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Coping with stress in online learning ( A Case Study on students overcoming stress in online
learning )

Approval Sheet
This quantitative research entitled "Coping with stress in online learning" prepared and
submitted by Royce Anne P. De Chavez and Mark Joseph Y. Dinglasan in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the subject Practical Research 2 has been evaluated and approved with a
grade of ___________.

JUDY MARCIA M. FONTE, RGC, RPm

Research Adviser

MERCIDITA T. DRIZ
Principal

Acknowledgement
The completion of the study is impossible without the help of important people who shared their
time and effort. The researchers wants to acknowledge :

Mrs. Judy M. Fonte, the research adviser, for her guidance and support to the researchers all
throughout in the process of this study

To the Junior and Senior High School students of Our Lady of Mercy Academy for their
cooperation and support to accomplish this study

Especially to God, who gives the researchers the strength, dedication, knowledge, and patience
in order to finish the study

Dedication
We would like to dedicate this piece of work to our students and teachers who give their support
and assurance for the success of this study.
"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of
determination, dedication, self discipline, and effort."
- Jesse Owens
Introduction :
Online education during COVID - 19, perception of academic stress and emotional intelligence
coping strategies among students. The purpose of this study was to analyze the perception of
academic stress experienced by students during current online education and coping strategies
using emotional intelligence adopted by them. Stress during the learning process is thought to
enhance memory formation while at the same time hinders memory retrieval. Stress can have
both a positive and negative affect on student outcomes.
In addition, distance learning was also found to be associated with stress, which is due to
academic, financial, and social difficulties.
Coping with stress is a way to minimize stress. According to stress and coping theory of
(Lazarus & Folkman, 1984)individuals are prone to psychopathological experience primarily in
the absence of health coping strategies. However some research suggests the balance
between the demands of work tasks and demands of personal life. The primary aim of the
current study was to explore to what degree differences in personal attributes can be affected or
compensated for in accordance with relations between the external influences of online
learning.

Research Problem :
The primary aim of the present study was to explore to what degree differences in personal
attributes can be affected or compensated for in accordance with the relations between the
external influences of online learning.

● What is the demographic profile of the respondents terms of:

1.1 sex
1.2 age
● What is the extent of the student-related factors in terms of:
2.1 Interest
2.2 study habits
● Does guidance consultation helps the students to deal with stress?

Hypothesis :
Managing stress is very vital to averting any negative effect of prolonged stress. Students
use various coping strategies in managing stress. Students support services such as academic
counsellors are expected to help students to
overcome challenges that face in the pursuit of their academic work. Stress in online learning
has been adopted internationally as the alternative teaching or learning strategy during the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) quarantine to fill the academic gap that has been created
by the existing reality of the pandemic due to nationwide closures.

Conceptual Framework :
The transition from students could cause psychological, academic and social shock to them
since this educational level has pronounced differences: the student will face new methods of
teaching, new academic requirements, new types of relations between students and faculties,
new living environment. Due to these changes, students can potentially experience different
types of stress that can affect their mental and social health and academic achievement.
Students of these levels can be encountered with academic stressors like tests, assignments,
projects and other requirements. Similarly, stress affects the psychological and physical health
of students. For instance, students with high levels of stress tend to perceive themselves as less
healthy, with low self-esteem and are prone to practice some health risk habits. According to
stress and coping theory of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) individuals are prone to
psychopathological experience primarily in the absence of healthy coping strategies. Thus, it
has been felt that conducting an empirical study to discover and understand the nature of the
coping strategies that the students use to deal with their campus stress is necessary and
momentous.

Theoretical Framework
The demand-control(-support) model (Karasek, 1979; Karasek & Theorell, 1990) has had a
significant influence in the research environment, and it's been used a lot to try to minimize
workload in cases where there's been a lot of it (Jerreholt & Martinez, 2017)The design is the
capacity of a person to live up to expectations.

