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LA BONNE INTENTION SECONDARY SCHOOL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL-STUDIES
TITLE OF STUDY:
To investigate the negative impacts of stress on the teenagers within the
community of Good-Hope.

by Unknown Author is licensed under

CANDIDATE NAME: DEVI SINGH

CANDIDATE’S REGISTRATION NUMBER: 0903140284
CENTER NUMBER: 090314
NAME OF TEACHER: MISS SHELLY PARMANAND
TERRITORY: GUYANA
DATE OF SUBMISSION: JANUARY 31st 2021
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS PAGES

Acknowledgement.........................................................................i

Task 1
Statement of Study.........................................................................1
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Aims/ Objectives...........................................................................2
Task 2
Reason for Selecting the Area of Study.........................................3
Task 3
Method of Investigation................................................................4
Task 4
Instrument used to Collect Data...................................................5-6
Task 5
Procedure used to Collect Data...................................................7
Task 6
Presentation and Explanation of Data.........................................8-11
Task 7
Analysis and Interpretation of Data.............................................12
Task 8
Findings........................................................................................13
Task 9
Recommendations and Suggestions..............................................14

Bibliography.................................................................................15
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Acknowledgement
The researcher would like to thank the almighty Lord, whom gave her the strength and ability to
wake up for another day, and to complete this research with full confidence. Gratitude also goes
to the subject teacher who gave guidance and explain every step in completing this School Based
Assessment. The researcher’s sister who stood beside her in providing the materials, and in
printing the final draft of this School Based Assessment.
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Task one
Statement of Study
Teenage Stress
To investigate the negative impacts of stress on the teenagers within the community of Good-
Hope?
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Aims/ Objectives
● To find out the causes of stress on teenagers.

● To find out the family types teenager stress is prevalent among.

● To find out possible solutions to reduce teenage stress within the community.
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Task 2
Reason for Selecting the Area of Study
The typical reason why the researcher selected this topic “teenage stress” is because it is the
foremost problem within the researcher’s community. Teenager stress in the community seems
to be the foundation of suicidal problems. The scenario of teenage stress created when teen’s
social relationships with friends, boyfriend and girlfriends and the issue of sexual activities
arises. There is also the sense of hopeless, inactiveness and health related problems such as
depression, which reflects to the modern life as the young generation that tend to abuse
themselves by using sharp materials and leave marks of deep agony on their exterior body parts.
When teens who should be focused on education and future thoughts are busy carried away with
a simple feeling of love and thinks of pleasure 24/7. Be that as it may, it is important that an
investigation be carried out to discover a possible solution to this issue at hand.
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Task 3
Method of Investigation
To obtain information on the topic “teenage stress”. The researcher used printed questionnaires,
which allowed participants to state three options with privacy. A questionnaire is a set of printed
or written questions with a choice of answers, decided for the purposes of a survey or statistical
study. (Merriam Webster dictionary) Ramsawak and unraw (2010) state that questionnaires:

● Saves money and time.

● Gives people time to think before writing their answer.

● Reduces interviewing bias as respondents are not influenced by the researcher and it
allows the researcher to gain information from many people in a relatively short period of
time.
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Task 4
Instrument used to Collect Data
Lot 465 Good-Hope
Questionnaire
Dear participant,
My name is Devi Singh, I am a student of the La Bonne Intention Secondary School, I
I am conducting a survey on the topic ‘Teenage stress’ as a part of my Social-Studies School
Based assessment. This survey is being sent out to you for me to get information, based on your
point of view of what level of stress teenagers within Good-Hope are faced with. It will be a
pleasure if you kindly answer the given questions as followed by simply placing a tick in the box
(i.e.) according to your answer. Your participation is much appreciated, and your responses
will be treated with strict confidence.
1. What is your gender?
Male Female

2. What level is stress on teenagers within your village?

Acute stress Episodic acute stress
Chronic stress

3. What family type is teenage stress prevalent among?

Reorganized family Single parent family
Nuclear family Extended family

4. What are your reviews on the causes of stress on teenager in Good-Hope?

Peer pressure Verbal abuse Poverty Low self-esteem

5. What impact does stress have on teenagers?

Delinquency Homeless Drug Abuse Suicidal thoughts

6. Do you know of anyone who is a victim of stress? How does this influence their health?
Yes, he/she started eating more/less
Yes, he/she suffer from weakness and dizziness
Yes, they have sleepless nights
No, I know of no one

7. As a teenager do you think your life is stressed?

Yes No Maybe
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8. What stresses your life the most?

