Hence, adolescence stage is a stage of discovery and a perfect
stage of development for every individual.
Belongingness
Students have to adjust to other students staying in the hostel. It is pronounced
that the educational outlook of adolescents differs as to the type of environment they
have. Their social associations affect their perspective and outlooks as to the type of
environment they have that will likely affect their decision-making as students on the
transition process. As a result, this could lead them to question self-identity and the
perception of belongingness on a particular group (Magno and Lajom, 2008).
Belongingness, as defined by Hagerty, Saucer, Patusky, Bouwsema and Collier (1992)
is a “sense of personal involvement in a social system so that persons feel themselves
to be an indispensable and integral part of the system or environment.
Physical and Environmental Conditions of Students Living in Hostels
Student hostel are considered as physical headquarters, residential buildings and
areas of campus which are intended for living, comfort, providing students mental health
along with utilizing other cultural facilities (Karimpur Fard, 2007). Today, places such as
girl’s dormitory pay less attention to intimacy and comfort needed where the place lacks
welfare facilities in terms of safety, security, comfort and intimacy principles (Mohsen,
2016). Security is one of the most natural and necessary needs of human beings. This
is anchored on the premise that the physical and environmental components of these
residential facilities could affect students’ holistic well-being (Brilliantes, Aga, Adegue,
Perez, Aya-ay and Sagarino, 2012).
Advantages of living in Hostels
“A Qualitative Study Investigating the Impact of Hostel Life”, a study conducted
by Iftikhar & Ajmal (2015) revealed that hostel life’s impact to hostel students has
positive behavioral changes that involved character building and preparing students for
future practical life. Personality characteristics related with hostels students are as such
they considered to be realistic, punctual, disciplined, independent, compromising, and
well organized. Additionally, students living in the hostels not only learn the theoretical
material they also learn how to enhance their personal abilities and learn to live
independently (Mishra, 1994). Students living in hostel areas become more punctual,
independent, confident, social, realistic, and also sharp. They were able to solve their
problems by themselves without the parental guidance and support that may enhance
their problem solving skills. Moreover, reports claimed that students take a positive
outlook on the stressful situation that they are in and become a better person after
overcoming difficulties. Acceptance of the situation is experiencing it for what really is,
and letting it be. When students have difficulties, they accept the situation and find
meaning from the situation which makes them better persons.
Disadvantages of living in hostels
Study shows that negative behavioral adaptation also exist in every students
living in hostels and it includes students becoming very lazy, shows careless attitude
towards studies, and wasting time with friends due to no parental check (Yadav & Iqbal,
2009).
THEORETICAL LENS
A sociological theory that was based on the student’s skills and attributes was
proposed during 1970 by the first researcher named Spady. This fundamental theory
deals a relationship between the individual student and the university environment that
includes a process which requires student’s different kind of aspects such as skills,
interests, and attitudes. Moreover, this prospects are vulnerable and well expected by
the university itself. The process could be done in case of regulating the student, hence,
they will be taken information and ideas on their academics involving their social life.
Academically, this process are variables on promoting the students to get higher
education. Variables corresponding on family background, grade performance,
academics, intellectual capacity and friends. Furthermore, commitment of the
institutional and university environment is probably connected to two other variables
(Spady, 1970).
Studying in foreign places can help transform the students’ senses of both self
and their environment. Being situated in a place that is unfamiliar to one person could
spark interest and crave to delve in to the literature that a location holds. Thus, reading
about a place could develop a sense of familiarity just as that a student dwells in the
literature of a place. In Kandace Einbeck’s “Using Literature to Promote Cultural
Fluency in Study Abroad Programs”, she had stated that first-hand exposure to foreign
societies is not enough to build cultural fluency in students, but these experiences can
be developed through the study of the literature of the encountered place.
Consequently, experiences of students within a place could help them gain a deep
understanding about a place and a sense of familiarity. This could help students easily
adapt and adjust to a new environment and face unfamiliarity that is given when
studying in a foreign place.
INTENT OF THE STUDY
This study aims to know and understand the lived experiences of students who
live alone in hostels. These experiences are specifically the challenges regarding social
homesickness, social pressure and physical and environmental living conditions
concerning to the students’ holistic well-being.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The outcome of this study is beneficial for the following:
Students. To help them to develop their independent skills that will prepare them to the
near future. It also provides them a better understanding of how it affects their holistic
well-being.
Teachers. It helps the Senior High School teachers to widen their mind in terms of
understanding the behavior or attitudes of a student and through this study, it can help
them on how to approach and guide a student to become a successful individual.

Parents. This study will be beneficial for the parents as they would have a better
understanding of the feelings and experiences of their children who chose to live far
away from home to study. This will enlighten the parents about the living conditions of
their children and will teach them how to help their children cope with circumstances
that comes along with living away from home. Also, for those parents who are planning
to send their child for aiming a better opportunity.
School Administrators. This study will be beneficial to them as it allows to have a larger
view on students’ capability in learning. It serves as a guide on improving the
educational programs and curriculums.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION
The scope of the study focuses on participants – Grade 12 Senior High School
Students who live in hostels. The study points on the experiences of the participants in
regards to the said topic. The study will include an interview with the participants which
will help the researchers gather information. Due to time constraints, this study is
exclusive to those who are officially enrolled at one of the private higher educational
institutions of Davao City; Grade 12 Senior High School students, who are living in
hostels.
CHAPTER II
METHODS
This chapter deals with the research design, research locale, research participants,
research instruments and research procedure of the study. Furthermore, ethical
considerations are also included in this chapter.
Design
This study used qualitative phenomenological design. The goal of the qualitative
phenomenological research is to describe “lived experience” of a phenomenon.
Phenomenology is a way to deal with qualitative research that emphasizes the lived
experiences. The major objective of the approach is to arrive in the idea of the particular
phenomenon (Creswell, 2013).
In this paper, the phenomenological design will be utilized to be of great help in
determining the experiences the students who live in hostel. Furthermore, this design
will give us a deeper understanding about the students’ lifestyle as they live in hostels.
Locale
The study will be conducted in one of the private higher educational institution in
Davao City where participants coming from the same institution will be interviewed.
Participants
The research participants will be Grade 12 Senior High School students who live in
hostels. Since the student-participants are in Senior High School program they are
expected to be aged nineteen (19) or under years of age. The total population of the
student-participants is ten (10): Both female and male students. These five (5) female
and five (5) male participants will be part of the interview from where the main data will
be taken from. The chosen participants should have no family members or friends living
in the same hostel. The researchers’ used snowball sampling in choosing the study’s
participants. All the participants are officially enrolled in the Senior High School program
of one of the private higher educational institutions in Davao City, second semester SY
2018-2019. More so, the researchers’ methods of sampling are snowball sampling since
the data that the researchers are coming from an existing participant where the
participants will recruit or refer more participants among their acquaintances.

Instruments
The researchers will use guide questions checked by the guide question reviewer for
the interviews. The questionnaires have objectives related to the intent of the study and
to get the desired answers on the lived experiences of the participants. These are very
necessary for the accomplishment of the study. More so, the guide questions will be
checked by the guide questions reviewer before using it in the gathering of the data.
Colaizzi’s and Thematic method of data analysis will be followed during the analysis.
Further, the researchers will be using a cellular phone as a voice recorder for the
anonymity of the personal information of the participants. The recording will be used as
a tool to support and provide sufficient evidence in getting the desired answers.
Procedures
After the research title had been approved by the research adviser, the following
steps will be undertaken by the researchers to get sufficient information from the
participants: Grade 12 Senior High School Students who live in hostels.
First step will be asking a permission for the conduct of the study. The researchers
will write a letter to the program head of Senior High School, Prof. Rosario M. Oconer,
to allow them to conduct the study in San Pedro College.
Second step will be choosing the participants for the interview asking permission
from them to be part of the study. The researchers will choose participants from San
Pedro College, Davao City for the interview. The researchers will also ask permission
from them if they can be part of the study. The researchers will send a letter to the
instructors, asking permission to allow the researchers to record their discussion.
Attached in the letter will be letter of permission signed by the program head of the
Senior High School.
Third step will be proposal. The researchers will prepare for their oral presentation.
There will be three panelists who will evaluate and scrutinize the paper and gave their
suggestions and recommendations for the revision of the paper.
Fourth step will be revising the paper. The researchers will revise the paper after
defending it into the panelists by adding the needed and eliminating the irrelevant
information, and by clarifying sections and sentences.
Fifth step will be consulting the Research and Publication Office on Ethical
Considerations. The researchers took precedence over considerations for the protection
of the dignity, rights, safety and wellbeing of all actual and potential participants. Before
interviewing the potential participants, the researchers consulted for the ethical
considerations from the Research and Publication Office.
Ethical Considerations
The following were considered before, during, and after the conduct of the study.
For the Students Who Live in Hostels – Participants
The participants will be Senior High School students, there will be a letter addressed
to them to participate in the study. The said consent lets the participants know the
background of the study including the nature, the purpose, participants’ selection,
voluntary participation, procedures, discomforts, benefits, reimbursements and the right

of the participant to withdraw. The participants will be given an assurance about the
interview to ensure their willingness to participate in the study and also the participants
had the right to withdraw anytime.
Furthermore, the participants will be assured that all of their answers and data
information we collected in this study will not leak and will be given full privacy. The
personal information of the participants will be published in anonymize form.
For the Guide Question Reviewer
There will be a letter given by the researchers to the panelists who will review the
guide questions for the intent with other experts. Moreover, the researchers will explain
to the guide question reviewer how the data will be used and gathered and who are the
participants involved. In addition, the researchers will consult to the guide question
reviewer to write recommendations for the surpass of guide questionnaire and for the
research paper itself and to free it from error.
Sixth step will be orientating the participants on what the researchers intend to do.
The researchers will inform the participants that they may talk to anyone they feel
comfortable talking with about the research and that they can take time to reflect on
whether they want to participate or not. The researchers will assure the participants that
if they do not understand some of the words or concepts, the researchers will take time
to explain them as they go along and that they can ask question anytime. The
researchers will also shoulder the foods given to the participants.

Seventh step will prepare the materials needed for the interview. After explaining to
the participants, the purpose of the researchers and getting their approval for an
interview, the researchers will prepare all the materials that will be needed such as self-
made questionnaires and a phone for the audio recording.
Eighth step will be conducting the interview. The researchers will receive the
information needed from the participants. Separated interviews will be conducted and
managed by each interviewer, one at a time. Audio recorder will be used during each
interview. Hence, analysis of the data will be conducted. Hence, the recorded data will
be transcribed. From the audio recorder, the interview will be converted into written
words and will be printed for easier interpretation on the interview corpus. The
transcripts will be validated and signed by each of the participants to ensure its
accuracy.
Data Analysis
The study will use the Thematic Analysis in analyzing the Lived Experiences of
Grade 12 Students Living Alone in Hostels. Thematic Analysis is used to generate
themes from interview data, it is a flexible data analysis. This approach is flexible that
there is no particular research design related with thematic analysis; it tends to be used
for contextual investigations, phenomenology, conventional subjective, and story
request to give some examples. This data analysis plan is perfect for both tyro and
expert qualitative researchers because the steps are easy to follow but rigorous enough
to generate meaningful findings from the data (Braun, V., & Clarke, V., 2013).
Using the Colaizzi’s Method of analysis, surveys with open-ended questions will be
used by the researcher to unveil how people think and feel in certain situations
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CHAPTER III
RESULTS
Presentation of the findings, analysis and interpretation of the gathered data in the
study was presented. The narrative of the participants was transcribed and their answers
were coded and classified according to the respective question. Afterwards, the
significant statements were organized, formulated meanings were developed and
grouped into clustered themes. Other themes, formulated meanings, significant
statements and transcripts are added.
The following are the presentation of results gathered in the tables of clustered
themes constructed with its significant statements:
Theme 1: Personal-emotional Adjustments
Clustered Theme Significant Statements
Personal-emotional - “Ahhh... It affects me emotionally and... Individually
Adjustments as a person. Emotionally because… uhhh…. Of
course I am far away from my parents and
sometimes you need their presence to feel that you
are in a family. Because if you are alone in…you’re...
dorm or in a hostels you feel like you’re alone no one

is with you... Example… my experience was...
uhmm... like having a dinner of course in our
province we are complete and we eat dinner
together meanwhile when you’re in the city you are
alone your dinner is incomplete without them and
your presence is incomplete without them… ahh…
It affects me individually as a person because... it
helps me grow to be an indivi… ahh... independent
and I’ve learned a lot of… of things just by me…
myself exploring compared when I’m with my
family.” (Participant # 3)
- “What I have felt when I am far to my family is that
at first I feel homesick because it is my first time to
sleep without them, at first, I adjusted because it is
the first time where I am not with my family and most
of the time I am with my mother when I sleep so it’s
my first time to sleep alone the reason why I
experienced homesick. I began to adjust since first
up to third weeks.” (Participant #2)

