REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF CALAMBA
MAKILING INTEGRATED SCHOOL
MAKILING, CALAMBA CITY

A RESEARCH ABOUT EFFECTS OF EARLY RELATIONSHIP FOR STUDIES

SUBMITTED BY:
NAZARENO, RICH ANNE R.
SUBMITTED TO:
MR. ARJEL O. DE GALA
 HOW LOVE RELATIONSHIPS AFFECT STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE?
The study of Luqman (2009) on love relationship and its effects on academic performance,
identity and self-esteem of 101 students attending B. Z. University and 100 students studying 10th
grade Educator High School at Department of Pschology Bahauddin Zakriya University Multan
reveals that there is not relationship between the grade point average and dating status of
adolescents. The variables considered were dating status, level of involvement, grade point
average, identity status and self-esteem. However, in his methodology, he only considered the
students’ grade in the latest exam. This would make his data less accurate because initial level
academic performance of the respondents was not recorded. The purpose of having an initial level
of academic performance is to have a comparison of before and after situations which will predict
whether the academic performance of the respondent has increased or decreased during the course
of romantic relationship. He then suggested that initial levels of academic achievement of students
should be considered in the future research about love relationship and its effects to academic
performance to get more accurate results.
In another way, love relationship gives more negative effects on the academic performance
of adolescents. Teens nowadays consider romantic relationship as the number one source of stress
(Manning et al., 2009). It results from the break-ups or conflicts with partner. Even those who give
more importance on academics, spending time with one’s partner may also serve as a distraction.
A dissertation of Stefan (2006) which is a qualitative study on the impact of love
relationship on the academic performance of high school girls applies merely on the western
culture. Results of the study showed that there is really a “social pressure” for teenage girls who
are involved in dating. She also found out this societal pressure means that girls are engaged in
this kind of dating situation merely “because of some influences peers, magazines, televisions”,
etc. Sometimes, if a girl doesn’t engage herself in dating, some may considered her as "weird",
maybe because in the western society today, there's no more thing such as Maria Clara's, which
refers to those who are a little bit conscious in dating as well as engaging in romantic relationships.
She said that majority of the people would expect girls to already have a dating partner especially
when girls reach into their adolescent stage. She also added that this dating is usually considered
as a threshold or the first step towards romantic relationships. After conducting her study, she
concluded that dating/romantic relationships have "negative and positive" outcomes into the
academic performance of someone involved positive in the sense that dating gives
inspiration/motivation for girls to do well in their academic works, if and only if girls will know
how to manage time wisely and properly and that girls will not take dating seriously. However, it
is negative on the other hand because it will just cause "distraction"
HOW TO BALANCE RELATIONSHIPS AND STUDIES?
BIBLIOGRAPY
Luqman, M. (2009). Effects of romantic relationship on self-esteem, identity and academic
performance. National Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse, 12. Available online at
http://www.webclearinghouse.net
Manning, W., Giordano, P., Phelps, K., & Longmore, M. (2009). Adolescent romantic
relationships and academic achievement. Social Science Research 37 (1), 37-54. Retrieved from
http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cas/file35765.pdf
Stefan, A. (2006). The impact of romantic relationships on the academic performance of high
school girls: A qualitative study [Abstract]. Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
database. (UMI No. 1051280811)