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Int. J. Bus. Manag. Soc. Res. | Volume 08, Issue 02, 473-488 | https://doi.org/10.18801/ijbmsr.080220.49
​Article type: Survey paper, Received: 04.02.2020; Revised: 07.04.2020 and Published online: 25 April 2020.

Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context

Damianus Abun 1, 2, Theogenia Magallanes 2, Jean Rachel Barroga 1, Mary Joy Encarnacion 1 and Sylvia Lalain Foronda 3
1Divine Word College of Vigan
2St. Benedict College of Northern Luzon
3Divine Word College of Laoag, Philippines.

✉ Corresponding author: [email protected] (Abun, D.).

Abstract
The study wanted to determine the correlation between the cognitive and affective attitude of the Catholic youth toward the Catholic Church and their behavioral intention to help the Social action of the Church in the future. To support the study, related literature and studies were reviewed. The study used a descriptive correlational research design. 400 youth were taken as respondents of the study. To gather the data, validated questionnaires were used, and the data were interpreted and analyzed using statistical tools such as Pearson r and Weighted mean. The study found that Catholic youth have a very high positive cognitive and affective attitude toward the Catholic Church and their behavioral intention to help the Church is also very high. Further, there is a correlation between the Catholic Youth’s cognitive and affective attitude and the behavioral intention to help the social action of the Catholic Church in the future.
 
Key Words: Catholic Youth’s attitude, Youth’s behavioral intention, Social action, human attitude, and human behavior.

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Abun et al. “Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research 08(02) (2020): 473-488.
 
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Abun, D. Magallanes, T. Barroga, J. R. Encarnacion, M. J. and Foronda, S. L. (2020). Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 08(02), 473-488.
 
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Abun, D. Magallanes, T. Barroga, J. R. Encarnacion, M. J. and Foronda, S. L. “Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context”. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 08(02) (2020): 473-488.
 
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Abun, D. Magallanes, T. Barroga, J. R. Encarnacion, M. J. and Foronda, S. L. 2020. Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 08(02), pp. 473-488.
 
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Abun D, Magallanes T, Barroga JR, Encarnacion MJ and Foronda SL (2020). Measuring Ilocano’s catholic youth’s attitude toward the catholic church and their behavioural intention to help the social action of the catholic church in the Philippines context. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research. 2020 April. 08(02), 473-488.

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