The Effect of Stress into the Academic Performance of Grade 12 HUMSS Students at Bestlink College of the Philippines: Basis for a Proposed Plan of Action (A.Y. 2018-2019)

Abstract

Stress is a heavy feeling of anxiety that causes different problems in school. This includes physical appearance, relationships to the opposite sex, money, and time. When we are in a stressful situation, our body reacts in an attempt to adjust. It has a big impact on the academic performance of the students. There are four different types of stress that a student may encounter. The first type is acute stress, the common type of stress that is a quick response of the body to instances or challenges. Next is the severe acute stress such as stress suffered by victims of the crimes or life-threatening situations which can lead to mental health problems. The third one is episodic acute stress, acute stress that happens frequently. People that encounter this kind of stress are pessimists, irritable, and anxious. Unresolved acute stress will become chronic stress, a stress that is consistent. The study used the Descriptive Research Design for the investigation to gather information about “Stress as a Factor Affecting the Academic Performance of Humanities and Social Sciences Students at Bestlink College of the Philippines: Basis for a Proposed Plan of Action” to 50 (fifty) respondents. Descriptive research described a situation, problem, phenomenon, etc. systematically. According to Calmorin (2005) “Descriptive Survey method may include present facts or current condition concerning the nature of the group of persons, a number of objects, or classes of events and may involve the procedure of induction, analysis, classification, enumeration, or measurement”. Based on the result of the study, most of the respondents got the lack of sleep that is the cause for waking up late and its effect is staying at home. Next is being afraid of rejection when there is graded recitation. Next is not knowing any information about an activity. The second to the last is the same schedule of examination and the project deadline, and the last one is listening to music to release stress. Based on the findings, conclusion, and recommendations of this study, the researchers found out that stress affects the academic performance of grade 12 HUMSS students in their Attendance, Performance, Activity, and Examination. These effects may be lessened by having enough time to sleep, coming to school regularly for their attendance, taking and passing the scheduled examinations, and passing the required projects on time. The possible way to release stress is by listening to music. Stress may be overcome by taking care of one’s health, learning how to manage time, having enough sleep, listening to music, joining the different school activities, asking for guidance and support from parents, and getting excellent grades as part of the academic performance.