Projects & Publications

This cluster advances a culturally grounded understanding of clinical psychology by examining ginhawa and other Filipino psychological concepts as foundations for understanding well-being, distress, relationships, and therapeutic change. Drawing from Sikolohiyang Pilipino and Filipino lived realities, research in this area develops and refines locally meaningful theories, constructs, and clinical frameworks. It also explores how culturally embedded experiences and relational processes can inform more context-sensitive approaches to psychotherapy, assessment, and mental health practice.

Ginhawa and Filipino Clinical Psychology

Bautista, V. V. (2011). Gaan at gana sa buhay: Sikolohiya ng sarap, ligaya at ginhawa sa pananaw ng sikolohiyang pang klinika. In J. A. R. Cantiller & J. A. Yacat (Eds.), ISIP: Mga kaisipan sa sikolohiya, kultura at lipunang Pilipino (Tomo 1, pp. 15–44). Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Bautista, V. V. (2024). Ang halaga at hamon ng pagdalumat sa ginhawa. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 61–66). National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Bautista, V. V., & Salvador, D. L. A. (Eds.). (2024). Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad. National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Inocencio, L. S. (2024). Infertility as a life course disruption among Filipino women. Philippine Social Sciences Review, 76(2). https://saliksik.upd.edu.ph/storage/submission/pdf/manuscripts

Mendoza, G. G. V., & Sio, C. P. (2018). Experience sampling method sa konteksto ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino. DIWA E-Journal.

Mendoza, G.G.V., Dimalanta, J.M.B., Alforque, A.J.C., Rañeses, B.R.M., & Reyes, J.V. (2025, October 27). Pahingahan: Ginhawa para sa mga Tagapagkalinga [Workshop]. Clinical Psychology Stream, Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology Summer School, Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2024). Towards a culturally sensitive model of therapeutic alliance: Exploring the role of Filipino values and shared realities. Philippine Social Science Journal, 6(4), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.52006/main.v6i4.875

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2026). Beyond goals, tasks, and bond: Agapay-ginhawa as a culturally grounded process theory of therapeutic alliance in Filipino psychotherapy [Manuscript in preparation].

Salvador, D. L. A. (2011). Pagdududa: An initial inquiry into Filipinos’ experience of doubting. Philippine Social Sciences Review, 63(1), 35–63.

Salvador, D. L. A., & Mendoza, G. G. V. (2026). Key constructs and processes of a Filipino existential psychotherapy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678251413801

This cluster examines how psychotherapy works, for whom, and under what relational and clinical conditions. Research investigates therapeutic alliance, client–therapist processes, session-level experiences, symptom and well-being trajectories, and transdiagnostic mechanisms associated with therapeutic improvement. It also evaluates the effectiveness of psychological interventions in real-world service settings, with particular attention to culturally responsive and evidence-based approaches that reflect Filipino relational experiences.

Psychotherapy Studies and Clinical Outcomes

Carido, N. C. S., Rilveria, J. R. C., Lansangan, A. V. G., & Villaflor, A. G. N. (2024). Panimulang katibayan tungkol sa ginhawa na dulot ng dalawang pamamaraan ng sikoterapi. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 61–66). National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2026). Whose alliance shapes whose appraisal? Longitudinal actor–partner associations between therapeutic alliance and session quality, clinical severity, and global improvement among Filipino client–therapist dyads. Cogent Mental Health, 5(1), Article 2716621. https://doi.org/10.1080/28324765.2026.2716621

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2026). Are we on the same page? Examining client-therapist alliance congruence and psychological well-being. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome. https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2026.896

Rilveria, J. R. C., Carido, N. C. S., Lansangan, A. V. G., Villaflor, A. G. N., Tuazon, A. C. A., Salvador, D. L. A., & Bautista, V. V. (2025). Basic effectiveness of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (GMBCT) in the university setting. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 25(4), 47–68. https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1591

This cluster advances evidence-based, culturally responsive approaches to psychological assessment, clinical diagnosis, and case formulation across diverse populations and service settings. Research examines how multiple sources of clinical information—including psychological tests, symptom and functioning measures, clinical interviews, behavioral observations, developmental and psychosocial histories, and longitudinal clinical data—can be meaningfully integrated to understand the person beyond diagnostic labels or test scores. The cluster also investigates the clinical utility, validity, and cultural appropriateness of contemporary diagnostic and assessment frameworks, including dimensional and transdiagnostic approaches.

Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Case Formulation

This cluster investigates the nature, development, expression, and lived experience of psychological distress and psychopathology, including the ways symptoms, personality functioning, emotion regulation, cognitive-affective processes, interpersonal patterns, and contextual factors interact over time. Research encompasses both categorical and dimensional perspectives on mental disorders, with particular interest in transdiagnostic processes, personality pathology, clinical severity, comorbidity, and heterogeneity within diagnostic presentations. It also examines how psychological difficulties are experienced, understood, and expressed within Filipino sociocultural contexts.

Psychopathology and Clinical Phenomenology

This cluster investigates psychological processes and mechanisms that cut across traditional diagnostic categories, while also examining how these processes may manifest differently across specific forms of psychopathology, levels of functioning, and clinical presentations. Research focuses on cognitive, emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and self-regulatory mechanisms that may contribute to the development, maintenance, exacerbation, or amelioration of psychological distress. Areas of interest include emotion regulation and dysregulation, intolerance of uncertainty, perfectionism, self-compassion, self-criticism and self-critical rumination, psychological flexibility and rigidity, maladaptive schemas and schema processes, experiential avoidance, coping processes, and related mechanisms of psychological functioning.

Transdiagnostic Mechanisms

Fadriquela, M. N. Z., Tan, J. S. T., & Salvador, D. L. A. (2026). A conditional process analysis on the role of self-compassion on compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among Filipino physicians. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/15555240.2026.2723392

This cluster examines the interrelationships among psychological processes, physical health, illness, health behavior, and healthcare experiences across the lifespan. Research investigates how factors such as stress, coping, emotion regulation, personality, health beliefs, social relationships, and sociocultural contexts influence disease adjustment, treatment adherence, symptom experience, quality of life, and overall well-being among individuals living with acute, chronic, or life-altering health conditions. It also explores psychological and behavioral interventions that support health promotion, illness self-management, resilience, and adaptation, including the experiences of families, caregivers, and health providers.

Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

This cluster focuses on the development, formation, and continuing competence of clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, and other mental health practitioners. Research examines experiences that shape professional development, including reflective practice, clinical teaching, supervision, and the challenges of learning psychotherapy within changing social and service contexts. The cluster seeks to strengthen models of clinical education that support ethical practice, practitioner well-being, culturally responsive competence, and sustained professional growth.

Clinical Education, Reflection, and Training

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2026). What if my best isn’t good enough? A phenomenological exploration of clinician self-doubt in mental health practice. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 26(2), Article e70131. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.70131

Salvador, D. L. A. (2020). Experience is the best teacher: Reflections on teaching existential therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diliman Review, 64(1), 222–249.

Tuazon, A. C. A. (2015). Comparison of core curriculum and distribution models of general education: Student evaluation of general education social science courses at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Philippine Social Sciences Review, 67(1).

This cluster investigates the mental health, psychological well-being, and psychosocial experiences of students and other members of university communities, as well as the systems designed to support them. Research spans student needs and adjustment, psychological distress, perfectionism, resilience and self-compassion, academic accommodations, safe and supportive spaces, and the roles of faculty, staff, administrators, and mental health services. It aims to generate evidence that can inform more responsive university mental health programs, institutional practices, policies, and cultures of care.

University Mental Health and Student Well-being

Abog, K. C., & Calamion-Otchengco, Y. M. (2024). Bahaginan tungo sa ginhawa: Pagbuo ng mga ligtas na espasyo sa unibersidad. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 42–49). National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Bautista, V. V., & Salvador, D. L. (2024). Adbokasiya at bolunterismo: Tawag ng kasalukuyan at hinaharap sa nakagiginhawang unibersidad. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 42–49). National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Puyat, J. H., Salvador, D. L., Tuazon, A. C., & Afable, S. D. (2025). Rising prevalence of depression and widening sociodemographic disparities in depressive symptoms among Filipino youth: Findings from two large nationwide cross-sectional surveys. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 12, Article e51. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.39

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2025). Mga benepisyo at hamon sa pagpapaunlad ng ginhawa ng mga mag-aaral sa unibersidad: Pagpapatibay ng akademikong akomodasyon sa UP Diliman. DIWA E-Journal, 10, 54–68.

