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CHAPTERI

THEPROBLEM ANDI
TSSETTI
NG

BACKGROUNDOFTHESTUDY

Studentsnowadaysfeelpressur edespeci
all
yduri
ngt hei
rhi
ghschooldays,t
oachievehighrank,
toexecutewelli
nsidethecl ass.This,byallmeans,isnotwrong-yearni
ngforastudentt odo
excell
entinever
yacademi cr el
at edthi
ngi
snor mal.Thecri
siscomeonlywhenast udentshave
not i
meout si
det hei
rclassrooms;whent heydon' thaveanychoicebuttothinkaboutt heir
booksandacademi cs.A soci allif
eandot heractivi
ti
esisanoppor t
unit
ythatshoul dn'
tbe
disr
egarded.

Coi
nci
det oCadwall
ader,Garza,andWagner,curr
icul
aract
ivi
ti
esaredefi
nedast heacti
vi
tiesin
whi
cht hestudent
spar t
ici
pateaf t
ertheregularschooldayhasended.Theseactivi
ti
esmay
i
ncl
udehi ghschoolathlet
ics,schoolcl
ubs,mar chi
ngband,chorus,orchest
ra,andst udent
l
eader
shiporgani
zatons(
i Cadwal l
ader
,Garza,andWagner2002).

Accor
dingtoLemi
re,manyschooldi
str
ict
sar ecut
ti
ngorel
iminat
ingthei
rathlet
icpr
ograms,
bandprogr
ams,andmusicprogramsinor dertosavemoneyfortheiracademicprogr
ams
(
Lemi
re,
2009)
.

Asst atedbyReev esandCash,t herei sast r

ongassociat
ionbet weenstudentinvol
vementin
extr
acur r
icularactivi
ti
es and i
mpr oved at t
endance,behav i
or,and academic perfor
mance.
explainedt hatallstudent
swhopar ticipat
einsomet ypeofext racur
ri
cularacti
vit
yperfor
m
betterthanst udent
swhoar enotinvolved.Thisinvol
vementincludespart
ici
pati
oninsportsand
otherschoolsponsor edacti
vi
ti
es.St udentswhoar econsist
entlyexposedtomusi cperfor
m
betterthanst udent
sthatarenotexposed( ReevesandCash, 2009).

Hav i
nganacademi c-cent
eredprogram decr easesthebr ainfunct i
on,ofast udentthatwoul
d
helpthem concentrateandmanaget heirti
mebet ter
.Itisimport antforthestudenttobuil
dup
thei
rstrengthsandt heiremoti
onsandt hinkingbyhav i
ngext racurri
cul
aract i
vi
ties,thatwi
ll
preparethem tofocusandbuildstami nai
nt hef aceofintensedif f
icul
tyandalsowi l
lgiv
ethem
andshowt hem t
ohav eaposit
iveoutlookinlifetoavoidment alheal t
hproblems.

Aner vousorment albreakdownisat erm usedt odescri

beaper i
odofintensement aldi
stress.
Dur i
ngthisper
iod,you’reunabletofunctioniny ourever
ydaylif
e.Thisterm wasonceusedt o
refertoawi dev ariet
yofment alil
lnesses,includi
ngdepression,anxi
ety,andacut estress
disorder
.Alt
hough“ nervousbreakdown”i snol ongerconsi
deredamedi calter
m,i t
’ssti
llused
bymanyt odescribeintensesymptomsofst ressandani nabi
li
tytocopewi t
hlif
e’schall
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Whatother
sseeasament albr
eakdownmayactual
l
ybeanundi
agnosedment
ali
l
lness.The
mostcommonsignsofanerv
ousbreakdownar
e:

 depr
essiv
esympt
oms,suchaslossofhopeandthought
sofsui
cideorself
-har
m
anxi
etywit
hhi
ghbl
oodpressur
e,tensemuscl
es,
clammyhands,dizzi
ness,
upset

 i
nsomni
a

 hal
l
uci
nat
ions

 ext
rememoodswi
ngsorunexpl
ainedout
bur
sts

 pani
cattacks,whi
chincl
udechestpai
n,det
achmentf
rom r
eal
i
tyandsel
f,ext
remef
ear
,
anddif
fi
cultybr
eat
hing

 paranoi
a,suchasbel
iev
ingsomeoneiswat
chingyouorst
alki
ngyou
fl
ashbacksofatraumati
cevent
,whichcansuggestundi
agnosedpost
-t
raumat
icst
ress
di
sorder(PTSD)

Peopleexperi
enci
nganer vousbreakdownmayal
sowi
thdr
aw f
rom f
ami
l
y,f
ri
ends,andco-
workers.Si
gnsofsuchwi
thdrawal
include:

 Av
oidi
ngsoci
alf
unct
ionsandengagement
s

 Eat
ingandsl
eepi
ngpoor
ly

 Mai
ntai
ningpoorhy
giene

 Cal
l
ingi
nsi
ckt
owor
kforday
sornotshowi
ngup

 I
sol
ati
ngy
our
sel
finy
ourhome

Ri
skFact
orsThatCanLeadToNer
vousBr
eakdown

Apersonmayr epor
thavi
nganer vousbreakdownwhenstr
essi
st oomuchforthem t
obear
.
Thatst
resscanbecausedbyext
ernali
nfl
uences.Someoft
hoser
iskfact
orsi
ncl
ude:

 Per
sist
entwor
kst
ress

 Recentt
raumat
icev
ent
,suchasadeat
hint
hef
ami
l
y

 Ser
iousf
inanci
ali
ssues,
suchasgoi
ngi
ntof
orecl
osur
e

 Amaj
orl
i
fechange,
suchasadi
vor
ce

 Poorsl
eepandr
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ion

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 Per
sonal
hist
oryofanxi
etydi
sor
der
s

 Fami
l
yhi
stor
yofanxi
etydi
sor
der
s

 Recenti
njur
yori
l
lnesst
hatmakesdai
l
yli
fedi
ff
icul
ttomanage

Nerv
ousbr eakdownsymptomsvarygreat
lyfrom persont
oper son,butusual
l
yi nv
olvesome
combinati
onofphysi
calandemoti
onalcharact
eri
sti
cs.Adisi
nteresti
nli
fe–bei tprof
essi
onal
orf
ami l
y-
relat
ed–isusual
lyt
hemostcommon.

Thoseont hebri
nkofsuchabr eakdownmayalsoexper
iencechangesi
ntheirsl
eeppat
ter
ns,
ei
thersleepingver
yl i
tt
leornotbei
ngabl
etorouset
hemselvesoutofbed.Changesi
nappeti
te
canoccur ,withbingeeati
ngoracompl et
elackofdesi
ref orf
oodbeingthemostcommon
manifestat
ions.

