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CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Romantic relationship is very common to everyone, teenagers and the new

generations today are mostly experiencing this type of relationship. It is a

relationship involving the boyfriend or girlfriend that is mostly called today. You

can see them on a park dating and chatting with each other. It is a central

experience of a human; that means romantic relationship is a big deal today

especially to those who are students.

Confusion, hurt, silence, missed opportunity is one of the ironies of modern

life that many couples today are living together as complete strangers.

These things are some reason why relationships fail. And when it fails it

may affect the studies of the person who is involved in the relationship.

Relationship is a big factor in student’s life. Because some of the people depends

their selves to the relationship they have. Some students think that they can

finish their studies if they will have a healthy and strong relationship. Romantic

relationship has a big effect on the student’s life and studies.

Romantic relationship is a big factor in studying. Sometimes it became a

distraction on studying and a distraction in social life. Most of the students

experiencing in the romantic relationship has the same school.

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So many people saw their Public Display of Affection (PDA) and think that they

are not studying well. And some of the students do the cutting classes for them to

be with their partners. But on the other side romantic relationship helps to inspire

the students to study more and finish their picked course. At the end of the day

romantic relationship is still a big factor on studying and to student’s life.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

This study is anchored on the concept of input process output provides

the basis for organizing the effects of romantic relationship to their studies. The

conceptual framework of study emphasizes the effect of romantic relationship on

their studies. This relates with the present study as regard to the inputs through

the use of interview and analysis prior to the person with enough experience on

it.

In this first phase, the researchers identified the title of the research a

work. In effect the second phase the researchers identified the good effect of

having a romantic relationship. This include that is serves as an inspiration

motivation for their studies, and lastly on the third phase the researchers

identified the bad effects of having an romantic relationship; this includes that it

became a distraction on their studies and the students had a hard time on

balancing their time for studies and for their partner.

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ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG

STUDENTS OF RIZAL COLLEGE OF
TAAL AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR
STUDIES

POSITIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE EFFECT

Figure 1

Research Paradigm
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Statement of the Problem

Research Problem: The need of a student to know how relationships affect the

life and studies of a student.

Research Topic: Romantic Relationship among Students of Rizal College of

Taal and Its effect on their studies.

General Question: What could you get when you enter to a relationship while

you are studying?

Specific Question:

1. What is the reason why many students get into a relationship?

2. How did the students manage their time by having a responsibility in school

and in to their partner?

3. How does the relationship help the students on their studies?

4. What do you do with the problems you experience on both?

5. For you, which is better; studying while on a relationship or studying without

it?

Significance of the Study

To know them what is the advantages and disadvantages of having a

relationship while facing all the challenges in their studies. And how it works if

each of them have a responsibility in school or responsibility in their partner. And

how many of students in RCT are on relationship. And of course we can see in
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this research what is more important, having an Romantic Relationship on their

studies.

The topic they have choose is Romantic Relationship among students of

Rizal College of Taal and its effect on their studies, this topic is all about students

and the role of relationship in Rizal College of Taal. It is important because it can

give ideas, and to know the responsibilities of having intimate relationship while

studying. They can be more aware about the importance of their studies. The

students having relationship will know the positive and negative effects of having

a relationship, if it is worth it or not. It not just important to students who have a

relationship, but it is important to all students because they can be aware on the

relationship that they will have to help them to know all the effects of having a

relationship.

After conducting a research the respondents always get a benefit from it.

Research paper entitled Romantic Relationship among students of RCT and its

effect to their studies will give the respondents an idea on how romantic

relationship affects the studies of a students. Also, it will serve as a guide to

those person who are in a relationship for them to balance their studies while in

a relationship. This research will also give information to those who are not

familiar in this kind of problem. And lastly, it will serve as a reference to the future

generations that will choose the same topic that the researchers are conducting.
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Scope, Limitations and Delimitations

This study used 50 students from Rizal College of Taal to gather specific

data for them to know what the effect of relationship on their studies is. The

researcher used interview to gather data that are needed in the study.

The data gathered by the researchers are limited because not everyone

has an enough experience on relationship. And also the respondents had a hard

time to answer the following question because of its language.

