Levels of Stress Common To Grade 12 Students of San Francisco High School
Levels of Stress Common To Grade 12 Students of San Francisco High School
Levels of Stress Common To Grade 12 Students of San Francisco High School
Introduction
or response. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and
emotional responses. You can experience stress from your environment, your
phenomenon all over the globe. All people have experienced stress throughout
Porwal and Kumar (2014), stated that there are lot of stress related to
studies, home works, test and other academic competition. The student also
faces a lot of stress due to imbalance of academic, social performance and time
the student who are unable to maintain balance between their academic
regardless of her age or grade, it can interfere with the ability to learn,
memorize, and earn grades as well as lead to poor physical, emotional and
mental health.
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The term stress was borrowed from the field of physics by one of the
fathers of stress research Hans Selye. In physics, stress describes the force
that produces strain on a physical body (i.e.: bending a piece of metal until it
snaps occurs because of the force, or stress, exerted on it). Hans Selye began
using the term stress after completing his medical training at the University of
Montreal in the 1990’s. He noticed that no matter his what his hospitalized
patients suffered from, they all had one thing in common. They all looked sick.
In his view, they were under physical stress. He proposed that stress was a
non-specific strain on the body functions. This stress resulted in the release of
reactions to stress).
EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider noted that stress among the region’s youth
has been a consistent concern since the first survey was conducted 11 years
ago. Among the high school student, reports of feeling ‘‘very stressed’’ in the
past 30 days rose from 29 percent in 2012 to 36 percent in 2016. Stress levels
among girls were nearly double the levels of stress among boys. Stress was also
three types of stress: Acute, Episodic acute, and Chronic. Acute stress is the
most common form and is the result of recent or anticipated stressors. Acute
stress can be both positive and negative. For example, the excitement before an
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event is a type of positive acute stress. Getting into a car accident is negative
acute stress. As long as the acute stress doesn’t last for extended periods or
occur too frequently, there is nothing wrong with suffering from acute stress. It
happens to all of us, and it passes with time. Episodic acute stress is acute
stress that occurs frequently. This is the kind of stress that continuously pops
that are happening to you or around you. Episodic acute stress is a recurring
type of stress, happening over and over. Chronic acute stress can be thought of
as never-ending stress that relentlessly wears away at you. This type of stress
eventually begins to affect your health and can lead to heart problems, strokes,
We all live with stress; the tension we feel when confronted with a new or
threatening situation. Students are no different than anyone else, as they too,
experience the stresses and strains of living in today’s world. They are
constantly facing new situations where the outcome is often uncertain. They
may be living on their own for the first time and/or supporting themselves.
managing time. Without really understanding why, people who are in stress
may become angry or anxious, sad or frustrated. When young adults become
children. Stress is not always bad. An appropriate level of stress can effectively
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motivate students toward growth, achievement, and self-satisfaction. Stress is
often the result of feeling trapped and overwhelmed by the problems in their
outcome for a difficult situation and often become obsessed with the present
moment. They may feel overwhelmed because they cannot see beyond
Stress can be often being reduced by reminding them that life goes on and
tomorrow can be better than today. Seek out professional help. Sometimes the
dangerous. Parent do not always have the resources within the family to deal
with stress, at a time when you should be letting go and allowing the young
assistants program(SAP).
Stress has always been a part of humans emotional changes. This study
examines the sources and effect of stress to the academic performance of the
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Purpose of the Study
the grade 12 students since they are more prone to this emotional stages. This
study is also intended to identify how this kind of stress affect the students.
Research Questions
2. What are the kinds of stress that affects the students’ academic
performances?
The findings may also help teachers and administration to have perception and
beneficial to the student’s knowledge about stress and how they should come
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Scope and Delimitation of the study
This study is focused and limited only on the levels of stress common to
the Grade 12. This study will be taken at San Francisco High School for the
first semester 2019-2020. The responses will be based on the questions given.
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CHAPTER II
results indicated that secondary students had a medium level of stress and
should identify students with stress and provide adequate support and
management strategies.