Oftenti
mesthosesuf
fer
ingfrom mentalil
l
nesswi l
lnotseekouthelpbecausetheythemsel
ves
donotunder st
andwhati shappeningtot hem.Fearandani nabi
li
tytoadequatelyexpr
ess
feeli
ngscanparal
yzeahurtingpersoninto“hi
dingout”andactingasifevery
thingisnormal
,
rathert
hanseeki
ngoutappropri
atetr
eatment.

Nervousbreakdownisn'
tamedicalt
erm,nordoesi ti
ndicateaspeci
fi
cmentalil
l
ness.Butthat
doesn'tmeanit'
sanor malorahealt
hyresponsetost r
ess.Whatsomepeopl ecallanerv
ous
breakdownmayi ndicat
eanunderly
ingment alhealt
hpr obl
em thatneedsat
tenti
on,suchas
depressi
onoranxiet
y.

WhatI
sanEmot
ional
/Ner
vousBr
eakdown?

Whilecommonlyused,t
het er
m“ emoti
onalbreakdown”or“nervousbreakdown”i
snotan
off
ici
alt er
m i
ncl
ini
calpsy
chology.However
,inmai nst
ream j
argon,t
herear etwo di
sti
nct
defi
nit
ions.

Fi
rst,accordingtoKar enAspofEv erydayHeal thaf r
eel
ancej ournal
istwhospecial
izesinfi
tness,
health and nutri
tion i n Uni ted St ates,an emot i
onalbr eakdown i s used t
o describe a
psychologicaldi
sor der .I
tisasoci allyaccept ablewayt ocoverupamor eseri
ousdiagnosi
sand
avoidt hest i
gmaf rom acr it
icalpubl ic.Int hiscase,anemot ionalbreakdowncandescr i
be
anxietyorpani cat tacks,a t rauma di sordersuch aspost -t
raumat i
cst r
essdi sor
der,ora
psychot i
ccondi t
ion such asschi zophr eniathatcan l ead to seri
ousconsequencesi flef
t
untreated.Inmanycases,amaj orpsy chologicaldi
sorderisnotdi agnosedunt i
lacompl ete
nervousbr eakdownoccur s,asi ti
st heev entthatfi
nall
ybr i
ngsapat i
entint
oahospi t
alforthe
fi
rsttime.

Secondl
y,t
heterm emoti
onalbr
eakdowncanbeusedt odescr
ibeapersonalmel
tdownofan
i
ndivi
dualwhojustdoesn’
tknow how t
ocopewi t
hpr esentci
rcumst
ances.Thi
scani ncl
ude
epi
sodesofuncont
rol
labl
eweepi
ng,wit
hdrawal
from l
ovedonesandaninabil
it
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ever
ydayl
ife.Whi
l
esti
llqui
tedevast
ati
ng,t
hisl
att
erdescr
ipt
ioni
smuchmor
eeasi
l
yresol
ved
andusual
l
ydoesnotseri
ousl
yendangeraper
son.

Bel
owaresomeoftheoutlookofthest
udentsofSMACVr egar
dingt
othenegat
ivephy
sical
and
psy
chol
ogi
calr
esul
tsthatgroundstoastudent
'
sbreakdown.

AsclaimedbyVasht iPadri
nao,al ar
geamountofschoolact i
vit
iescouldhel pt hestudentto
workunderpr essurebuti ni
tiat
ingtoomuchacademi cact i
viti
esaffectsone'sper for
mancei n
schoolfortheydon' tknowwhi cht ofocusonf ir
stsot heycr am tofini
shonet askatat imein
whichtheout comedoesn' thavet hatenoughqual i
ty.Also,itstr
essesast udentduet olackof
restf
rom toomuchacademi csthataffectt
heirment alhealthanddoesn' thavet i
met oenjoyat
l
eastactiv
iti
est hatcanhelpimpr ovethei
rphysicalhealh(
t Padri
nao,2019) .

Intheout l
ookoft heCl aryssAquino,thenegat ivepsy chologicaleffectthatitgivestost udents
psychology-wi seisdepr essi
on.Weal l
knowt hathav i
ngt oomuchacademi cwor kloadisn'
tgood
foreverychi l
dort eenager,mainlybecausei tgi v
est hem pr essur eandst r
essbecauseal lthat
theycouldt hinkofi sthedeadlineaswel last heteacher s'highexpect ati
onsthatwoul dact uall
y
mot i
vatethem t odowel linclassiftheyl earnt ounder standdeeper .Thisalonecoul dmake
them feeli
nsuf f
ici
entespeciall
ywhent heyfail
edt ocompl yont hedeadli
ne,whichcausest hem
tohav eemot ionalbr eakdownsi ntheend.I nsteadofmaki ngt hestudentsappr eciat
eschool ,i
t
j
ustmakest hem f eeltheopposi t
ewaysi ncet hey'
veassoci atedschoolwi thpr essure,str
ess,
andot herfactorsthatcont ri
butetohav i
ngdepr ession(Aqui no,2019).

Accor dingtoAi kejoEspi r

it
u,thenegativeef f
ectofl ackingofcur ri
cularactivit
iescanbeseent o
ourgener ationnowaday swher eont heot hersidet heycanact uallymaket hingsont heirowni f
theyr eal l
ywantt o..Let'
sbasemyexpl anati
ont othelackingofcur ri
cul
aract i
vit
iest ostudent
fi
rst.Asast udentgr ow, heorshemustbeengagedwi thact iv
itiesthatwi l
lhel phisorhergr ow
phy sically
,emot i
onallyandment all
y.Buti faschooll ackstogi vet heacademi callyneedsoft hat
student ,i
tmi ghtaf fecthisorherpsy chologicalhealthint hreeaspect swhi chwi l
lleadheri n
conf usion, aski
ngt hemsel veswhattheywant edt obey ettheycan' tconcludeanyanswer ssince
theywasn' ttrai
nedenoughaccor di
ngt oski l
lstheycan, itcanl eadt hem tol owment alabili
tyto
thinkwhatwi l
lbet hesol ut
ionifsomet hinghappent oamat terorhowt of i
xt hingsaccor di
ngt o
howi tusedt obeandl astl
y,i
tcanl eadt hem t olackofexper ienceorhav ingl owsel f-
esteem,
sincet heydoesn' tknow how acer taint hi
ngswasmadet heymi ghtbeaf raidtot r
yt ousei t
becauset heydoesn' tknowhowi twor ks(Espirit
u,2019).

Accordi
ngt oCarlBenit
ez,schoolacti
vit
iesmakest udentsmor eactiv
etopar tici
pat
einclassas
theybuildtheircharacterand creati
vi
ty .Howeverift heylackonext racurri
cul
aractivi
ti
es,
student
s'academicperformancewi l
lbecomepoor .Joiningschoolactiv
iti
esr educethenumber
ofobesest udentsast heyengaget hei
rsel v
eswi ththese.Phy si
calacti
v i
ti
essuchasspor t
s
makest udentstobecompet it
ivetodot hei
rbesttoachi ev
et heirgoal.Also,itmakest hem
fl
exibl
e,str
ong,acti
veandf i
tthathelpt hem tododiffi
culttask.Lackofschoolact i
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resulttoweakbodyofst udent
swhi chdisabl
et hem tojoi
nclassesandact
ivi
ti
es.I
twi
llal
so
maket hem unheal
thy.I
twi l
lal
soresulttodifferentpsy
chologi
caldi
sor
dersuchasstr
essor
anxietyandment al
breakdown(Beni
tez,2019).

