This paper investigated the Self-Actualization of Married and Unmarried among Middle Aged Professionals and aimed to determine the level of self-actualization of married and unmarried among middle aged; to compare the level of self-actualization of the married and unmarried based on gender and civil status; to know the factors that influence/contribute to the respondent’s self-actualization. Participants of this study were one hundred ten (110) married and unmarried, men and women from different barangays in Batangas City. Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of data were used as research design. Questionnaires were employed to determine the respondents level pf self-actualization while interview was utilized to get data from the respondents as to factors that contribute to their self-actualization. The results show that married have moderate self-actualization and unmarried has an approaching self-actualization.
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In-Text Citation: (Amparado et al., 2014)
To Cite this Article: Amparado, M. J. B., Javier, P. M. C., Pomar, E. J. E., Aquino-Malabanan, M. G., & Landicho, L. C. (2014). Self-Actualization of Married and Unmarried among Middle aged Professionals. International Journal of Academic Research in Psychology, 1(1), 88–95.
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