Determining Stress Levels of Senior High School Students for Each Day of the Week

Abstract

As the Senior High School students face the school week ahead, they experience tremendous amounts of stress from academics such as assignments, performance tasks, tests, and deadlines (Cuerpo, 2017). Aside from academics, students have to deal with various things such as athletic trainings, extracurricular activities, college preparation, and even their transportation from school to home. These activities reduce the time students have available for themselves, the time they allot for their personal growth. This can be very stressful for the student as the activities accumulate and overwhelm them. Weekends, therefore, can be seen as their salvation from their work. Weekends grant people a better mood and a stronger sense of vitality (Joiner, 2019). According to Andricks (2018), weekends allow us to take a break and unwind from our work. It provides us with time to recharge and take care of our needs. The researchers have utilized surveys as an instrument in order to quantify the stress levels experienced by the target respondents and the factors that contribute to it. Consequently, the data gathered from the surveys were analyzed in order for it to provide a concrete answer to the questions of this research.There are various factors that contribute to the stress level per day. During Sundays, the completion of requirements is the leading factor. From Mondays to Thursdays, lack of rest/sleep is the leading factor. On Fridays and Saturdays, the leading factor becomes the completion of requirements. Aside from "Others", extracurricular activities are the least common factor except for Wednesdays, wherein the least common factors are the personal factors.The stress level during Sundays is 2.82, meaning that the students are approaching "Moderately Stressed" from "Slightly Stressed." It then peaks on Mondays, having a mean stress level of 3.62, meaning that the students are between "Moderately Stressed" and "Stressed." It then continues to be stressful for the students up until Fridays, wherein the mean stress level drops to 2.61, meaning that the students' stress level is between "Slightly Stressed" and "Moderately Stressed." The stress level sinks to its minimum during Saturdays, wherein the mean stress level is 2.37. Based on the data gathered, Mondays are the most stressful day for the respondents, having a mean stress level of 3.62. On the other hand, Saturdays are the least stressful, having a mean stress level of 2.37. There are various factors that contribute to the stress level of the student. From Fridays to Sundays, the completion of requirements is the leading factor. On the other hand, the days of Mondays to Thursdays are led by the factor of lack of rest/sleep. In total, lack of rest/sleep is the most common factor, affecting the respondents 384 times over a week. The least common factors the extracurricular activities, affecting the respondents 150 times over a week, and the factors classified as "Others," affecting the respondents 39 times over a week.