Under
neatharesomeoft hepointofvi
ew ofthestudent
soutsi
deSMACVr egar
dingt
othe
negat
ivephy
sical
andpsy
chologi
calr
esul
tst
hatgroundstoast
udent'
sbr
eakdown.

As stated by Yv onne Lagman,t he negati

ve psy chologicalef fectofschool sl acki
ng in
extr
acurricularactiv
iti
esi sstudentstendtogrowdi sregardingt heirsocialli
febecauset heyare
occupi
edbyacademi cthingsnev erthel
essacademi crelatedt hingcoul dnotbeahi ndranceif
theyknow how t omanaget hei
rtime. Theyar eacademi callysmar tbutnotsoci all
ysmar t
,
meaning,y est heyar eint el
l
igentbutt heylackst rategywhi chi soneoft hemosti mport
ant
thi
ngst osur vi
vei nlif
e.Theycanal soexperiencedepr essionbecauseofbi gl oadsofpt '
s
writ
tenwor ks,etc,andt heylacksour ceofhappi ness,especi allyjuniorhighstudentswhoar e
morev ulnerable(
Lagman, 2019).

Accor dingtoMar yannBat all

er,al otofl ear
nerswentt hr oughapoi ntwher et heywher einneed
togost ri
veforacademi cexcellencet hatupshott opar t
icipati
ngtocurricularactivi
ti
eshowev er
ont heot herhand,thiscauseachi l
drent obepr essuredt ogoal l
-outforacademi cdistincti
on.
Thiscausedt hem toabandonpar ti
cularskill
ssuchast heirabi
li
ti
estomanaget ime,dev el
op
selfest eem,buil
dsoci alr el
ati
onshi ps,andsoon.SowhenK- 12came, ittookat ollont hem as
confusionandst rugglet ookov er.Att hatpointtheyhav ebecomeawar eoft heconsequences
ofnotengagi ngwi thar easlikecur r
icularacti
viti
es.St udentswi t
houtexper i
encewi t
hsuch
thi
ngst endtost r
ugglewi t
hadj ustingtot hepoi ntwher ei tsometimesaf fectthem ment all
y,
thusev engoi ngasf araski l
li
ngt hemsel ves.Alearningconceptwi t
houtl eisureandenj oyment
i
sov erwhelming(Bataller,2019).

Ascl aimedbyCeej ayBungay ,theschoolwhol acksextracurri

cul aractiviti
eswi l
lmorel i
kely
causet hei
rstudent st ogr owslowert hanusual .Mani sasocialbei ng.Ifal earnerwastaughtt o
wor kbeneathdemandst heywi l
lbeabl etoconquert hi
ngshowev eriftheyar elessexposedt o
theircommuni t
y,thent heyar el essofasoci albeingbecausei ft heschooli scenteredt o
academi csthent hest udent swillbefocusedmor eoft hei
rselvest hant heirenv i
ronment.They
willhavelimit
edpeopl etosoci alizewi thandlimitedexposuretor eal-li
fechal l
enges.Theymay
alsohav elesscapaci tytoboostsel f -confi
denceandhav eanegat i
vemi ndsetfortheymi ght
thinkthattherear elotsofpeopl eout sidethei
rcageswhoar ewaybet tert hanthem.Howev er
,
dev el
opmentofst rategict hi
nkingandl ogi
calreasoningcanbot hbehar dandeasydependi ng
onhowt hepupi lwillcomeupwi thhisl imi
tedenv ir
onment.Also,int r
aper sonalcommuni cation
canbest rengthenaswel l astheirabi
litytohandlest r
essandstr essors(Bungay, 2019).

I
ntheoutl
ookofYvesFray
co,ci
ti
zenssayt
hatext
racur
ricularacti
vi
ti
esisnott
hatvit
alasthey
bel
i
evedthatcl
assdi
scussi
onismor emai
nthancurri
cular.Therewouldbeal otofnegati
ve
phy
sicalef
fect
sforan inst
it
uti
on thatf
ocuses on students'wellbei
ng when they l
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extr
acurri
cularacti
vi
ti
es.phy si
calheal t
hincludesmanycomponentssuchasphy sicalacti
vit
y,
heal
th,nutri
ti
onanddi etandet c.basedonclinicalst
udi
es,ast
udentwholacksphy sicalact
ivi
ty
mightbepr onei noverweightandobesi t
ybecausedoi ngsuchthi
ngscanr educet heri
skof
havi
ngt hesekindsofdisease(Frayco,2019).

Accor dingt o Mar coRamirez,peoplesaythatlearner

shav ethei
rP.Eclassthatwouldenhance
theirskillswhilelearni
ngsocur ri
cularacti
vi
ti
esar enotneeded.Thepossi bl
enegati
vephysical
effectt oast udentofhav i
nganacademi c-
centeredschoolprogram ist
hatthey'r
enotexposed
tophy sicalactivi
tiest
hatmayboostanddev eloptheirphysi
calfi
tness,agil
it
y,bal
ance,and
health.Hav i
nganacademi c-
centeredprogram canhelpt odevel
opt hei
rcogniti
vemindyetthe
student smi ghthav eweakbonesandbodypost urebecausethey'
realwaysreadi
ng,wri
ti
ng,and
studying( Ramirez,2019).

Ascl ai
medbyKar lAbunda,curri
cularacti
vit
ieshav eanut mosti mportanceont hephy si
cal
beingofast udentasitdevelopsthediffer
entaspect sofhi sorherbody .Butwhenaschool
l
acksi nthisaspectitcoul
dhav eanegat i
veef fectt
ot heirstudent
s.Int hephy si
calaspect,
studentstendtonothav ethatenoughphy sicalit
yasanout letf
ortheloadt heyal
readyhav e
withacademictasks.Wheny ourmindistoost ressedout
, dancingorsportsact i
vi
ti
eswi t
hinthe
schoolcouldjusthel
poneselftorelaxforawhi l
eandhav ef un.Whenthemi ndisrelaxed,t
his
dictat
esaposi ti
veeff
ectonone’ sbody .Justl i
kewhatot herpeoplesay ,loosenup! (
Abunda,
2019)
.