Review of Related Literature

Romantic Relationship

Sternberg’s model of love is a useful way of organizing one’s thinking, but

may fall short of capturing the subtleties of romantic love. Think, for example, of

the feeling of being in love the sense of excitement, magic, bewilderment, the

ups and downs, the pre-occupation with the object of affection. When one is in

love life transcends the routine and acquires a specialness. It is difficult to do

justice to these feelings in an abstract psychological model. The language of

poets with its metaphor and similes has advantages in communicating the range

of feelings and experiences involved.

According to (Sullivan’s) definition of romantic interaction introduced the

concept of responsiveness of one partner to the other. He suggested that

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relational closeness is regulated by clearly formulated adjustments of one’s

behavior to the expressed needs of the other person (p.246).

According to (Howe and Strauss) the analysis explores the intersection of

class, gender and racial and ethnic heritage in constituting their relationships.

Relevant literature is used to elaborate and frame the patterns found in the

accounts given by the students and its contextualized within broader cultural

economic structural change.

Effects of Romantic Relationship on Studying

Campbell & Oliver explained that some cost which are found in a romantic

relationship namely: stress and worry about the relationship, social and non-

social sacrifices, increased dependence on the partner, fights, time, effort

investment and feeling worse about the self which were said to be the cause of

anxiety of the students.

Based some students on University of the Philippines Cebu College

have also involved themselves in a romantic relationship. Having been an

institution which promoter honor and excellence among its students gave them

great challenge to maintain a good academic performance. Considering that

each professor has higher expectations of the students, an increase of workloads

which includes projects, school papers, reports and challenging exam were

given. Therefore, being college students of UP Cebu College gives them more

responsibility and it requires a great amount of time and attention.

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Crissey, 2006 explained that having a relationship affair especially when

you are just a student would not just give a source of stress but also a

disturbance. Having a romantic relationship is really disturbing because a student

will deal on managing time between the school and in romantic side that

somehow leads to give academic works a lesser priority. Stress is a continuous

feeling of worry about work or personal life that prevents someone from relaxing.

Base on debate.org, 2015 that entering a relationship while studying

shouldn’t be much of an issue. Although studying can take more time than full

time job, it shouldn’t prove to be a bigger problem that working full time. Studying

is something that a couple can do together, and as long as one person isn’t too

caught up in what they’re studying, being in a relationship is perfectly acceptable.

Yee, Amy 2014 explained that there were many factors taken into

consideration by the researcher when conducting this study; age, gender. Many

articles helped to determine a hypothesis to conduct the study. The researcher

believed that this was a subject that needed to be tested because of how

common it is to see and hear about young students involved in romantic

relationships and the impact it can have on academic performance. Relationships

are highly common within young students and should be tested in order to obtain

a conclusion regarding the affects they can come with.

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Manning concludes that romantic relationship gives more negative effects

in the academic performance of adolescents. Teen nowadays consider

relationship as the number one source of stress. It results from the break ups or

conflicts with partner. Even those who give more importance on academics,

spending time with one’s partner may also serve as a distraction.

Based on blogspot.com the relationship assumed between grade point

average and dating status was not supported by the data. However, students

involved in a relationship experienced more stress when facing deadlines for

school. The data has not revealed any clear correlation in the study between

dating status and academic performance, though hopefully further research in

this idea will prove beneficial.

Factors that affect their Studies while in a relationship

Huggins, Gabriella 2015 explained that there were many factors taken

into consideration by the researcher when conducting this study; age, gender.

The researcher believed that this was a subject that needed to be tested

because of how common it is to see and hear about young students involved in

romantic relationships and the impact it can have on academic performance.

Relationships are highly common within young students and should be tested in

order to obtain a conclusion regarding the affects they can come with.
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Reasons why students get into a relationship

Based on Cattembam’s Blog, 2013 most relationships based on this reason

are often found in schools. Also, this kind of reason regularly moves from surface

academic relationship to a fully-fledged relationship.

It can also take the form in which both of the partners involved benefit but usually

only one partner benefits because in this case, the other partner selects his/her

partner based primarily on the other’s academic potentials so as to cover for

his/her own academic defects.