Tan, J. S. T. (2022). Hiding behind the “perfect” mask: A phenomenological study of Filipino university students’ lived experiences of perfectionism. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 17(1), Article 2062819. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2062819

Tan, J. S. T. (2023). The mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between trait perfectionism and psychological resilience among Filipino university students. Cogent Psychology, 10(1), Article 2168424. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2168424

Tan, J. S. T., Hill, A. P., & Madigan, D. J. (2026). Perfectionism, wellbeing, and coping among Filipino university students: A multi-study test of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 39(1), 35–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2025.2521412

Tan, J. S. T., Yatco, M. C. L., & Carrera, P. C. (2024). Pagsasanib-puwersa ng akademikong administrasyon at ng nagbibigay ng serbisyong mental. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 42–49). National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

Tan, J. S. T., Yatco, M. C. L., Carrera, P. C., Salvador, D. L. A., & Bautista, V. V. (2021). A needs assessment study on the experiences and adjustments of students in a Philippine university: Implications for university mental health. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 54, 43–81. https://doi.org/10.31710/pjp/0054.03

Tuazon, A. C., & Bantigue, J. A. (2024). Ang guro at kawani bilang daluyan ng ginhawa para sa mag-aaral. In V. V. Bautista & D. L. A. Salvador (Eds.), Ang ginhawa bilang hangarin at balangkas sa paglikha ng mga mapagkalingang unibersidad (pp. 42–49). National Commission for Culture and the Arts–Philippine Cultural Education Program, UP Diliman Psychosocial Services, & Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino.

This cluster examines mental health and psychosocial well-being within community contexts, service systems, and populations whose needs may not be adequately addressed through conventional clinic-based care alone. Research includes community-based addiction recovery, psychiatric service populations, older adults and dementia, and the development of interventions grounded in community realities and participation. Particular emphasis is placed on translating clinical knowledge into accessible, culturally responsive, and sustainable approaches that strengthen community capacities for prevention, recovery, care, and psychosocial support.

Community Mental Health

Bautista, V. V., Salvador, D. L. A., Manalo, A. M., & Agbayani, A. R. (2020). Handbook para sa tagapagpadaloy ng programa: Pagtalikod sa droga—Pag-usbong ng ginhawa program (Vol. 1). PDG-CHED.

Bautista, V. V., Salvador, D. L. A., Manzanilla-Manalo, A., Agbayani, A. R., Caringal, C. H., & Fuentes, A. M. M. (2024). Research as community preparation: Experience from a community-based addictions recovery program. In R. Pe-Pua (Ed.), Handbook of Filipino psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 501–523). University of the Philippines Press.

This cluster advances research on mental health and psychosocial support before, during, and after disasters and humanitarian emergencies. Studies examine the experiences and needs of disaster-affected communities, displaced populations, emergency and first responders, and institutions responsible for disaster response. Research also contributes to mental health triage, preparedness assessment, simulation-based training, psychosocial intervention, and the development of contextually appropriate tools and systems that strengthen resilience, preparedness, coordinated response, and recovery in Philippine settings.

Disaster Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Bautista, V. V., & Salvador, D. L. A. (2018). When disaster strikes a university: Principles and strategies of mental health and psychosocial support as applied in a university setting. In Sakunang darating, saklolo’y tayo rin: Disaster risk reduction and management handbook: Handbook for academic institutions, the UP experience (pp. 239–268). University of the Philippines Press.

Garcia, F. B., Jr., Moltio, M. C., Aga, J. A., Gundran, C. P. D., Tuazon, A. C. A., Sylim, P. G., & Lam, H. Y. (2026). UP Manila DRRM-H innovative tools for disaster risk reduction: A descriptive review of technologies for resilience and response. Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development. Advance online publication.

Gundran, C. P. D., Lam, H. Y., Lopez, J. C. F., Santamaria, E. B., Tuazon, A. C. A., & Tayao, L. (2018). Medical needs documented by emergency medical services (EMS) responders to areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: Implications on disaster response policy. Acta Medica Philippina, 52(2), 168–175.

Gundran, C. P. D., Lam, H. Y., Tuazon, A. C. A., Cleofas, J. V., Garcia, F. B., & Puli, T. E. M. (2023). Simulation training needs assessment for disaster preparedness and disaster response among selected agencies in National Capital Region, Philippines. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 94, Article 103824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103824

Gundran, C. P. D., Lam, H. Y., Tuazon, A. C. A., Cleofas, J. V., Garcia, F. B., Jr., Puli, T. E. M., & Magdales, M. S. I. (2022). Enhancing mass casualty disaster management competencies through an integrated disaster simulation training program. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 78, Article 103124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103124

Lam, H. Y., Gundran, C. P. D., Lopez, J. C. F., Santamaria, E. B., Tuazon, A. C. A., & Tayao, L. (2018). Enabling factors, hindrances, and self-perceived level of preparedness of Typhoon Haiyan emergency medical services (EMS) responders. Acta Medica Philippina, 52(2). https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v52i2.430

Salvador, D. L. A., & Bautista, V. V. (2018). UP Diliman helping out its sister campus: Lessons learned from the Department of Psychology’s MHPSS services. In Sakunang darating, saklolo’y tayo rin: Disaster risk reduction and management handbook: Handbook for academic institutions, the UP experience (pp. 269–285). University of the Philippines Press.