Britz and Pappas (2015), stated that a high degree and frequency of
stress exist among the participants, with over 50 percent of students reporting
high level of stress. The major causes of stress were found to be academic
changes or with social environment. Thus, suffer from problem and arising
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According to Khan (2018), academic stress was found to be higher in
on PSS scores among students when stress was measured at the beginning
Burden of study, assignment we’re major cause of stress and they agreed that
after leisure time activity it was recommended that burden of study may be
students is their teacher. He found out that majority of teachers do not provide
weakness and shortcomings. Most of the teacher often fail to clarify the
understand the objectives and the same later on put the student under stress
Nasoohi and Naser (2011) revealed that 39% of the student had low level
of stress, 16% had moderate levels of stress, 8% had severe level of stress and
37% were stress free. The most important sources of stress included
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Oduwaiye, Yahaya, Amadi and Tiamiyu (2017), found out that a
Pasco, Hetrick and Parker (2019), stated that the students in secondary
and tertiary education settings face a wide range of ongoing stressor related to
can reduce academic achievement, decrease motivation and increase the risk of
school dropout. use. This narrative review presents the most recent research
substance.
Reddy, Menon and Thattil (2018), stated that stress has become part of
students’ academic life due to the various internal and external expectations
and social levels. It therefore becomes imperative to understand the source and
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strategies. Understanding the source of stress would facilitate the development
to a new college, appearing for the exams, dealing with their friend or peers,
when their friends will not feeling-well, divorce or separation of parents, death
was 26.1%. the top ten rank of stressor among students there afraid of not
difficulty in understanding subjects that have been learnt, too much homework
and school timetable was to packed. All of the stressor were related to
academic stress. Also the study indicated that 12 th grade students cope with
difficult situations in a mature manner, yet they tend to withdraw from the
Urchil (2017), stated that stress does not necessarily as certain that
students will perform better, but in fact under this circumstances, they would
perceive the task as unchallenging and may also get easily bored. Through
is not managed efficiently due to inadequate resources to cope with the stress,
it can have dismal consequences for the students as well as the institution.
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Vogel and Schwabe (2016), stated that exams tight deadlines and
interpersonal conflicts are just a few of the many events that may result in high
level of stress of student. Research over the past two decades identified stress
educational context. Recent evidence further indicates that stress may hamper
the updating of memories in the light of new information and induce shift from
a flexible, cognitive form of learning towards rather rigid, habit like behaviour.
Together these stress induces changes may explain some difficulties of learning
under stress in the classroom. Taking these insights could pear the potential to
Yerada (2018), stated that a new study finds that when students
experience an academic setback such as bad grade, the amount of cortisol- the
analysed the stress levels of students at two high schools in central Texas
experienced a drop in grades in the first semester and reported feeling stressed
and decision-making, helping students achieve goals. But with chronic stress,
high cortisol levels can instead impair brain functioning and suppress the
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Bulo and Sanchez (2004), stated that students are exposed to many
problems from family, financial, peers and school environment. There are
students is ranked as the highest while the environmental stressor has the
people they do not know, trouble with parent and relationship with opposite
sex.
a few. The three least stressful factors were identified as teaching style,
relationship with lectures and students competition. High levels of stress tend
to affect academic performance of both male and female students than male
Deasy, C., Coughlan, B., Pinorom, Jordan, D., and Mcnamara, P. (2014),
stated that stress, define as ‘a particular relationship between the person and
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adverse consequences on students’ health and well-being which impacts
study, financial, living, and social pressures. Students varied coping strategies
social well-being which leads to so many diseases. Young age is the critical
period because at this time youth faces lots of changes in his/her life. They are
expected to be the elites in the society. Thus, they should enhance their stress
When a child enters into the youth age, they need not only adapt themselves to
the new life and to new environment but also be familiar with many new
people, events and things. The life stress on them is considerable. Therefore,
understanding the sources of stress among them and how they can cope with
the stress is very important. They found out that the stress mainly comes from
According to Dr. Prabu (2015), stress can exist when working at a fast
that emotional tend not to be long lasting, whether they are unpleasant
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emotions like fear, or pleasant ones, such as joy. Yet occasions such states
may reach excessively high levels. When this happens, the result typically
terms. Stress and its manifestation, such an anxiety, depression and burnout,
have always were as a common problem among people like students, workers,
and among professions and occupations. In the few decade alarms has already
been prove by the proliferation of books, research reports, popular articles and
the growing number of organize work shop, aiming to teach people how to cope
with this phenomenon. And the present study higher secondary student is
pressure, inability to cope with studies, drug abuse, lack of competence are
gratification of needs has led to lot of stress in them and demographic factor
are not key factors in academic stress among high school student. In order to
Porwal and Dr. Kumar (2014), stated that high stress level is generally
found more in boys than girls as shown in the studies boys have more stress
due to the fact that parents have a having a feeling that boys are more capable
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in handling their personal business and social responsibilities, family has
higher expectation from the males to excel in life, rather than girl’s period due
increasing stress level in boys. Youth suicide, however, is only the tip of the
many high school’s students. Some students are not capable of handling so
much stress and they find it is easier to die rather than living a life full of
stress. Some expectations of the parents are there personal wish unto their
children’s ambition in life but parents pressure rice their children’s to fulfil
their wish. All this factors affect boys more than girls as boys are belief to settle
or manage a family.