- “It seem like I’m not okay because I am far to them
and I’m not used to it. And it is my first time that I’m
separated to them” (Participant #6)
- “At first, it’s so sad because I’m not used to it. It’s my
first time that I am separated to my family that I am
far to them. It’s sad but eventually I have learned to
adjust.” (Participant # 7)
- “I felt so alone and I can’t sleep well because it’s my
first time sleeping alone with my parents. As I can
remember I am very emotional and I undergo
depression. (Participant # 8)
Theme 2: Unfamiliarity of the New Setting
Unfamiliarity of the New - At first, it was really hard to adjust with the
Setting environment because I’m used to having my mom

always around and having her do all the chores. It
was really scary because I didn’t really know
anyone here in Davao, and tour culture is really
different from here. I was really shocked because
everything felt new to me. I cried every night
because I missed my parents so much and I didn’t
really have friends yet, so I felt that I wasn’t really
safe here and I wasn’t close with my roommates. At
first, it’s very hard because you will miss them, but
sooner or later you will use to it since you will meet
some new friends but regarding about family, it’s
really sad because you are living to be
independent. (Participant # 1)
- “It’s actually bored but I need to adjust because it’s
my choice to study here.” (Participant # 7)
- “Aww, I am going to miss what my parents has done
to me. Nowadays, I’m the one who work for myself
and I’m gonna miss them.” (Participant # 10)
- “Actually... when I went here in Davao it’s so
difficult because it was the first time that I was

away from my family. I am from Kiblawan Ma’am…
and then... you know, it’s very hard because of
money too. One of the factors Ma’am is really
financial because you know Ma’am, we are not
financially stable... here in SPC Ma’am, it’s really
hard... From looking for hostels to say, it’s already
so hard Ma’am... It’s difficult too when your hostel
is far from your school that’s why I looked for a
place to stay near SPC... also, it feels really
different to be with unfamiliar faces, whom some of
them are working already and the fact that I’m the
newbie. It was my first time to be far from my
parents… it’s very new to me… but my parents
wanted me to go to SPC that is why. SPC Ma’am, it
is really known and I want to attend Senior High
School in here so that I would the cultures and
ways of SPC so that when I reach college, it
wouldn’t be new to me that’s why my family
decided to send me here… and it’s very hard to
budget everything... when it comes to the expenses
from the hostel, my allowance, I really need to take
note everything.” (Participant # 4)

- So… first… actually it is my first time away from the
parents for… many days, months, and at first I go
home every weekend because of homesickness
also. But every time I go home means another
expenses, P200. Going back, another P200 plus,
expenses again. So as time passes, it seems like I
was able to adopt also, “Ahhh sige next month
nalang ako uwi”, like that… and then next, in my
first hostel, it seems like it’s not safe. its walls were
so thin compared to your house in where you are
so secured because your family is also there but in
your hostel… your hostel that costs 4 thousand
pesos? And then… Oh 4 thousand pesos every
month but then the quality of the room is not that
dependable… because there’s leak and let’s say its
roof every time it rains, you’ll also get soaked
inside… and even if you complain, there’s still no
action from them. So… even if that’s the quality of
your hostel, you pay 4 thousand pesos still. Haha!
So it’s not really worth it. Next, time. If for example
you still have… still have… for example, project
that needs to be finished… you go home until it’s
very late… the… time that… what do you call that?

Like… curfew, yes! Curfew of 10 o’clock, but you
know in yourself that you didn’t do anything wrong,
you just have to stay outside to finish what you
have to do… for example research because you
can’t finish doing research quickly, so you really
overtime, you get locked out also, so you have to
knock, so when you knock you create noise, your
bunkmates will wake up… it will look like that it was
your fault for going back to your hostel very late.
Second, rules. I’m not sure about the rules because
they have rules but they are not… they are not…
really strictly following it. They say that visitors
aren’t allowed inside but some, even have boys
inside their rooms… which is very… I don’t, can’t
say it really… but that itself, it’s already unsafe.
Then… what else… ahmmm… yes, homesick. In
terms of acads, academic… ahhh… academic
aspect… it’s okay? For me? I guess because I’m
already used to it, since I was still little, I really
study. But the lonely feeling? Because you are the
only person in your room, ay, depends. Because
me, I am alone in my room… what’s that? I
occupied the whole room myself. So, it’s lonely in a

sense that there’s no, there’s no noisy, and no one
minds what you do… of course I can go to the
coffee shops but still, so expensive, given that you
only have 1k per week and your moms will ask you
where your money went. “ngano nahurot man imo
1k? Aha man nimo na gi… gi gasto?” “Wala, coffee
shop.” “Ngano mag coffee shop-coffee shop man
ka? Ingon ani ani ani ani ani…” sorry… that…
yeah… those are so the experiences. (Participant
# 5)
Theme 3: Getting used of doing Household Chores
Getting used of doing
Household Chores - “I always maintain the cleanliness since I don’t like
messy things because it will add to my distress.”
(Participant # 2)
- “So I think I am not quiet responsible but I am, I’ve
learned how to cook, clean…like those things how
to be independent.” (Participant # 3)
- “You really need to have a time management since
you are attending classes, and at the same time you
have some things you need to do such as doing
household chores. So, you need to have a time
management in order to accomplish everything.”
(Participant # 7)
- “So, the first things that I have realized is when I’m
just alone I realized that it is really not easy to live
alone without your family for the first time. For the
first time in a year, I was used to have my family in
my side. I guess I’ve learned some things. You’ll
realized it after few days, few weeks that you really
need to move faster, unlike before I’m slow in doing
things.” (Participant # 8)
- “As what I can say, nowadays, I became a
responsible daughter, because I am the one who
does everything here in the house, and I wake up

early by myself since there’s no one who will monitor
in you. It’s really hard when you’re attending school
since there’s no one will look for you.” (Participant
# 9)
Theme 4: Independency
Independency - “Before, I am very close to my mother that when I
came home everything is there and complete, but
now since I am all alone by myself, I have tried to
practice to live on my own since I have no parents
here.” (Participant # 10)
- “Just be on your own since I have already practice
of being alone. I have realized that doing things
alone is fine such as going, roaming, eating, and
staying all alone in the house. So, that’s my
adjustments because at first I haven’t practice
being all alone.” (Participant # 8)

Theme 5: Independent through practicing living skills
Independency through - “I am used to live alone. When I came here in Davao,

practicing living skills
at first, I eat alone and stay alone in my room but not
until I met Mel, I began to feel okay. I have adjusted
very well since they are here.” (Participant # 1)
- “I have tried to understand the situation since I know
this for myself. I tried to adapt the environment since
it will help me to become a college-ready.”
(Participant # 7)
- “Tsk. I washed my clothes since there’s no one who
will do it for me.” (Participant # 1)

CHAPTER IV
DISCUSSION
The study was conducted to know and understand the experiences of Grade 12
Students Living Alone in Hostels. Through an interview, they were able to relate and
discuss their experiences and situation of being a hosteller. The Collaizi’s Method of
data analysis was utilized to identify the vital themes and categories from the data that
that has been transcribed and to validate their experiences. The community as a whole
will benefit in this research by providing a more comprehensive understanding of the
experiences of the students. The information from this research is beneficial to the
parents, teachers, and school administrators who will be able to know and understand
their experiences. The students themselves, as well as the researchers, can gain insight
and deeper understanding by listening to the experiences of on how they manage life
being a hosteller.
This study is only limited to hostellers in Davao City who came from different
provinces. Only students in the age bracket of nineteen (19) or under years of age will
be involved. There were also some hardships when the researchers were transcribing
their recorded audio because some participants spoke with a low voice and sometimes
noise would overlap it which made the researchers to have a hard time to properly
encode and interpret the recordings. There is no specific location where the hostellers
resided and the researchers find laborious

During the Interview, the researchers showed to the participants and expounded it to
have a complete and better perception about their experiences of being an hostellers
that included (1) what are your experiences while living in hostels, (2) how did you deal
with these experiences, (3) what are your ways in order to cope up with these
circumstances, (4) how does this circumstances affect you, (5) how did it feel to live in
hostels with other students/people that you don’t know or recognize, (6) how’s your
relationship with them, (7) how did you manage to adjust and adapt to living in hostels
on your own. The discussions were done individually by each researcher due to
availability of the participants. At the beginning of the discussion, the participant had a
hard time in sharing their thoughts and felt anxious about what are the information that
they can expose to the researchers. The researcher was able to give relief to the
participant assuring that the information acquired would be kept confidential and their
anonymity will be secured. In the middle of the discussion, the participants gained
insights and felt confident to share their experiences which leads them to open up more
and elaborate their answers without being frightened and intimidated.
Personal-emotional Adjustments
The first question asked was their experience while they were living in hostels.
Based from the response of the participants, those students who live far from home are
not used to be separated from their families since it is their first time to be separated
from them. As Participants 6 stated, “It seems like I’m not okay because I am far from
them and I’m not used to it. And it is my first time to be separated from them”,
Participant 8, “At first, it’s so sad because I’m not used to it. It’s my first time that I am
separated from my family and that I live far from them. It’s sad but eventually I have
learned to adjust.” and participant 7, “I felt so alone and I can’t sleep well because it’s
my first time sleeping alone without my parents. As I can remember, I am very
emotional and I had undergone depression.” Theme 1 discussed about the participants
varying perspective of personal-emotional adjustments based on their real life
situations. There are some participants who experienced challenges such as
homesickness that lead to sadness as stated by participant 3 and 2 individually: “Ahhh...
It affects me emotionally and... Individually as a person. Emotionally because… uhhh….
Of course I am far from my parents and sometimes you need their presence to feel that
you are in a family. Because if you are alone in…you’re... in a hostel you feel like you’re
alone, no one is with you...”, “What I have felt when I was far from my family are that, at
first, I felt homesick because it was my first time to sleep without them. I had
adjustments because it is the first time that I am not with my family and most of the time
I am with my mother when I sleep so it’s one of the reasons why I experienced
homesick… but I adjusted only during my first until my third weeks here.”
Moreover, Personal-emotional Adjustments refers to the psychological distress
and somatic symptoms associated with the adjustments process. Psychological distress
is a general term that is used to describe unpleasant feelings or emotion that impact
your level of functioning. Psychological distress can result in negative views of the
environment, others, and the self. (Williams, 2018). The causes of psychological
distress are sadness, anxiety, distraction, and symptoms of mental illness that has been
experienced by the students far from their family.

Unfamiliarity of the New Setting
Theme 2 shows that how the participants deal with these experiences. Based
from the response of the participants the process of adjusting of a living at a distance
environment can be complex. Student’s adjustment occurs in multiple contexts and can
be defined in terms of academic, personal, social, as well as attachment to the
institutions. As stated by participant 1, “At first, it was really hard to adjust with the
environment because I’m used to having my mom always around and having her do all
the chores. It was really scary because I didn’t really know anyone here in Davao, and
tour culture is really different from here. I was really shocked because everything felt
new to me. I cried every night because I missed my parents so much and I didn’t really
have friends yet, so I felt that I wasn’t really safe here and I wasn’t close with my
roommates.” Therefore, when people are away from home they might experience some
stress due to the change of environment. As stated by participant 4, “But the lonely
feeling? Because you are the only person in your room, ay, depends. Because me, I am
alone in my room… what’s that? I occupied the whole room myself. So, it’s lonely in a
sense that there’s no, there’s no noisy, and no one minds what you do… of course I can
go to the coffee shops but still, so expensive, given that you only have 1k per week and
your mom will ask you where your money went.” The change of environment might lead
to unfamiliarity that influences their own psychological adjustments and participation in a
foreign environment. This psychological confusion and emotional discomfort usually
causes a tremendous amount of psychological stress (Eschbach et al, 2001).