Difference of studying while in a relationship and without relationship

The student who has a relationship has a limited time to study since

she/he must divide the time for both studying and dating. It becomes more

difficult when there is a dispute between the couple because it takes more time to

solve a dispute. Compare to a student who is single, he/she has full time. He/she

does not have to worry about lack time for the reason that he/she could spend

more time to study and do other activities. That is why the time management for

those who have a relationship is not as well as the single students’ time

management.
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Synthesis

The above literatures show other meanings about romantic relationship

among students and effects on their studies. The concepts may help researchers

to know another idea, advantages and disadvantages of having romantic

relationship. Campbell and Oliver say that some cost which are found in a

romantic relationship namely; stress and worry about the relationship that cause

anxiety of the students. Some students from UPCC give them more responsibility

and it requires a great amount of time and attention. Yee Amy think that a healthy

relationship with open communication and mutual understanding has the

potential to work, but it is unhealthy ones that will make student life really difficult

and strenuous.

The different ideas make help the research more interesting and know

more about the romantic relationship and its effect on the studies of a student.
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CHAPTER II

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methods used in the conduct of research. Also,

this includes an in depth analysis of the respondents, the instruments used and

the data gathering procedure undertaken to complete the research.

Research Design

This study used the phenomenology method or design to determine the

effects of Romantic Relationship on their studies among students of Rizal

College of Taal. The researchers used this method since it refers to the study of

how people find their experiences meaningful.

Sampling Procedure

The researchers used the purposive sampling to gather information about

what they think of having Romantic Relationship while studying like selecting

those with rich experience or interest in our study.

The respondents of the study were seven groups based on their courses

namely: CBA, BSA, Criminology, HRM, Education, Senior High School and

Junior High School. They were interviewed because the researchers think that

they know more about the said topic.

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Subject of the Study

Department Number of Students

Junior High School 5

Senior High School 17

Criminology 5

CBA 8

BSBA 10

Education 3

HRM 2

TOTAL 50

Data Gathering Instrument Used in the Study

The questionnaire was the main instrument of the research. The questions

included on the questionnaires are based on the recent conflicts or happening on

a relationship.

The questionnaire contains 5 questions that will determine their

experiences. In the questionnaire, the researchers included the signature and

courses of the student for it will be published in the questionnaire they answered.
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Data Gathering Procedure

A formal letter was given to the deans of every department to be permitted

to interview their respective students.

Upon approval, the researchers ask the students to sign if they allow the

researchers to get their opinion and experiences about having relationship while

studying.
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CHAPTER III

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Based on the data gathered by the researchers the following finding are revealed

1. Reasons why students get into relationship.

The respondents said that the reason why the students get into a

relationship is because of inspiration their partners help them to be motivated on

studying. But one of the respondents said that the reason why students get into a

relationship is because of exposure in social media. Like nowadays there are so

many things posted on the social media; the so called “relationship goals” that

many students want. Those posts gave them idea that being on a relationship is

happier than being single. Also, some of the students wanted to experience

those things because of curiosity. And some them said that they lack of attention

from their family or surroundings that is why they seek for someone who can give

the attention they wanted.

2. Management of time by having a responsibility in school and in their

partner.

The respondents that are in a relationship were able to manage their time

on both relationship and studying. But most of the respondents are more focused

on studying. Their priority is their studies. Also, someone shared her experience

she is doing when managing her time for both. According to her when she

divided her time for her studies and boyfriend; on daytime she focuses on the
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studies in school works and when the night time comes that is the time that she

is going to text or call her boyfriend. And someone said that it is not an issue if

you were in a relationship or not when studying because it depends on the

person who handles it.

3. The help of relationships on their studies

The respondents said that having a relationship while studying is a big help

because aside from having an inspiration you have also a companion. Their

partners help them to finish their school works or projects when they needed it. It

is also a big advantage because there is someone who will be there when they

are stress on their studies. Their partners gave them also moral support that

helps them to study well and hard. Also there is someone who will support them

to pursue their dreams

4. Ways they do to solve the problems on both relationship and studies.

The respondents said that when they experience problems on both

relationship and studies they still prioritize to solve the problem on studies

because for them it is more important than relationship. Studying can give them a

better future than prioritizing the problem on relationship. They are not that

affected on the problem that their partner may cause because studying is their

priority. But on the other side they are respondents that still able to prioritize their

relationship than their relationship because for them that is a big factor when you

have a problem with your problem because they become distracted and can’t

focus on their studies.

