EFFECTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ON THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF

WEST COAST COLLEGE, INC.

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of West Coast

College Inc. Senior High School Department,
Pio Duran, Albay

In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

in Senior High School Department.
General Academic Strand (GAS)

Juvy O. Molar
Antoneth Nebreja
Fionafeb P. Mullasgo
Shiela P. Canoza
Ade Vanessa H. Panesa
Jasmine A. Imperial
Angel A. Niepas
Mark Raven D. Tabangay
John Robert N. Blancaflor

May 2023
 CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM

Introduction

A romantic relationship is a passionate interpersonal

relationship that involves emotional and/ or physical closeness.

It is a mutual, ongoing and voluntary interaction between two

partners that is characterized by specific expressions of

affection and intimacy. The Romantic relationships have become an

integral part of adolescents’ daily lives, and dating is the

primary topic of adolescent conversation Eder (1993).1

These relationships are often superficial, and the majority

lasts for a weeks or months of intimacy (Collins & Van Dolman,

2006; Li, et al., 2010). Adolescence is a critical period and

development, marked by an expansion of peer networks, increased

importance of close friendships, and the emergence of romantic

relationships. With adolescents’ transition to high school, the

size and diversity of their peer networks increase and peer crowd

affiliation becomes important. Experiences with peers constitute

an important developmental context for children and adolescents

(Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006). During adolescence, friends

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surpass parents as the primary source of social support, and

contribute to adolescents’ self-concept and well-being.

By age of 16, most adolescents have had a romantic

relationship (Carver, Joyner, & Udry, 2003). Such relationships

may have mental health benefits, Including the provision of

social support, the enhancement of self-esteem, preparation for

adult relationships, and the development of intimacy Collins

(2003). Romantic relationships are a prevalent component of human

experience. Although romantic relationships are often

characterized by positive emotions such as love and fulfillment,

nonetheless conflict and its accompanying negative emotions are

inevitable. As differing needs of partners cannot always be met

simultaneously.2

When pre-teen and teenage romance and relationships starts

there is not right age to start having relationships. But changes

often happen around these ages: from 10-14 years old, your child

might start feeling attracted to others, from 15-19 years,

romantic relationships can become central to teenage social

lives. It’s also common for children to have no interest in

romantic relationships until their late teens. Some young people

choose to focus on schoolwork sport or their interests.

Objectives of the Study

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 The main objective of the study is to determine the effects of

romantic relationship and the extent of its influence on the

Academic Performance of the Grade 12 Senior High School students

of West Coast College Inc.

Statement of the Problem

This research aimed to answer the following questions:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in forms of:

a. gender

b. age

2. What are the influences of romantic relationship to the Grade

12 Senior High School along:

a. academic performance;

b. time management in studies;

c. negative emotions; and

d. positive emotions

3. What is the extent of influence of the romantic relationship

to the Grade 12 Senior High School students along the four

variables of the study?

Scope and Delimitation

 This study will focus on the effects of Romantic Relationships

on the Academic Performance of Grade 12 Senior High School

Students of West Coast College Inc. Each researcher will choose

(6) respondents to answer the questionnaires, there are 10

researchers therefore there will be (60) respondents in total.

The respondents are coming from the selected students in Grade 12

Senior High School of West Coast College Inc, AY.2022-2023. It

will not include other student who are not connected to the

problems enumerated in their current study.

Significance of the Study

 The findings of this study can be beneficial to the following:

Students. They will be more aware of the positive and

negative effects of having Romantic Relationships in their

studies. In some point, they will develop interpersonal skills,

be more motivated in improving their academic performances.

School. The school will improved teaching styles; better

understood the learning needs of their students; and enriched

their professional experiences.

Teachers. They will benefit about the results of the

students’ academic performance.

Parents. The parents will be able to realize the importance

of guiding their children when it comes to dating or having

relationships. Monitoring their grades, status, and behavior will

also be their top priorities.

Future Researchers. This research work can be used as guide

for future Researchers.

CHAPTER II

RELATED LITERATURE
 This chapter contains the related literature and studies,

local and foreign which helped in developing and improving the

present study. It also contains the synthesis of the state of the

art, the gap bridge of the study, theoretical and conceptual

framework, and definition of terms.

