LEVEL OF ACADEMIC STRESS AND COPING MECHANISMS

OF GRADE 12 HUMSS MARX IN STO. NIÑO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Presented to
Senior High School
Sto. Nino National High School
Sto. Nino South Cotabato

In Partial Fulfilment
Of the Requirements in Inquiries,Investigation and
Immersion

GLEA ANN OSANO

PRECIOUS LANADA
JAYRO FACULARIN
JECYL JAYAWON
KYLA FETROS
MARY GRACE PENDON
KARL REYVEN PARDO
ANGELINA TINGGAL

ANNABELLE FLOTE
Adviser
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION (logical connectors; sequence connectors)

Background of the Study

1ST PARAGRAPH - (INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM)
2ND PARAGRAPH - NATIONAL PROBLEM ,
3RD PARAGRAPH - LOCAL PROBLEM
4TH PARAGRAPH- STATE THE REASON WHY YOU WANT TO STUDY THIS
PROBLEM
This study is focus on the level of academic stress and satisfaction of Grade 12

on academic stress of the Grade 12 HUMSS-Marx group for the decision making a

social understanding of a human being which according to Joseph Addison an English

writer said “man is but a shadow and life a dream”.

According to Campben-Phillips, Halder, and Hasib (2020) states that academics

stress can cause personal inadequacy, fear of failure, interpersonal difficulties with

teacher’s, teacher-student relationships, and inadequate study facilities were concerns

of academic stress. This means that experiencing stress is at least partially individual

and subjective (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984, Lazarus, 1999, Fliege et al, 2001).

Therefore, some people experience stress in a given situation, while others do not

because they perceive and evaluate the same situation differently

Stress is a factor which affect the individual physical, mental, and emotional

stability of a person. Persons have stress find some difficulty in understanding itself,

they become tense, anxious, irritable and they have trouble concentrating and mental
health is temporarily damage .But once a person can cope up from stess it can be back

in a normal ,of course in combination with the more usual methods of self-

development,it might make a critical critical difference. Stress and It’s manifestations,

such as anxiety, depression ,and burnout have always been seen as a common

problem among people in different proffesions and occupations. In the last few

decades, alarm has been provoked by the proliferation of books, research

reports ,popular articles and the growing number organized workshops, aiming to teach

people how to cope with phenomenon ( Keinan and Perlberg 1986).

Meanwhile, The activity which the students undergo in these will developed the

mind by effort. It will be accomplished through hard works in studies. Unless you train

your body, you cannot be an athlete unless you train your mind, you cannot be much of

a scholar. The good part of what you learn by hard study may not be permanently

retained and may not seem to be of much final value, but your mind is a better and

more powerful instrument because, you have used it. Stress is a factor which individual

affect the physical, mental, and emotional stability of a person. Persons have stress find

some difficulty in understanding itself, they become tense, anxious, irritable and they

have trouble concentrating and mental health is temporarily damage. But once a person

can cope up from stess it can be back in a normal ,of course in combination with the

more usual methods of self-development, it might make a critical difference.

In the same way, our society faces many problems that have accumulated from like

graft and corruption this has spread like a disease among the people the rich and the

poor alike especially among those with power. It is true that knowledge is greater power

if you can have a trained and powerful mind. You are bound to have it worth something

but it’s value is more in what it can do, than is what it can grasp and use “Think of your

mind as a search light that is to reveal the truth to you, don’t cheat or neglect it.

Stress and It’s manifestations, such as anxiety, depression ,and burnout have always

been seen as a common problem among people in different proffesions and

occupations. In the last few decades, alarm has been provoked by the proliferation of

books, research reports ,popular articles and the growing number organized workshops,

aiming to teach people how to cope with phenomenon ( Keinan and Perlberg 1986).
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Stress arises from an interaction between a person and the environment (see,for

example,the transactional stress model ;Lazarus and folkman,1984).A situation is

perceived as stressful of it “is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her

resourced and endangering his or her well-being”(Lazarus and

folkaman,1984,p.19).This means that experiencing stress is atleast partially individual

and subjective (Lazarus and Folkman ,1984;Lazarus ,1999;Fliege et al. 2001)

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPEDENT VARIABLE

LEVEL OF ACADEMIC
STRESS OF GRADE 12- COPING MECHANISMS
MARX

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 shows the independent variable and the intervening variable of the study.

The Independent variable of the study is the academic stressed encountered by Grade

12 Humss- Marx students. The dependent variable of the study is the coping

mechanism of the Grade 12 Humss Marx of Sto. NinoNatuonal High School. This will

show how they would cope up from academic stress they are encountered and what are

the strategies to adjust to such stressful events in school and maintain their emotional

well-being. The variables that may questions the authenticity of the result of the study

includes peer pressure, parents involvement mental health status and teacher’s

involvement.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study generally seeks to determine the Level Academic and Coping
Mechanism among Grade 12-Humss Marx students of the Sto.Nino National High
School.
Specially, it seeks to answer the following research:
1.)To determine the level of academic stress of Grade 12-Humss Marx?

2.)To determine the coping Mechanisms of Grade 12- Humss Marx?

