CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM and THE SETTINGS

Background of the Study

Student education is a key part of a person's life and a major milestone in

their academic career. At this stage, a student's academic performance is important in

determining the next juncture of their education, which in turn shapes their career.

According to Krishnan Lal (2013), student nowadays are dealing with new

educational obstacles that demand more work from them. Additionally, there are

many expectations placed on students by society to fulfill a variety of roles, many of

which are ill-defined, inconsistent, and impossible to complete in the current socio-

cultural, economic, and bureaucratic contexts of our society, which puts a great deal

of pressure on students, particularly senior high school students. Because of this there

are an increase number of student suicides worldwide, politicians and educators are

taking the mental health of students, particularly in terms of academic stress and its

effects, very seriously.

A recent poll by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development (OECD 2017) included 540,000 respondents who were students

between the ages of 17 and 18 from 72 different nations. In the average OECD

country, 66% of students reported feeling anxious about receiving bad results, and

59% said they frequently worry about how difficult an exam will be. The OECD also

discovered that 55% of students experience extreme anxiety before academic exams,

even when they are well-prepared. 37% of students said they were really nervous

while studying, and girls consistently said they were more anxious about their
coursework than guys were. According to the data, students experience a lot of stress

related to their academics and performance.

In this sense, this study seeks to discover the effect of stress on the study

habits of the Grade 12 HUMSS through measuring the students stress level,

identifying their main source of stress, discover their pre-stress behaviours and

determine their study habits, and finally, to recommend strategies on how to prevent

the negative effects of stress on their study habits at Solsona National Highschool the

students of Grade 12 HUMSS, the reason being that complex results on how academic

stress relates to students’ performance can be provided effectively.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The study focus on the Effects of stress on the Study habits of grade 12
HUMSS strand students in Solsona National High School Specially it aims to answer
the following question:

1 How does the stress influence the students academic life?

2 What are the effects of stress on the study habits of 12 HUMSS
In terms of:

A: Academic performance
B: Behavior

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

EFFECTS STUDY HABITS

OF OF THE GRADE 12
STRESS HUMSS STUDENTS