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LIFE SATISFACTION, SELF-CONCEPT
AND POSSIBLE SELVES OF CLARKFIELD AYTAS

Mental Health. She has published in both national and international journals, with
child and adolescent development, mentality, indigenous people, and resilience as
her topics of interest.

Florencia Charito I. Sebastian
This study explored the life satisfaction, self-concept, and possible selves of
Aytas, an indigenous group in the Philippines, through “pakikipagkwentuhan”,
observation, and semi-structured interviews. Fifty-two families from Sitio Monicayo
and Marcos Village in Clarkfield Pampanga, Philippines participated in the study.
Results indicate that as regards their subjective well-being, majority of the
informants expressed dissatisfaction due to lack of sustained source of livelihood,
lack of water supply, fear of landslide in their area of residence, and lack of
vocational training and higher educational opportunities in their community. Most
are satisfied in terms of their state of health and the quality of interpersonal
relationships. Possible selves in terms of the domains of personal, family,
occupation, relationship, and material well-being were also determined. Hopedfor selves generally center on being physically healthy both for oneself and for
the family, having a regular source of income, giving their children a chance to
finish their education, and having their houses repaired to weather typhoons and
other disasters. Meanwhile, feared selves include getting sick and early death
which will keep them from taking care of the children, ill-health of family members,
meeting accidents at work and being terminated from work, and not being in good
terms with the neighbors. They generally have no fears in terms of their material
well-being. These results are discussed according to the Aytas’ contextual realities
in their current location.
About the Presenter
Dr. Florencia Charito I. Sebastian is an Assistant Professor 7 teaching Economics
courses at the UPDEPP. She graduated with a degree in Political Science from
Saint Louis University and UP Baguio in 1977 and earned a Certificate in
Development Economics from the UP School of Economics in 1984 before taking
up both her masters in Asian Studies and doctorate in Philippine Studies (major in
Economics of Culture) from the Asian Center in the late 1980s. She is an expert in
the fields of Development Economics, Economics of Culture, Political Theory,
Economic Theory, Public Finance, and Human Resource Economics.
About the Members of the Research Team
Eden Terol teaches Applied Psychology courses at the UPDEPP. She is currently
doing her doctoral dissertation at the UP Department of Psychology. Prior to her
teaching post at UP, she served as a psychologist at the National Center for

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Bryan Engay is an Assistant Professor at UPDEPP under the Applied Psychology
Program. He has handled courses in Abnormal Psychology, Theories of Personality,
Human Development, Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Research in Psychology, and
Introduction to Clinical Psychology. He finished his undergraduate degree in
Philosophy from the Our Lady of Peñafrancia Seminary and pursued a Master’s
degree in Psychology in UP Diliman. His current research interests are the
psychological effects of OFW immigration among children of OFWs and the
psychospiritual benefits of lifestyle sabbatical among Filipino young professionals.
Cristabel Fagela is an Assistant Professor under the Applied Psychology Program
of UPDEPP. She obtained her BS Psychology and MA Psychology degrees from UP
Diliman. She is currently finishing her doctoral studies in UP Diliman under the
educational psychology program. Aside from teaching, she also does psychological
assessment at the Care and Counsel Wholeness Center.
Rosanne Echivarre is an Assistant Professor at UPDEPP. She teaches Introduction
to Psychology, Social Psychology, and Field Research Methods. Her research
interests include people’s attitudes and wellbeing.
About the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP)
The University of the Philippines Diliman - Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP;
informally, UP Pampanga or UP Clark) brings the UP standard of education,
research, and extension work to the busiest and fastest growing place in Central
Luzon, the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City, Pampanga. It also assists the Clark
Development Corporation (CDC) develop its tourism program and the Clark
International Airport Corporation (CIAC) in strengthening its logistics capability. It
also has a unit operating in Subic Freeport, called the University of the Philippines
Diliman Extension Program in Olongapo (UPDEPO). UP’s presence in Pampanga
started when an extension program was established in Clark Air Force Base in
1953. Another unit was established in San Fernando, Pampanga in 1979. Then
called the UP Extension Program in San Fernando, (UPEPSF), it was formalized in
June of that year under a Memorandum of Agreement between UP and the province
of Pampanga under Governor Estelito Mendoza. UPDEPP is also known as UP
Clark, UP Clarkfield or UP Pampanga. It is one of the extension campuses of the
University of the Philippines Diliman. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/
UNIVERSITY-OF-THE-PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN-Ext-Program-Pampanga-UPDEPP/
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