How welldoy outhinkast udentwouldf uncti

oni ft
heirmindsarebombar dedwithacademic
rel
ated tasks?How wi lltheset asksaf fecttheirmentalhealt
h?Ther esear
cherswantt o
acknowledget heprobl
em ofhav i
ngal otofcaseswi thregar
dtoment albr
eakdownscausedby
too much academi c pressure and less extracur
ricul
aractiv
iti
es f orthe studentsthus
resear
cherswantt ogiveanawar enessal l
i
edt ot hefactor
soft henegat i
vephy si
caland
psychol
ogi cal
effect
soflesscur r
icul
aractivi
ti
es.

Fort heresearchersbeli
evethatast udentst r
uggli
ngwi thment alhealt
hi ssuesandphysical
fi
tnessoftenhav eamor edif
ficul
tti
memanagi ngtheirover
allhealt
h,iti
mpact showonethinks,
feelsandacts..Whenament alhealt
hpr oblem i
suntreated,mentalhealthdisorder
scanleadto
schoolfail
ure,famil
yconfli
cts,dr
ugabuse,v iol
enceandev ensuici
de.Unt r
eatedmentalhealt
h
disorder
sareof tenver
ycostlytofamil
ies,communi t
iesandt hehealthcaresystem.

It
’sessenti
altoknowt hatheal i
ngf rom mostment alheal
thprobl
emsi spossible.Peopl
ewho
areactual
lyfi
tareal
soheal thier
,fort heyarecapabletopreser
vethei
rmainlyfinestweight,and
arealsonotpr onetocar diacandot herwell
beingpr obl
ems.Inorderf ort hestudentst o
maintai
nar el
axedstateofmi nd,theyshoul dbephy si
call
yacti
ve.Anindi
vidualwhoi sfitboth
physi
call
yandment al
lyisst rongenought ofacetheupsanddownsofl if
e,andi snotaffected
bydrasti
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Thesearet
heunfami
li
arwor
dsanditsmeaning:NervousBr
eakdownmeansthef
aili
nstr
ength
orvit
ali
tyi
tisal
soanemotionaldi
sor
derthatleav
esy ouexhaust
edandunabl
et owork(By
Laur enMuhl heim, PsyD,Medi callyreviewedbyaboar d-cer t
if
iedphysi cianMedi calTer minology)
,
secondbr eakdowni ssomet imesusedbydoct orst odescr i
beast ressfulsi tuationi nwhi ch
they '
retempor aril
yunabl et ofunct i
onnor mallyi nday -to-dayl ie.(
f Stedman' sMedi calDi ct
ionary)
,
l
ast lyiti st hedi agnosisofapr obl em wi tht he" ner ves";andar ealpr obl em t hatcauses
depr ession( Edwar dShor ter,Ph.D.,ist heJasonA.HannahPr ofessori nt heHi storyofMedi cine
attheUni versityofTor onto,Psychol ogyToday) Aforesai df i
rstitsignifiessaidornamedbef ore
(Mer ri
am Webst erDi cti
onar y)second i s also known as bef ore orpr eviously( Cambr idge
Dictionary)andt hir
di ti sanot hert er mf oraf orement ioned ( OxfordDi cti
onar y).Disquisit
ion
i
ndi catesal ongspeechorwr it
tenr eportonasubj ect( Cambr i
dgeDi ct i
onary)al ongel aborate
essayordi scussi ononapar t
icularsubj ect( Oxf ordDi cti
onar y)andaf ormali nquiryintoor
discussionofasubj ect(Mer r
iam Webst erDict ionary).Endur ing speci fiestocont i
nuet oexistin
thesamest ateorcondi tion(Mer ri
am Webst erDi ctionar y)al sodef ineasl astingov eraper iod
oft ime( Cambr idgeDi ct
ionar y)andl astlypat ientlybear ingcont i
nualwr ongsort r
oubl einside
thebody( Medi calTer mi nology,Vocabul aryLi st).
Fost er usedt odescr i
beasi tuationi nwhi ch
foraper i
odoft i
meachi ldliveswi t
handi scar edf orbypeopl ewhoar enott hechi ld'spar ents
(Cambr i
dgeDi ctionar y)italsost andsasanencour aget hedev elopmentofsomet hing( Mer ri
am
Webst erDi ctionar y),assi gnt o bebr oughtup bysomeoneot hert hani tspar ent s( Oxf ord
Dicti
onar y).Sensat ion connot e a par t
icularf eeling oref fectt haty ourbodyexper iences
(Mer r
iam Webst erDi ctionar y)as wel las physi calf eeli
ng orper ception r esul ting f rom
somet hi
ngt hathappenst oorcomesi ntocont actwi ththebody( Oxf or dDict ionar y)f inallyt he
capaci tytof eelsomet hingphy sicall
y,especi all
ybyt ouching,oraphy sicalf eel i
ngt hatr esul ts
from t hi
sabi l
ity( Cambr i
dgeDi ct i
onar y).Pronei ssomet hingt hati slikel ytodo,hav e,orsuf fer
from somet hing ( Oxf ord Di ct i
onar y)i tcan be an exper ience ofsomet hing unpl easantor
regrettable( Cambr i
dgeDi ctionar y)andt oexper ienceapar ti
cul arpr obl em mor eof tent hani s
usual( Mer ri
am Webst erDi ctionar y)
.Anxi etyisdef i
neasf earorner vousnessaboutwhatmi ght
happen( Mer riam Webst erDi ct ionary)i nt hemedi calwor l
di tisst atedt hatanxi et
yi st hev ague,
uneasyf eelingaper sonmaygetwhent hey '
redr eadingsomet hing( ByLynneEl dr i
dge,MD,
Medi callyreviewedbySanj aJel ic,MDofMedi calTer minology)t hati tcanal sobeaper manent
stateofner v ousnesst hatsomepeopl ewi t
hment alill
nessesexper ience,ami l
derv ersionof
panic,aper sonmustbepr eoccupi edbywor r y(
Stedman' sMedi calDi ct ionary) Pi
. tyi ssai dasa
strongf eelingofsadnessorsy mpat hyf orsomeonef orsomet hing( Cambr idgeDi ct i
onar y)in
additioni ti
st hef eeli
ngofsor rowandcompassi oncausedbyt hesuf feringandmi sf ortunesof
others( Oxfor dDi cti
onar y)andi tisalsoasy mpat heti
csor rowf oronesuf fering,di stressed,or
unhappy( Mer ri
am Webst erDi ct i
onary) .Depressi onr angesi nser iousnessf rom mi l
d,t empor ar y
episodesofsadnesst osev er e,per sistentdepr essiont hesear et hesi gnsandsy mpt omsof
depressi on sadness, t earful ness, empt iness, hopel essness, anxi ety, back pai n or
headaches( Dani elK.Hal l
-Flavi n,M. D.ofMayoCl i
nic.
org)seconddepr essioni ndi f ferentl ev el