3.)Is there a significant relationship between the level of academic and coping

mechanisms of Grade 12-Humss

Research Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis

There is no significant relationship between the Level of academic stress and coping

mechanism among Grade 12 Humms Marx students.

Alternative Hypothesis

There is significant relationship between the level of academic stress and the coping

mechanism among Grade 12 Humms Marx.

Significance of the study

Stress can lead to poor academic performance and a loss of interest in social activities.

This study will help the school address the factors that contribute to students

experiencing stress, which can eventually lead to mental issues, vices, depression or

suicide.

School Guidance Coordinator- it will help the school guidance coordinator to brainstorm

ideas and program on how to assess the student’s mental health status in this time of

pandemic.

Teacher- it will them to communicate and check their students status from time to time.

School- it will the school address the reason of dropped outs in Sto Nino. National High

School. Also, it will help to approve such recommendations 0f programs coming from

the the school guidance coordinator.

Student-it will help better understand what is academic burn out and the coping

mechanisms to overcome it and to maintain a healthy stable mental health status.

Parents-it will encouraged the parent to be aware of the new normal setup of the

students learning.It will also helps them to better understand the new normal set-up

and they should give their children a consideration and supervise them from time to

time.
Scope and Delimination

The parameter of this Research will be in Grade 12 Humss Marx of Sto. Nino National

High School. In order to identify the Level of Academic Stress, the researchers will only

employ the Campben-Philips,Halder, and Hassib which developed as a research

instrument to assist stress as a continuum ranging from low to high on the different

categories:

Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization ,and reduce personal accomplishments.In

addition, the researcher will utilize Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced

( Brief-COPE) a self-report questionnaire developed to assist a broad range of coping

responses to measure the coping strategies of the Grade 12 Humss-Marx. On the other

hand ,Other senior High School stands and sections that are not mentioned will be

subjected to the study.

 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE(RRL)

This character presents the related literature and studies that are significant in this

study. This consist of some of the common stressors reported in an academic setting

include excessive assignments poor time managements and social skill, peer

competition, etc. stress has become part of student’s academic life due to various

internal and external expectations planned from their shoulders. Adolescents

particularly vulnerable to the problems associated with academic stress transitions

occur at an individual and social level. It therefore, becomes imperative and understand

the sources and impact o academic stress in order to derive adequate and efficient

intervention strategies. The study employed a quantitative research design where

participants and screened using academic stress scale ( Rajendran and Kaliappan,1991

from four streams namely, commerce, management ,humanities, and basic sciences.

The five dimentions of sources such as personal inadequacy, fear of failure,

interpersonal difficulties with teachers, teacher pupil relationship and inadequate study

facilities were further analyzed and gender differences were also obtained.

Understanding the sources of stress would facilitate the development of effective

counselling modules and intervention strategies by school psychologists and

counsellors in order to help students alleviate stress. Academic stress is defined as a

students psychological state resulting from continous social and self-imposed pressured

in a school environment that deptates the students psychological reserves. Academic

stress among undergraduate students that the case of education faculty King Seud
University. This study investigated the academic stressors experienced by the students

at university. Marwan Zaid Batainch (2003).

The study examined the impact of academic stress among the management

students. Stress management encompasses techniques to equip a person with effective

coping mechanisms for dealing with psychological stress. Students have different

expectations, goals and values that they want to fulfil, which is only possible if they are

integrated with that of the institution. The objective of the study is to find out the

students, the takes into account various criteria like physical, psychological, individual,

demographical, and environmental factors of stress among the management students.

Stress does not affect all people equally,but stress can lead into illness and negative

experiences.Coping with stress is therefore an important factor,it effects whether and

how people search for medical care and social support and how they believe the adrice

of the professionals (Passer and Smith 2007).

The transactional model of stress and coping (Lazaruz and Cohen 1997),is an approach

for evaluating the coping process of stressful situations. Stressful situations are viewed

as the transactions between an individual and environment.

The consequence of Academic stress is can reduce motivation, hinder

achievement ,and lead to increased college drop out rates (Pascoe et

al.,2020).Academic stress has also been shown to negatively impact mental health in

students ( Li and Lin 200;Ersenberg at al; 2009 Green at al,2001).Moreover,positive of

both negative and positive mental health indicates over time (Margaf et.al,2020)Further

exploring the relationship between academic stress an mental well-being has been
shown and affect academic performance in college(Tennaht et,al 2007; Eisenbag et

al,2009;Freire et al,2016)
 Scope and Delimination

The parameter of this Research will be in Grade 12 Humss Marx of Sto. Nino National

High School. In order to identify the Level of Academic Stress, the researchers will only

employ the Campben-Philips,Halder, and Hassib which developed as a research

instrument to assist stress as a continuum ranging from low to high on the different

categories:

Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization ,and reduce personal accomplishments.In

addition, the researcher will utilize Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced

( Brief-COPE) a self-report questionnaire developed to assist a broad range of coping

responses to measure the coping strategies of the Grade 12 Humss-Marx. On the other

hand ,Other senior High School stands and sections that are not mentioned will be

subjected to the study.