According to (Lu, 1999) , there is a need for a balance between the demands of work tasks and
the demands of personal life.
The potential and technical challenges of using quantitative content analysis to analyze
computer conference transcripts are discussed in this paper.The paper is divided into six parts
that cover content analysis requirements, study designs, types of content, units of analysis,
ethical concerns, and analysis tools. A survey of 19 widely used terms is used to help the
debate by Terry Anderson, D Randy Garrison, Walter Archer, Liam Rourke (2000).
The link between smart device usage and stress and burnout has piqued the interest of
researchers all over the world. It is often asserted that machine exposure is harmful to one's
health and mobile screens has been linked to a slew of stress-related issues. The related signs
and symptoms. These may take the form of psychological, cognitive, or musculoskeletal
impairments, which can have a negative impact on a person's quality of life and ability to work
on a daily basis by Nour Mheidly 1
, Mohamad Y. Fares 2,3,4 and Jawad Fares 5

Scope and Limitation

Scope and Limitation
This study is limited on the effects of online learning performance of students. This study
focuses on the students who are coping with stress online. On this, each student will be given of
some questionnaire.

Significance of the Study

The general presentation of the study would be a great help to acknowledge the beneficiaries of
what is coping with stress in online learning. It includes the details about how the online learning
can work and contribute to the community. This study could be a highly beneficial and
significant to the following persons and entities:

For the Community. This research will help them to fully understand the purpose of the study
and how important and useful it is for the improvement of the community.
For the Students in Stress Online Learning. The research will help them to be knowledgeable on
Online learning. Also, they will fully understand the importance and usefulness of coping with
stress in online learning.

For the Student. The research will encourage them to know the coping stress in online learning.
It will serve as information to understand the concept of online learning.

For the Researcher. The proponents will have a profound knowledge to fully understand the
concept of the study. This study will contribute insight into evaluating the research that is made
to be an eye-opener to every person involved in this study. It also helps to develop a online
learning which informs the proponents about the benefits of having coping with stress in online
learning.

For Future Researchers. They will have additional sources of information that can help them
expound details in their study.

Literature Review
According to (Mheidly, Fares, & Jawad, 2020)Coping with stress and burnout associated with
telecommunication and online learning) because of the covid-19 pandemic it increases the use
of media applications that enable teleconferencing, telecommunicating, online learning, and
social relations. This enables us to face Gadgets in a long period of time and increase the level
of our stress and anxiety. Coping strategies to reduce stress is a necessary condition for
preventing the harmful effects
of prolonged stress(Kwaah & Essilfie, 2017). Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts that
people use to master, reduce or minimize stressful event. Coping is multi-dimensional and
involves various strategies of which some are functional than (Gnilka, Chang, & Dew, 2012) .
Chao (2012) identifies two important ways of managing stress; namely social support
and dysfunctional coping strategies. Social support such as seeking support from families
and friends naturally help people to manage stress.

Synthesis
The research studies were gathered to provide factual information and basis for the entire
content of the study. These provided knowledge and suggestions that helped the researchers
come up with the present study emphasizing the discussion of the 'Coping with stress in online
learning'.
In our study, According to (Nour Mheidly, Mohamad Y. Fares 2,3,4 and Jawad Fares) Coping
with stress and burnout associated with telecommunication and online learning because of the
covid - 19 pandemic it increases the use of media applications that enable teleconferencing,
telecommunicating, online learning, and social relations. This enables us to face Gadgets in a
long period of time and increase the level of our stress and anxiety.

Research Design
This research is a descriptive study of the students who has coping with their stress.
Descriptive research is also known as survey research because its use of instruments such as
questionnaires and interviews to gain information from participants. Questionnaires allow the
researcher to summarize of participants characteristics or to measure attitude or opinions of a
construct or topic. Educational and social science researchers often use descriptive research to
gain sight. And for us we will use also descriptive research to gain the information how the
students cope with their stress in online learning.

The Sampling
The researcher utilized random sampling as the sampling design. The researcher selects the
members inside a local area with equivalent opportunities to be picked. That point circulation of
surveys was accomplished for it will give a simpler method to comprehend.

The Instruments
The researchers decided to provide questionnaires as instruments to use, they can quickly and
honestly answer questions since the researchers were not able to personally conduct the survey
on the chosen respondents due to the crisis of pandemic. By the case of likert scale wherein
each statement in the questionnaire will be rated by the respondents using the scale below.
4 - Strongly Agree
3 - Somewhat agree
2 - Slightly disagree
1 - Disagree

Data Collection Procedure

To be able to gather the information needed for this study, the researchers will conduct
questionnaires to be distributed online since we're experiencing the crisis of pandemic. After
gathering data, the researchers draw conclusions and make suggestions based on their result.

Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents terms of :
Table 1.1 Profile of the respondents based on their sex

Sex Number of the Percentage Rank

respondents

Female 12 56 2

Male 6 44 3

Total 18 100 1

Table 1.2 Profile of the respondents based on their grade level

Grade Level Quantity Rank

Grade 9 5 2
 Grade 10 2 3

Grade 11 2 3

Grade 12 9 1

Total 18 9

2. What is the extent of the student-related factors in terms of :

Table 2.1 Profile of the respondents based on their interest and study habits

Questions Mean Interpretation Rank

1. I try to do or 3.63 Strongly agree 1

think of
somethings
that will
make me
feel happier,
and allow
myself to
relax.

2. I try to 3.42 Somewhat agree 2

adjust my
mindset and
allow myself
to be
happier.

3. I stay up 3.16 Somewhat agree 7

finishing my
homework
until
midnight.

4. I simplify the 3.16 Somewhat agree 7

questions
and make it
easy to
solve.

5. I discuss 2.95 Somewhat agree 13

issues with
teachers,
family
seniors or
friends and
 classmates
and ask for
their
opinion.

6. I talk with 3.05 Somewhat agree 11

my
classmates
or friends, or
disclose to
my online
friends.

7. I search and 3.18 Somewhat agree 9

look for
related data
from the
library or the
Internet to
do my
homework.

8. I let myself 3.11 Somewhat agree 10

calm down
first and
think of how
to reconcile
the negative
emotions.

9. I eat and 3.39 Somewhat agree 4

have fun to
decrease
the stress
first.

10. I do usual 3.39 Somewhat agree 4

things such
as watching
TV, reading
comics,
listening to
music,
sleeping,
eating or
going out to
temporarily
forget these
frustrating
things.
11. Evaluate 2.74 Somewhat agree 15
first my
capability if i
can cope.If
not, I will
compromise
.

12. When I 3.05 Somewhat agree 11

encounter
comflicts in
my
academic
study and
activities, I
will first
arrange and
plan.

13. I consider it 3 Somewhat agree 3

to be a type
of self-
challenge.

14. I use a calm 3.05 Somewhat agree 11

and
optimistic
attitude to
think about
how to cope
with the
problem.

15. I'd rather 3.26 Somewhat agree 6

condition
myself for a
while by
doing other
things I like
most.

16. I give up 2.26 Slightly disagree 20

and blame
God for
being unfair
when I face
stress.

17. I put my 2.11 Slightly disagree 21

anger or
fretful
 emotions on
others.

18. I blame 2.74 Somewhat agree 16

myself,
retreat or
shut myself
away when I
face stress.

19. I generalize 2.58 Somewhat agree 19

that I have
bad luck
when I face
stress.

20. I passively 2.68 Somewhat agree 18

let nature
take its
course.

21. I am used to 2.74 Somewhat agree 16

leaving
aside the
problem and
not handling
if for the
time being.

22. I decrease 2.89 Somewhat agree 14

my
standards
and try
again with
the new
standards.

Composite Mean 2.98 Somewhat agree

3. Does guidance consultation helps the students to deal with stress?

Using appropriate coping strategies to deal with stress. Guidance consultation is
generally considered as a process of helping someone to deal with their stress in online
learning.

Summary of Findings
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents terms of:
1.1 sex 56% who participated in the survey were female
 1.2 Grade level there are 7 Junior high students and 11 Senior High students
2. What is the extent of the student-related factors in terms of:
2.1 Interest and Study Habits
In the line with the findings of the study, the researchers recommended that teachers
and school guidance counselors should collaboratively guide students on how to cope
with their stress, study habits and interest, thereby enhancing their academic success to
avoid stress.
3. Does guidance consultation helps the students to deal with stress?
Counselors give the students a tip of advice on how to manage stress and helps the
student to know more about their self.

Conclusion
Recognizing stress and burnout resulting from telecommunication during pandemic is necessary
to develop effective mitigation strategies. Screening and surveying studies exploring stress and
burnout levels among the general population or other vulnerable groups are lacking. tool for
coping with stress rather than using it. This study investigated study habit and its impact of
stress in students. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers concludes that students
within the study have good study habit and also interest.