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alsoaffectsolderadults,chil
dren,especial
lyst
udent
sbutf requentl
ygoesundiagnosedand
untr
eatedi nthesepopul at
ions(NehaPat hak,MD,WebMD)t hird,causesfeel
i
ngsofsadness
and/oral ossofi nt
erestinactivi
tiesonceenjoyed.I
tcanleadt oav ar
iet
yofemotionaland
physi
calpr obl
emsand can decr easeaper son’
sabili
tyt
of uncti
on atworkand athome
(Ameri
canPsychi atr
icAssociati
on)

SI
GNI
FICANCEOFTHESTUDY

Thisst udywillcontri
butetot hei mprovementofeducat ioninSMACVnotonl yi nthisinstit
uti
on
butal so inot herschool snat i
onall
y.Ther esearcher slookf orwar dthatt hisr esearchwi l
l
encour age the faculty admi nistr
ati
on and al so t he teacherst o be pi nched t o sl otin
extracurri
cul
aract i
vi
ti
es fort he sake oft heirst udent s mentaland phy sicalheal t
h – an
academi cexcel l
entandatt hesamet i
meandheal thierandchal l
engedst udent s appr oach–
andt oadapti tasanef fecti
v eschoolsy stem st rategyt hatwi l
lbenef i
tt hest udent s.The
outcomet obeconsi deredconsi stoft hef ollowi ng:t hei mprovementofst udents’abi li
ti
es;
developmentofa posi tive at t
it
ude towar ds soci alcommuni cation;increase i n students’
academi ccompet enci
est o;enhanci ngst udent s’independence,cr eati
vethinking;andt hel evel
ofinteracti
onandcooper ati
ont hatwasengender edbet weenlearners.

INDI VIDUAL
Ment albreakdownscanl eadt oev ery t
hing.Beingani ndividual ,youneedt of acet her eali
t yi
n
thiswor l
d.Wheny ouf eelt haty ouar eugl yorsomet hingt hatmakesy oui r
ri
tate,itcancause
breakdownsbecausey out hinkt hatev eryonehat esyou.Youwi l
lbecomeananxi ousper son
becausey ouov ert hi
nkandaskt oy ourselfthe"whati f
? "quest ion.Whenpr essurebegi nst o
ov er
whel m an i ndividualt ot he poi ntwher e herpr ofessi onalorper sonalwel l
-being i s
compr omi sed,sy mpt oms ofa ner vous br eakdown may become appar ent.I fy ou ar e
exper iencingt hesi gnsofabr eakdown,y oumaybeaf raidt odiscusswhati shappeni ng.
Simi l
ar l
y,youmayf i
ndy ourselfhesitantt oreachoutt oacl osef ri
endorf amilymemberwhoi s
struggl i
ngwi thsuchani ssue.Anemot ionalbreakdowncandescr i
beanxi etyorpani cat tacks,a
traumadi sordersuchaspost -tr
aumat i
cst r
essdi sorder,orapsy chot i
ccondi t
ionsuchas
schizophr eniat hatcan l ead to ser i
ous consequences i fl eftunt reated.Of t
entimes t hose
suf f
er i
ngf rom ment alillnesswi l
lnotseekouthel pbecauset heyt hemsel vesdonotunder stand
whati shappeni ngt ot hem.Fearandani nabi
lit
ytoadequat elyexpr essf eeli
ngscanpar al
y zea
hur t
ingper soninto“ hidingout ”andact i
ngasi fever
ythingi snor mal,rathert hanseeki ngout
appr opriatetreatment .

FAMILY
Mentalbreakdownofastudentorapersonhasabi geffect
stothei
rfamily
.Whensomeonehas
ament alprobl
em,itcangiveabadmoodt oalearner
.Looki
ngafteraf ami l
ymemberwi t
ha
mentalil
lnesscanbeanextremelyst
ressfult
imeandcopi ngwi
ththestressmayr ousevari
ous
react
ionssuchassomat i
cpr obl
ems( migrai
nes,l
ossofappeti
te,fat
igue,insomni
a),cogni
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ve

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and emotionalproblems( anxiety

,depr ession,guil
t,fear,anger,confusion)and behavi
oral
troubl
es(changesinattit
ude,andsoci alwithdrawal)
.Famil
iesmayal sotakeont herol
eofday -
to-daycar
e.Thisoftenhappenswi t
hl it
tl
etraini
ngorsuppor t,oracknowledgmentoftheirown
needsandment alhealt
h.Whenf amil
iesareaccept edaspar t
nersincareanddor ecei
vetr
aini
ng
andsupport,t
hereisstrongevidencet hatt
hisleadstobetteroutcomesf orevery
oneinvol
ved.

SOCI
ETY

Thecommuni tyisnegativ
elyaffect
edwhenstudentsareunabl
etof i
nisht hei
rdegreesand
contri
buteval
uableski
ll
si nacompet i
ti
vejobmar ket
.Onestudyfoundt hatfivepercentof
studentsdonotfi
nisht
heireducati
onduetopsychi
atri
cdi
sor
dershavegraduatedfrom coll
ege
hadt heynotbeenexper i
encingsuchasdisor
ders,depr
essi
onandanxi etyt hatcancause
suici
dalcanaf
fectthel
argercampuscommunity
.

SCHOOL
Ment ali ssuesatschoolhav et hr
eeef fects.Andt hesear emost lyrelatedt otheiracademi c
performance,how wel ltheysoci al
ize wi th otherst udents and al so how i taffectst heir
psy chologi cal wel l
-being.Thef ir
stisf oracademi cs,thest udentmaybedi sor ientwheni tcomes
tof i
nishing pr ojects orassi gnment s because t he f ocus can be di ver t
ed t otheirdeeper
i
ssue—whi chi st heirment ali ssues.Forexampl e,depr ession.Wheny ouar edepressed,y ou
aren'tj ustsad,y ou'llalsof eelt i
red( ment all
y/physically)bydoi ngany t hingbecauseoft he
extremesadnessy ouar efeeling.Second, t
hesoci alcircleofast udent.Ther ear esit
uationsthat
becauseoft hebi gi mpactoft heirment ali ssues,thewayt heyinteractwi thotherpeopl eis
beingdi fferent.Ther earet imest hatt heycanbev i
olentduet otheirpsy chol ogi
calhealththat
comesf rom t heirpr oblemsathomeorr elat
ionshipswi thother s.Therear eal sotimest hatthey
i
sol atet hemsel vesbecauset heyf eelthatnoonewoul dunder standthem orwhatt hey'
refeeling.
Last l
y,psy chologi calwel l
-being.Thepsy chologicalwel l-
beingi sami xtureoft hei
rment aland
emot ionalheal th.I ftheirpsy chol ogicalheal thi snotbal anced,t herear ecasest hattheot her
effectsmayhappen.