According to Shi (2016), adolescent romance, in traditional

Chinese culture, has long been stigmatized as a deviant behavior.

It is referred to as “puppy love” to imply that adolescents are

too young to fall in love. In addition, facing negative social

stigma, adolescents are often unwilling to communicate with their

parents and teachers when they are experiencing difficulties in a

romantic relationship, which in turn can increase the odds of

unfavorable consequences.3

According to Jin & Yang (2021), adolescents start to have

crushes and hope to approach and understand the “ideal person”

when they enter adolescence. According to the CEPS Data, 47.7% of

middle school students have admitted that had or having crushes

on their friends.4

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‘’You’re_going_out_with_who?’’;_Peer_group_influence_on_adolescent_romantic_relationships.
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(pp.291-329)._New_York:_Cambrigde_University_Press

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 Liu et al. (2020)5, adolescents in love face a strong conflict

between self-concept and social identity expectations. Such

romance turns into a psychological burden. Adolescents have a

sense of self-doubt and tension in the relationship and tend to

negatively understand the conflicts in relationship.

On the other hand, according to Arnet (as cited in Ficham

and Cui, 2017) “late adolescents” is the stage where teenagers

experienced how to be totally and socially independent. This is

the time for curiosity & explorations in choosing and having a

partner, and explores this kind of curiosity that somehow leads

to romantic relationship.

According to (Maduabuchi, C.H., & Angela, 1.O.I 2016) for

that personal educations to be meaningful, the student require

the skills that would help them to regulate their education. It

therefore becomes necessary for teachers to teach the student’s

meta cognitive skills which have been found to aid students in

the regulations of their learning.

Schmidt & Lockdown (2015), as love grows fonder, along with

the desire to keep the relationship going, more time is allotted

to various dating activities, learning only a small amount of

time for learning. This tendency then has connection with course
5
Bemales,_A.M.J.,&_Colonia,F.
(2011)._The_Effects_of_Romantic_Relationships_on_the_Academic_Performance_of_the_Philippines_Cebu_Colle
ge_Students_(university_of_the_Philippines.
attendance; it was reported that students are likely to be absent

for at least 3 times in a semester.

Related studies

A study from the university of Denver found that teenagers

who are engaged in romantic relationships are likely to

experience problems such as anxiety and depression (Scott,2015).

Rather than paying attention to their partner during class time,

and their level of anxiety even increased when they had conflicts

with their partner (Baleros 2017).6

Baker & Carreno (2016) focus groups with high school

students indicated that technology use and the ease with which

teens can contact and communicate online with potential partners

may exacerbate adolescent’s feelings of jealousy when dating.

Lebow et al. (2019) states that indeed, couples therapy can be

helpful for couples experiencing conflict, as literature has

suggested that 70% of couples in couples therapy experience

positive outcomes.

According to (Dewitte, van Lank veld, Vanden berghe, &

Loeys, 20150) in a daily diary study, female as well as male

partners reported that intimacy was associated with higher

6 Maduabuchi, C, H., & Angela, I. O. 1. (2016). Teaching Metacognitive Skins for the Promotion of Self-regulated Learning among Secondary School Students in Nigeria, British Journal

of Education, 4(10). 74-84

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chances that partnered sexual activity occurred. Birnbaum et al,

(2016) conducted a series of experimental studies and found that

when the partner exhibited higher emotional responsiveness,

sexual desire increased and contributed to the couple’s

intimacy.7

(Braams et al,2015;Suleiman & Harden, 2016) adolescence

therefore becomes a time of diminished prefrontal cortical

control, with the heightened possibility of risk-taking and poor

judgement decisions, especially in environments described as

“reward-sensitive; where the temptations of immediate feel good

experiences are high, such as in romantic and sexual situations.

According to Temple-Smith et al. (2016) emotions associated

with being “in love” or “in lust” are likely to be confused and

confusing, even overwhelming for some.

