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COLUMBAN COLLEGE
OLONGAPO CITY
By
Jasper Isaac
Cyril Fababier
Anjanelle Barrameda
A Thesis Proposal
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Course Research 101
March 2017
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Chapter 1
Introduction
challenge for them. Many college students experience stress due to some
factors that they go through during their college years such as academic
but also to the society. Stress can affect everyone differently, some may see
academic requirements
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workload)
academic performance (Clark & Rieker, 1986; Linn & Zeppa, 1984). Lesko
every student’s college life because of the pressure to pass and meet all the
because the academic related demands are greater than the adaptive
1996).
and our ways of coping with stress is also different in each perspective.
Some may use entertainment to relieve themselves from stress, some may
want to have a break from everything and be at peace, and some may just
want to distract themselves for a moment from their stress by doing their
other courses and they also have different coping mechanisms. Some
students of other courses may find some factors in the academic stress of
accountancy students to not really affect their academic stress and vice
versa. It may differ regarding their subjects, requirements and other aspects
Research Locale
which is located at #1 Mt. Apo Street East Tapinac, Olongapo City. 2200
Along with the town of Subic, it comprises the Metro Olongapo, one of the
of the city and the surrounding provinces of Zambales and Bataan. It is also
improve and ease the tasks of the students around it. It is a very ideal place
The first director of Columban College was Rev. Thomas L. Convery with
and teaching programs. In that same year the Parish of St. Columban was
John Curry SSC took over in 1971 and Rev. Fr. Edward McKenna was the
school director from 1973 to 1975. From 1976 to 1982 Rev. Fr. Richard
Cannon SSC was the school director. He was succeeded by Rev. Fr. Vincent
Lyons from 1982 to 1983. In 1983, the administration of the college was
handed over by the Columban Fathers to the Vincentian Fathers. Rev. Fr.
Vincentians expired in 1989 when Sr. Stella Real D.C. was appointed school
director.
In 1993 Most Reverend Bishop Deogracias Iniquez Jr., the head of the
any diocesan school, the director of an institution comes from the diocesan
and later became the president until October 2005. He was succeeded by
Rev. Fr. Roland M. Almo and then by Rev. Msgr. Crisostomo A. Cacho and
Elementary Education and Secondary education which are in Level II, while
Level 1.
Conceptual Framework
This study will be based on the concept “Stress is the physical, mental
‘stressor’. It is the adaption or coping response that helps the body to prepare
profiles of the students in terms of the following: a.) Age b.) Gender c) Year
Level. Researchers want to know the different academic stressors and coping
survey questionnaire to gather data from the respondents. After gathering the
data, the researchers were able to tally the data and the final step is analyzing
and interpreting the data. The output of this study is to make a plan to reduce
College.
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Coping
Mechanisms
about their academic stress levels as a basis for implementing their coping
following?
1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
3.3 Planning
Hypothesis
stress among the respondents based on their demographics, namely; age, sex
the school. It measures the awareness of the students about their level of
stress and the flexibility of the respondents on how to cope with it.
inside and outside the classroom. Application of the information given will
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help them reach specific goals and opportunities without the worries of
stress. The respondents can also apply the analyses of information not only
as students but also as healthier individuals who can improve daily life
benefit from the findings of this study, through the improved performance
mentality of the accountancy students which will increase the passing rate of
the school in the CPA Board Examination; they could attract more enrollees
correlate to better learning in the classroom, and less time would be required
students would also benefit their families which also reduce their stress on
supporting their children and/or siblings. This would also result to less time
on studying and more towards the also important family events that would
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Future Researchers. Data of this study and its analysis can be used
to validate findings of other researches in the future. Those who will work
on stress management and related studies may use information in this study
as their baseline.
The study will focus on the academic stress and coping mechanisms
These are the indicators that bring more impact to the respondents
study.
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Definition of Terms
The following terms used in this study are defined according to their
contextual use.
Chapter 2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the research method to be used in the study, the
describes the validation of the instrument, data gathering procedures and the
Research Method
method. This method will help the researchers to identify and analyze
Columban College Inc. and how they cope up with their academic stress.
which looks with intense accuracy at the phenomena of the moment and then
tabulating their answers. According to Best and Kahn (2007), “The term
descriptive research has often been used incorrectly to describe three types
inquiry through the gathering and analysis of empirical data, and each
going to explain and interpret the data collected from the respondents. They
precise and specific information that will be used in the research process and
Respondents
The respondents will be from the 1st year students to 4th year students of the
said course.
Appendix B
Questionnaire-Checklist for the Research
1. Name _________________________________________
Direction: Please put a check (√) based on the given circumstances below.
Rating Scale:
5 – Strongly Agree
4 – Agree
2 – Disagree
1 – Strongly Disagree