CHAPTER V SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION This chapter presents the summary of the findings, conclusions, and recommendation

of this study.

Summary of the Findings The result of the study shows that majority of the respondents belong to adolescent with the percentage of 51.1% and the less number are young adult with the percentage of 48.9%. In terms of gender the highest numbers of respondents are female individuals with the percentage of 72.3%. For the year level, the highest numbers of respondents are the fourth year with the percentage of 59.6%, followed by the third year with 21.3% and second year with 19.1%. For the ordinal position the eldest got the highest percentage with 40.4%, followed by the youngest with 25.5%, others with 19.1 and the lowest is the middle with 14.9%. For the highest percentage of monthly income 15,001- 20,000 rated 31.9% followed by 20, 001 30,000 with 14.9%. Then 10,001- 15,000 with 12.8% then the lowest in 5000 10,000 and 4,999 and below with the same rate of 6.4%.

For stress management, the researches categorized it in 3 categories: stress resistance, cognitive reappraisal and effective coping skills. It was shown that most of the respondents rated high on cognitive reappraisal with a grand mean of 4.20, followed by effective coping with grand mean of 4.08 and the stress resistance with grand mean of 3.07. This means that most respondents used cognitive reappraisal as their way of managing stress.

On problem number 3, there is a significant difference when grouped according to age in the effective coping skills with the significant difference of 0.05, grouped according to age in the cognitive reappraisal with a significant difference of 0.02, grouped according to ordinal position in the cognitive reappraisal with a significant difference of .045 and grouped according to monthly income in the cognitive reappraisal with a significant difference of .045. Conclusion