Synthesis of the State of the Art

The researchers compared, contrast, and analyzed the

different studies and literature of the similarities and

differences of the previous studies. It states in the Liu & Li

(2015), It is referred to as “puppy love” to imply that

7 Ahamed A. T. M. S., Mahmood N. T., Rahman R. M. (2017). An intelligent system to predict academic performance based on different factors during adolescence. Journal of

Information and Telecommunication, 1(2), 155-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751839.2017.1323488.

adolescents are too young to fall in love. Contrast with Jin &

Yang (2021) adolescents start to have crushes and hope to

approach and understand the “ideal person” when they enter

adolescence.

Gap Bridged by the Study

Some studies have been used as guides by the researchers to

connect ideas on the effects of Romantic relationship. These were

relevant to the present study of “EFFECTS ON THE ROMANTIC

RELATIONSHIP ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENT OF WEST COAST COLLEGE, INC.”

This research has no duplication of the same title that was

related to the Effects of romantic relationship. This is the gap

to be bridged by this research.

Theoretical Framework

Need to Belong theory by Baumiester & Leary (1995) states

that all humans share a common need to be connected with others,

and common-sense signals that individual’s lives are better for

being connected.
 “Social Cognitive Theory”, it explains the interaction

between environment, individual and behavior, Bandura (1986).

Previous research has demonstrated that parent-child

relationships affect academic performance by influencing

gratitude Li et al., (2021) and psychological carmona-halty et

al., (2020)

“Social Exchange Theory” is a concept based on the notion

that a relationship between two people is created through a

process of cost- benefit analysis. In other words, it’s metric

designed to determine the effort poured in by an individual in a

person- to- person relationship. George Homans (1958)

Need to Belong Social Exchange

Theory Social Cognitive Theory
Theory
 Students tend to get into romantic relationship because they
can get some affection out of it. However, students involve in
romantic relationship need to be guided properly.

Figure 1- Theoretical paradigm

Conceptual Framework

The conceptual model used in this research study is the input-

process-output model where it shows the series of cycle that are

connected to each other. The conceptual paradigm explains the

“EFFECTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

GRADE 12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF WEST COAST COLLEGE, INC.”

wherein it shows the process of data gathering and determined the

results.

INPUT

EFFECTS OF ROMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP ON THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 12
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
OF WEST COAST COLLEGE, INC.
 PROCESS
- Descriptive research through
questionnaires

- Influences of Romantic relationships

along; time management, academic
performance, and positive and negative
emotions.

- extent of its influence on the

romantic relationship

- respondents: 60

- statistical tools: frequency

count/percentage

OUTPUT

- Effects of romantic
relationship to the grade 12
senior high students of west
coast college, Inc.
determined

Figure 2: Conceptual Paradigm

Operational definition of terms

For clearer understanding of the study, the following terms

were operationally defined in this study.

Academic Performance- Academic achievement or academic

performance is the extent to which a student, teacher or

institution has attained their short or long terms educational

goals. Completion of educational benchmarks such as secondary

school diplomas and bachelor’s degrees represent academic

achievement.

Psychology- Psychology is the scientific study of mind and

behavior.

Romantic Relationships- Romantic relationship: defined as mutual,

ongoing and voluntary interactions between two partners that is

characterized by specific expressions of affection and intimacy.

Separate couples: display a conventional approach to marriage,

but each partner operates autonomously.

Frustrates Individuals- People who are frustrated usually become

irritable and stressed. Some of the typical responses of

frustration.

Teenager- Teenager or teen, is someone who is between 13 and 19

years old. They are called teenagers because their age number

ends with the suffix “teen”. The word “teenager” is often

associated with adolescence. Most neurologists consider the brain

still developing in the persons early or mid-20s.

Dating- is a stage of romantic relationships in which two

individuals engage in an activity together, most often the

intention of evaluating each other’s suitably as a partner in a

future intimate relationship.

Time management- is the coordination of tasks and activities to

maximize the effectiveness of an individual’s efforts.

Essentially, the purpose of time management is enabling people to

get more and better work done in less time.

Negative emotions- negative emotions can be described as any

feeling which causes you to be more miserable and sad.

Positive emotions- are emotions that we typically find

pleasurable to experience.

CHAPTER III

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

 This chapter discusses the research design, methodology, the

sources and data gathering procedure, research instrument, and

statistical tools used in this study. The data gathered were

analyzed and interpreted.

