ABSTRACT
Filipinos are known for being extremely helpful and empathic toward others. They enjoy giving back to others without expecting anything in return. As a result, when they work or do something, they become too attached or involved with it, even though it threatens their personal lives and the lives of their families. With that, the study determined the adversity quotient and compassion fatigue of public school teachers in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas. The study's respondents included 53 elementary teachers and 135 secondary teachers, for a total of 188. The descriptive-quantitative method of research was employed so as to fulfill the objective of the study. A standardized and self-constructed survey and test questionnaires that had gone through validation served as the main tools in data gathering. Statistical treatments applied to the gathered data included frequency and percentage, weighted mean, t-Test, ANOVA, and Spearman rho. The results revealed that the majority of the teacher respondents were 25–30 years old, females, married, under teacher 1 rank, with units in masters’ degrees, less than five years in service, and teaching at the secondary level. The teacher-respondents have a high level of compassion fatigue and a very high level of adversity quotients in terms of control, ownership, reach, and endurance. Moreover, as to test for significant differences, there was a significant difference in the level of compassion fatigue when grouped according to civil status, except age, sex, rank, educational attainment, length of service, and teaching level. In addition, there are significant differences in the level of teacher–respondents’ adversity quotient when grouped according to age and rank, except sex, civil status, highest educational attainment, length of service, and teaching level. Lastly, results showed that there is a significant relationship between the teacher and the respondents’ level of compassion fatigue and adversity quotient. However, there was a very low degree of association between these variables. In light of the findings of the study, the study recommends the implementation of the proposed programs, which are intended to manage the teachers’ compassion fatigue and adversity quotient.
Keywords: Teachers, Compassion Fatigue, Adversity Quotient
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