Resposibility
Participant 3 stated, “So I think I am not quiet responsible but I am, I’ve learned
how to cook, clean…like those things how to be independent.” Based from the response
of the participants, those students who lived alone in a hostel has gained some
responsibilities that enhances their living skills, including washing clothes, cooking foods,
and maintaining the cleanliness. As stated by participant 8, “So, the first things that I have
realized is when I’m just alone I realized that it is really not easy to live alone without your
family for the first time. For the first time in a year, I was used to have my family in my
side. I guess I’ve learned some things. You’ll realized it after few days, few weeks that
you really need to move faster, unlike before I’m slow in doing things.” Chores have been
a part of the family culture across the generations. As stated by participant 9, “As what I
can say, nowadays, I became a responsible daughter, because I am the one who does
everything here in the house, and I wake up early by myself since there’s no one who will
monitor in you. It’s really hard when you’re attending school since there’s no one will look
for you.” It may not be glamorous, but it’s necessary, and knowing how to do household
chores efficiently and effectively is a life skill. According to Moore (2013), chores leads to
increased competence with necessary life skills, increase in instilling values and even
general well-being.
Independency
Based on the results that found by the researcher and the one of the ideas that
had been added in the theme is that the students who chose to study away from their
home wanted to practice and enhance living skills through independency. As participant
10 stated, “Before, I am very close to my mother that when I came home everything is
there and complete, but now since I am all alone by myself, I have tried to practice to
live on my own since I have no parents here.” and participant 8 stated that, “Just be on
your own since I have already practice of being alone. I have realized that doing things
alone is fine such as going, roaming, eating, and staying all alone in the house. So,
that’s my adjustments because at first I haven’t practice being all alone.”
Independent through practicing living skills
Based on the findings, most of the participants talk about being alone and having
a full responsibility while they are away from their family, they have to do the things they
haven’t done before like washing their clothes, cooking on their own, waking up early by
themselves for them not to be late, and managing their money for their allowance to be
used properly. As stated by participant 7, “I have tried to understand the situation since I
know this for myself. I tried to adapt the environment since it will help me to become a
college-ready.” Independent living referred to learning life skills necessary for living on
your own in order to perform activities of daily living, including eating, cleaning, and
maintaining personal hygiene. Stated by participant 1, “Tsk. I washed my clothes since
there’s no one who will do it for me.” The term independent living was used to refer to
staying in one’s own home (Rosel, 1983).

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APPENDICES
Appendix A
Letters and Consent Forms
May 16, 2019
Ms. Racquel Dizon

Faculty, Senior High School
San Pedro College
Dear Ms. Dizon:
Greetings.
We are the Grade 11- STEM 10 students from San Pedro College working on a study
entitled “Lived Experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School Students Living Alone in
Hostel” as a part of our requirement in Practical Research. The study will involve an
interview as a method of gathering data.
In line with this, we would like to ask for your assistance to review the research questions
for validation. Attached here with is the research proposal as well as the research
questions that will be used as a guide for the discussion.
We are hoping for your positive response. Thank you God bless!
Respectfully yours,
Kaye B. Prudenciado
Group Representative
Noted by:
Mrs. Narlina Espanto

Research Adviser
May 16, 2019
Mr. Rommel Gestofa

San Pedro College
Dear Mr. Gestofa:
Greetings.
Respectfully yours,
Kaye B. Prudenciado
Noted by:

Research Adviser
May 16, 2019

San Pedro College
Dear Mrs. Espanto:
Greetings.
Respectfully yours,
Kaye B. Prudenciado
Noted by:

Research Adviser
May 16, 2019
Mrs. Rosario Oconer, MATCC

Senior High School Department Program Head
San Pedro College
Dear Mrs. Oconer:
Good Day.
In line with this, we would like to ask permission from your office to please allow us to
conduct our study. Rest assured that confidentiality, anonymity, and proper ethical
considerations will be employed.
We sincerely hope for your kind approval to this request.
Respectfully yours,
Kaye B. Prudenciado
Noted by:

Research Adviser
APPENDIX B
Research Instrument
Lived Experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School Students Living Alone in Hostel
Interview Guide
The following questions will be asked to gather data needed to assess the
experiences of the students living in hostel:
1. What are your experiences while living in hostels?
2. How did you deal with these experiences?
3. What are your ways in order to cope up with these circumstances?
4. How does this circumstances affect you?
5. How did it feel to live in hostels with other students/people that you don’t know or
recognize?
6. How’s your relationship with them?
7. How did you manage to adjust and adapt to living in hostels on your own?
Appendix C
Informed Consent Form for Parents/Guardians
This informed consent form is for the parents/guardians of the Grade 12 Students
aged below 19 years’ old whom we are inviting to participate in this qualitative research.
Research Title:
“LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVING
ALONE IN HOSTELS”
Name of researchers:
Apolinares, Kyle Daniela Javier, Nicole

Asinas, Sarah Mahilum, Baby Anar
Bonggat, Maria Cristina Mamac, Samuel Jr.
Caminero, Maria Rafaella Pedroso, Kristine
Caneda, Heidi Joy Prudenciado, Kaye
Cuajao, Aurie Alexa
This Informed Consent Form has two parts:

 Information Sheet (to share information about the research with you)
 Certificate of Consent (for signatures if you agree to take part)
You will be given a copy of the full Informed Consent Form

PART I: Information Sheet
Introduction
We are the grade 11 students who are currently taking the Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand under the Senior High School Program of
San Pedro College. We are conducting a research about the lived experiences of grade
12 senior high school students living alone in hostels. We are going to inform you about
this research and invite you to allow your child to be a part of this study. You have the
right not to decide on this matter today whether not you will let your child participate in
this study. This consent may form words you do not understand. You may ask the
members of this research to answer and clarify your questions before the conduct of this
study.
Purpose
Most of the students chose to live far away from home in order to have a good
quality education. We, the researchers would like to know the lived experiences of these
students. We believe that your child’s participation will give us adequate information to
conduct this study. We want to know the experiences they have encountered whether it
is positive nor negative.
Type of Research Intervention
This research will be conducted with the use of guide questions and will take
around 15 to 30 minutes of the time of your child.
Participant Selection
Your child is cordially invited to participate in this study because we feel that their
knowledge and experiences in living alone in hostels will help us conduct a reliable result
for this study in order to contribute to the body of knowledge.
Voluntary Participation
Your child may or may not participate in this study without causing any changes at
all. Their participation is on strictly voluntary basis. You have the option to stop your child
from participating on this study if you wish to do so in the future.
Procedures
We are asking you to help us dig more on the lived experiences of the students
living alone in hostels and its impact to them. Thus, we are inviting your child to participate
on this research study. If you decide to do so, they will be asked to cooperate on a face-
to-face interview with Ms. Kyle Daniela Apolinares, Ms. Sarah Asinas, Ms. Maria Cristina
Bonggat, Ms. Maria Rafaella Caminero, Ms. Heidi Joy Caneda, Ms. Aurie Alexa Cuajao,
Ms. Nicole Javier, Ms. Baby Anar Mahilum, Mr. Samuel Mamac, Ms. Kristine Pedroso or
Ms. Kaye Prudenciado.
Before the interview, one of the researchers will inform them that the whole
duration of the interview will be recorded through an audio recorder, a smartphone
specifically. Rest assured that no one except the researcher can get access to the
recorded audios and that these audio recordings will be deleted completely once the
extraction of significant statements is done.
During the interview, some of the researchers will sit down with your child in a
reserved room at San Pedro College. If you wish, the interview can also take place
somewhere you are more comfortable with. At the day of the interview, there will be no
no-researcher and nonparticipant present unless you like someone else to be there with
your child. They will be asked using a guide questions prepared beforehand by the
researchers.
Duration
This research will involve face-to-face interviews that will take a maximum duration
of 30 minutes to answer. However, if we have additional questions we will visit your child
and make sure not to disturb their classes.
Risks
We are asking your child to answer our guide questions and this may be very
personal and confidential to them. If you do not feel comfortable in letting your child
participate, we will understand and accept your decision and you are not requiring to give
an explanation for it.
Benefits
There will be no direct benefits to your child, but their participation is likely to help
us gather valuable data to described and understand more on the Lived Experiences of
Grade 12 Senior High School Students Living Alone in Hostels and its impacts on the
learners of the Senior High Program. But once the final result is done, you and your child
will be able to understand and know the experiences of students living alone in hostel.
Reimbursements
Your child will be personally provided no incentive by taking part in this research.
However, they will be given a free snacks or a small amount of money for fare (if
applicable) for the time and effort they have exerted.
Confidentiality
This research study may draw attention that could lead to the curiosity of the SPC
community or other people by asking questions regarding your child’s participation. Rest
assured that nobody aside from the research team can gain access to the personal data
they have shared with us during the interview. Their name will not be visible on any of the
files and that all information gathered shall be labelled with a codename or number.
Surely, only the researchers have the knowledge about the designated codenames and
numbers provided to each of the participants.
Sharing the Results
All the information to be collected from your child will not be shared to anybody
who are not part of the research team and that nothing will be attributed to you by
name. Any result of this study will be shared to you and your child before it is made widely
accessible to the public. This will also be published and stored in school’s Learning
Resource Center so that other people can gain knowledge from it.
Right to Refuse or Withdraw
You are not personally obliged to allow your child to participate in this research but
doing so will highly be appreciated for the success of the study. If you wish to withdraw
their participation in the interview, you are free to do so in order for your personal matters
not be affected in any way possible. At the end of the interview, they are given the chance
to review all their statements and remarks and the right to modify or remove portions of
those.
Who to Contact
If you have any questions, you may ask now or later by contacting any of the
researchers through the following numbers:
Nicole Javier
Kaye Prudenciado 09338650347
Maria Rafaella Caminero 09128053553
Sarah Asinas 09052252996
Kyle Daniela Apolinares 09504287662
Samuel Mamac 09128053553
Maria Christina Bonggat 09197482458
Baby Anar Mahilum 09074427243
Kristine Pedroso 09102718931
Aurie Alexa Cuajao 09099971051
Heidi Joy Cañeda 09452991976
Presented by:
Kaye B. Prudenciado Narlina A. Espanto

Group Representative Research Adviser
Part II: Certificate of Consent
I have read the foregoing information, or it has been read to me. I have had the opportunity
to ask questions about it and any questions I have been asked have been answered to
my satisfaction. I consent voluntarily to be a participant to this study
Print Name of Parent/Guardian ____________________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian _____________________________

Date ________________________
Day/ Month / Year
Submitted by:
Names Signature
Nicole Javier ______________________

Kaye Prudenciado ______________________
Maria Rafaella Caminero ______________________
Sarah Asinas ______________________
Kyle Daniela Apolinares ______________________
Samuel Mamac ______________________
Maria Christina Bonggat ______________________
Baby Anar Mahilum ______________________
Kristine Pedroso ______________________
Aurie Alexa Cuajao ______________________
Heidi Joy Cañeda ______________________
Endorsed by/Recommended by: Narlina A. Espanto

Research Adviser
Appendix D
Consent Forms
SAN PEDRO COLLEGE

[Informed Consent Form for Participants]
This informed consent is for the Grade 12 students who we are inviting to
participate in the research entitled “Lived Experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School
Students Who Are Living Alone in Hostels”.
Research Title:
Lived Experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School Students Who Are Living
Alone in Hostels
Name of Investigators:
Nicole Javier
Kaye Prudenciado
Maria Rafaella Caminero
Sarah Asinas
Kyle Daniela Apolinares
Samuel Mamac
Maria Christina Bonggat
Baby Anar Mahilum
Kristine Pedroso
Aurie Alexa Cuajao
Heidi Joy Cañeda
The Informed Consent has two parts:
 Information Sheet (to share information about the research with you)
 Certificate of Consent (for signatures if you agree to take part)
You will be given a copy of the full Informed Consent Form

