New Life Evangelical Training School Inc.

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the background of the study, the statement of the
problem, the significance of the study and the scope and delimitation of the
study.

Background Of Study
Peer pressure is often seen in adolescents and adolescents as they find solace

in their peers and decide to do what their peers are doing without knowing whether it is

good or bad for them. Adolescence is a personality transition period when a child

reaches a transition point from childhood to adulthood (Adeniyi & Kolawole, 2015).

Thus, people are more likely to be seduced by the concept of social contextualization.

For example, interactions with others tend to involve some activity, such as sleeping in

class or drinking during work hours (Bonein & Denont-Boemont, 2013).

The social environment of adolescence can influence adolescence, as

adolescents generally tend to interact more with their peers during this period. As

children grow up and enter adolescence, adolescents become more dependent on their

peers than on family, especially when it comes to making life decisions and raising

moral values (Uslu, 2013).

Human development is influenced by socialization with other people in the

environment. In particular, students' academic achievement is expected to have an

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impact on academic achievement as it is correlated with the support of adolescents'

parents, teachers, and peers (Chen, 2008). In general, teenagers spend more time with

their peers. Peer pressure is described as having both positive and negative effects on

people, and it does not affect individuals as it is a continuous learning (Gulati, 2017).

Peer pressure often has a different impact on student performance in school.

Whether positively or negatively, it is how their peers influence them. Teenagers need

to find in others the solace they find in the presence of their peers, and they don't even

recognize how their peers affect their academics.

When highschool students begin Junior High School they experience pressure

from multiple sources. For example, they experience pressure from their parents to

succeed, from their professors, and pressure from themselves to do well in classes.

This pressure could lead to high anxiety and possibly even poor performance in

classes. Prior research that has examined the impact of anxiety. Both argue that anxiety

increases the performance to a point, but then performance decreases again with too

much pressure. Other people can inspire or in other word they also includes motivation.

This motivation increases the drive to succeed and perform at a higher level. In the

current study I manipulated the pressure participants felt as they completed a memory

test to examine pressure as an influence on memory performance. Furthermore, I also

analyzed how trait-anxiety interacts with pressure. Junior highschool students were

separated into either a no pressure condition or a pressure condition and completed a

memory test. Results showed a trend for participants with low trait-anxiety to have

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increased memory performance in the pressure condition. These results follow the

Processing Efficiency Theory and the Yerkes-Dodson law. In other words, perhaps

participants had better memory in the pressure condition because they were motivated

to do well. Future research identifying the optimal amount of pressure for the best

performance is suggested.

Statement of problems

This study aims to evaluate the students' mental health as a tool in academic
pressure. Specifically , this study will seek answers for the following questions:

 What are the causes for pressured students?

 Are parents and teachers involved?

 What are the effects of being pressured especially in their academic

performance?

 How can we lessen the pressuring that the students feel?

 What are the solutions we can provide for pressured students?

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Significance of Study

Students - this study will provide the students with knowledge and awareness on how

experiencing pressure can have serious effects on their mental health and academic

performance. This study will also try to give information on how they can handle being

pressured.

Parents - the results of this study will help the parents give the proper guidance to give

their children the peace of mind that they need. Not putting them into too much

pressure. Also, a guide to give their children an environment where they cannot be

judged and be given a good experience in education. Parents will also take caution and

be aware of their children's mental health and how mental health is important in the lives

of not just their children but also for themselves.

Teachers – this study will be a guide to teachers on how they can understand the

feelings of their students and how they can handle it. It will greatly benefit the bond

between a teacher and a student. Teachers will take caution on how they treat

pressured students and also, it will greatly help in understanding on how important

mental health is to students.

Future Researchers – the results of this study will help as a stepping stone for future

students that will try to tackle this kind of topic. Instead of being stressed they will have

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a guide and reference on how to deal with this kind of research. Studies like this will be

of great help to develop their thinking minds and have a better understanding on how to

do a research on pressured students.

To sum it up, once the students who are being pressured by any means, they will have

a guide and how they can deal with it. The impact and contribution of this research will

not just help the

students but also the teachers and parents as said from the following. They can take it

more seriously and handle it seriously with more preparation.

Scope and delimitation

The researchers focus their study on the common causes and effects of pressure in

students. The study is conducted at New life evangelical training school Inc, school year

of 2022-2023. The respondents of the study are the study are the current students of

New life evangelical training school Inc. The researchers would like to answer the

questions of the students who experienced being pressured on their academic life.