Ifleftuntreated,i tmayl eadt oadeeperpr obl

em suchascommi t
ti
ngsui ci
de,rebell
iousact s,
viol
enceet c.Whenast udentsufferi
ngf r
om ament albreakdowncanaf fectt
heschool .Whena
schoolhasast udentthathasament albreakdown, i
tcangiv eapr obl
em t ot
hem becauset hey
needt ohav easol ut
iontosol veitassoonaspossi ble.Astudentmayhav etroublefocusingon
onet askf orext ended periods,diff
icul
tyreadi
ng and r etai
ning coursemat erial
,ort rouble
remember i
ngi nstructi
onsdur inganexam oracl assr oom exercise.Soschoolneedt or eali
ze
whatar et hethi ngsthatmaket hestudent/ssuff
erst oament albreakdown.Especi all
yifthat
studentist heonewhof i
ghtf orthenameoft hei
rschool .Whent heschooldoesn' tsolvethat,it
canleadt hem t ohav ebadf eedbacks.

ECONOMY
Theef
fectt
hatcausement
alheal
tht
oeconomy
,ment
albr
eakdowncancausest
udentt
odo

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badbehav i
orlikeusedr ug,alcoholandcigaret
tetoavoidthati
ll
ness.Itaf
fectst
heeconomyf or
thereasonthatmosty oungpeopl ewhoar ebeli
evedtobet hekeytothesuccessoft
hecount ry
,
wouldbet heoneswhowi llputt heirl
andalongbecauseofdr ugsandal cohol
.Moststudents
experi
encement alhealt
hpr oblem thatcancausetostudenttokil
lthemselvestost
opthepai n
theoccurr
ence, i
nt hatcasewhent here'
sdeath,popul
ati
ondecreases,andthatwoul
daffectthe
numberwor kforce

INTERNATI ONALRELATI ONS

Whenaper sonhasment alpr oblemsi tcanaf fecthisorherper formance.I tcanl eadt odobad
thi
ngsathi sorherwor ks.Especi allyifapersonwi thament alpr oblem iswor kingabr oadi tcan
l
eadt osomepr oblems,likegai ningbadf eedbacksi fheorshedoesn' tdowhatar ethet hi
ngs
thattheyneedt odo.Ment alil
lnessesmayi nterf
erewi thy ourabi lit
ytof unctionatwor k,orthey
mayhav enoef fectatall.Ify ourment alill
nessi saf fect i
ngy ourabi li
tytodot hings,suchas
concentrati
ngorcommuni cati
ngef fecti
vel
y ,y
ou’repr obabl yawar eofi t.Forexampl e, I
nabi l
it
yt o
screenoutenv ironmentalst imuli,suchassounds,si ght s,orsmel l
s,whi chdi st racty ouwhen
youmayhav eahar dtimewor kingnextt oanoi sypr interori nahi gh- t
raff
icar ea.Thenagai n,
youmaynothav emadet heconnect i
onbet weeny ourdi sabi l
ityandy ourprobl emsf unctioning.
Ment alproblemscanal sodecr easet heprobabilit
yt oaper sont ohav eabeaut ifulandagood
wor kabroad.Thi sresearchcanr aiseawar enessamongy oungpeopl et oknowway sonhowt o
copeort reatt hesecertainef fectsandhowcanhel psomeonewhoi sexper ienci ngi ttoday .A
candlewon' tbel iti
ftherei snof l
ame,andaboutt hist opic,r esearcher swilligni teaspar kt hat
canl i
ghtupi deasamongt eenagerswhi chmayi nfluencet hem t obemor ecar efulwi tht he
wor dstheysay ,actionstheypor t
rayorev enhowt heyt reatt hev icti
mswhoar ehav i
ngt hesi de
effects.

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CHAPTERI
I

REVI
EW OFRELATEDLI
TERATURE

Themosti
mpor
tantgoaloft
her
esear
cher
sist
ogat
herr
oundar
ti
cleswhi
chgi
vesuppor
tin

pr
ovi
ngt
hatl
acki
ngofcur
ri
cul
aract
ivi
ti
esaf
fect
sthephy
sicalandpsy
chol
ogi
calheal
thofa

st
udentt
hatr
esul
tst
oment
albr
eakdowns.

Tabl
e1.Per cent
ageofSt
udentsAged13-
15Year
sOl
dWhoExper
iencedaVi
sionofSui
cide
andLonel
inessbySex,
Phi
li
ppi
nes:2015

Mor
efemal
est
udent
saged13-
15y
ear
sol
dexper
ienceav
isi
onofsui
cideandl
onel
iness

Ther
ewer
emor
efemal
est
udent
saged13-
15-
year
s-ol
dwhoser
iousl
yconsi
der
edat
tempt
ing

sui
ci
dewi
th13.
6% compar
edt
omal
est
udent
swi
th9.
3%.
Theper
cent
ageoff
emal
est
udent
s

whomadeapl
anabouthow t
heywoul
dat
temptsui
cidewasal
sohi
ghercompar
edt
omal
e

st
udent
s.Femal
est
udent
shadaper
cent
ageof12.
5%compar
edt
o9.
5%ofmal
est
udent
s.

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Mor
efemal
est
udent
sconsi
der
edat
tempt
ingsui
cideoneormor
eti
meswi
th18.
7%compar
ed

t
omal
est
udent
swi
th15.
1%.Femal
est
udent
swer
emostl
i
kel
ytof
eell
onel
yincont
rastt
omal
e

st
udent
s,wi
th19.
4%f
orf
emal
est
udent
sand10.
9%f
ormal
es.

Fi
gure2.PercentageofStudentsAged13-17Year
sOl
dWhoExper
iencedaVi
sionofSui
cide
andLonel
iness,Phil
ippi
nes:2015

Mor
efemal
est
udent
saged13-
17y
ear
sol
dconsi
dersui
cide

Theper
cent
ageoff
emal
est
udent
saged13-
17-
year
s-ol
dwhoconsi
der
edat
tempt
ingsui
cide

oneormor
eti
meswashi
ghercompar
edt
othei
rmal
ecount
erpar
twi
th18.
5%i
nfemal
esand

15.
0% i
nmal
es.Femal
est
udent
saged13-
17y
ear
s-ol
dwhoser
iousl
yconsi
der
edat
tempt
ing

sui
ci
dehadaper
cent
ageof13.
9%,al
sohi
ghert
hant
hemal
est
udent
swi
thaper
cent
ageof

9.
2%.Femal
est
udent
shadahi
ghert
endencyt
ofeel
lonel
ymostoft
het
imecompar
edt
omal
es

wi
thaper
cent
ageof19.
5%andmal
est
udent
swi
th17.
6%.
Student
swhomadeapl
anabouthow

t
heywoul
dat
temptsui
cidewasal
sol
owerf
ormal
escompar
edt
ofemal
est
udent
s.Asf
ormal
e

st
udent
s,t
heper
cent
agewas9.
3%whi
l
efemal
est
udent
swer
e12.
3%.