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5. Studying while on a relationship or without it.

Most of the respondents said that it is way better to study while in a

relationship because they have inspiration to and motivation to study harder and

well. They are able to relieve their stress through texting or calling their partner.

And they have someone who support and help them to do some school works.

But on the other side there are still students who answered that it is better to

study without it because they can focus on their studies. All their time and effort

will be given on their studies and they will not be distracted on studying because

if there is a problem it is just all about the studies.

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CHAPTER IV

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary

This research entitled “Romantic Relationship among Students of Rizal College

of Taal and Its Effect to their Studies” used fifty (50) respondents to conduct this

research.

Specifically, the research answers the following questions:

1. What is the reason why many students get into a relationship?

2. How did the students manage their time by having a responsibility in school

and in to their partner?

3. How does the relationship help the students on their studies?

4. What do you do with the problems you experience on both?

5. For you, which is better; studying while on a relationship or studying without

it?

Findings of Study

Based on the gathered data, the following data and findings are revealed in

this study

1. Reasons why students get into relationship.

Most of the students said that having a relationship while studying serves as

an inspiration for them. Their partner serves as their motivation to study hard and

well. Other said that because of curiosity; on how it feels when getting into a

relationship. And some of them answered that students get into a relationship
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maybe because they are lack of attention in their family, that is why they find

someone who can give the attention they need and want.

2. Management of time by having a responsibility in school and in their

partner.

Students balanced their time in studying and time for their partner. But most

of them prioritize the studies because for them it is more important. Studying can

help them to reach their goals while relationship according to them can wait.

3. The help of relationships on their studies

Most of the students said that it is an inspiration for them to study hard and

their partner gave them moral support on studying. Also, their partners help them

I their school works for them to finish it.

4. Ways they do to solve the problems on both relationship and studies.

Some of the students said that they think for a solution to solve their

problem. But most of them prioritize to solve the problem on their studies before

the problem on their relationship. And some of them prioritize to solve the

problem on their relationship because their problems affect their studies because

they can’t focus on studying.

5. Studying while on a relationship or without it.

Most of the students said that it is better to study while on a relationship

because it serves as an inspiration and their partner help them to their school

works and gave them moral support. But for the college students it is better to

study without
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it because they can focus on their studies and they said that there is a perfect

time for love.

Conclusions

Based on the findings, the following conclusions were revealed:

1. The students used their partner as their inspiration to their studies.

2. Relationship can help the students to study hard and well.

3. Problem on relationship has a minimal effect on the studies of the students.

4. Students prioritize their studies than relationship.

5. Studying while in a relationship is better depending on the person who

handled it.

Recommendations

After the conclusions have been revealed, the following recommendations

are worth considering

1. Students should continue to prioritize their studies.

2. Students should know how to manage their time in relationship and their

studies.

3. Relationship among students should give a good effect on the student.

4. Students should not be affected when they will experience problem on their

relationship.

5. The students should choose a partner that can give them a good influence.
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APPENDICES
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Dear Sir/Maam,

We students of HUMSS II Senior High School from Rizal College of Taal is

conducting a research about ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPAMONG STUDENTS

IN RIZAL COLLEGE OF TAAL AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR STUDIES that is all

about on how romantic relationship affect the studies of the students. We are

conducting this research under the supervision of Mr. Darwin M. Agito in his

subject PRACTICAL RESEARCH I. This research aims to have a interview from

you to have additional information and a real experience data to successfully finish

this research. We are hoping for your kind consideration and cooperation. Hope

you have a good day!

Sincerely,

Lenard A. Samaniego

Mhike Lexuss S. Velasco

Cristine J. Catibog

Rachelle B. Lascano

Mary Joy B. Magsino

Noted by:

Mr. Darwin M. Agito

Dean or Principal
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QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. What is the reason why many students get into a relationship?

2. How did the students manage their time by having a responsibility in

school and in to their partner?

3. How does the relationship help the students on their studies?

4. What do you do with the problems you experience on both?

5. For you, which is better; studying while on a relationship or studying

without it?

__________________________ _________________________

SIGNATURE OF INTERVIEWEE SIGNATURE OF INTERVIEWER

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