Impact of Romantic Relationship to the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines School Year 2018-2019

Abstract

During adolescence, teens become interested with romantic feelings and start to delve into relationships due to different factors that affect them and the desire to be given love and receive love in return. In this age, students start to be in love in their opposite sex or maybe in their same sex since there was the existence ofLGBT community nowadays. The scope of this study was to identify the impact of romantic relationship to the academic performance of Grade 12 ABM students.A qualitative method was used in the study. Using descriptive research design it focused on the Grade 12 ABM students who are in a relationship. There were four academic variables identified as impacted by romantic relationship, such as student’s assignment, quizzes or exams, performance task and attendance. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the target respondents through purposive sampling.The results of the study revealed that romantic relationship impact the academic performance of the Grade 12 ABM Students in terms of the afore cited variables (1) Assignment –students in a romantic relationship inspired one another to do and finish their assignments on time. (2) Quizzes or exams –students in a romantic relationship helps one another in reviewing lessons before the exams leading them to pass the quizzes and exams s(3) Performance tasks –students in a romantic relationship motivates one another to participate and perform well in their classroom. (4) Attendance –students in a romantic relationship inspires and motivates one another to attend their class regularly.The results demonstrate the need for the parents and teachers to guide the Bestlink students in engaging in a romantic relationship in a very early age by giving them orientation. This may somehow impact their academic performance in becoming active in their class, that’s why it is very important that students should only be link to romantic relationship that positively impacts their academic performance. The parents must always guide their children in having a romantic relationship and have a deeper understanding to their children. The students must balance their time between studying and having a romantic relationship and if possible focus first in their academic goals to be successful someday.