Sylwanowicz, L., Schreiber, M., Anderson, C., Gundran, C. P. D., Santamaria, E., Lopez, J. C. F., Lam, H., & Tuazon, A. C. (2018). Rapid triage of mental health risk in emergency medical workers: Findings from Typhoon Haiyan—Corrigendum. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 12(6), 806. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.86

Tuazon, A. C. A. (2018). Campus displacement experiences of the University of the Philippines students and teachers affected by Typhoon Haiyan: Perceived needs for mental health and psychosocial support. Acta Medica Philippina, 52(4), 326–331.

Tuazon, A. C. A., Gundran, C. P. D., Lam, H. Y., Cleofas, J. V., Garcia, F. B., Jr., Ignacio, R. E. P., Parreño, D. M. A., Calamiong-Otchengco, Y. M., & Yatco, M. C. L. (2025). Unahon tool: The development of a mental health triage tool for evacuation centers in the Philippines. Acta Medica Philippina, 59(14), 23–38.

This cluster investigates how digital technologies can expand access to timely, scalable, and evidence-informed mental health support. Research evaluates mobile mental health applications, digitally delivered psychosocial interventions, online and chat-based mental health services, and related approaches to monitoring and supporting psychological well-being. Beyond establishing effectiveness, the cluster examines implementation, user engagement, service delivery, and the integration of digital tools with human support to develop accessible and responsive mental health systems for university and broader community settings.

Digital Mental Health

Lam, H. Y., Tuazon, A. C. A., Gundran, C. P. D., Soriano, C. A. V., Silva, R. C., Andrade, F. V., Flores, J. R., Solidum, D. A. M., Martinez, S. M. C., Villanueva, J. M., Sornoza, J. A., Pasion, A. M. M., & Real, J. O. M. (2025). Weathering the storm: Stress management of Filipino first responders using the “Mi Salud” stress check app. Acta Medica Philippina, 59(14), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v59i14.9604

Rilveria, J. R. C., Grepo, L. C., Lim, P. M. Q., Malapit, J. A. N., Tan, B. E. D., Custodio, B. P., Landicho, S. C. D., & Isip-Tan, I. T. C. (2026). Effectiveness of the SAGIP mental health mobile application for the academic community: A longitudinal study. npj Mental Health Research, 5(1), Article 42.

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Rilveria, J. R. C., Villena, P. A., Grepo, L. C., & Custodio, B. P. (2026). Evaluation of a university-based mental health chat service: A nested longitudinal design [Ongoing research project]. UP Ginhawa Clinical Psychology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman.

This cluster focuses on the mental health and psychosocial needs of children, adolescents, caregivers, and families across developmental and relational contexts. Research examines therapeutic and behavioral interventions, parent and caregiver experiences, family relationships, neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, and culturally situated processes of caregiving and adjustment. The cluster emphasizes developmentally appropriate, family-sensitive, relational, and evidence-informed approaches that recognize children and young people as embedded within interconnected family, caregiving, educational, and community systems.

Child, Family, and Developmental Interventions

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2022). Understanding the secondary system of therapeutic alliance in autism interventions from the perspectives of parents and caregivers. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 16, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40723-021-00094-6

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2022). Using applied behavior analysis in addressing biting behavior of a child with autism: A case study. International Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 16(2), 162–169. https://doi.org/10.30491/ijbs.2022.342157.1800

Villaflor, A. N., & Tuazon, A. C. A. (2025). Pagsasaayos ng ugnayan ng mag-inang ampon: Isang pagsusuri mula sa lente ng ginhawa. DIWA e-Journal, 10. https://www.pssp.org.ph/diwa/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/11-Artikulo-Nemenzo-Villaflor-at-Tuazon.pdf

This cluster advances clinical psychology that is affirming of human diversity and responsive to the social, cultural, and structural conditions that shape mental health and access to care. Research addresses LGBTQIA+, gender-diverse, and neuro-diverse experiences, affirmative psychotherapy and counseling, culturally shaped help-seeking, and the influence of broader historical and sociocultural processes such as colonial mentality. The cluster supports ethical and inclusive clinical practices that attend to identity, marginalization, power, intersectionality, and the distinctive strengths and needs of diverse individuals and communities.