INFORMED CONSENT
Dear Ma’am/Sir:
Greetings!
We are the Grade 11 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) students from San Pedro College working on a study entitled “Lived
Experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School Students Who Are Living Alone in
Hostels”. In line with this, we would want to invite you to be one of the participants in our
study. Your participation is voluntarily and if you have further questions, just feel free to
ask the researchers of the study
This consent form may contain words that you do not understand. Please ask me
to stop as we go through the information and I will take time to explain. If you have
questions later, you can ask them of me or of another researcher.
Purpose
Most of the students chose to live far away from home in order to have a good
quality education. We, the researchers would like to know the lived experiences of these
students. We believe that your child’s participation will give us adequate information to
conduct this study. We want to know the experiences they have encountered whether it
is positive nor negative.
Participation Selection
You are invited to take part of this research study because your experiences and
knowledge on this kind of situation will contribute to our research. You are also qualified
to represent the total population of the institution.
Voluntary Participation
Your participation in this research study is entirely voluntary. It is your choice

whether to participate or not. Whether you choose to participate or not, your personal
background and information will not be reflected. You may change your mind later and
stop from participating even if you agreed earlier.
Procedures
A. We are asking you to participate to help us gather data about experiences of orphans.
If you accept, you will answer questions from the interview.
B. You will participate in an interview where you will express your experiences from the
questions being asked. The whole duration of the interview will be recorded through an
audio recorder, a smartphone specifically. Rest assured that no one except the
researcher can get access to the recorded audios and that these audio recordings will be
deleted completely once the extraction of significant statements is done.
C. During the interview, some of the researchers will sit down with you in a reserved room
at San Pedro College. If you wish, the interview can also take place somewhere you are
more comfortable with. At the day of the interview, there will be no no-researcher and
nonparticipant present unless you like someone else to be there with you.
Duration
This research will involve face-to-face interviews that will take a maximum duration
of 30 minutes to answer. However, if we have additional questions we will visit you and
make sure not to disturb your classes.
Risks
We are asking you to participate in sharing with us some very personal and
confidential information, you may feel uncomfortable talking about some of the topics.
You do not have to answer any question, if you don’t wish to do so, and that is also fine.
You do not have to give us any reason for not responding to any question from the
interviewer, or refusing to take part in the discussion.
Benefits
There will be no direct benefits to you, but your participation is likely to help us
gather valuable data to describe and understand more on the Lived Experiences of Grade
12 Senior High School Students Living Alone in Hostels and its impacts on the learners
of the Senior High Program. But once the final result is done, you awill be able to
understand and know the experiences of students living alone in hostel.
Reimbursements
You will not be given any incentive in participating in the research. However, we
will provide you snacks or a small amount of money for fare (if applicable) for the time
and effort they have exerted. for your participation.
Confidentiality
The research being done in the community which may draw attention and if you
participate you may be asked questions by other people in the community. We will not be
sharing information about you to anyone outside the research team. The information that
we gathered from this research project will be kept private. Any information about you will
have a number on it instead of your name. It will not be shared with or given to anyone
except to the researchers.
Sharing the Results
Nothing that you tell us today will be shared with anybody outside the research
team, and nothing will be attributed to you by name. The knowledge that we get from this
research will be shared with you and your community before it is made widely available
to the public. Each participant will receive a summary of the results. Following the
meetings, we will publish the results and this will also be published and stored in school’s
Learning Resource Center so that other people can gain knowledge from it.
Right to Refuse or Withdraw
You do not have to take part in this research if you do not wish to do so, and
choosing you to participate will not affect your status. You may wish to stop participating
at any time that you wish.
Who to Contact
If you have questions about the study, you can ask the following researchers from
Grade 11 – STEM 7:
Nicole Javier
Kaye Prudenciado 09338650347
Maria Rafaella Caminero 09128053553
Sarah Asinas 09052252996
Kyle Daniela Apolinares 09504287662
Samuel Mamac 09128053553
Maria Christina Bonggat 09197482458
Baby Anar Mahilum 09074427243
Kristine Pedroso 09102718931
Aurie Alexa Cuajao 09099971051
Heidi Joy Cañeda 09452991976
Presented by: Approved by:
_____________________ ____________________
Kaye B. Prudenciado Narlina Espanto
Group Representative Adviser
CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT
This research is entitled as “Lived Experiences of the Grade 12 Senior High School
Students Living Alone in Hostels” and the researchers would like to know the possible
experiences of the students who study away from home.
I have read the foregoing information, or it has been read to me. I have/had the opportunity
to ask questions about it and any questions I have been asked, have been answered to my
satisfaction. I consent voluntarily to be a participant of this study.
Print Name of Participant _______________________________

Signature of Participants _______________________________
Date________________________________________________
Day/month/year
Statement by the researcher/person taking consent
I have accurately read out the information sheet to the potential participant, and to the best
of my ability made sure that the participant understands that the following will be done:
1. The researchers will interview them about their experiences.

2. The answers they will provide will be documented by the researchers through an audio
recorder.
3. The data gathered will be utilized and analyzed to form general conclusions.
I confirm that the participant was given an opportunity to ask questions about the
study, and all questions asked by the participants have been answered correctly and to
the best of my ability. I confirmed that the individual has not been coered into giving, and
the consent has been given freely and voluntarily.
A copy of this ICF has been provided to the participant.

Print Name of Researcher/person taking the consent
______________________________________________
Signature of the Researcher/person taking the consent
Date __________________________________________
Day/month/year
Submitted By:
Name: Signature:
Nicole Javier ______________________

Kaye Prudenciado ______________________
Maria Rafaella Caminero ______________________
Sarah Asinas ______________________
Kyle Daniela Apolinares ______________________
Samuel Mamac ______________________
Maria Christina Bonggat ______________________
Baby Anar Mahilum ______________________
Kristine Pedroso ______________________
Aurie Alexa Cuajao ______________________
Heidi Joy Cañeda ______________________
Endorsed by/Recommended by:
_____________________________
Research Adviser
Appendix E
Pilot Testing
Researcher: What are your experiences while living in hostels?
Participant #0: At first nagbaguhan gud ko sa environment human lisod gud kayo mag-adjust bah.
Researcher: How did you deal with these experiences?
Participant #0: Gina-ingon gud nako sa akong self na dapat na maka-adjust nako ug maka-adpat sa
environment diri sa Davao.
Researcher: What are your ways in order to cope up with these circumstances?
Participant #0: Kanang time-management human dapat maging independent.
Researcher: How does this circumstances affect you?
Participant #0: Dako gud kaayo siyang impact sa akong individuality ug akong growth as a person.
Researcher: How did it feel to live in hostels with other students/people that you don’t know or recognize?
Participant #0: Awkward siya at first pero pagkadugayan man kay okay nan aka- adjust nako.
Researcher: How’s your relationship with them?
Participant #0: Lingaw man sila kauban human ginarespeto gud namo ang isat’isa.
Researcher: How did you manage to adjust and adapt to living in hostels on your own?
Participant #0: Okay lang man dako iyang tabang sa akong growth ug nagbago ang akong outlook sa life.
Actual Interview
Transcript No.1
Participant #1: Kanang at first gud ka lisod gud kaayo mag-adjust sa environment bah like nasanay man
gud ko na naa pirmenti akong mama na buhat sa mga buhaton. Hadlok gud kaayo kay wala baya gud
kaila dri sa Davao human iba gud kaayo ang culture namo kaysa dri sa Davao. Basta lahe ra gud kaayo
grabe gud nako ka shock kay tanan bago sa akong pananaw. Every night gud baya ko ga hilak kay grabe
nako mamiss akong parents human wala pa gug koy mga friends dri bah so lisod gud kaayo. Among
dorm pa gud hastang gamaya dli gud sya convenient para sa ako human ma feel nako na dli pud ko safe
dri bah kay kabalo na man ka ga dorm lag pud baya ko so wala gud koy choice human di pa gud ko close
akong mg aka dormates para duolan inig naay mga kailangan. All by myself lang ko dri uy. At first, it’s
very hard because you will miss them, but sooner or later you will used to it since you will meet some new
friends but regarding about family, it’s really sad because you are living to be independent.

