00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-8027390931313545384 Buklod 20070912122647.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr ||||||||||| 070912s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPVIS-00000024410 Gift VML/ess 8.24.17 eng LG 993 2005 P7 M37 Marcellana, May U. Attributions on poverty, belief in a just world, and psychological well-being of fishermen in selected coastal barangays in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. May U. Marcellana, Ramahdyna Jezza A. Quimosing. 2005. Research Project (Undergraduate, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology-Management) College of Arts and Sciences, UP Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo This study was conducted to determine the fishermen's major attributions on poverty, their belief in a just world and psychological well-being. Thirty (30) municipal fishermen whose age ranges from 29 to 78 were purposively selected to participate in the study. They were head of a family with six or more members have an income below the standard set by NSCB and rated themselves a poor., Four instruments were utilizedfor this study namely: Showcards from the Survey Question on Self Rated Poverty, an Open-ended questionnaire on attributions on poverty, Belief in just world Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale. Results showed that the respondents attributed poverty to external factors and have high level of belief in a just world psychological well-being, poverty is stillexternally attributed. No significant correlation exist between belief in just and psychological well-being as indicated by r=0.34 Fishermen Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. Quimosing, Ramahdyna Jezza A. Go, Jose Adviser. UPVIS UPV-ML LG 993 2005 P7 M37 Thesis