Factors Causing Stress and its Effect in the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines School Year 2018-2019

Abstract

Stress is a normal part in people’s life. Everyone can experience stress in their house, environment, and people around them and especially even in the school. Stress considered as one of the problems faced by the students while studying achieving their goals in life. This study aims to identify the factors causing stress to assess its effect in the academic performance of Grade 12 ABM students. Stress is a serious type of condition that needs an immediate attention in order to prevent its negative effects in the academic life of the students. This study used a qualitative-descriptive research design to assess the factors causing stress such as; poor time management, financial problem and family expectations. There were four academic variables identified; attendance, assignments, written exams and quizzes. Questionnaire was the instrument used to gather data from the respondents. The results of the study revealed the following factors causing stress (1) Poor Time Management –causes delayed in academics and non-academic works turning it more stressful for the students when it’s due. (2) Financial Problem –lack of financial capacity to meet all their academic expenses causes stress (3) Family Expectation -Students feel pressured from a high expectations from their parents. This factors revealed its effects in their academics such as; (1) Assignments –stress affects the commitment of the students to submit a quality output of their assignments this results to low scores (2) Written Exam -Stress affects the students focus in understanding the questions in exam, experiencing a hard time to answer it correctly, tendency it resulted to low scores. (3) Quizzes –stress affects the preparation and attentiveness of the students to answer the quizzes correctly, lack of concentration resulted to low scores. The results showed that these academic variables as affected by factors causing stress have a direct effect on the academic performance of Grade 12 ABM Students. A need for the parents together with the teachers and school administrators to guide and assess level of stress in the students should be addressed. A further study must be conducted to go deeper on assessing the most common reasons behind the existence of students’ stress.