Participant #1: Syempre kay choice man nako ni na mag pa Davao kailangan gud nako muadjust sa
sitwasyon. First kay nakatuon gud intawon ko manglaba ug mangluto kay lisog gud kaayo. Lisod kaayo
ibalanse ang pag skwela ug chores sa hostel bah. Tsk. I washed my clothes since there’s no one who will
do it for me.
Second kay kung ma homesick man kay mangita kog lain na place para adtuan para distract akong
attention. Third kay kanang sa pagdugay nako dria kay nakameet man sad ko ug friends’ human burag
mas okay na akong na feel kay burag dili nako na out place dria bah. Tsk. I washed my clothes since
there’s no one who will do it for me.
Participant #1: Kanang naga study gud ko ug tarong aron maproud akong mga parents sa ako. Human
naga pray pirmente bah kay dri gud ko gakuha gud strength na mapadayon akong pagskwela dri. Feel na
gud nako dati na dli nako ni makaya magdugay dri sa Davao bah kay sobra lage nako nahadlok sa mga
tao dri uy like the way sla magsturya, musuot, ug mulihok. Wa gud ko nasanay kay taga bukid man gud
ko. Kay ano kanang naanad ko nga ako lang isa ay basta kanang basta naanad ko ako ra isa tong first
tong pag-abot nako diri kay kay ako ra isa mukaon ana ako lang isa sa kwarto ana pero tong pag uban
gane nako ila Mel kay naokay-okay na. Nakaadjust-adjust na kay naa man sila.
Participant #1: Na remember nako dati kanang naay manghagit sa ako na magshot daw mi kanang mu
iwas gud ko bah kay kabalo man gud ko na bad na sya bah. Human ignan pa gud ko nag killjoy gud daw
kaayo kay di daw ko muinom human hayaan na lang pud nako kay ana ko sa akong sarili na wla gud nay
matabang sa ako bah.
Participant #1: Kanang awkward gud kaayo sya di man gud ko sanay na naa koy mga kauban sa room.
Lisod gud kaayo sa akoa makipagisturya bah. Pero sa pagdugay sa panahon natunan man sad nako
makihalubilo sa mga tao. Kanang buotan man pud sila sa ako unya minsan sabay na pud miy mangaon
ug mangbuhat sa mga chores dria.
Participant #1: Okay lang man kanang close na gud mi bah kay pirmente mi mag uban human kung naay
mga problema kay gina isturayaan gud namo aron maka iwas mi sa mga away bah. Kanang minsan sad
kay magtinabangay miy kung naay mga assignment ug projects.
Participant #1: Kanang feel nako naging independent ko human dako gud na bagay ang time-
management kay lisod gud kaayo ibalanse ang pagskwela human ang mga chores dria bah. Dako pud na
bagay na gipasenior high ko nila dri bah kay para maready nako inig college.
Transcript No.2
Participant #2: Ang unsa akong nafeel tong nalayo ko sa akong pamilya kay first kay naga nag ano jud ko
kanang homesick gud kay first time nako matulog na wala sila like that tapos katong sa first jud kay I…I
adjusted kanang first…first night to wala nako sila nakauban kay mostly man gud kauban nako akong
mama matulog so first time nako matulog nga ako lang gud isa tapos dili pa
jud nako sila kauban nahomesick jud ko katong first jud ko katong first, first, second ug third weeks ato
nga naa ko dinhi mao to nagstart jud siyag adjustments grabe.
Participant #2: Kanang sa kadugayan kay na learn man sad nako na muadapt sa ilang culture human
kaning kailangan nimo magbalanse sa imong time para mabuhat nimo tanan. Akong ginamaintain ang
ano limpyo tas di ko gusto nga kanang lain sa akong kuan kay mas magubot gane akong imbes gubot pa
akong kuan dili pa okay sa akong life tapos gubot pa akong palibot murag samok gud.
Participant #2: Kanang I try gud na mag adapt sa situation human kanang layo man gud akong parents
dria so ginatry nako na maging independent kay in the end training grounds man pud nako ni pagka
college. Para dili na ko malisdan mag adjust pagkacollege.
Participant #2: Kanang nag grow ko as an individual human kanang makamanage by my own. Then
daghan gud kog na learn dli lang sa academics kundi pati pa rin sa real world.
Participant #2: Kanang makipad socialize gud ko kay para maka gain gud ko ug friends then para inig
naay mga emergencies dali lang human naa koy macontact dria sa Davao bah kay layo man gud among
probinsya.
Participant #2: Kanang okay lang man sila kauban although naa gud uban na wala gud batasan pero ani
gud ni magsabot na lang gud ko kay naga dorm rah man pud mi. Basig palayason mi dri bah.
Researcher: How did you manage to adjust and adapt to living in hostels on your own.?
Participant #2: Tungod daghan na man pud kog mga na encounter na experience sa pagpuyo nako diri
sa hostel mas nag improve gud ko as an individual.
Transcript No.3
Participant #3: Uhhmmm… at first medyo… ahhh… shocking and... schocking sya kay lahi man gud ang...
ang environment nako sa... sa akoa jung province kumpara diri sa city and uhmm... kailangan independent
pud ka kay you only have yourself and wala nakay lain pa na maduolan and usahaya if ikaw lang isa diria
sa city wala kay mga relatives kailangan jud na… ahhhh… you need to learn how to live by yourself. Yun
lang.
Participant #3: Soo... uhmm… I tried to be independent and I learn through things and sa mga classmates
ko and sa mga friends and with their help... ahh... natutunan ko pano mag live na ako lang isa and to be
independent. So I think am not quiet responsible but I am, I learned how to cook na how to clean like
ing-ana kanang how to be independent.
Participant #3: Uhmmm… ahh. Siguro ahh... with the help of my classmates and friends’ kay since sila man
ang… si... mostly sila mga friends nako kay taga davao sa ilaha lang pud ko naga pangayo og help...
unsaon pag buhat ani and this and that... and… kanang… ahhh. Advices sa ilaha and mostly nag talk man
pud ko saakong mga parents naga ask pud ko sa ilaha og guidance and... naga pray pud ko most
importantly para... matabangan pud ko sa mga ahh… sa akoang life diria para dili pud ko mawala.
Participant #3: Ahhh... It affects me emotionally and... Individually as a person. Emotionally kase uhhh...
syempre malayo ako sa parents and sometimes kailangan mo yuun presence nila to feel that you are in a
family... kase pag ikaw lang isa sa... uhhh… sa... dorm or sa mga hostels feel mo kase ikaw lang isa wala
kang kasama syempre... example... sa experience ko ... uhmmm. Yang... kanang mag dinner syempre pag
dinner if naa sa sa inyong province kompleto tanan kompleto ang family and sabay sabay mag eat
meanwhile ikaw nga naa ka sa city ikaw lang isa murag kulang ang imohang... kulang imohang… dinner
ku... kulang…. imohan presence if wala sila... ahh... It affects me individually as a person kay... it helps me
grow para ma himo kung indivi… ahh… independent and mas daghan pakog na learn na... na things na
akoa... ako lang nag explore kumpara na kauban nako akong family.
Participant #3: At first awkward sya kay... ako man gud na pa... ako man gud na person kay kanang…
ano… kanang… medj ulawon medj dili tas… tas... mao toh... uhh... since naga kadugay akoang pag stay
didtua with them nagka close me and… nagka okay lang pud and… mas na better nuon ang akoang pag
stay together... uhh… pag stay diria sa davao kay... gina tabangan pud ko nila.
Participant #3: Okay lang... mura silag… uhh… uhhh... older sisters nako kay nagahatag pud silag advice
and sila akoang ma o... ma open-nan og things na dili nako ma open sakong classmates sakong parents
and uhmm... mas naa pa silay nabalan na deepest secrets nako.
Participant #3: Uhhhmm…. Para sako kailangan patience and understanding kay…. Kailangan kabalo pud
ka mo understand sa mga environment and dili kailangan ang environment and mag adjust sa imoha... soo
kato lang.
Transcript No.4
Participant #4: Actually... pagbalhin nako diri sa Davao kay lisud gyud siya kay first malayo ko sa akong
family kay kuan man gud taga kiblawan man gud ko... niya kanang... kabalo naka lisud gyud siya kay ang
kwarta man gud. Isa pud sa factor kay kwarta dili man gud kaayo me datu ma'am kanang kabalo naka
ma'am... diri man gud sa Spc ma'am lisud gyud siya ma'am... Pagpangita palang sa ano dorm namo
ma'am... Lisud man gud ma'am kung layo sa skwelahan maong nangita kog mas duol sa school ma'am...
niya lahi gyud ma'am kay mga lahing tao akong kauban sa kwarto ma'am ang lain kay mga nagtrabaho so
ako kay kuan pa man gud ko medyo bag o lang ko na buy an sa akong parents ma'am ba kay never pa
pud ko nakatry ug nan ani malayo sa ilaha nan ani kadugay kailangan man gud ma'am kay gusto pud sa
akong family nga makaskwela ko sa Spc. Kau ang Spc man gud ma'am known man gud siya nga school
ma'am ba and gusto pud nako diri ma'am mag Senior High diri ma'am para makuan na pud ko sa culture
diri sa Spc ma'am para dili nako ma shock pag abot nako ug college so mao to nag decide akong
family nga diri ko... and lisud gyud kaayo mag badget sa tanan... Pag abot sa gastu sa balay, sa akong
allowance kailangan gyud e take note tanan ma'am.
Participant #4: Buotan man ang Ginoo ma'am... gitagaan man pud hinuon ko niyag mga amigo… kanan
gawas pud me ug naay kwarta ug wala ma'am naga tambay lang me ma'am ug dorm sa among other
friend ma'am... kung wala tambay tambay lang sa dorm ma'am… ana ana lang ma'am… niya kalingawan
namo ma'am mag grocery ma'am ug mang laba. Sabay mi mag laba ma'am... pero so far happy man pud
ko diri ma'am lingaw man pud gihapon siya ma'am in a way...
Participant #4: Give yourself time lang gyud ma'am kana ma'am…. kay time heals everything man
ma'am.. maskin kuan lisud... though lisud kaayo siyag kuan... ma'am experience gyud kaayo siya sa akoa
ma'am mao to ma'am....
Participant #4: Actually, lisud kay mag laundry man gud ko… aaaaa naga laundry man gud ko kay dili ko
kabalo mang laba ma'am... basin pobre man gud mi ma'am wala mi natudluan sa balay ma'am ba kay
palangga man gud kaayo ko sa akong mama... mao to ma'am naga pa laundry ko... and okay lang man
pud siya ma'am kay gina try nako nga e schedule nako tanan kung unsa akong suotan karon nga adlaw
gina e organize nako tanan ma'am para pag abot sa klase naa koy masuot ma'am ba mahadlok man pud
gud ko ma'am dili makasulod ba sayang ang gibayad sa akong mama ug papa ma'am.
Participant #4: Daghan kog na friends’ ma'am kay same man meg situation ma'am... nga nan ani pud nga
wala ilang mama ug papa diri okay lang man pud ma'am pag ma homesick sila ma'am wala lang mag
lingaw lingaw lang pud meg amoa ma'am. Lahi raman gud ma'am kung ikaw ra isa sa dorm lahi gyud ang
mag dagan sa imuhang utok... maka depress gyud siya ma'am sa tinuod lang grabe siya makadepress
kay ikaw lang man gud isa ma'am wala kay kuan ba... For me ma'am ha nan ana akong situation kay pag
abot nimo sa balay or dorm wala kay kauban mukaon kay ikaw raman isa... pero okay raman oy makaya
kaya ra man...
Participant #4: Introvert man gud ko ma'am pero... okay lang pag mag invite sila ma'am kay naga uban
lang pud ko ma'am... pero muoli gyud kog sayu ma'am... kanang kuan ma'am muoli lang gyud kog sayu
kay masuko man gud akong mama ma'am… pero mao to ma'am okay lang man maam mangimbita man
sila pag naay kaon ma'am buotan pud sila ma'am.
Participant #4: Independent ma'am kay nakatuon gyud ko nga mutindog sa akong sarili ma'am… kay
wala naman sila mama ug papa diri ma'am kailangan nako maningkamot nga ako lang ma'am...
Transcript No.5
Participant #5: So… first kay… actually it is my first time away from the parents for… many days, months,
and at first naga-uwi ako every weekend because siyempre homesick din. Pero every uwi gasto, P200.
Balik na naman, P200 plus, gasto na naman. So as time passes, parang naka-adopt na rin ako, “Ahhh
sige next month nalang ako uwi”, parang ganun… and then next, sa first nako na dorm, kay murag dili
kayo siya safe. Ang iyang walls kay napaka-thin compared sa imong bahay na secured ka masyado kay
andiyan man imong family pero ang dorm… ang dorm nimo kay 4K? Human… ay 4k every month human
ang iyang quality sa room kay dili kayo dependable… kay may leak pa and let’s say sa roof niya kay kung
pag every time mag-ulan kay maulanan ka pa sa loob… and even if mag reklamo ka, wala pa rin. So…
kung ganun din ang quality ng dorm, pero 4k pa din ang mabayad mo. Haha! So medyo lugi doon. Next,
time. If for example naa kay kuan, naa kay… for example, project na kailangan talaga na maka…
hanggang late ka talaga maka-uwi pero ang… ang… time na mag… unsay tawag ana? Parang… curfew,
yes! Curfew kay 10 o’clock lang, pero you know dahil wala ka man ding ginagawa na masama, kailangan
lang talaga na mag overtime ka lang gawas… for example ito’ng research kay matagal man matapos ang
research, so mag overtime ka talaga, na lo-lock’an ka pa, so mag katok ka pa, so siyempre pag mag
katok ka diyan maingay, ang dorm mates magigising… parang sayo na rin yung problem kasi ganito ka
oras umuwi. Second, rules. I’m not sure about the rules because they have rules but they are not… they
are not… really strictly following it. They say that visitors aren’t allowed inside but some, evem have boys
inside their rooms… which is very… I don’t, can’t say it really… pero that itself, it’s already unsafe.
Then… ‘sa pa man… ahmmm… yes, homesick. In acads namn, academic… ahhh… academic aspect…
okay lang? for me? I guess. kasi nasanay namn na ‘din ako since bata pa ako, ako man din naga study.
Pero yung, ningaw gud? Kay ikaw ra ma’y isa sa dorm, ay, depende. Kasi, pero ako kasi sa dorm, ako
lang ma’y isa kay… ano to? Gi-solo ra nako ang room. So, mingaw siya in a sense na wala ang, wala ang
maingay, walang maingay, and walang naga-kuan sa ‘yo, pero… of course I can go to the coffee shops
but still, gasto, given that you only have 1k per week kay kung mahurot ang 1k mangutana imong mama
“ngano nahurot man imo 1k? aha man nimo na gi… gi gasto?” “Wala, coffee shop.” “Ngano mag coffee
shop-coffee shop man ka? Ingon ani ani ani ani ani…” sorry… that… yeah… those are so the
experiences
Participant #5: so now kay nag lipat na man ako ng hostel, in this current situation? Okay siya. Whenever,
ahmm… I’m bored kay… actually, isa lang ang ma close nako na bunkmate katong sa tabi ko lang kay
same din kami… same din kami Muslim. One thing pala, I forgot. Every Ramadan, gising kami niyan ng 3
am. Sa bahay niyo, okay lang andiyan man si mommy siya man naga gising sayo pero pag sa hostel,
gising ka ng 3… ay minsan di ka niyan maka gising ng 3 kay mag luto ka pa niyan. Dapat pag 4, di ka na
niyan magkain so dapat mga 2 something naka luto ka na. pero what if, naa kay mga assignments, naa
kay projects, human nahuman ka mga 1 na, unsaon nimo pag gising, pag… pag… mata ug 2 unya mag
luto unya mag kain ka 3 unya imong klase 7:30???? *deep sigh* oh diba? So that is one the problem din?
And now? Back to the question, sa aking current hostel… okay lang man. Kasi naa nay kuan… same
nako Muslim so kuan din kami… ga tulong kami mag grocery. At least, medyo… ahhh… ang social
communication kay naa. So… okay lang man.
Participant #5: effect… for me is… wala lang… kasi for me kasi whenever I’m… ma homesick ako
matulog lang man ako niyan or mag hanap ng lingaw for example kay may wifi man. Ay yan din pala!
kapag sa dorm, pag mag-hanap ka ng dorm… naa na jud nay criteria like for example, supposedly para
di ka din ma homesick and all dapat naa jud nay wifi kay naa biyay MIL human naay quiz sa kuan sa wifi
– I mean sa google classroom human naa pa jud exact time nga magstart ang quiz so unsaon man ig
walay internet sa balay… zero? My gosh! Kana… human… unsa pa… hmmmm??? Ay oh, kato. One
thing din? Katung akong dorm before? Kay… ambot, wala man to sila’y batasan bai. Ambot sa ila. Haha!
Pero, I think that is already problem in my side nalang because I’ve chosen a kuan… pero pwede man dili
sila e mind.

