Effects of Stress on the Academic Performance of Grade 12 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The National Statistics Office reported that mental health illness is the most common form of disability in our country. The record also shows that the youth has a high number of cases of mental health. On June 21, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Republic Act 11036 or the mental health law which would provide affordable and accessible services for the Filipinos. As the day goes by, it is not rare for the adolescence students to be involved and experienced the stress which happened to be common on this generation. The Southville 1 Integrated National High Students especially the G12 students are also involved in these current issues. In this study, we explored the stress level of G12 student's related to their academic performance.

METHODS

A causal method design was used to determine the effect of stress on the academic performance of Grade 12 students. To determine the respondents of the study, Slovin's formula and stratified random sampling were used. Out of 190 Grade 12 students, 130 were selected as the respondents of the study. The researchers used a survey questionnaire consists of 2 parts: stress level and level of academic performance.

Weighted mean was also used to determine the stress level of the Grade 12 students while Chi-square was used to determine the effect of stress on their academic performance.

RESULTS

The stress level of G12 students in terms of acute, episodic acute and chronic stress has an interpretation of "high extent". As for acute and chronic stress, there is a significant effect on class performance. While episodic acute stress, there is a significant effect on attendance and class performance. Therefore, stress hasa significant effect on the academic performance of Grade 12 students. The study also revealed that the H.E students experienced stress in doing projects, recitation and taking quizzes. While for the GAS students, they experienced stress in concentrating a single lesson, when they don't meet the expectations and they are not good at speaking English. Meanwhile, the EIM students admit that they don't feel stress in Science subjects and for the STEM students they were not easily irritated when they find difficulties in English/Filipino subjects.

DISCUSSIONS

The results imply that stress affects the academic performance of Grade 12 students. The researchers made an infographic brochure to raise awareness on how to manage the different stress experienced by the students.