Self-esteem, social-support, self-disclosure, depression and suicidal tendency among gay and lesbian Jessa May G. Garcia...[et.al].

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Psychology) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The study aimed to determine the Self-Esteem, Social Support, Self-Disclosure, Depression and Suicidal Tendency. The study was conducted in selected town in the Province of Rizal. The study made use of the descriptive method of research utilizing the researcher-adopted questionnaire checklist by Rosenberg, Sarason, Sydney M. Jourard and Paul Lasakow, Goldberg and A. Osman. Checklist was the main tool to gather the needed information or data. To determine the level of self-esteem, social support, self-disclosure, depression and suicidal tendency of the respondents, weighted mean was applied. To find the significant difference between the gay and lesbian self-esteem, social support, self-disclosure, depression and suicidal tendency, t-test was used. The study failed to reject the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the self-esteem, social support, self-disclosure, depression and suicidal tendency among gay and lesbian.