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This research was conducted in order to find out the effects of stress on the
decision making of the respondents. This was created in order to know the different
ways we can help the students on how to manage stress, and it aims to find solutions to
the roots of these problems through interviews, surveys, and the research related
literature and studies that may help in enumerating the factors of stress among our
respondents. We chose this topic because stress is one of the most common problems
among students, especially for people such as Grade 11 students since a lot of us are
still adjusting to our current school’s work pace. Also, Gladies and Kennedy (2011)
First of all, what is stress? According to Cox (1978), “The word “stress” is derived
from the Latin word stringere which means to draw tight.” (cited in Furnham 2005, p.
354). Also, according to Rahul Sharma et al (2015), “The term stress means an
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Stress can have varying levels on different people since we have different
environments at home, but stress can worsen at school since this means that our
respondents will need to adjust again from their environment at home and at school.
Rahul Sharma et al (2015) also stated that “Stress reason out due to various
external and internal factors, makes a periphery around a persona. In recent times it is
observed that the stress levels are gaining the momentum in the organizational working
frame” (p.184).
We will have two types of students: Introverts and Extroverts. Unlike the common
introverted people only need some alone time in order to recharge their energies.
Extraverts, more commonly called as extroverts, are the opposite of introverts. They
VINAZINE (2017) stated that “Extroverts are oftentimes generalized as being inherently
social, when in reality, extroversion just means gaining energy by being around other
people. Extroverts with social anxiety, however, become more anxious when around
groups of people”.
Since they have different personalities, there may be different causes of stress
and different effects on the decision making of these individuals. Our difference on
experiencing stress can also be measured through our patience. This can be proven by
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the statement of Cartwright and Cooper (1997, cited in Levy 2010) saying that “Stress
refers to any force that pushes a psychological or physical function beyond its range of
If a person is strained, this means that they are more likely to do bad decision
making which leads to bad performance of students, specifically our respondents. Just
like what Bhagat et al (1995, cited in Levy 2010) stated; “Strains on the other hand are
Another statement of Levy (2010) says that stress leads to strains, and that
employees who are particularly stressed at work can experience sickness, low quality
performance, increased absence and poor communication and many other strains (p.
291).
Since our respondents are in grade 11, a lot of our respondents will be minors.
Since they are still in their growing stages in life, prevention of these sicknesses can be
done by preventing strains, and to prevent these strains, we must first address the root
of the problem: stress. Our research will be able to help our respondents and other
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Statement of the Problem
The aim of this research is to find the main reasons of stress and to help the
respondents manage stress for better decision making. More specifically it seeks to
2. What are the factors that can help reduce their stress?
This study provides various significance of the study for the purpose of the
Student. The student will have more knowledge about stress on how it affects
to their decision making. To help them to be productive and successful life and how to
manage stress.
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Teachers. To help the teachers to know the sides of the students who
experience stress on their decision making. It helps to the teacher to have enough
Parents. To help them know the situation what their child are facing right
now. To help their children to encourage them to spend their time in outdoor activities or
household chore.
Researcher. This study will serves as a guide and reference for the future
researcher that attempts to make their own research about this topic. This study is
beneficial to researchers because their research will become easier and make them
discover the other things that they not yet know for better decision making.
The purpose of the study is to determine the effects of stress to the decision-
making of the respondents. The study was conducted at PHIMA UPang College of
Urdaneta. This study limits its coverage on the Grade 11 ABM 04A. The range of the
study was from June to October 2019. The study is largely dependent on the honesty,
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Definition of Terms
In this study we used these words in order to understand easily our research topic.
Extrovert - an outgoing person who gains energy from people around them.
Introvert - a person who needs to have some alone time in order to gain energy.
Stress - the outcome or result of having too much stimulus that a person
cannot handle.
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CHAPTER II
According to Cox (1978), “The word “stress” is derived from the Latin word
stringere which means to draw tight.” (cited in Furnham 2005, p. 354). Also, according
to Rahul Sharma et al (2015), “The term stress means an imbalance between the
mental and emotional levels of an individual. Meanwhile, Cartwright and Cooper (1997,
cited in Levy 2010) saying that “Stress refers to any force that pushes a psychological
or physical function beyond its range of stability, producing a strain within the individual”
(p. 291).
In accordance to these statements, Gladies and Kennedy (2011) said that “Stress
Rahul Sharma et al (2015) also stated that “Stress reason out due to various
external and internal factors, makes a periphery around a persona. In recent times it is
observed that the stress levels are gaining the momentum in the organizational working
frame” (p.184). Related to this is a statement of Cartwright and Cooper (1997, cited in
Levy 2010) saying that “Stress refers to any force that pushes a psychological or
physical function beyond its range of stability, producing a strain within the individual”
(p. 291).
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“Strains on the other hand are undesirable personal outcomes resulting from the
saying that “Extroverts are oftentimes generalized as being inherently social, when in
reality, extroversion just means gaining energy by being around other people. Extroverts
with social anxiety, however, become more anxious when around groups of people”.
Balleine (2007) stated that decision making refers to the ‘ability of humans and
other animals to choose between competing courses of action based on their relative
value of consequences.’ In accordance with this definition, the most popular tasks that
comprise two or more options. Such tasks have also been applied to healthy
participants to investigate personality and other individual factors that could potentially
influence decision making. These decision-making tasks have also been used to