everyone’s life living in this world. It portraits a negative notion that can have
an impact of one’s mental, and physical well-being. There are four factors that
had taken under consideration were family stress, emotional stress, financial
stress and social stress. He found out that living persuasively under strict rules
income students find difficulty to spend money on buying and enjoying which
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CHAPTER III
Methodology
This chapter presents how the study was conducted. This chapter also
Research Design
This qualitative research will use case study to determine the levels of
stress common to grade 12 students of San Francisco High School S.Y. 2019-
2020. Case Study analyses specific issues within the boundaries of a specific
particular case and deals with the processes that take place and their
interrelationship.
Research Locale
East, Lamut, Ifugao. It is a private school that belongs to the Catholic Schools
of Ifugao and the only private high school here in the Municipality of Lamut.
Sample of Respondents
San Francisco High School students has a total of 803. The respondents
of the study are the grade 12 students of San Francisco High School. There are
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approximately 63 students from both section. The two grade 12 sections are
namely St. Agnes and St. Matthew. In each section, we will take 20 students to
Research Instruments
gathering data.
collected the questionnaires the respondents have finished answering it. The
Data Analysis
All of the data gathered from the questionnaire given to the Grade 12
students will be presented in a table and graph form using the Microsoft Word.
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CHAPTER IV
Table 1.0
Table 1.0 shows that most of the participants from St. Agnes are
sometimes experiencing these symptoms. The table has also shown that most
of the participants are experiencing one thing in common. They were all
research of Dalia, Desouky, Zaid and Taha (2019) that a high prevalence of
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Table 1.1
0
Working with new peole Troubles with Boyfriend or Conflict with parents Seatmate or Classmate
Girlfriend conflict
Males Females
Table 1.1 shows that one of the factors that are causing the participants
to feel stressed is due to conflicts with their parents. Followed by working with
new people. This was supported by the research of Borst and Jacob (2015).
They stated that family conflicts may increase the likelihood of children
may even influence the success of the future relationships. Positive outcomes
can also occur from family conflict such as leaving an abusive environment or
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Table 1.2
Males Females
Table 1.2 shows that most of the participants are feared of having a
falling grade for both male and female hence this might be a contributor on
their stress. It was followed by future worries. However, having a conflict with
their parents is ranked as the lowest possible of stressors at least for the
He stated that 78.2% are worried about the future. Worrying about future was
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Table 1.3
Males Females
Table 1.3 shows that having a change in sleeping habit’s is a big factor
that contributes to the participants from grade 12 St. Agnes for having the
Having a change in sleeping habits was supported by the research of Britz and
Pappas (2015) they stated that high levels of stress among participants
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Table 1.4
0
Feeling tired during Cannot sleep at night Occasionally do not Feeling uneasy Others
the day feel well all times
Males Females
Table 1.4 shows the emotions of the participants when feeling stressed.
The graph shows that most of the participants are feeling uneasy through the
day. It is followed by feeling tired during the day. However, with the possible
stressors that were given, there are still some other reasons that are causing to
their unusual feelings. As Dobson (2012) sated on her research that feeling
uneasy or having an anxiety can have negative effects on all students. Students
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Table 2.0
participants from St. Matthew. On the graph shown above, Irritability got
the highest rating as the symptoms of stress to both male and female
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Table 2.1
3.5
2.5
1.5
0.5
0
Working with new peole Troubles with Boyfriend or Conflict with parents Seatmate or Classmate
Girlfriend conflict
Males Females
participants from St. Matthew. The graph shows that working with new
people and having troubles with their boyfriend or girlfriend got the highest
by the research of Bulo and Sanchez (2014) and Gomez (2018). They stated
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Table 2.2
0
Bad living conditions Conflict between Placed in unfamiliar Future worries Fear on failing
parents situations grades
Males Females
The graph shows that the participants from grade12 St. Matthew are
getting some of their stressors from fear on having a falling grade and is
followed by having a bad living conditions. And at the very least, none of
them were having a conflict between their parents. The fear on failing
grades was supported by the research of Dy, Santos, Ferido and Sanchez
frequent response most likely due to the thinking that courses are highly
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Table 2.3
Males Females
Table 2.3 shows the Personal factors as the source of stress to the
is a huge stressor at least most of the males. And most of the females have
the same rating for change in sleeping habits, new responsibilities, and
Rogers and Chen (2013) stated that stress can affect an individual’s health,
even more specially their sleep habits, which can lead to increased poor
academic performance.
