STRESS MANAGEMENT USED BY GRADE 12 ABM STUDENTS IN

ACCOUNTING

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to determine the coping mechanism applied by the

Senior High School students in Accounting at CCDCAGMNHS school year

2019-2020.

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of the

following:

1.1 sex and

1.2 age?

2. What are the common stress management mechanism of Senior High

School ABM students:

2.1 interacting with People,

2.2 nature,

2.3 music, and

2.4 time management?

3. Correlation between the Age and Coping Mechanisms of the students?

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

The Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM) strand focuses on

the basic concepts of financial management, business management and all

other things that are related in analyzing and to have a critical thinking in

terms of solving accounting problems. ABM will lead the students in career of

managements such as sales manager, marketing director, bookkeeper and a

lot more. ABM strand has different major subjects and one of it is

accounting. According to Garkaz in (2010) that the previous researchers said

that one of the students’ difficulty is the inability of prior knowledge in

accounting. Some ABM students do not have the prior knowledge regarding

the strand and its major subjects which results on having a hard time

understanding such problems.

As discovered, the ABM students were having a perception that Accounting is

“the most difficult subject”. However, in the study of Atieh (2013) she stated

that students tend to have negative point of view and perception towards

accounting. This will result to their lack of interest in learning and analyzing

the subject matter. In addition, Mohamed M. Tailab (2013) emphasizes that

a lot of sources said that some of the causes of the lack of interest are the

lack of teaching assistants, computer facilities, irrelevant textbook or exams

and also the lack of proficiency in English. No doubt, the poor performance

of students in accounting would be visible due to the poor method of

teaching the subject. (Oloidi, 2003).

 There are a lot of coping mechanisms that are made or discovered by

different researchers, one of those were made by Carolyn (2010) which

states that having a healthy lifestyle is one of the students’ strategy to be

academically active especially in accounting because this subject is time

consuming that requires a lot of analysis that would affect the students’

physical and mental health. Additionally, Cheng and Cheung in (2005) states

that most of the ABM students’ coping mechanisms were to exercise

regularly, to practice the relaxation, also to have good time management.

Larry in (2015) established that reading textbook are great source of

studying accounting in which it could be a great help to understand the

words or terms being used in this subject. The study of Nonis and Hudson

(2010) stated that students in accounting must have an enough time in

visiting libraries and do some advance reading so that it would be easy for

them to answer or search for a better way to understand accounting well in

solving problems, cycle and processes. Teachers would propose a problem-

based learning for students’ critical thinking be developed (Yang 2012).

People who live in a contented life are better equipped with the trials

and obstacle that comes in their way. They treat challenges in both business

and personal life as opportunities that help them aspire and accomplish their

task (Mercado et al. 2016). Studying accounting is essential especially for

ABM students, not just for the sake of passing the subject but also to gain

more knowledge for their futures wealth. If the students are not yet satisfied
with their efforts, they might choose a different track to learn to be able to

obtain a better result in their studies (Mendoza, Masangcay, Batalla, Bacay &

Lagudaor 2016). In addition, Laguador and De Castro (2014) stated that

student at a higher level also seek for perfection that satisfies their self

esteem and develop them with all of their capabilities to have an effective

educational personality. Pursuing professional courses such as accounting is

definitely a huge provocation. It requires critical thinking and analyzing

different strategies in order to excel in their favored course.

Everyone’s experiences are distinctive, all of us encounter different

problems in our everyday life so as accounting students. In opposition,

Laguador (2013) considered some personal factors such as self-confidence,

lack of adequate effort, carelessness, lack of ability to competent,

homesickness, falling in love easily, inability to be become well planned and

organized, being addicted to drinking, smoking cigarettes that affects the

students’ ability to achieve what they wanted to achieve.

 Research Instrument

Name: Age:
Sex:

Directions: Understand each statement well and indicate your response by

checking the appropriate column. SD for Strongly Disagree, D for disagree, A
for Agree, SA for Strongly Agree.

I. Interacting with People

STATEMENT SD D A SA
Consultation with the accounting
teacher /s.
Studying with friends.
II. Nature

STATEMENT SD D A SA
I go to relaxing places to study.

Nature study makes Accounting

interesting.

III. Music

STATEMENT SD D A SA
I listen to music while studying.
Music helps me to understand easily
about Accounting.
IV. Time Management

STATEMENT SD D A SA
I read my lessons in advance.
I take down notes, making outlines
and practices analyzation in some
transactions.
 A Qualitative Study of Stressors, Stress Symptoms, and Coping
Mechanisms Among College Students Using Nominal Group Process

Research Instrument

1.What are the things that cause you stress? Please take 5-to-10 minutes to
list all the things that have personally caused you stress during your college
years. These can be big events that you experienced or minor hassles. There
is no right or wrong answer.

2. When you have been under stress, what signs or symptoms do you
exhibit? These signs/symptoms can be physical or emotional. Please take 5-
to-10 minutes to list all the signs and symptoms that you feel when you are
under stress. There is no right or wrong answer.

3. When you have been under stress, what specifically do you do that helps
you cope with the stress of being in college? What things have you found
that help to reduce or lower stress for you? Please take 5-to-10 minutes to
list all you do to cope with stress. There is no right or wrong answer.
Abstract

Background: Stress is part of the college experience; however, how students deal with stress can
greatly impact their behaviors and health status. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively
assess sources of stress, types of stressors, and coping mechanisms employed among undergraduate
students. Methods: Nominal group process was utilized to obtain information related to study variables
and help prioritize the accounts provided by study participants (n = 173). Results: Participants gave
insight into the unique stress faced by this generation (grades, GPA, multitasking, parental
expectations), stress symptoms (more psychological in nature), and coping strategies (prayer, talking to
mom, surfing the net, and social networking). The top stressors included: schoolwork, money, time
management, parents, and friends. Moodiness/irritability, anxiety, and sleep problems were the
highest-ranked symptoms of stress cited by study participants. The three most-reported coping
mechanisms were: working out, prayer, and talking to mom. Conclusions: Although the themes of
stressors, symptoms, and coping mechanisms for college students might not have changed through the
years, the sources that underlie these themes have changed as compared to past generations. J
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