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Fi
gure3.PercentageofSt udent
sAged16-
17Year
sOl
dWhoExper
iencedaVi
sionofSui
cide
andLonel
iness,Phil
ippi
nes:2015

Theper
cent
ageofst
udent
saged16-
17y
ear
s-ol
dwhoat
tempt
edsui
cideoneormor
eti
mes

was16.
2%.Amongt
hef
emal
est
udentr
espondent
saged16-
17y
ear
sol
d,17.
2% at
tempt
ed

sui
ci
deoneormor
eti
mes.Whi
l
ethemal
est
udent
soft
hesameagegr
oup,15.
5% sai
dthey

at
tempt
edt
hesame.Ther
ewasahi
gherper
cent
ageoff
emal
est
udent
saged16-
17y
ear
s-ol
d

whoser
iousl
yconsi
der
edat
tempt
ingsui
cidewi
th14.
7% whi
l
ethei
rmal
ecount
erpar
tswer
e

l
owerwi
th9.
1%.Theper
cent
agest
udent
saged16-
17y
ear
s-ol
dwhomadeapl
anabouthow

t
heywoul
dat
temptsui
cidewas10.
1%andhi
gherper
cent
agewasnot
edamongf
emal
est
han

amongmal
es.Mal
est
udent
saged16-
17y
ear
sol
dhadal
owert
endencyt
ofeell
onel
ymostof

t
het
ime(
15.
5%)ascompar
edt
othei
rfemal
ecol
l
eagueswi
th19.
8%.

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Fi
gur
e4.St
udentMent
alWel
lnessNeeds(
II
)–Tr
ends&Dat
aUK

Peopl
eknowt
hatsuppor
ti
ngast
udentt
hroughanunexpect
edev
entcanbest
ressf
ul.Fami
l
ies

ar
eof
tenawar
ethatt
hei
rst
udentmaybev
ulner
abl
etot
hest
ressofhi
ghschooll
i
febuti
tis

i
mpor
tantt
onot
ethator
dinar
yst
udentheal
thpr
obl
emssuchasamononucl
eosi
s,chr
oni
c

heal
thcondi
ti
onsori
njur
ieshav
eremai
nedmost
lyconst
antdur
ingt
hepastdecades. The

gr
owt
h,howev
er,
inment
alheal
th-
rel
atedi
l
lnessesi
snot
ewor
thyandsubst
ant
ial
.

TheAmer
icanHeal
thAssoci
ati
onhadanassessmentf
rom 2010–2015t
hatr
epor
tsadr
amat
ic

gr
owt
hinst
udentr
epor
tedi
nci
dent
soft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
l
lnesses.Thedat
aisal
armi
ng,
par
ti
cul
arl
y

consi
der
ingt
hatheal
thi
nci
dent
scanof
tendi
sruptast
udent
’seducat
ion.

Accor
dingt
otheNat
ionalAl
l
ianceonMent
alI
ll
ness,onei
nfi
vest
udent
swi
l
lsuf
ferf
rom a

ment
alheal
thcondi
ti
onwhi
l
eat
tendi
nghi
ghschool
.
.

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Fi
gur
e5.Bei
ngphy
sical
lyact
ive:pr
otect
sagai
nstment
alheal
thpr
obl
ems

Accor
dingt
o DSR2017Communi
tyPer
cept
ionsSur
veyheadedbyCar
acchandHunt
ley

bei
ngphy
sical
l
yact
ive:pr
otect
sagai
nstment
alheal
thpr
obl
ems,
decr
easesdepr
essi
oni
nol
der

adul
ts,
reducest
hesy
mpt
omsofpost
nat
aldepr
essi
on,
isasef
fect
iveasmedi
cat
ionf
ormi
l
dto

moder
ateanxi
etyanddepr
essi
on,
impr
ovessel
f-
est
eem andcogni
ti
vef
unct
ioni
nyoungpeopl
e,

pl
ayi
ngspor
treducespsy
chol
ogi
cal
dist
ressby34%1-
3ti
mesaweekand46%4+t
imesaweek,

peopl
ewhopar
ti
cipat
einspor
tscl
ubsandor
gani
zedr
ecr
eat
ionalact
ivi
tyenj
oybet
terment
al

heal
th(
Car
acchandHunt
ley,
2018)
.

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Fi
gur
e6. 
Phy
sical
act
ivi
tyandment
alheal
th:Communi
tyspor
tandr
ecr
eat
ion.

Accor
dingt
oDSR2017Communi
tyPer
cept
ionsSur
veyheadedbyCar
acchandHunt
ley,

ar
ound8i
n10West
ernAust
ral
i
ansbel
i
evei
t’
simpor
tantf
orspor
tandact
iver
ecr
eat
iont
ohel
p

usf
eelgoodaboutour
sel
vesandbui
l
dourconf
idenceandsel
f-
est
eem.Mor
ethan8i
n10

West
ernAust
ral
i
ansf
eeli
t’
simpor
tantandagr
eet
hatspor
tandact
iver
ecr
eat
ioncr
eat
escl
ose

f
ri
endshi
ps.Mor
ethan8i
n10West
ernAust
ral
i
ansf
eeli
t’
simpor
tantt
hatspor
tandact
ive

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r
ecr
eat
ioni
nvol
vepeopl
eli
kecoacheswhocanhav
eaposi
ti
vei
mpactonchi
l
dren’
sli
ves

(
Car
acchandHunt
ley,
2018)
.

Ther
elat
ionshi
pbet
weenpar
ti
cipat
ioni
nor
gani
zedspor
t,r
ecr
eat
ionandment
alheal
thi
s

shown.A numberoft
hemeswer
econsi
stentacr
osst
hel
i
ter
atur
e:Soci
alsuppor
t,soci
al

net
wor
ksandsoci
alcohesi
onpr
ovi
dedbygr
oupact
ivi
ti
esenhancet
hement
alheal
thand

wel
l
bei
ngofacommuni
ty.Subst
ant
ialev
idencei
sshownf
ort
hecor
rel
ati
onbet
weensoci
al

suppor
tandi
ncr
easedandcont
inuedpar
ti
cipat
ioni
nspor
tandact
iver
ecr
eat
ion.

Phy
sical
act
ivi
tyhasbeenshownt
oenhancef
eel
i
ngsofwel
l
-bei
ngi
nvar
iouspopul
ati
ongr
oups.

A possi
ble phy
siol
ogi
calmechani
sm f
orf
eel
i
ngs ofwel
l
-bei
ng coul
d be t
he r
elease of

endor
phi
nsdur
ingexer
cise.Cogni
ti
vef
unct
ioni
nel
der
lypeopl
ewi
thorwi
thoutAl
zhei
mer
’s

di
seasei
sassoci
atedwi
thmai
ntai
ninganact
ive,soci
all
i
fest
yle.Thehy
pot
hesi
sthatphy
sical

act
ivi
tyal
l
evi
atescogni
ti
vedecl
i
nei
ssuppor
ted.Par
ti
cipat
ioni
nfi
tnessandact
ivi
typr
ogr
ams

cor
rel
ates posi
ti
vel
ywi
thf
eel
i
ngs ofsel
fest
eem.Si
gni
fi
cantdecr
eases i
ninci
dence and

pr
eval
enceofcl
i
nicaldepr
essi
onf
oll
owi
ngphy
sicalact
ivi
tyi
nter
vent
ionswer
eshowni
na

numberofset
ti
ngs.

