EFFECTS OF BULLYING TOWARDS THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

GRADE 10 STUDENTS OF LAWA-AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

A research paper submitted to the School

of Lawa-an Integrated School
Roxas City, Capiz

In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements

For the Subject of English 10

By
Carig, Carlito Carlo C.

Lachica, Arvy Jean

Alcorano, Jade Michael

Ramirez, Kean Louise

Fuentes, Rym Steven

Vega, Genzel

Dolorfo, Jerzell

January 2023
 Chapter 1
Introduction of the Study

This Chapter includes Background and Theoretical Framework of the

Study and Conceptual Framework, Statement of the Problem and the

Hypothesis, Significance of the Study, Delimitation of the Study and

the Definition of Terms used.

Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study

Bullying affects students at home, school, work, and online,

trapping victims and isolating them. This generation is growing up in a

world that offers them instant access nearly everywhere to a huge

amount of human knowledge. The down-side of these growing opportunities

is that they also create more possibilities for negative experiences

such as bullying. Bullying is mostly described as “a sort of aggressive

behavior against others such as, verbal by calling nasty names,

physical by kicking, pushing or tripping up and social by everyone

stopped talking to you.” Bullying is a social problem, and one person

in every three individuals randomly selected has been bullied

physically, verbally, and socially (Misawa, 2010). School bullying is

a pervasive problem that impacts secondary school students on three

levels: mentally, educationally, and professionally.

The major goal of this study is to further explore how bullying

affects students' academic performance at Lawa-an Integrated School.

Knowing more about bullying might make it easier to spot kids who want

assistance, whether they are the ones doing the bullying or the ones
being tormented. You may avert harmful results in the short and long

terms by acting. In order to handle them, it is also important to

identify and quantify a variety of elements, such as bullying rates,

staff and student attitudes toward it, the many forms of bullying that

do occur, and more.

Academic Performance is the primary factor influencing bullying in

schools. Because of this, bullied children struggle to learn and may

even despise school. They experience dread, self-blame, and feelings of

weakness as a result, which impacts their personality traits and self-

confidence. Since the early 1990s, the school is not only a place

characterized by learning, but an environment where students are

harassed and experience peer harassment (Juvonen, Wang, & Espinoza,

2011). Bullying makes both perpetrators and victims more dissatisfied

with school, and chronic bullying can result in stress and despair.

They will also miss out on the chance to socialize or take part in

school activities. As a result, they will do poorly in school and have

low educational achievement. Bullying can result in anxiety, a low

sense of self-worth, hopelessness, and loneliness. Children either skip

classes or avoid going to school out of fear. When they do attend, they

become disoriented. Until they are adults, some consequences linger

long after the bullying has stopped. Bullying and peer victimization

always have either a direct or indirect impact on the victims, and they

lead to poor academic performance (Holt, Finkelhor, & Kantor, 2007).

Any form of learning has a goal of excellent academic performance, and

when it is not attained, learning is not effective. Based on such

assumptions, several efforts must be made to ensure that academic

achievement is achieved.
 Themed findings show that some of the bullied Grade 10 Students

are afraid of standing out, bullied students make less progress in

their academic performance. These children are frequently labeled as

underachievers or uninterested learners by their teachers. The teachers

may then pay these children less attention, which only causes them to

fall farther in their school's academic standings. According to the

study's findings, helping underachieving students with their academics

is the greatest method to combat bullying. Bullying is a major problem

around the globe. Bullying is observed across race, gender, ethnicity,

and socioeconomic status. It is prevalent in all grades and all schools

in the Philippines can be mild, moderate, or even severe (Smith et al.,

1999). Bullying has been the focus of recent international research,

policy development, and student’s performance (Smith et al.,1999). How

it affects the academic achievement since bullied children feel fear

and weak and in the same time it affects students’ personality traits

and self-confidence.

This study is anchored on the Theory of Bullying at School of

Olweus (1983) where he proposed that Bullying in schools is undoubtedly

a very ancient problem. It has been documented in literary works that

certain children are routinely and repeatedly tormented and attacked by

other kids, and many adults have firsthand knowledge of this from their

own school years. Despite the fact that the bully/victim issue is well-

known, formal research attempts on it did not begin until the early

1970s (Olweus, 1973a, 1978). Bullying in schools has, however, drawn

some public attention in Japan, England, Australia, the United States,

and other nations in the 1980s and early 1990s. There are now
unmistakable signs that bully/victim issues are becoming more and more

of a global scientific and societal concern.

The Conceptual framework of the study is shown in Figure 1 below.

As can be seen from the figure, the independent variables effects of

bullying towards the Academic Performance of affect the dependent

variable Grade 10 students of Lawa-an Integrated School.

Conceptual Framework

Effects of Bullying in the Grade 10 Students of Lawa-

Academic Performance an Integrated School

Figure 1. A schematic Diagram showing the relationship that exists

between the effects of bullying in academic performance and the Grade

10 students of Lawa-an Integrated School.

Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis

The major goal of this study is to get an empirically based

understanding of how the bullying affects the academic performance of

the students of Lawa-an Integrated School.

Specifically, it seeks to attain the following questions:

1. What are the effects of bullying faced by the Grade 10 Students

of Lawa-an Integrated School?

 2. How are these Effects affect Students’ Academic Performance in

terms of their Mental Health, Psychological well-being, Personality

traits and Self Confidence?

The following hypotheses were tested:

1. There is no significant relationship between effects of

bullying on academic performance and grade 10 students of Lawa-an

integrated school.

Significance of the Study

The results of this study may be beneficial to the students,

teachers, parents, and school administrators:

Students. The Findings may be valuable to the students for they

will be aware of their actions and having a better understanding of

bullying can help you identify who is in need of help whether they are

the one being bullied or doing the bullying.

Teachers. In managing bullying in the classroom, the teacher is

crucial. Therefore, a top aim for preventative initiatives is to

comprehend and encourage the qualities of instructors that can foretell

effective reactions to bullying and victimization.

Parents. Likewise, this study will provide valuable information to

parents to increase the likelihood that they will prevent bullying

before it occurs.

School Administrators. The results will be useful to School

Administrators to advocate effective bullying prevention and

intervention approaches need early and enthusiastic support from school

leaders, as well as commitment from the majority of faculty, staff,

students, adult mentors, and community partners.

Delimitation of the Study

Definition of Terms