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A STUDY OF EARLY ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SELECTED HUMSS STUDENTS OF PASAY CITY SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

A Qualitative Research Presented to Mrs. Jodelyn Tarraya

In Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements in Practical Research I

By:

John Russel Andal Vry Baltazar Remelyn Barajas Queena Mae Binasahan Kristine Mae Tuayon

Pasay City South High School S.Y. 2018-2019

ABSTRACT

Senior High School Students tend to be stressful with their priorities in school, their parents' expectations and their personal life. Handling challenging situations can be very difficult as they are in the process of their own development as young adults. But one of the factors that inspires the students to continue their academics despite having an overloaded task is Early Romantic Relationship. Base on this study, Early Romantic Relationship does have an effect on prioritization of students that are involved in an intimate relationship. The Key Purpose of this study is to know what are the effects of having an early romantic relationship to the senior high school students with a strand of Humanities and Social Science in Pasay City South High School (PCSHS). This study also attempts to gain insight to the perception of the respondents regarding to early relationship and its consequences to one's academic performance. This study can be a big help to students who are involve of the said matter, for them to realize the essence of being in a relationship. The Study revealed that Senior High School Students of PCSHS prioritize their academics more than their romantic relationship with their partner. It also reveals that every partner of the respondent’s act as the supporting companion.

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. PROBLEM SITUATION During adolescence, teenagers make more interest on having a relationship because of the eagerness to belong with others. Consequently, as time pass by, intimate relationships become more important to teenagers. Adolescents become more desperate to have a romantic relationship in which love is given and taken without limitation. According to the need to belong theory, individuals are determined to connect with each other’s in an intimate and strong emotional relationship. In addition, the need to belong theory states that people share the same need to be connected with other individuals, and argues that individuals may live their lives better if they are connected. Myers (2010) supported the theory by asserting that people who find a person who are capable of sharing their problems with, makes those people more acknowledgeable. Being belong is supported by close and intimate relationship which tends to be healthier and happier. Because of this need to belong, it is clear that nowadays most senior high students manage their time in academic and romantic aspect. Putting themselves in this romantic relationship makes them feel that someone is caring for them, showing admiration to them, loving them, etc. In fact, Furman (2002) reported that romantic relationships become more and more significant to adolescents

socially because they also develop from puberty to late adolescence where it shows how common romantic relationship is with teenagers. Romantic relationship can cause stress and worry about the relationship, social and nonsocial sacrifices, increased dependence on the partner, fights, time and effort investment, and feeling worse about the self which were said to be the cause of anxiety of the students. Having been in these situations, students who are involved with romantic relationship may be face challenges in maintaining a good academic performance. Consequently, a question on the effect of romantic relationship among the students involved, whether they can manage their time efficiently or not. It was very evident that young students who are involving themselves in romantic relationships while studying faced difficulty in handling the weight of responsibilities. Thus, the study was conducted to gather information on how the involvement affect the academic performances both positive and in negative attributes. Moreover, this research study wants to determine the various factors affecting students’ academic performances especially those who are involved in early romantic relationships. Lastly, this study was also conducted to identify the benefits and consequences of engaging to romantic relationship at a young age.

A. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study aims to determine the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of selected Humanities and Social Sciences Senior High students in Pasay City South High School. This will determine how students manage their time in schooling and at the same time being involved in a romantic relationship. This study highlights the effect of time management, motivation and anxiety level of students who are involved in romantic relationship on their academic performance. The outcome of this research would alarm the student and raise their awareness on the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of a student particularly on its negative effects. The finalized data would also help the students manage and assess their time between romantic and academic aspects. Findings of this study would also aware and give consideration to the parents of the students who are integrating their time in both academic works and romantic aspect. The outcomes could benefit them so that they could guide their children on how to balance time wisely, and to the parents, they are obligated to motivate their children to prioritize their study and set-aside factors of romantic relationship which might affect the academic performance of their children.

For the teachers, the information that they would gain in this research would benefit and help them guide and give proper attention to their students who are tangled in a romantic relationships and so that teachers

could also help them in increasing the academic performance of their students not only by teaching lessons on their assigned course or subject but also guiding them and giving positive advices.

B. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The main objectives of this study is to identify the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of selected Senior High Students of PCSHS, to know the key on how to manage time between studies and romantic relationship, and how to give a solution to conflicts in synchronizing studies while having a romantic relationship of Senior High Students of PCSHS who are involved in a romantic relationship. In order to answer the main problem, the study has the following specific objectives: 1. What are the effects of early romantic relationship to the academic performance of HUMSS student?

2. How the engagement to early romantic relationship affects the time management of the HUMSS student?

3. What is the significant relationship between academic performance and the involvement to early romantic relationship?

C. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Loving someone is part of growing up, even students fall in love, however, not all cases of students having a relationship has a negative effect. In fact, some students make their partners as their inspiration. According to Wells (2019) he can relate to Einstein’s struggle to balance one’s professional endeavors while maintaining a connection with someone who shares the same aspirations. In addition, Wells (2019) stated that Einstein is not just this genius. He was a human and he had relationships. Romantic relationships are steadily evolving over the years, as students tend to have various perspectives on the topic and share different values on its importance in their lives. There was an observation done of college women in the late 1970s and early 1980s in correlation to being in romantic relationships. Studies found that the peer culture established an ethos for women that emphasized romantic relationships with men as a major route of self-worth and prestige (Gilmartin, 2005). As studies show, being in romantic relationships has had a high value and priority since the late 70s and early 80s for women. Being perceived as (hetero) sexually attractive and having a “high status boyfriend elevated a young woman’s standing among her classmates, which means that schoolwork and friendship were pushed to the side (Gilmartin, 2005). This statement alone gives rise to the need to conduct a study on this issue as this article proves that there indeed may be a correlation between being in a relationship and academic performance. Due to woman having less of a concern on their

course load, they are at a disadvantage for being given the opportunity to develop the necessary knowledge needed to propel them to their optimal professional advancement (Gilmartin, 2005). Previous findings have indicated that single men and women experience higher levels of mental instability, such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment problems, and other forms of psychological distress (Braithwaite, S. R., Delevi, R., & Fincham, F. D., 2010). Romantic Relationship is viewed as the connection of two people sharing the same emotion. Not all relationships have to be sexual in nature. You can truly be yourself in an intimate relationship with someone who you respect and are respected by in return. According to Amen (2007) “that romantic love and infatuation are not so much of an emotion as they are motivational drives that are part of the brain's reward system.”

CHAPTER II METHODOLOGY

A. PARTICIPANTS OF THE STUDY

Selected students from Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) who are in a relationship who participate and undergo interview questions through voice record to identify the impacts of having a relationship in the academic performances of the students. The respondents will answer these questions according to their personal experiences and opinions.

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gender, men, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals etc. and with ages from sixteen to twenty (16-20) years old are used as the respondents of this study. The study requires ten (15) students who will participate. The participants must only be a student from HUMSS in Pasay City South High School and he/she must be in a relationship.

B. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study is limited only to fifteen (15) selected students of Pasay City South High School ages from sixteen to twenty (16-18) years old from Grade 11 Senior High School, Humanities and Social Sciences Students. This research study focuses only in determining the effects of early romantic relationship in the academic performance of the student. Each of the

respondent is given a questionnaire to answer the survey, the data gathered will be held confidential and will be used as the information of this study. C. DATA COLLECTION METHOD

Data were collected through structural survey and interview. Respondents were chosen purposely because they are the Senior High School Students in Pasay City South High School from Humanities and Social Sciences who have romantic relationship with their partners. The results will determine whether having a romantic relationship will contribute positively in the academic performance of a HUMSS student or not. Furthermore, it will have led to a discovery if it will inspire the students in a challenging situations. D. RESEARCH DESIGN

This research study utilized a descriptive research design since the purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of those who are already involved in a romantic relationship and how they manage their time in handling a dual role. Also this study wants to gain knowledge of how having a romantic relationship at a young age impacted their academic performance. The study also wants to go in depth with the respondents to have a better understanding and know their perspective.