Participant #5: so now kay nag lipat na man ako ng hostel, in this current situation? Okay siya. Whenever,
ahmm… I’m bored kay… actually, isa lang ang ma close nako na bunkmate katong sa tabi ko lang kay
same din kami… same din kami Muslim. One thing pala, I forgot. Every Ramadan, gising kami niyan ng 3
am. Sa bahay niyo, okay lang andiyan man si mommy siya man naga gising sayo pero pag sa hostel,
gising ka ng 3… ay minsan di ka niyan maka gising ng 3 kay mag luto ka pa niyan. Dapat pag 4, di ka na
niyan magkain so dapat mga 2 something naka luto ka na. pero what if, naa kay mga assignments, naa
kay projects, human nahuman ka mga 1 na, unsaon nimo pag gising, pag… pag… mata ug 2 unya mag
luto unya mag kain ka 3 unya imong klase 7:30???? *deep sigh* oh diba? So that is one the problem din?
And now? Back to the question, sa aking current hostel… okay lang man. Kasi naa nay kuan… same
nako Muslim so kuan din kami… ga tulong kami mag grocery. At least, medyo… ahhh… ang social
communication kay naa. So… okay lang man.
Participant #5: awkward. Kami lang talaga nag close nung sa tabi ko kasi… ambot… kung may gusto
siyang hiramin nagakatok lang siya. I was like, “hala, close na kami? As in? ang saya! Okieee… Oh ito,
ito pahiramin kita.” Tapos na close na din kami nun. Pero all the others? Like the way na mag titig sila…
like… bawal e disarrange ang ilang rice cooker, kahit hawakan lang yan, sorry gud. Sige sayo na yang
part ng hostel bahala ka diyan. Parang grabe yung kanilang territorial… ahhhh… I don’t know what’s the
term, basta, grabe ang kanilang sense doon na part and that’s very annoying because… just because
you have that doesn’t mean all the area is yours already… because we can share naman that’s why
we’re in a hostel with eachother and we should have these… ahmmm… sharing… I don’t know? Sharing
responsibilities in some sense.
Participant #5: yes… I dealt with culture shock. Sa amin kasi, doon sa Tacurong, maliit lang man yun,
Tacurong kay… 10, wala na naga labas niyan. Dito, my gosh 3, may naga shout pa sa labas. Hala 3 am
na bakit… actually gising man ako 3 kay naga study. 3 am may naga shout pa sa labas? Akala ko ba
may curfew sa Davao? Na question ko na din yan… kasi why is it na sabi nila safe daw kay naay time…
about 10 wala na daw nagalabas human, sa labas may madami pa na naga ganito… and, one more thing
also, meron isang naka-scam sa akin. Sabi niya daw taga Toril daw siya, wala daw siyang money. I gave
him money, that time I felt pity for him and then the next day’s nakita ko na namn siya. Ngano naa pa
man si taga Toril direa, wala pa siya naka uli? Mga ganon-ganon. Iba na naman gina scam niya, that time
gisabihan ko siya “Kuya wala ka pa naka uwi?” tapos andun yung babae tas sabi niya sa akin, “ha? Sino
ka?” Ahhhh, scam ito. Kuan ito siya… parang magnanakaw gud? Na parang modus, naa siyay modus. At
that time, I’ve already seen, their actually like these… in the… I don’t know one of the safest places in the
Philippines and murag ang pag cope up ko that time… how did I cope with that… I just… I… I think
time… beause I should always not lower my walls even if it is said in the news that Davao is one of the
safest, I should always build my walls around me and be responsible for the choices that I make.
Participant #5: after all these, the things you have experienced, what is the big impact of it to you, or what
are your realizations? yun… same said before… parang responsibility na nimo and even if it is said or
even if there are statistical… uhmmm… statistical data that shows that this place is one of the safest, you
still not, ay, you still should keep your walls and keep your… ahhh… keep yourself protected from
anything like bring something that help you protet yourseld and you shpuld not lower your ground.
Transcript No.6
Participant #6: Ah for me, ang pinaka, ay my the best then my worst nga experience for me to live alone
here; pinaka una financial. Lisod kaayo mabuhi diri kung ikaw ra isa, labi na kay kulang ka sa unsay
tawag ani sa pag budget saimong kwarta. Ang the best kay uhm kung ikaw raman gud isa mahimo ka
nga independent uhm you can make your own decisions. Uhm to be honest uhm last year I am a
transferee student in San Pedro College. Last year, I came from Xavier, Cagayan de Oro. So sa akong
pag anhi diri sa Davao, like wala nako ga lisod sa pag-adjust sa environment or sa mga tao kay anad
naman ko sa pagka Grade 11 nako, sa Cagayan de Oro.
Participant #6: Uhm so far, for my one year stay in Davao saamong room, wala may kuan wala may
problema. I think na mas dili ko, dili ko ma homesick kay naa akong mga dormmates. Unsay tawag ani,
kanang uhm, wise choice. Example, ikaw ang nag dala saimong kaugalingon so when you make a choice
dapat sigurado ka then para dili ka masayop.
Participant #6: Uhm study lang siguro, para malimtan gamay kung naa may problema.
Participant #6: Uhm wala man kay ako raman siguro ang tao nga dili dali magka problema sa mga butang
butang.
Participant #6: At first, uhm kanang lisod i-adjust pero as the day goes by murag ok ra, murag maka
adjust ra dayon ka saimong mga dorm mates’ kay lahi lahi man jud ang kina iya sa mga tao. So dili kayo
sayon ang pag adjust kay naay uban ig ani ang kina iyatas naa puy uban nga dili. Uhm last year, because
you know what, our culture in Surigao is different from our culture in Cagayan de Oro. Also the culture in
Cagayan de Oro is different from the culture in Davao. For example, the language, uhm Davao has a
different dialect than Cagayan de Oro, and Cagayan de Oro also has a different dialect from Surigao. So
for me, there is a language barrier uhm murag makita nako nga mao ang pinakadako nga babag para
saakong pag adjust.
Participant #6: Uhm if I am going to rate from 1-10 uhm I think it’s probably 8 kaymurag close na nako
kaayo sila, gamay. Pinaka una ang independence ug ang time management. Sa independence kay uhm
ako lang ang nagdala sa akong life diri so murag iya iya mig kinabuhi saamoang dorm. Ang ika duha time
management, kung kinsay ma late kay usahay dili jud ka abrihan ug kuan, room.
Participant #6: Uhm siguro mag adjust ra jud, walay lain kay for me naa ta diri para mag skwela, para
maka learn. Dili kay para sa dorm or sa mga people nga nagpalibot saimoha.
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Participant #7: Murag dili ko kuan okay kay layo ko sa ilaha then wala baya ko nasanay nga layo ko sa
ilaha unya first time pud nako ni.
Participant #7: Kuan kanang kailangan naa kay time management kay syempre nagskwela ka tapos naa
pa pud kay kanang dapat buhatonon like kanang mga household chores nga imong humanon so dapat
mag time management ka kay para mabuhat gane nimo tanan.
Participant #7: Hmmm? Ginasabot nga lang pod nako nga para lang pud ni sa akoa ana murag ginaadapt
lang gane nako n inga ah para lang ni sa akong inig college kanang maadapt na nako ang environment
diria
Participant #7: Na ingon gud nako sa akong sarili na dapat I change na nako ang akong outlook sa akong
life then kanang na mold gud bitaw ko as a person.
Participant #7: Uhmm. Dili gud ko sanay na naa koy kauban ba pero ginatry gud nako akong best na
makihalubilo sa ilaha aron walay gubot na mahitabo.
Participant #7: Kanang kauban gud mi pirminte pag magkaon or mag-inom bah. Lingaw man sila kauban
mao ng dali rah pud ko naka-adjust dria.
Participant #7: Kanang nag change gud ko for the better human kabalo nako magbuhat ug mga
household chores then kailangan gud nako mag i-manage akong time para mabuhat nako tanan.
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Participant #8: At first simyempre kuan jus sad jud so sad kay kanang naanad baya ko for... ano karon
lang first time jus nako na mahiwalay sa akong family kanang nalayo ko ana gane. So sad jud siya pero
kadugayan naka adjust-adjust man pud.
Participant #8: So the first thing uhh thing na akong narealized when I’m just alone is kuan I realized na
kanang dili jud diay lalim kanang you are living alone without them for the first time cause first time in a
year, I was… I was ano used to it na I was with them and I guess I’ve learned something kanang
something gud about things kanang marealized jus nimo suya after few days, few weeks, like that so
marealized lang nimo na uy kailangan jud nimo magpaspas di parehas sa una like that kanang hinay
kaayo kag lihok ana tapos sa imong mga gamit you have to be ano.
Participant #8: Ummmm… kanang be with, be on your own kanang na practice na nako na murag ok lang
man diay na ako lang isa makaya man diay nako na molakaw, molaag na ako lang isa like ana mokaon
lang na ako lang isa, ako lang isa sa balay like ana so that’s my adjustment because sa una wala jud
nako na practice na ako lang.
Participant #8: Lisod gud siya pero maka-adjust lang man ka sa situation.
Participant #8: Kanang nagbaguhan gud ko sa mga tao human feel nako burag mga buotan man sad sila
so burag okay okay rah sad.
Participant #8: Kung minsan kay dili man gud maiwasan na mag-away mi so ginatry gud nako best na
musunod ug tumanon ang mga rules dria sa hostel kay aron hapsay ang environment dria.
Participant #8: Mas taas na gud akong pasensya ug nag bago akong pananaw sa life bah kay naging
considerate ug nibuotan na gud ko dria bah.
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Participant #9: Nabaguhan gud bitaw ko sa akong ganapuyan kanang nanlisod gud kog adjust at first kay
gamay kaayo ang area human dili pa gd nako kaila ang mga tao diri bah. So kato feel nako dili kaayo
safe tapos gimingaw gud baya ko baya ko sa among balay kay naa pirmente si mama para mulihok dati
bah karon kay wala na. Ako na lang gud.
Participant #9: Ang maingon nako kay grabe na kaayo ko karesponsable nga bata kay ako nay molihok
sa tanan buhat butang diria sa balay og ako nay mubangon sa akong sarili kay wala nay mupukaw sa
imoha ug ako nay gaatiman sa akong self then lisod na wala nay ga ano nimo gamonitor pag muadto
nakag school.
Participant #9: I try my best na buhaton nako tanan para dili ko magkaproblema dria tapos kanang
nagdepende gud ko sa akong sarili bah kay wala na gud si mama para magasikaso nako. Human na
learn nako na maglihok sa mga buhatonon dria para walay away gani na mahitabo so kato.
Participant #9: I can say na mas naging responsible ug limpyado nako sa akong mga gamit kay lisod na
asa asa nako ipangbutang ni then nasanay na man sad ko dria human burag naka adapt nako sa
environment unya medyo dili na kaayo dali mamiss akong parents bah kay naa koy freedom mag adto
kung asa asa dria bah.
Participant #9: Actually sabaan man gud ko so dali rah gud ko naka make friends dria bah so burag wala
man pud koy problema when it comes sa mga tao dria. Lingaw man sila kauban. Dali rah mi nagka close.

