The document summarizes research on the effects of daily stress on students of UST Junior High School. It finds that the top causes of stress for students are homework/projects at school and siblings at home. The main effects of stress identified are anxiety and insomnia. The conclusion is that UST Junior High School students are at high risk of developing serious mental health issues if their current levels of stress continue without intervention.

1. THE EFFECTS OF DAILY STRESS TO
STUDENTS: A FURTHER STUDY
Research For Communication Arts in English 10
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Mr. Danny Osboken Balance, M.A. Teo Mark J. De Jesus
Course Facilitator of Research Grade 10 - St. Damian

2. RESEARCH OUTLINE:
1. Introduction
1.1 Origins
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Behavioral, Physical, and Mental effects of stress
2. Research Methodology
2.1 Respondents and Local
2.1.1. UST Junior High School students
2.2Method and Data Analysis
2.2.1. Survey and Analysis
2.2.2. Short Questionnaire
3. Results and Discussions
3.1 Causes of Stress among UST JHS students
3.2 Top Effects of Stress on a High School Student

3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 What negative effects could stress give to students of UST Junior High School?
 How can these effects alter the student’s condition?
 What are factors causing stress among these students?

4. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Origins
The word stress came from the 14th-century language from an intermingling of French
Norman andAnglo-Saxon word “destresse” as in distress.
It is derived from the Latin word “strictus” meaning compressed.
Scientists commonly use stress on objects and material elements in physics rather than
living bodies, but in the 16th century it was mostly meant to subject an entity or to
anything that has a real existence.

5. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.2 Definitions
 A medicine professor would normally define stress as the reaction of the
individual to threatening or challenging elements to the body, mind, or feelings.
 It is an experience of either pain or pleasure and a disturbance to a state of
homeostasis.
 It is a stimulus with potential for triggering the fight-or-flight response of the
body and mind, responsible for some involuntary actions and quick reactions of
the person.
 In UST Junior High, stress defines each day that a student goes through.

6. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.3 Behavioral, Physical, and Mental Effects of Stress
 Mental effects of stress include anxiety and Schizophrenia, both of which
can result in a breakdown between mind, emotions, and behavior. Both
are also difficult to recover from.
 Physical and behavioral effects have very much in common and include
insomnia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and a decrease in
cognitive performance of a person, specifically the function needed by
students in their studies.
 These effects can cause disorders that have only a few known remedies.

7. 2.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2.1. Respondents and Local
The respondents of this survey would be students of UST Junior High
school.This survey would be taken inside the Miguel De Benavides building during
the respondents’ desired time.The target audience will not be forced to answer
particular questions if it seems too personal for them.The students involved in this
survey include Grade 8 to Grade 10 students of USTJHS, with ages ranging from 14
to 17. Some of the respondents may be asked additional questions for additional
inquiries about their certain choices.

8. 2.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2.2. Method and Data Analysis
The method to be used in gathering and appraising information would be a
short survey to be followed by a short questionnaire.The gathered data would be
analyzed and computed for accurate results for this research. Data may include a
few personal information about the respondents’ life, but will be used only for the
study of the causes and effects of stress.
2.2.1. Survey and Questionnaire
The research tool would consist only of 9 multiple choice questions and 3
free response questions, but as said, some students may be asked supplementary
questions to support their choices.The target audience may or may not answer
some questions although the average chosen answer within each class would be
the default answer for the unrequited items.

9. 2.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The survey questioned a number of 60 or less students about their perspective of
what could have caused their stress at school and at home.These students are
subdivided into 15 students per year level. Some choices may be repeated and
some items may have more replies from the respondent since there may be more
than one cause of stress at home or at school. For a better result and more accurate
analysis, the survey accumulation will be converted to percentage form for each
choice of answer.

10. 3.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
3.1 Causes of Stress among UST JHS students
Table 1: Causes of stress at school
As shown in the graph, the cause of stress at school is the home works and projects
if based on the average choice while if based on the highest votes it would be the
quizzes and exams.
20
4
20
56
4
0
60
36
5.88
0
52.94
41.18
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Teachers Students Quizzes/Exams Homeworks/Projects
Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 8

11. 3.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
Table 2: Causes of stress at Home
The top cause of stress at home based on the majority of student choice is the siblings.
Siblings are one of the first people a person will live within his/her life. It is a fact that there
are siblings who fight with each other endlessly for worthless arguments. Although they
may fight a lot, siblings still tend to have a better connection with each other than their
parents because of how some communication issues like age gap is not a nuisance to them
and how close they are figuratively and physically in family bonding. Nevertheless, siblings
have always been there for a person for better or for worse, either as a cause or as a reliever
of stress.
31.58 32.58
20.53
5.26
21.05
33.33
53.33
6.67 6.67
0
30
50
20
10
0
0
20
40
60
Parents Siblings Friends at home Pets Others
Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 8

12. 3.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS
3.2 Effects of Stress on a High School student
Table 3:Top Effects of Stress
This portion aims to show the possible effects of stress to the target audience of this
research.Top effects include both Anxiety and Insomnia. Schizophrenia seemed to be
uncommon with Junior High students because of their lack of knowledge about this
disorder. Although even if they did know, Schizophrenia would still be nullified because of
its strong implications. Based onTable 3, the researcher can conclude that numerous UST
JHS students are most likely to develop an even worse case of Anxiety and Insomnia as they
grow older. Other choices supplemented by the respondents include depression as an effect
of stress.
75
0 0
46.15
53.85
0
52.94
41.18
5.88
0
20
40
60
80
Anxiety Insomnia Others
Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10

13. 4.0 CONCLUSION
After a few short surveys and table analysis, one can conclude that students
of the royal, pontifical, catholic University of SantoTomas Junior High School are in
a high risk of developing serious mental disorders. It was shocking that students of
this university are not mentally fit if it were to be based on the response of a part of
the department.They are mentally challenged by their stress in each day with each
work and task that they go through. Studying for most of them is like working for
adults.They consider their studies as a sort of early taste of what their occupation
will be. Some students are mature enough to have a mindset of an adult, but having
this perspective made them more prone to feeling stress because of their
responsibility. It seemed that responsibility also has a large effect on how much
stress a person receives each day.The more responsibility a person has the heavier
burden their stress causes them. Failure to accomplish this responsibility gives
them a feeling of failure in their lives, and understanding this in a young age is a
challenge for less mature young-adults.