According to this approach, the researchers may conduct surveys, interviews, read documents, watch videos, or visit places and events, to comprehend the respondent’s experiences, particular situation. E. DATA ANALYSIS

The main advantage of this content analysis is to collect and prove the right data and solve the problem, and to gather data via survey and then develop an interview template ahead of time to ensure consistency and save time. Researchers summarized the answers of the participants so that it will become easy for the researchers to comprehend the data. After analyzing the data and possibly conducting further research, its finally time to interpret the results. F. ETHICAL CONSIDERATION AND PLAN OF ACTION

The researchers generated a variety of questions regarding their research and was then used for their survey questionnaires that will be answered after considering their age, sex, grade level and opinions of every participant with their consent and only who has an affirmative response will be selected as respondents. The selected HUMSS students were given a consent. Therefore, they were not forced to answer the given questionnaires.

CHAPTER III RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

This Chapter presents the data gathered from the selected HUMSS students where it answers the specific problems that our study provided. The discussion of the study is included as well in this chapter.

Statement of the problem 1. What are the effects of early romantic relationship to the academic performance of HUMSS student? Student’s academic performance nor social life of the students is not affected by their relationship negatively. Instead, their partners serve more of an inspiration and companion rather than a distraction. It makes the student’s duties more light because of their partner who helps and support in what they do. Viewing things in a mature perspective, one’s relationship conflict should never be a reason for a student’s test score to rise or fall because it depends on the student if he is willing to study or not. Lovers quarrel should also be confidential to the partners only, and should divert their time and effort in a more significant matter like studying instead. 2. How the engagement to early romantic relationship affects the time management of the HUMSS student?

Students prioritize their academic works and manage their time according to importance. So, some students who are in a relationship that manage their time properly does not affect their academic performance. However, some students claim that it is hard to manage their time if they are involved in a relationship because of the hectic schedule that they have. Their partner, so are their school works both demands attention which makes their time more complicated and harder to manage. Therefore,

relationships

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outcomes in managing their time between their school works and their partner. 3. What is the significant relationship between academic performance and the involvement to early romantic relationship? The partner of the respondent serves as the support system to their academic performance. Instead of being a distraction they help their partner conveniently deal with the challenges they encounter. Their partner pushes them to prioritize their school works and motivates them to focus on their academics. This led the students to stay positive at all times and active on their academic performances. The partner of every respondent know their role as a guiding companion that helps them overcome their difficulties.

CHAPTER IV SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter provides recommendations of the study.

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summary,

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SUMMARY The study was conducted to evaluate how having a relationship impact the academic performances of a student. The study exploited the descriptive research design in getting the respondent’s awareness or experience in having an early relationship. The following are the discoveries of the study:     

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Students with a partner has an optimistic view. They consider their partners more of an inspiration and companion rather than a distraction. Students who are in a relationship claims to be more motivated than before. Some students who are engaged in a relationship has trouble in synchronizing their studies and with their partner. Some students who are engaged in a relationship who has no difficulties in managing their time has knowledge on what should be prioritized. Even though the respondents say that they are more motivated to study than before and their partners serve as their inspiration to study hard, some students on the other hand, still shows no improvement in their grade.

CONCLUSION The researchers conclude based on the findings gathered: This study shows that most of the HUMSS student in PCSHS who are engaged in an early romantic relationship finds their partner more of an inspiration rather than a distraction because their partners motivate them to do better in school. Time management depends on the person who manage it. Most of the HUMSS student who are in a relationship, manage their time well because of maturity and knowledge of what could happen in the future if time is handled wrong. Prioritization is evident with most of the Senior High School students who are in a relationship because some choose to do school works before hanging out with their partners, and some choose to do their school works with their partners at the same time. However, there are students who find handling their time hard because both of their partners and their academic activities demands time. Although some student say that they are more motivated and inspired being in a relationship, the researchers observed that their grades on the other hand shows no improvements. Therefore, the researchers conclude that the students who are engaged in an early romantic relationship has more of a positive than a negative impact on their academic performances.

RECOMMENDATIONS After building the conclusion and summary of our study, the researchers came up with a few recommendations in the following: 1. The researchers should have had more respondents that are involved in a romantic relationship that excels in school and those who has a lower grade so the study would have seen the effects more clearly from both sides. 2. The researchers should conduct their surveys on grade 12 students as well to gather data in a mature perspective since these students has more experience compared to the grade11 students. 3. The researchers should spend more of their time and attention in conducting the research.

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