Diversity-oriented and Affirmative Practice

Salvador, D. L. A. (2016). An exploration of ethical and methodological challenges in trans-affirmative psychotherapy with Filipino transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) clients. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 49(2), 189–216. https://pap.ph/assets/files/journals/an-exploration-of-ethical-and-methodological-challenges-in-transafrmative-psychotherapy-with-filipi.pdf

Salvador, D. L. A. (2025). Affirming the margins: A critical reflection on Mariwala Health Initiative’s queer affirmative counseling practice (QACP) course. Philippine Journal of Psychology, 57. https://www.pap.ph/assets/files/journals/affirming-the-margins-a-critical-reflection-on-mariwala-health-initiatives-queer-affirmative-couns.pdf

Tuazon, A. C. A., & Clemente, J. A. R. (2022). Colonial mentality and mental health help-seeking attitudes: Testing a mediation model on Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000247

This cluster examines the relationships among cognition, neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive functioning, psychological health, lived experience, and everyday functioning across the lifespan. Research explores neurodevelopmental traits and conditions, cognitive and behavioral profiles, and neurocognitive phenomena, including how these shape learning, relationships, emotional functioning, adaptive functioning, participation, and daily life. It also investigates the lived experiences of neurodivergent individuals and people with neurocognitive conditions, recognizing both areas of difficulty and individual strengths, adaptations, and contextual influences.

Neuropsychology

Dominguez, J. C., Soriano, J. R., Magpantay, C. D., Orquiza, M. G. S., Solis, W. M., Reandelar, M. F., Jr., & Joson, M. L. C. (2014). Early detection of mild Alzheimer’s disease in Filipino elderly: Validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Philippines (MoCA-P). Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease, 3(4), 160–167. https://doi.org/10.4236/aad.2014.34015

Narasimhalu, K., Ang, S., DeSilva, D. A., Wong, M. C., Chang, H. M., Chia, K. S., Auchus, A. P., & Chen, C. (2009). Severity of CIND and MCI predict incidence of dementia in an ischemic stroke cohort. Neurology, 73(22), 1866–1872. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c3fcb7

Narasimhalu, K., Ang, S., DeSilva, D. A., Wong, M. C., Chang, H. M., Chia, K. S., Auchus, A. P., & Chen, C. (2011). The prognostic effects of poststroke cognitive impairment no dementia and domain-specific cognitive impairments in nondisabled ischemic stroke patients. Stroke, 42(3), 883–888. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.594671

Rayco, C., Soriano, J. R., Dela Cruz, L. I., Noscal, M. E., Sanchez, D., Santos, A., & Urbano, M. (2022). DSM5-based diagnosis and demographics of the Philippine Mental Health Association Inc.’s psychiatric outpatients. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 23(S Mental Health and Prevention), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.37532/ajopy.2022.23(2).1-7

Soriano, J. R. (2023). Relevance of dementia literacy in low- or middle-income countries. Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, 10(2), 97–99. https://doi.org/10.4103/jgmh.jgmh_33_23

Soriano, J. R., & Aruta, J. J. B. (2022). Mental health of Filipino older adults with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections and viewpoints. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(10), Article e5811. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5811

This cluster develops and evaluates psychological measures that are scientifically rigorous, clinically useful, and culturally meaningful for Filipino populations. Research encompasses the conceptualization, construction, adaptation, and validation of tools assessing culturally grounded constructs. The cluster emphasizes psychometric quality alongside cultural validity, with the broader goal of strengthening assessment practices and providing researchers and practitioners with measures that more accurately represent Filipino psychological experiences and clinical realities.

Psychometrics & Psychological Test Development

Bautista, V. V., & Salvador, D. L. A. (2020). Iskala ng Ginhawa.

Rilveria, J. R. C. (2018). The development of the Filipino coping strategies scale. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 18(1), 111–126. https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1151

Rilveria, J. R. C., Tecson, C. F. M., & Lansangan, A. V. G. (2026). Iskala ng Agapay-Ginhawa: Development and validation of a culturally grounded therapeutic alliance scale for Filipino clients and therapists [Ongoing research project]. UP Ginhawa Clinical Psychology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman.

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