DEFINITION OF TERMS

Age

The length of time the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan lived.

Anxiety

One of the mental issues which includes worry, anxiousness, or discomfort that must be
assessed in the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan.

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

A government agency in the Philippines tasked with promoting higher education,

assuring access to high-quality higher education, and preserving and protecting academic
freedom.

Covid-19

An infectious illness which said to increase the stress faced by the students of PUP
Bataan.

Depression

A frequent mental illness marked by persistent unhappiness and a lack of interest which
needs to be assessed as a mental implication in connection with virtual learning brought to the
freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan.

Economic status

An implication studied that affects the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan that
pertains to a their social rank or standing in the society.

Environment

The situation or circumstances faced by the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan and
served with a negative implication on them during virtual classes.

Financial Problem
 One of the implications experienced by the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan
wherein lack financial support was found to heighten their chance to go through the problems in
mental health.

Mental Health

Refers to the freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan psychological, cognitive, and
behavioral health which affected by the virtual classes conducted.

Sex

The state of each freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan classified as being either a male
or a female that identifies the frequency of having mental health problems while attending virtual
learning.

Sleeping Patterns

Pertains to the problems in regulating the body's resting and waking pattern faced by the
freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan in connection with their mental health which identified as
a negative implication.

State Universities and Colleges (SUC’s)

Any public higher education institution established by an Act of the Philippine Congress.
These institutions are completely financed by the government and can be regarded as a legal
entity.

Stress

An emotion of being overwhelmed or powerless in the face of mental or emotional

distress during online virtual classes undergone by each freshman BSA students of PUP Bataan.

Virtual Classes

A collaborative online teaching and learning environment in which teachers and students
can display course materials, communicate with one another, and collaborate in groups. This has
a negative impact on PUP Bataan's freshmen BSA students

Workloads
 The amount of paperwork that needs to be done by PUP Bataan's freshmen BSA students
which found to have a negative impact on their mental health.

World Health Organization (WHO)

A United Nations specialized body in charge of worldwide public health.