Participant #9: Bura na nako silag family bah kay grabe na kaayo among bond sa isa’t isa then open na
kaayo mi sa among mga problema kung naa man.
Participant #9: Okay rah man kay nasanay na man pud ko sa among balay na kabalo manglimpyo,
manglaba, ug luto so burag na dalian rah gud ko then okay na man sad sa akoa ang environment ug
culture kay lingaw man sad so dili ka dali ma bored kay lingaw man sad akong mga kauban.
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Participant #10: Awww mamiss nako ang dating ginabuhat sa akong parents na galihok, ako ray galihok
ron, namiss nako sila.
Participant #10: Before, I am very close to my mother that when I came home everything is there and
complete, but now since I am all alone by myself, I have tried to practice to live on my own since I have
no parents here.
Participant #10: Lisod gud sya actually pero habang ga dugay akong pag stay diri mas dali na lang sa
akoa ang pag adjust dria. Kabalo nako manglaba, manhugas, ug magluto baskin wala si mama bah. Kay
wala na man koy lain masaligan kundi akong self na lang man so kanang mulihok na lang intawon ko.
Participant #10: Naa toy time na depress bitaw ko kay grabe nakong mingawa sa akong parents bah then
kato maayo na lang naay nitabang nako para maka-adjust gani ko dri tapos kato mas dali na sa akoa ang
mga buhatonon.
Participant #10: Lisod gud siya at first kay wala pa koy ka close bah tapos burag nahadlok pud k okay
basig lain pud silag mga batasan bah so kato in the end dili diaay mga buotan diaay kaayo sila human
okay rah man pud sila kauban kay gina try nila na sabton pud gane ko.
Participant #10: Medyo okay lang man. Wala kaayo koy problema sa ilaha.
Participant #10: Mas dali sa akoa ang adjustment stage kay nagka friends ko dria tapos naging
responsible ug independent nako dria.
Translated Interview Session
Transcript No.1
Participant #1: At first, it was really hard to adjust with the environment because I’m used to having my
mom always around and having her do all the chores. It was really scary because I didn’t really know
anyone here in Davao, and tour culture is really different from here. I was really shocked because
everything felt new to me. I cried every night because I missed my parents so much and I didn’t really
have friends yet, so I felt that I wasn’t really safe here and I wasn’t close with my roommates. At first, it’s
very hard because you will miss them, but sooner or later you will get used to it since you will meet some
new friends but regarding about family, it’s really sad because you are living to be independent.
Participant #1: Of course because it was my choice to study here in Davao, I really needed to adjust with
the situation. At first, I really learned to do my laundry and to cook for myself. It was really hard to balance
thechores and the school works while living in a hostel. I washed my clothes since no one will do it for
me. Second, whenever I feel homesick I find places to distract my attention. Third, as days go by I met
new friends and I felt okay because I felt that I was not out of place.
Participant #1: I really study so that my parents would be proud of me. Then I always pray because that’s
where I get my strength to continue my journey here. Before, I felt that I can’t stay long here in Davao
because I was really scared of the people here with the way they dress, they talk, and the way they act. I
wasn’t really used to any of it since I came from the province. I was used to being alone at first, with
everything that I did, but when I started to hang out with Mel, I felt okay and I adjusted well.
Participant #1: I remembered before that someone invites me to drink with them and I would really say no
to their invite because I know that it’s bad. Then they’ll tell me that I was a killjoy because I don’t drink, so
I just let them be because I always tell myself that drinking would do me no good.
Participant #1: It was really awkward because I wasn’t used to having someone else with me in the room.
It was really hard for me to start conversations. But as time goes by, I learned how to get along with
people. My roommates are kind and sometimes we eat together and do chores together.
Participant #1: It’s okay, we got close with each other and we do things together. If ever there are
conflicts, we talk about it so that we can avoid misunderstandings. Sometimes, we help out each other
with assignments and projects.
Participant #1: I felt that I became independent and time management is a really big help since it’s really
hard to balance my studies then my chores here. Letting me study here in Davao for Senior High School
is a really big step for me to be ready for college.
Transcript No.2
Participant #2: The very first time that I was away from my family, I really felt homesick because it was
my first time to sleep without them. I was used to sleeping with my mom, so the first time that I slept alone
i really felt homesick with the first weeks that I was here.
Participant #2: As time goes by I learn to adapt with the culture, and you need to balance your time in
order to do everything you have to do. I maintained the cleanliness since I didn’t want everything to be a
mess.
Participant #2: I really try to adapt with the situation, then since my parents are away from me so I try to
be independent because in the ends this is considered to be my training grounds for college. So that I
won’t have a hard time adjusting in college.
Participant #2: I grew as an individual and that I can manage things on my own. Then, I learned so many
things not only with academics but also about the real world.
Participant #2: Socialize so that I can gain more friends so that when there are emergencies, its easy and
I could contact them here in Davao since our province is really far.
Participant #2: They’re okay to be with although there are some that I don’t get along well but we really
need to be understanding because we’re living in a dorm.
Participant #2: Since I experienced a lot of things here living dorm, I improved as an individual.
Transcript No.3
Participant #3: Uhhmmm... at first it’s a little bit… ahh... Shocking and… its shocking because it was different
the… the environment was different than our ... Our environment in our province compared here in the City
and uhhmm … I need to be independent because you only have yourself and you have no one to go to and
sometimes if you are the only one here in the city you don’t have any relatives you need to... ahh ... You
need to learn how to live by yourself. That’s all.
Participant #3: Sooo.... uhhmm... I tried to be independent and I learn through things because of my
classmates and friends with their help... ahh... I’ve learned how to live all by myself and to be independent.
Participant #3: Uhhhmm… ahh... maybe ahhh… with the help of my classmates and friends since they’re
the only one…. Mostly them my friends is from Davao when I need help I only approach them … in how
to do this and that… and …. ahhh… and advices of them and mostly I talk to my parents and I also ask
them for guidance and… I pray most importantly to…. Help me to ahhh… to my life here and to not be lost.
Participant #3: …Ahhh. It affects me emotionally and... individually as a person. Emotionally because…
uhhh…. Of course I am far away from my parents and sometimes you need their presence to feel that you
are in a family. Because if you are alone in…your... dorm or in a hostels you feel like you’re alone no one
is with you… example… my experience was... uhmm… like having a dinner of course in our province we
are complete and we eat dinner together meanwhile when you’re in the city you are alone your dinner is
incomplete without them and your presence is incomplete without them… ahh… It affects me individually
as a person because... it helps me grow to be an indivi… ahh... independent and I’ve learned a lot of… of
things just by me… myself exploring compared whem I’m with my family.
Participant #3: At first it was awkward because… me as a pe… me as a person I… what… right… I’m a
little bit shy and sometimes not… then… that’s it… uhhhh… since it’s a long time me staying in my dorm
we’ve become close and… it’s okay and… my stay is even better with them… uhhh… staying here in Davao
is… They’re helping me.
Participant #3: It’s okay… they’re like... uhhh… uhhh… older sisters of minne because they give me advices
and I am very open with them…. They’re the only one that I am open with things that I can’t open up with
my classmates and parents and uhhmm… they know the deepest secrets of mine.
Participant #3: Uhhmmmm…. For me It needs patience and understanding because…. You need to
understand the environment and the environment will not adjust for you... so that’s all.
Transcript No.4
Participant #4: Actually... when I went here in Davao it’s so difficult because it was the first time that I was
away from my family. I am from Kiblawan Ma’am… and then... you know, it’s very hard because of money
too. One of the factors Ma’am is really financial because you know Ma’am, we are not financially stable...
here in SPC Ma’am, it’s really hard... From looking for hostels to say, it’s already so hard Ma’am... It’s
difficult too when your hostel is far from your school that’s why I looked for a place to stay near SPC...
also, it feels really different to be with unfamiliar faces, whom some of them are working already and the
fact that I’m the newbie. It was my first time to be far from my parents… it’s very new to me… but my
parents wanted me to go to SPC that is why. SPC Ma’am, it is really known and I want to attend Senior
High School in here so that I would the cultures and ways of SPC so that when I reach college, it wouldn’t
be new to me that’s why my family decided to send me here… and it’s very hard to budget everything...
when it comes to the expenses from the hostel, my allowance, I really need to take note everything.
Participant #4: Actually Ma’am, always because I am sickly and there was one time that I got sick and my
parents weren’t there. I feel like I’m going to faint and I am about to go to SPH... I can’t really help it… but
I always think that we do not have money. You know Ma’am… SPH is quite expensive… the hospital
bills… that’s why I bear it all although it’s very hard especially I only eat in eateries because in my hostel
we are not allowed to cook and I’m afraid my landlady would kick me out.
Participant #4: God is so kind Ma’am… He gave me friends. We go out of me have extra money and we
just hang out in my friends’ hostels. If we don’t have money, we just gather and stay in my other friend’s
hostel. We enjoy getting groceries and doing landry together. We wash our clothes together… but so far,
I’m happy here Ma’am. I’m enjoying myself in a way…
Participant #4: Actually, it is hard because I wash my clothes in the laundry shop because I don’t know
how to hand wash it. We are poor and we were never taught how to do laundry because my mama loves
me so much that’s why I go to the laundry shop. I try to schedule my clothes on what to wear every day, I
organize it, so that when classes start, I have something to wear… I’m afraid to make an absence
because I don’t want my parents’ money go to waste.
Participant #4: I do have many friends’ ma’am because we have the same situation ma’am... that living
without mom and dad in here it’s okay ma’am sometimes when they felt homesickness ma’am we just
divert our attention in other things ma’am. It is different when you are alone in dorm and many things will
mix in your mind... you can feel depression ma’am to be honest because you are the only one. For me
ma’am if that’s the situation if I go home or in the dorm you don’t have mates to eat with because you live
by your own. but its okay I can manage by my own.
Participant #4: I am Introvert ma’am but… if they they invite me; I go with them ma’am. but I am the one
who will go home first ma’am. like that ma’am I go home first because my mom will be angry ma’am. that
it is ma’am it’s okay if they invite me out they are good persons too ma’am.
Participant #4: Independent ma’am because I can stand on my own ma’am because my mom and dad
aren’t here that I need to stand on my own ma’am.
Transcript No.5
Participant #5: So… first… actually it is my first time away from the parents for… many days, months, and
at first I go home every weekend because of homesickness also. But every time I go home means
another expenses, P200. Going back, another P200 plus, expenses again. So as time passes, it seems
like I was able to adopt also, “Ahhh sige next month nalang ako uwi”, like that… and then next, in my first
hostel, it seems like it’s not safe. its walls were so thin compared to your house in where you are so
secured because your family is also there but in your hostel… your hostel that costs 4 thousand pesos?
And then… Oh 4 thousand pesos every month but then the quality of the room is not that dependable…
because there’s leak and let’s say its roof every time it rains, you’ll also get soaked inside… and even if
you complain, there’s still no action from them. So… even if that’s the quality of your hostel, you pay 4
thousand pesos still. Haha! So it’s not really worth it. Next, time. If for example you still have… still
have… for example, project that needs to be finished… you go home until it’s very late… the… time
that… what do you call that? like… curfew, yes! Curfew of 10 o’clock, but you know in yourself that you
didn’t do anything wrong, you just have to stay outside to finish what you have to do… for example
research because you can’t finish doing research quickly, so you really overtime, you get locked out also,
so you have to knock, so when you knock you create noise, your bunkmates will wake up… it will look like
that it was your fault for going back to your hostel very late. Second, rules. I’m not sure about the rules
because they have rules but they are not… they are not… really strictly following it. They say that visitors
aren’t allowed inside but some, even have boys inside their rooms… which is very… I don’t, can’t say it
really… but that itself, it’s already unsafe. Then… what else… ahmmm… yes, homesick. In terms of
acads, academic… ahhh… academic aspect… it’s okay? for me? I guess because I’m already used to it,
since I was still little, I really study. But the lonely feeling? Because you are the only person in your
romm, ay, depends. Because me, I am alone in my room… what’s that? I occupied the whole room
myself. So, it’s lonely in a sense that there’s no, there’s no noisy, and no one minds what you do… of
course I can go to the coffee shops but still, so expensive, given that you only have 1k per week and your
moms will ask you where your money went. “ngano nahurot man imo 1k? aha man nimo na gi… gi
gasto?” “Wala, coffee shop.” “Ngano mag coffee shop-coffee shop man ka? Ingon ani ani ani ani ani…”
sorry… that… yeah… those are so the experiences.
Participant #5: effect… for me is… nothing at all… because for me whenever I’m… I feel homesick I just
sleep and look for something to entertain me like wifi. Oh that also! In your hostel, when you look for
hostels… there’s already criteria like for example, supposedly for you to not feel homesick and all you
have to have wifi because we have MIL subject and then there’s a quiz in the google classroom and then
there’s exact time when the quiz will start so what will you do if you have no internet in you hostel? You’ll
get zero immediately? My gosh! That… then… what else… hmmmm??? Ah yes, those. One thing also?
my hostel before? is… I don’t know, they don’t have manners bai. I don’t know about them. Haha! But, I
think that is already problem in my side because I’ve chosen to… but you shouldn’t mind them.
Participant #5: so now that I transferred to a new hostel, in this current situation? It’s okay. Whenever,
ahmm… I’m bored… actually, there’s only one person that I got close with since we have the same
situation… we are Muslim. One thing also, I forgot. Every Ramadan, we wake up 3 am. In your house, it’s
okay mommy is there to wake you up but in hostel, you wake up 3 am… sometimes you can’t wake up at
3 am because you still have to cook. 4 am, you should not eat anymore so 2 am you have food already.
But what if, you have assignments, you have projects, and then you finished 1 am, how will you wake up?
Wake up 2 am and then cook and eat at 3 am and your class is 7:30 am???? *deep sigh* oh diba? So
that is one of the problem too? And now? Back to the question, in my current hostel… it’s okay. Because
there’s also Muslim… we help each other get groceries. At least, somehow… ahhh… the social
communication is present. So… it’s okay. Researcher: How does this circumstances affect you?
Participant #5: effect… for me is… nothing at all… because for me whenever I’m… I feel homesick I just
sleep and look for something to entertain me like wifi. Oh that also! In your hostel, when you look for
hostels… there’s already criteria like for example, supposedly for you to not feel homesick and all you
have to have wifi because we have MIL subject and then there’s a quiz in the google classroom and then
there’s exact time when the quiz will start so what will you do if you have no internet in you hostel? You’ll
get zero immediately? My gosh! That… then… what else… hmmmm??? Ah yes, those. One thing also?
my hostel before? is… I don’t know, they don’t have manners bai. I don’t know about them. Haha! But, I
think that is already problem in my side because I’ve chosen to… but you shouldn’t mind them.
Participant #5: awkward. It’s really just me and my close friend from the next room… I don’t know… if
there’s something she wants to borrow; she just knocks at my door. I was like, “hala, close na kami? As
in? ang saya! Okieee… Oh ito, ito pahiramin kita.” After we got close. But all the others? Like the way
they look at me… like… you should not disarrange their rice cooker, even touch it, okay sorry. That part
of the hostel is yours already it’s up to you. It’s like their territorial… ahhhh… I don’t know what’s the term,
their sense on that part is so much and that’s very annoying because… just because you have that
doesn’t mean all the area is yours already… because we can share that’s why we’re in a hostel with each
other and we should have these… ahmmm… sharing… I don’t know? Sharing responsibilities in some
sense.
Participant #5: yes… I dealt with culture shock. In our province, in Tacurong, it’s very little… 10 pm, no
one’s going out in that time. here, my gosh 3, there are still people that’s shouting outside. 3 am already,
why… actually I’m still awake by 3 am because I study. 3 am and there’s still shouting outside? I thought
there’s curfew in Davao? I questioned that also… because why is it that they say that it’s safe because…
about 10 pm no one’s going out… and, one more thing also, someone scammed me. He said he was
from Toril; he has no money. I gave him money, that time I felt pity for him and then the next day’s I saw
him again. Why is he still here? He’s trying to scam other people, that time I told him “Kuya wala ka pa
naka uwi?” the girl was there and then he said to me, “ha? Sino ka?” Ahhhh, it’s scam. He’s like a theft?
It’s like some modus, he has some modus. At that time, I’ve already seen, their actually like these… in
the… I don’t know one of the safest places in the Philippines and I think how I cope up that time was…
how did I cope with that… I just… I… I think time… because I should always not lower my walls even if it
is said in the news that Davao is one of the safest, I should always build my walls around me and be
responsible for the choices that I make.
Participant #5: yun… same said before… it’s like, it’s your responsibility even if it is said or even if there
are statistical… uhmmm… statistical data that shows that this place is one of the safest, you still not, oh,
you still should keep your walls and keep your… ahhh… keep yourself protected from anything like bring
something that help you protet yourself and you should not lower your ground.
Transcript No.6
Participant #6: Ah for me, my worst experience for me to live alone here is firstly when it comes to
financial. It’s really hard to live when you’re alone on your own, especially when you lack when it comes
to budgeting your allowance. The best experience for would be is that when you’re alone, you become
independent and you can make your own decisions.
Participant #6: Uhm to be honest uhm last year I am a transferee student in San Pedro College. Last
year, I came from Xavier, Cagayan de Oro. So when I came here in Davao, I didn’t really experience any
difficulty in adjusting with the environment or with the people around because I am used to with the
environment that is similar with the environment back in Grade 11.
Participant #6: I study or call my mom and relatives. Also I play computer games or basketball.
Participant #6: Uhm I guess there’s nothing that really affects me since I am that type of person that
doesn’t get easily affected with small problems.
Participant #6: At first, it was hard to adjust but as the day goes by I guess it was okay. I guess I can
adjust easily with my dorm mates because we all know that we all have different perspectives.
Participant #6: Uhm if I am going to rate from 1-10 uhm I think it’s probably 8 because we are already
close with each other.
Participant #6: Uhm maybe just adjust, nothing else because for me we are here to study, to learn. We
are not here merely for the dorm or for the people around us.
Transcript No.7
Participant #7: I wasn’t really okay with being far away from them because I wasn’t used to it and it was
my first time.
Participant #7: You really need to have time management because of course, you are studying and you
still have chores.
Participant #7: Hmmm? I just try to understand the situation and adapt to it and think of it as my training
ground for college.
Participant #7: I really told myself that I really need to change my outlook in my life and to mold myself as
a person.
Participant #7: Uhmm. I’m really not used to having someone around but I really try my best to get along
with so that there won’t be conflicts.
Participant #7: We’re always together and we eat and drink together. They’re fun to be with so I was able
to adjust easily here.
Participant #7: I changed for the better them I know how to do household chores on my own and I learned
that I need to manage my time so that I can do everything I need to do.
Transcript No.8
Participant #8: At first, it was really sad and I needed to get used to it and it was just my first time to be
away from my family. It was really sad but later on I adjusted well.
Participant #8: At first, I realized it’s really not easy when you’re just living alone without your parents,
because I was used to being with them all the time. I’ve learned something too that I really need to do
things fast not like before and be responsible of your things.
Participant #8: Uhmm, learn to practice to be on your own. I realized that it was okay to be on my own, so
that’s my adjustment because before o really didn’t practice being alone.
Participant #8: It was difficult at first but as time goes by I can adjust with the situation.
Participant #8: The faces of people are new to me and I feel that they were very kind and pleasing.
Participant #8: Sometimes, we really can’t help but fight so I try my best to follow the rules here so that
the environment is good here.
Participant #8: My patience is longer and my outlook in life changed because I became more considerate
and kind.
Transcript No.9
Participant #9: I felt that it wasn’t really safe at first and I found it really hard to adjust because the area Is
too small and I don’t know the people around me. I also missed my mom that was always there to do the
chores and everything and now I have to do everything on my own.
Participant #9: I can say that I really became responsible because I do everything on my own and I wake
myself up since it’s really hard having no one to be with you to monitor you.
Participant #9: I try my best to do everything here so that I won’t have any problem here and I depend on
my own since mom’s not here to take care of me. I also learned to do everything here so that there won’t
be any conflicts.
Participant #9: I can say that I became more responsible and neat and organized when it comes to my
things, and I adapted with the environment already so I don’t really feel homesick and I have the freedom
to go everywhere here.
Participant #9: Actually, I’m really outgoing so it was easy for me to make friends and I don’t really have a
problem when it comes with the people around me. They’re fun to be with and we became close with
each other.
Participant #9: They’re like my family because our bond became stronger and we’re open with each other
with all our problems if there is any.
Participant #9: It’s okay since I’m used to doing chores in our home so it was easy for me, then with the
environments and culture, I got used to it as well because it’s fun so I don’t get bored easily with my
roommates.
Transcript No.10
Participant #10: Awww, I missed my parents and everything we did together before, now I do things
alone. I really miss them.
Participant #10: Before, I am very close to my mother that when I came home everything is there and
complete, but now since I am all alone by myself, I have tried to practice to live on my own since I have
no parents here.
Participant #10: Actually, it’s really hard but as time goes by it was easy to adjust. I know now how to do
my chores without my mom. Since I don’t have anyone to trust but myself, so I really do things on my
own.
Participant #10: There was a time that I became depressed because I really missed my parents, then
someone helped me to adjust here, then it was really easy for me with my chores and all.
Participant #10: It was really hard since I don’t have any friends and I was scared because we might not
get along well but in the end it was okay, they try to understand me too.
Participant #10: It’s okay, I don’t have any problems with them.
Participant #10: It was easy for me to adjust since I gained friends here and I became responsible and
independent.
Appendix F
Thematic Analysis
Table 9. Significant Statements
Significant Statements Transcript Page No.

