Filipino parental experiences of having gay adolescent son: Toward building a framework

This study explored the experiences of Filipino parents having gay adolescent sons. The participants of the study were 20 Filipino parents with gay sons aged 13 to 19. Parent\u27s age ranged from 32 to 61 with a Mean of 46 .Participants were selected from Metro Manila utilizing purposive sampling procedure. Using the Consensus Qualitative Research (CQR) Design, data collection was done using in-depth interviews and case study methods. Twenty cases (10 fathers and 10 mothers) were analyzed using the standard procedure of the CQR method. Findings indicate that Parents of Filipino gay adolescents went through a variety of stressors, and made use of various coping resources available to them such as faith and family support .They used various strategies such as prayer , gaining knowledge , self pity and blaming others etc… to deal with the stressors and arrived at a variety of experiences, which included, enhanced relationships , supportive parenting styles , conflicting relationships and dysfunctional parenting styles. The participants adopted different parenting strategies at these stages of their experience. Mothers of this study generally had better coping resources and strategies and had more positive experiences compared to fathers .Based on the findings of the study, the researcher proposed implication for counseling psychology theory and practice, and recommendations for future research