Academic pressure Parents pressure
Financial pressure Love relationships

9. What are your stress busters?

Spending quality time with friends /family/loves ones
Practicing your hobby
Yoga and meditation/ exercise
Spending quality time alone

10. Do you think stress management is important?

Yes, because it helps cope up from stress
No, because teenage is a stress bearing age anyways
Maybe at times

11. Do you think committing suicide is the positive thing to do when under stress?
Yes No

12. What do you think childcare service can support this situation with?
Produce programs on television
Hold a fare within the community
Home visiting
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Task 5
Procedure used to Collect Data
It would have been quite impossible for the researcher to get a response from every resident
within the community, where the research is done. Hence, the fact that Good-Hope is split into
three dimensions’ phase 1, 2 and 3, the researcher distributed twenty-five (25) questionnaires to
ten (10) boys and fifteen (15) girls.

The researcher therefore decided to randomly choose residents home. The twenty-five. selected
residents were provided with questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed 25 th -11-2020
and were collected on 27th -11-2020, all questionnaires were collected without any delay.
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Task 6
Presentation of Data
The tables below are used to analyzed the data that was gained from the
questionnaire.

1. Table showing the causes of stress on teenagers

Reasons Number of respondent Percentage

Peer pressure 9 36%

Verbal abuse 4 16%
Poverty 8 32%
Low self-esteem 5 20%

2. Table representing the family types which teenage stress is most prevalent among
Reasons Number of respondent Percentage

Reorganized family 6 24%

Single parent family 9 36%
Nuclear family 5 20%
Extended family 6 24%

3. Table representing the possible solutions to reduce teenage stress

Reasons Number of respondent Percentage

Produce programs on 8 32%

television
Hold a fare within the 6 24%
community
Home visiting 11 44%
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FIGURE 1: BAR GRAPH REPRESENTING THE

CAUSES OF STRESS ON TEENAGERS IN GOOD-
HOPE
36%

32%
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENCE

20%

16%

PEER PRESSURE VERBAL ABUSE POVERTY LOW SELF

ESTEEM
RESPONSES
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FIGURE 2: HISTOGRAM REPRESENTING THE

FAMILY TYPES IN WHICH TEENAGE STRESS IS
PREVALENT AMONG
40%
36%
35%
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENCE

30%
25% 24% 24%
20%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Y Y Y Y
IL IL IL IL
M M M M
FA FA FA FA
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PA CL N
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FAMILY TYPES
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FIGURE 3: PIE CHART REPRESETING THE POSSIBLE SO-

LUTIONS REQUIRED TO REDUCE TEENAGE STRESS.

PRODUCE PROGRAMS
32% ON TELEVISION
HOLD A FARE WITHIN
44% THE COMMUNITY
HOME VISITING

24%
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Task 7
Analysis and Interpretation of Data
In conducting this survey within the village of Good-Hope, out of twenty-five (25) persons,
thirteen (13) were women and the remaining twelve (12) were men. The information gathered is
stated below.

The Bar Graph represents the causes of stress on teenagers within the village of Good-Hope.
Thirty-six (36%) of the respondents indicated that teenage stress is caused by peer pressure,
sixteen (16%)of persons responded that verbal abuse is another agony that causes teenage stress,
thirty-two (32%) of persons indicated that poverty causes teenage stress, whereby the remaining
twenty (20%) of persons rather indicated that low self-esteem is the cause of teenage stress
within the village of Good-hope.

The Histogram represents the family type in which teenage stress is prevalent among. Twenty-
four (24%) of the participants indicated that teenage stress is prevalent among the reorganized
family, thirty-six (36%) indicated that teenage stress is common in the nuclear family, twenty
(20%)indicated the nuclear family, while the remaining twenty-four (24%) indicated extended
family.

The Pie Chart represents the possible solutions required to reduce teenage stress. Thirty-two
(32%) of persons required that the child care service can support this situation by producing
programs on the television, twenty- four (24%) of persons required that they should hold a far
within the community, while forty- four (44%) of persons required for the child care to support
this situation is to home visit each victim.
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Task 8
Findings
During the research, the researcher acquired positive feedback and compendium information
with which regards to teenage stress within Good-Hope. These findings are as followed:

● It can be concluded that the researcher found out the causes of stress on teenagers.

● The family types to which teenage stress is most prevalent among.

● The possible solutions to reduce teenage stress within the village of Good-Hope.
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Task 9
Recommendations
● The researcher recommends that parents should help by listening carefully to their teens
and watch carefully for overloading.

● The researcher also recommends that teens can decrease stress by avoiding excess
caffeine which can increase feelings of anxiety and agitation and to take a break from
stressful situations. Activities like listening to music, talking to a friend, drawing, writing,
or spending time with a pet can reduce stress.
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Bibliography

● Questionnaire
Residents of Good-Hope, East Coast Demerara 25TH November, 2020.