Research Design

The researchers implemented the simple descriptive design. The

design use survey questionnaire which were distributed to the

respondents in order to attain the main objective of the study

which is to examine the effects of romantic relationship and the

extent of its influence on students’ academic performance. The

survey of the research itself tried to describe, analyze and

interpret the status of the respondents.

This design investigated the relationship of the variable

without manipulating them. The two main variables evaluated were

academic performance and romantic relationship which involves

time management, academic performance, and positive and negative

emotions.

Sources of Data
 The data that will be gather comes from the respondents of

selected Grade 12 Senior High School students of West Coast

College, Inc.

Respondents of the Study

The research was to be conducted at the Grade 12 Senior high

school department, West Coast College, Inc. A.Y 2022-2023 at

Banawan Pio Duran, Albay.

There were 60 respondents who will be part in this study.

Research Instrument

In order to answer specific sub-problems in our study, survey

questionnaires will be distributed to the respondents. Interview

to one of our respondents will also be conducted to confirm the

results of the survey.

Data Gathering Procedure

The gathering of data for this utilized a self-administered

descriptive questionnaire because it economizes our time and

effort and it has the ability to maintain respondent’s

confidentially.
 The respondents will be given survey questionnaires to provide

the necessary data needed in the study. After gathering the data,

the researchers will group the response according to the sub-

problems of the study. An interview to one of the respondents

will also be conducted to give explanation or support to their

responses.

Statistical Treatment

Data that will be collected will be converted in percentage

and will be presented in tabular and graphical forms for simple

interpretation.

1.To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of gender

and age, percentage will be used:

Formula:

f
P= x 100
n

Where:

P=Percentage

F= Frequency

N= No. of respondents
 WEST COAST COLLEGE, INC.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Banawan, Pio Duran, Albay
______________________________________________________________________

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES

Effects of Romantic Relationship on the Academic Performance of Grade 12

Senior High School students of West Coast College Inc.

Dear Respondents:

Our group are conducting a survey in line with our research study entitled
“Effects of Romantic Relationship on the Academic Performance of Grade 12
Senior High School students of West Coast College Inc.” This study can be useful
for you to further lighten your awareness on whether the amount of time you consume
for your relationship do affect your performance in school.

We would like to ask your cooperation by answering the questionnaire honestly

and completely. Any information you will provide shall highly appreciated and we assure
that all information will be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Sincerely,
RESEARCHERS
Name: (Optional)_______________________________________________

Grade & Strand: ____________________

Age: _______

Gender: Male Female

Part 1
Directions: Please check (/) the box on the left of the table if the following indicators of
romantic relationships influences you. On the right side of the table tick the column
which corresponds to the extent of the influences of romantic relationship using the 5-
point likert scale below.

5= highly influencing

4= influencing

3= moderately influencing

2= fairly influencing

1= not influencing

Influences of Romantic Relationship 5 4 3 2 1

A Academic Performance
It helps me to perform better in
class.
I get more comfortable when I
discuss my problems and concerns
in my studies to my partner.

It helps me to study more harder.

It helps me to pay attention on
studying.
It provides me more time to review
my lessons.

B Time Management
I am able to meet deadlines without
rushing at the last minute.
 I accomplish what I need to get done
during the day.
I do my homework first before talking
to my partner.
I manage my time wisely, both
relationships and in school.
I make a list of the things that I have
to do each day.

C Positive Emotions
I feel motivated to study when my
partner shows affection to me.
I feel motivated to do my projects
because my partner encouraged me
to do so.
I’m inspired to finish my course
when I have a romantic partner.
I enjoy studying when I’m in a
relationship.
It helps me to reduce my stress and
contributes to personal
development.

D Negative Emotions
I can’t concentrate on my studies
whenever my partner and I have
misunderstandings.
I can’t fix my studies because I feel
worried that this romantic
relationship won’t work out.
I can’t concentrate on my studies
because my parents don’t like my
partner.
I can’t focus on my studies because
I think that my partner doesn’t really
love me.
I can’t catch up with my lessons
because I often hang out with my
partner.