1. Family Functioning and Social Life Regulation among Adolescents
Michelle B. Francisco
Rosdy N. Lazaro
Mariecar C. Santos
Flor Villa P. Marticio, PhD
Adventist University of the Philippines

2. GLOBAL PROBLEM
Morreti & Peled (2004) stated in their study that adolescence is increasingly a high risk in their development. These rapid changes may accompany several problems and one of the problem is school dropout.
This is for the academic performance of the adolescents

3. GLOBAL PROBLEM
Beyond daily interactions at school, teens are increasingly connected by smartphones, social media, gaming, and internet, they spend more time with their friends with these gadgets (Lenhart, 2015).
This is for social life of adolescent

4. GLOBAL PROBLEM
The Raising Children Network (2015) found out that as children become teenagers, they begin to spend more of their time alone and with their friends.

5. LOCAL PROBLEM
Lapeña, Tarroja, Tirazona & Fernando (2009) stated on their study that Filipino youth generally took comfort in sharing their problems with someone

6. LOCAL PROBLEM
Cebu Daily News (2014) mentioned that Filipinos aged 15 to 24, represent the biggest consumers of information technology in the past few years.

7. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Four general theoretical models highlight the concept of family functioning, academic performance and social life such as; Family System, McMaster Approach to Families, Social Learning Theory and, Behavioral psychology.

8. Family System Theory
This theory proposed the family system and is considered a system because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives, they show coherent behaviors, they have regular interactions, and they are interdependent on one another.

9. McMaster Approach to Families
The theory focuses on assessing and formulating four family life: Affective Response, Communication, Family Roles and Problem Solving.

10. Social Learning Theory
Humans are active information processors and thinks about the relationship between their behavior and its consequences. Social learning theory arise from their commitment to the environment as the chief influence on behaviour.

11. Learning Theory and Behavioral Psychology
Learning can be defined as the process leading to relatively permanent behavioral change. In other words as we learn, we alter the way we perceive our environment, the way we interact, or behave.

12. Social Life Regulation
RESEARCH PARADIGM
Family Functioning
Affective Responses
Communication
Family Roles
Problem Solving
Social Life Regulation
Social Group
Social Media
Moderator Variable
Age
Gender
Socioeconomic Status

13. RESEARCH PROBLEM
What is the respondents’ level of family functioning in terms of:
Affective Responses
Communication
Family Roles
Problem Solving

14. RESEARCH PROBLEM
What is the respondents’ social life regulation profile in terms of:
Social Group
Social Media

15. RESEARCH PROBLEM
Is there a significant relationship between family functioning and social life regulation?

16. METHODS
Population – The sample (n=58) for pilot study came from a public college in Tagaytay. The final data gathering was administered in the same college but to a different population (n=216). Sampling technique – to utilize the study, researchers used convenient sampling.

17. METHODS
Research Instrument - Self-constructed instruments comprised the Demographic Profile, Family Functioning Scale and Social Life Regulation Scale. The instruments were conceptualized based from the literatures and theoretical background.

18. Methods
Statistical Treatment -Mean and Standard Deviation -Pearson r correlation -ANNOVA (age) -t-test (gender and socioeconomic status) -regression analysis

19. METHODS
Data Gathering The researchers asked permission from the authorities to administer the Questionaires and also to have an access to the grades of the respondents.

20. METHODS
Ethical Consideration The researchers used the informed consent from the institution so that there will be no coercion in the research participation. Anonymity and confidentiality of the respondents will be included for their protection and security.

21. RESULTS Respondents’ Level of Family Functioning Mean
Standard Deviation
Verbal Interpretation
Affective Response
2.22
0.39
Good
Communication
2.04
0.43
Family Roles
1.80
0.41
Problem Solving
1.88
0.51
Overall Family Functioning
1.99
0.16

22. Discussion
This implies that the respondents have a good and well functioning family. Moreover, the result suggest that the respondents are family oriented, their family can respond to their emotion, they can communicate well to their family, they know their roles in the family and they know how to solve their problem inside the family.

23. RESULTS Respondent’s Level of Social Life Regulation Mean(SD) Scale
Verbal Interpretation
Social Group
2.04(0.81)
Very Often
High
Social Media
3.13(0.83)
Sometimes
Average
Overall Social Life Regulation
2.69

24. DISCUSSION
Adolescent Health (2016) found out that the respondents have an average social life. In addition, time spent with family can be important for mental health and cognitive development, while spending time with peers is important for healthy social and emotional development.

25. Social Life Regulation
RESULTS
Relationship of Family Functioning to Social Life Regulation
Family Functioning
Social Life Regulation
Social Group
Social Media
R(p)
Affective Response
.061(.375)
-.107(.118)
Communication
.206**(.001)
-.153*(.025)
Family Roles
.161*(.018)
-.138*(.043)
Problem Solving
.236**(.000)
-.162*(.017
Overall Family Functioning
.219**(.001)
-.176**(.009)

26. DISCUSSION
It implies that the higher level of social group the better the family functioning. The result is supported by the study of Pai & Arshat (2016) that there is a significant relationship of family functioning to the social life of adolescents.

27. DISCUSSION
It implies that as the level of family functioning increases the level of social media decreases. According to Parents Guide, (2015) the parents who talk to their adolescents about their social media usage was reported to have lower of social media usage.

28. Conclusion
The study concludes that family plays a great role in the social development of adolescents especially in regulating their social media usage and balancing their time with family and peers.

29. In addition, open communication, clear family roles and good problem solving helps adolescents decrease their social media usage and helps adolescents’ have the capability to relate positively with their peers and to balance their social life with their family and peers.