UPV Theses and Dissertations
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Item Desensitizing effects of violent media on bullyingAnasis, Anna Marie C. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences , University of the Philippines Visayas, 2014-04)The study examined the links between repeated exposure to violent media stimuli and desensitization to violence as a predictor variable and bullying tendency as outcome variables. Participants in two different conditions were made to watch a different set of video clips for three nonconsecutive days. Experimental groups were made to watch violent video clips, and for control group, nonviolent video clips. Following the clip, participants for both group completed a Positive and Negative Affect Schedule to measure desensitization and Tendency to Bully Scale to measure the tendency of the participants to bully. One-way analysis of variance and test of means were used to determine whether there are significant differences between sessions and between groups. The result showed significant results across variables except for the positive affect on the last session. Repeated exposure to violent video clips was found to increase experimental participants positive affect, decrease negative affect and increase the tendency to bully. Speculations were drawn from these results.Item Willingness-to-pay for the conservation of Bucari Pine Forest in Leon, IloiloAnaquita, Argena Hera E.; Santos, Jose Maria D. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2016-06)The Bucari Pine Forest has provided the municipality of Leon in Iloilo Province with both economic and environmental benefits. However, due to development plans, the Bucari Pine Forest has become vulnerable to degradation. This study estimated the willingness-to-pay of the residents of Leon, Iloilo for the conservation of the Bucari Pine Forest using the Contingent Valuation Method. The study participants were 320 local residents from eight (4 upland, 4 lowland) barangays of Leon, Iloilo. The final data collection was conducted in January 2016 to March 2016. Seventy-five percent of the study participants were willing to pay for the conservation of Bucari Pine Forest. The calculated mean WTP of the study participants with adjustment to the level of certainty was P3 3 5.00 per year or P27.92 per month. The factor that significantly affected the willingness-to-pay of the study participants was the bid price. This means that the higher the bid price, the less likely the study participant was willing to pay for the conservation of the Bucari Pine Forest. The information in this study can be used by local policy makers in drafting conservation policies and provide awareness on the importance of the conservation of the Bucari Pine Forest.