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Table 2.4
Males Females
Table 2.4 shows that most of the participants from grade12 St.
Matthew are mostly feeling tired during the day when they are stressed.
there are still other reasons on why they feel unusual due to stress. Feeling
tired during the day was supported by the research of Kocalevent, Hinz and
Klapp (2011). They stated that fatigue or feeling tired can be triggered by
and function.
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Table 3.0
0
St. Agnes St. Matthew
The table shows the rating of the participants from grade12 St. Matthew
on how stress can influence the academic life of the student. The majority of
the rating goes to 3 as most influential to the academic life of the students.
Aafrin, Priya and Gayathri (2018) stated that stress levels among students can
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Table 3.1
Yes No
from grade12 St. Agnes and St. Matthew in relation to their point of view if
schools. Dr. Lou stated that teachers need to be aware of the stress of their
we can provide the support and help they may need to handle this stressful
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build their student’s emotional resilience as well as activate their highest
level of cognition.
Conceptual Framework
Independent Dependent
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CHAPTER V
Summary of Findings
The research was conducted at San Francisco High School. This study aims to
know the different kinds of stress to the senior high school students and on
how does this stresses affect their academic performance. This was done in
order to give clarity about the different levels of stress. The questionnaire given
personal data. The second part indicates the symptoms and the factors as
source of stress. The third part consists of how they feel when stressed. And
the last part shows the opinions of the respondents in relation to stress.
Having headaches and feeling irritated was the two most found symptoms of
stress to the senior high. As for their relationship factors as source of stress,
the students were divided in two groups. Some said that some factors to their
stress is due to having conflicts with their parents, while on the other hand,
common for the students to feel the fear in having a falling grade. Hence, it had
become one of the reasons based on the observation to the research on why
most of the respondents were having a problem with their sleeping habits and
is still due to stress. We have also found that the majority of the respondents
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were feeling uneasy and tired during the day. This is still in relation to stress.
This sudden change in our physical and mental health is a natural response of
our body to stress, when we feel stressed our body is requiring an adjustment
or response. Hence, the respondents start to feel uneasy. The body reacts to
Conclusion
high have mostly the same feelings when stressed. From the three kinds of
stress (acute, episodic, and chronic stress), the findings revealed that the
students who are having conflicts with their parents, irritability and feeling
tired are experiencing Acute Stress. Though irritability can become chronic
stress if not managed well. While students who feel headaches and fear on
failing grades are experiencing Episodic Acute Stress. And as for those who are
feeling Chronic Stress. This may reduce the productivity of a student if he/she
Recommendation
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activities about stress, coping mechanism and the importance for
2. Use an ice pack on your forehead, scalp, or neck. Get some caffeine. Go
3. The students should spend more time with their parents, make an eye
4. Help the student to find more effective study techniques, for instance by
exploring how useful different methods have been so far and suggesting
new ones.
bed around the same time every day, but not more than 8 hours before
6. It is advisable that students should limit caffeine and sugar intake and
7. Avoid the things that makes you feel irritated. Get in touch with your
9. Treat your lover with respect. Do your best in avoiding possible conflicts.
10. Eat a balance diet. Drink more water. Get your sleep on and learn
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APPENDIX
Dear Respondents,
Section:_______________________
Sex: F M
Part A.
Headaches
Anxiety
Chest pain/palpitations
Indigestion or nausea
Sleeplessness
Irritability
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Backache
Neck ache
Stomach disorders
Inability to concentrate
Future worries ( )
New responsibilities ( )
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Financial Difficulties ( )
Health Problems ( )
Part B.
How do you feel when you are stressed?
Yes ( ) No ( )
In your opinion rate from 1-5 how stress influence student’s academic life?
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Republic of the Philippine
Cordillera Administrative Region
San Francisco High School
Poblacion East, Lamut, Ifugao
Sir,
We hereby request permission from your office to conduct study about stress levels and its
effect to the grade 12 students of San Francisco High School.
This is in relation to our research entitle “Levels of stress common to grade 12 students of San
Francisco High School.”
Sincerely yours,
St. Thomas Researchers
Noted by:
Approved by:
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