No.
“I cried every night because I missed my parents so much 1 73
and I didn’t really have friends yet, so I felt that I wasn’t really
safe here ....”
“I really needed to adjust with the situation.” 1 73
“I remembered before that someone invites me to drink with 1 73
them”
“It was really awkward because I wasn’t used to having 1 73
someone else with me in the room. “
“You need to understand the environment and the 3 74
environment will not adjust for you.”
“It is different when you are alone in dorm and many things 4 75
will mixed in your mind, you can feel depression…”
“we are Muslim. One thing also, I forgot. Every Ramadan, we 5 77
wake up 3 am. In your house, it’s okay mommy is there to
wake you up but in hostel, you wake up 3 am… sometimes
you can’t wake up at 3 am”
“maybe just adjust, nothing else because for me we are here 6 78
to study, to learn. We are not here merely for the dorm or for
the people around us.”
“just try to understand the situation and adapt to it and think 7 79
of it as my training ground for college.”
“I really told myself that I really need to change my outlook in 7 79
my life and to mold myself as a person.”
“Before, I am very close to my mother that when I came 10 81
home everything is there and complete, but now since I am
all alone by myself, I have tried to practice to live on my own
since I have no parents here.”
“I really felt homesick because it was my first time to sleep 2 74
without them…”
“I tried to be independent and I learn through things” 3 75

“it was really sad and I needed to get used to it and it was just 8 80
my first time to be away from my family.”
“I realized it’s really not easy when you’re just living alone 8 79
without your parents.”
“I felt that it wasn’t really safe.” 9 81
“I can say that I really became responsible 9 81
“its shocking because it was different the… the environment 3 74
was different”
Table 10. Formulated Meanings from Significant Statements
Significant Statements Formulated Meanings

“I cried every night because I missed my parents so Students mostly rely on their
much and I didn’t really have friends yet, so I felt that I parents
wasn’t really safe here ....”
“I realized it’s really not easy when you’re just living
alone without your parents.”
“I really felt homesick because it was my first time to
sleep without them…”
“Before, I am very close to my mother that when I came
home everything is there and complete, but now since I
am all alone by myself, I have tried to practice to live on
my own since I have no parents here.”
“I felt that it wasn’t really safe.” Students felt strange with the
new environment
“its shocking because it was different the… the
environment was different”
“I really needed to adjust with the situation.” Students eventually
understand their situation.
“You need to understand the environment and the
environment will not adjust for you.”
“It was really awkward because I wasn’t used to having
someone else with me in the room. “
“maybe just adjust, nothing else because for me we are
here to study, to learn. We are not here merely for the
dorm or for the people around us.”
“I really told myself that I really need to change my

outlook in my life and to mold myself as a person.”
“just try to understand the situation and adapt to it and
think of it as my training ground for college.”
“I remembered before that someone invites me to drink Students can be engaged into
with them” vices and can affect their
mental health.
“It is different when you are alone in dorm and many
things will mixed in your mind... you can feel
depression…”
“we are Muslim. One thing also, I forgot. Every Students can have their
Ramadan, we wake up 3 am. In your house, it’s okay culture affected.
mommy is there to wake you up but in hostel, you wake
up 3 am… sometimes you can’t wake up at 3 am”
“I can say that I really became responsible Students became more
independent.
“I tried to be independent and I learn through things”
Table 11. Theme Clusters Constructed from Formulated Meanings
Formulated Meanings Theme Clusters

 Students eventually understand their situation Personal-emotional
Adjustments
 Students can have their culture affected.
 Students can be engaged into vices and can affect
their mental health.
 Students felt strange with the new environment Unfamiliarity of the New
Setting
 Students became more independent. Getting used of doing
Household Chores
 Students became more independent. Independency

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LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LIVING

A Research Paper Presented to the

In Partial Fulfilment of the

assisting and encouraging us.

First, we would like to thank our teachers and administrators. Specifically, we

incredibly valuable to us as researchers. To Rosario M. Oconer, MATC, thank you for

study. Your collaboration made this research possible.

TITLE PAGE .................................................................................................................. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ 3

Related Literature ....................................................................................................... 8

Theoretical Lense ..................................................................................................... 12

Intent of the Study..................................................................................................... 13

Significance of the Study .......................................................................................... 13

Scope and Limitations .............................................................................................. 14

CHAPTER II: METHODS ............................................................................................. 15

CHAPTER III: RESULTS ........................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER 1V: DISCUSSION .................................................................................... 33

Appendix A - Letters ................................................................................................. 45

A. 1- Letter to the Panelist ................................................................................... 45

A. 2- Letter to the Program Head ......................................................................... 48

Appendix B – Reseach Instruments (Guide Questions) ............................................ 49

Appendix C – Informed Consent Form for Parents/Guardians .................................. 50

Appendix D – Informed Consent Form for Participants ............................................. 56

Appendix F – Transcript ........................................................................................... 82

CURRICULUM VITAE ................................................................................................. 85

as fills in as preparing grounds. As students reach in a specific age, students will in

success or otherwise of the transitioning process. Social relationships, finding friends,

A study that was conducted in Australia, homesickness has been identified in

literature as debilitating to young people’s capacity to flourish socially, emotionally, and

confidence (Fisher, Elder & Peacock, 1990).

students’ performance especially when it demands a certain attention and commitment

the years (Gutang & Ygnacio, 2010).

Literature regarding the experiences of dormitory students is limited with most

transitioning, homesickness and homesickness help-seeking, and the range of variables

on individuals (Bronfenbrenner, 1979).

research, it aims to understand the personality involved in transitioning process.

countries, especially in our country, hundreds of students resides in a hostel. A group

provinces, districts and cities (Memon, Solangi and Abro, 2018).

Personality Involved in Adaptation

Personality is the combinations of multiple traits which are consistent and

thinking process. Moreover, adolescence stage encounters remarkable physical,

emotions eg., happiness, sadness, excitement, anger, frustration, and perceptions

rebellious at times. Hence, adolescence stage is a stage of discovery and a perfect

stage of development for every individual.

Students have to adjust to other students staying in the hostel. It is pronounced

perception of belongingness on a particular group (Magno and Lajom, 2008).

Belongingness, as defined by Hagerty, Saucer, Patusky, Bouwsema and Collier (1992)

is a “sense of personal involvement in a social system so that persons feel themselves

to be an indispensable and integral part of the system or environment.

Physical and Environmental Conditions of Students Living in Hostels

Student hostel are considered as physical headquarters, residential buildings and

Perez, Aya-ay and Sagarino, 2012).

Advantages of living in Hostels

“A Qualitative Study Investigating the Impact of Hostel Life”, a study conducted

they considered to be realistic, punctual, disciplined, independent, compromising, and

meaning from the situation which makes them better persons.

Disadvantages of living in hostels

education. Variables corresponding on family background, grade performance,

academics, intellectual capacity and friends. Furthermore, commitment of the

institutional and university environment is probably connected to two other variables