Instructions: Identify and define your own research problem by responding to the following

items.
1. (WHAT IS) The conditions which gave rise to my research question are (Present evidence
from service statistics or related literature that will confirm the existence, seriousness and
distribution of your problem.)
2. (WHAT SHOULD BE) The ideal situation would have been: (standard, rule, expected,
mandated, recommended)
3. The DISCREPANCY between No. 1 and 2
4. Research question:
5. Two or more plausible answers to the problem question
6. Possible research title

1. Sex Education in the Philippines

Research Question:
- Why is there an increase in teenage pregnancies despite the COVID-19 situation? What
are the factors that contribute to them?
Situation:
- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a notable fact that the Philippines has the
second-highest teen pregnancy rate, with a 20% rise of teenage pregnancies, in
South East Asia.

Possible Answers:
- Lack of basic sex education
- Stigma among Filipinos towards Contraceptives
- The teenagers’ attitudes to sex and relationships

What should be:

-

Discrepancy:

Reference:
https://papers.iafor.org/submission55943/

2. Social Anxiety Among Online Students

Research Question:
-

Possible Answers:

Situation:

what should be:

Discrepancy:

Reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260965/

3. Influence of Music in The Daily Life of Students

Research Question:

Possible Answers:

Situation:

what should be:

Discrepancy:

References:
https://www.emergingedtech.com/2016/06/positive-impact-music-can-have-on-student-success/
https://www.bartleby.com/essay/The-Effect-of-Music-in-Students-F3QNHLECDBRS
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1657/the-impact-of-listening-to-music-on-cognitive-
performance
4.Relationship between the Internet and psychological disorder among the students.

Research Question:

Possible Answers:

Situation:

what should be:

Discrepancy:

Reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214398/

5.The adverse impact of social media we should fight against

Research Question:

Possible Answers:

Situation:

what should be:

Discrepancy:

Reference:
https://online.king.edu/news/how-to-combat-the-negative-effects-of-social-media/#:~:text=Social
%20media%20use%20in%20excess,loneliness%2C%20anxiety%2C%20and
%20depression.&text=The%20following%20are%20some%20helpful,negative%20effects%20of
%20social%20media.

6. Our mental health during the corona virus outbreak.

Research Question:
- Why have there been more psychological causes of depression and anxiety during the
COVID-19 pandemic?
- What could have caused the people to undergo an attack mentally?

Possible Answers:
- Problems or none, Mental health is a hard and difficult to understand situation, but
getting a better understanding of each other and the overflowing support of one another
then

Situation:
- The sewerside of multiple students here in the Philippines are not alarming for the
government officials that handle education.
- Not only students are being affected but also the adults.
- Some don't believe that mental health is real.
- More people died by suicide last year as the pandemic began.

what should be:

- Making mental health a priority. Taking care of oneself and each other. The

Discrepancy:
-

Reference:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473764/