Accor
dingt
oJoanDal
tonofMi
nist
ryEducat
ioni
nAust
ral
i
a,cur
ri
cul
aract
ivi
ti
esr
efert
othe

act
ivi
ti
est
hatar
enecessar
yfort
hebal
anceper
sonal
i
tyofchi
l
dren.Theai
m ofeducat
ioni
snot

t
o communi
cat
e some f
act
ualknowl
edge t
othe l
ear
ner
s butt
o make sur
e hi
s ov
eral
l

dev
elopmentofbal
anced per
sonal
i
ty.A chi
l
d needs ment
al,phy
sical
,soci
al,mor
aland

emot
ional
dev
elopment
.

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Al
ltheser
equi
rement
sofachi
l
dar
enotpossi
bleonl
ywi
thbookr
eadi
ng.Lear
ner
s

r
equi
repar
ti
cul
aract
ivi
ti
est
omeett
heser
equi
rement
s.Thati
swhyt
hoseact
ivi
ti
est
hathel
pin

t
hephy
sical
,mor
al,soci
alandpsy
chol
ogi
caldev
elopmentoft
hechi
l
dar
ecal
l
edco-
cur
ri
cul
ar

act
ivi
ti
es.Forexampl
es,
debat
ing,
athl
eti
cs,
spor
ts,
andscout
ing(
Dal
ton,
2016)
.

Accor
dingt
oTimothyLegg,
PhD,CRNPinMedicalNewsToday
,thef
oll
owi
ngar
ethecommon
si
gnsandsymptomsofanervousorment
albr
eakdown

 feel
i
nganxi
ous,depr
essed,t
ear
ful
,orcont
inuousl
yir
ri
tabl
e,f
eel
i
nghel
pless,hopel
ess,
andhav
ingl
owself-
esteem.

 unr
egulatedsleepschedul
e,ei
thersleepi
ngtoomuchornotenough,unheal
thyeat
ing
andhygiene,
of t
enduetopeopl
ef or
getti
ngornotbei
ngmot
ivat
edt
oeatorclean.

 di
ff
icul
tyf
ocusi
ngorr
emember
ingt
heev
ent
soft
heday
.

Accor
dingt
oHar var
dHeal t
hPubl
ishi
ngt
her
ear
eTwoCommonMent
alI
ll
nessesThatOf
ten
Under
li
eNervousBreakdowns

AnxietyDisorder
.Anxiet
ydi
sordersareamongt hemostcommonment ali
ll
nesses.Therear
e
dif
ferenttypesofanxiet
ydi
sorder
s,suchasgener al
i
zedanxiet
yandsocialanxi
ety,butal
lar
e
character
izedbyfeel
i
ngworri
ed,nerv
ous,anxi
ous,andst
ressedtoanunusualdegr
ee.

MajorDepression.Depressi
onisanothercommonment alil
l
nessandamooddi sor
dert
hat
makesaper sonfeelsad,hopel
ess,
andfatiguedper
sist
ent
lyandof
tenf
orweeksatati
me.I
tis
adepressedmoodt hatcannotbeeasi
l
yov ercome.

Academicpressuredoesnotbeginincol
l
ege.Thenervousbreakdowns,
panicatt
acks,burnout
s,
anddepressionarealsoapparenti
nmanyy oungerst
udents.Thesamesituati
onisnotal ways
str
essf
ulforallpeopl
e,andallpeopl
edonotundergothesamef eel
i
ngsoroff
-putt
ingthoughts
whenstressed.

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RESEARCHQUESTI
ONS

1.Whatar
ethenegat
ivephy
sical
fact
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdowns?

2.Whatar
ethenegat
ivepsy
chol
ogi
cal
fact
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdowns?

3.Howt
heydeal
wit
hit
?

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HYPOTHESI
S

Ther
esear
cher
spr
ovi
dedanul
lhy
pot
hesi
sthatdescr
ibest
her
esul
tthatt
heydesi
ret
ofi
nd.I
tis

aneducat
edguessaboutt
heout
come.Thef
oll
owi
ngar
ethehul
lhy
pot
hesi
sconnect
edt
othe

r
esear
cher
s'r
esear
chquest
ions(
rq'
s):

Resear
chQuest
ion#1:
Whatar
ethenegat
ivephy
sical
fact
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdowns?

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s#1:Thenegat
ivephy
sicalf
act
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdownsi
shav
ingl
ackof

sl
eepandr
elaxat
ionbecauseoft
oomuchschool
wor
ks.

Resear
chQuest
ion#2:
Whatar
ethenegat
ivepsy
chol
ogi
cal
fact
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdowns?

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s#1:Thenegat
ivepsy
chol
ogi
calf
act
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdownsi
stoomuch

st
resscausedbyt
oomuchschool
act
ivi
ti
es,
per
sonal
probl
emsandpeerandr
elat
ivepr
essur
e.

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s#2:Thenegat
ivepsy
chol
ogi
calf
act
orst
hatcausesbr
eakdownsi
sbei
ngan

anxi
ousper
sonaboutt
heout
comeofhi
swor
ks.

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s #3:Thenegat
ivepsy
chol
ogi
calf
act
orst
hatcausebr
eakdownsi
sfearof

get
ti
ngf
ail
i
nggr
adesandt
obecomedi
sappoi
ntment
.

Resear
chQuest
ion#3:Howt
heydeal
wit
hthatf
act
ors?

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s#1:
Theydeal
wit
hthatf
act
orsbyhav
ingt
imemanagement
.

exampl
e:Hav
ingat
imef
ramesonwheny
ou'
l
lst
artandf
ini
sht
hewor
kort
askont
hatday
.

Nul
lhy
pot
hesi
s#2:
Theydeal
wit
hthatf
act
orsbyt
alki
ngt
othei
rfr
iends,
goi
ngoutwi
tht
hem.

exampl
e:Whent
hey
'r
efeel
i
ngdownandneedsomeonet
otal
ktot
heyi
mmedi
atel
ycal
lthe

pr
esenceoft
hei
rfr
iendsf
ort
hem t
oseekf
orhel
p.

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CHAPTERI
II

Thi
sist
hesur
veyquest
ionnai
rest
hatt
her
esear
cher
smadef
ort
hisdi
sser
tat
ion.

SURVEYQUESTI
ONS

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PRESENTATI
ONOFSURVEYFORMS

The f
oll
owi
ng ar
ethe sur
veyf
orms answer
ed byt
he f
oursect
ions who ser
ved as t
he

r
esear
cher
'sr
espondent
s.

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