Recommendations
Adopting coping strategies that are practical and applicable during online sessions can
decrease the risk of psychological distress and preserve health and well-being.
1. Since most of the students are Senior High, it is recommended to have survey in junior
and college students
2. Since the students are not fully aware on how can they manage stress, the guidance
counselor can have a program like symposiums about it
3. A further study about coping with stress in online learning is recommended for more
understanding and information on how to manage stress

Bibliography

Gnilka, P. B., Chang, C. Y., & Dew, B. J. (2012). The Relationship Between Suprvisee Stress,
Coping Resources, the Working Alliance, and the Supervisory Working Alliance.
Counseling&Development.

Jerreholt, J., & Martinez, Z. C. (2017). Students' Perspectives on School-related Stess and the
Role of the Student Health Services. Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies.

Kwaah, Y. C., & Essilfie, G. (2017). STRESS AND COPING STATEGIES AMONG DISTANCE
EDUCATION STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, GHANA. Turkish Online
Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, 18.

Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. New York.
Lu, L. (1999). Work Motivation, Job Stress and Employees' Well-being. Journal of Applied
Management Studies, 8, 61.

Mheidly, N., Fares, M. Y., & Jawad, F. (2020). Coping With Stess and Burnout Associated With
Telecommunication and Online Learning. Public Health, 1-63.

Appendix A
Dear Respondents:
Good day!
We are Grade 12 students of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics strand
of Our Lady of Mercy Academy. As part of our subject requirement, we are conducting a
research entitled “Coping with stress in online learning."
We would like to request your participation by answering the questionnaire. Rest assured
that all the information gathered will be used for academic purpose only
We truly appreciate your time and effort.
Thank you and God Bless!
Very truly yours,

De Chavez, Royce Anne P.

Researcher

Dinglasan, Mark Joseph Y.

Researcher

Part 1. Profile
Direction: Please provide us with the following information. Write your answer on the space
provided.
Sex:
Grade Level :

Direction: Using the scale below as a guide, please choose the number beside each statement
that corresponds to your answer.
4 - Strongly agree
3 - Somewhat agree
2 - Slightly disagree
1 - Disagree

Questions

Questions 4 3 2 1

1. I try to
do or
 think of
somethi
ngs that
will
make
me feel
happier,
and
allow
myself
to relax.

2. I try to
adjust
my
mindset
and
allow
myself
to be
happier.

3. I stay
up
finishing
my
homew
ork until
midnigh
t.

4. I
simplify
the
questio
ns and
make it
easy to
solve.

5. I
discuss
issues
with
teacher
s, family
seniors
or
friends
and
 classma
tes and
ask for
their
opinion.

6. I talk
with my
classma
tes or
friends,
or
disclose
to my
online
friends.

7. I search
and
look for
related
data
from the
library
or the
Internet
to do
my
homew
ork.

8. I let
myself
calm
down
first and
think of
how to
reconcil
e the
negativ
e
emotion
s.

9. I eat
and
have
fun to
decreas
 e the
stress
first.

10. I do
usual
things
such as
watchin
g TV,
reading
comics,
listening
to
music,
sleepin
g,
eating
or going
out to
tempora
rily
forget
these
frustrati
ng
things.

11. Evaluat
e first
my
capabilit
y if i can
cope.If
not, I
will
compro
mise.

12. When I
encount
er
comflict
s in my
academ
ic study
and
activitie
s, I will
first
 arrange
and
plan.

13. I
conside
r it to be
a type
of self-
challen
ge.

14. I use a
calm
and
optimisti
c
attitude
to think
about
how to
cope
with the
problem
.

15. I'd
rather
conditio
n
myself
for a
while by
doing
other
things I
like
most.

16. I give
up and
blame
God for
being
unfair
when I
face
stress.

17. I put my
 anger
or fretful
emotion
s on
others.

18. I blame
myself,
retreat
or shut
myself
away
when I
face
stress.

19. I
generali
ze that I
have
bad
luck
when I
face
stress.

20. I
passively
let nature
take its
course.

21. I am
used to
leaving
aside the
problem
and not
handling
if for the
time
being.

22. I
decrease
my
standard
s and try
again
 with the
new
standard
s.

Curriculum Vitae
Name: Royce Anne P. De Chavez
Address: Panghayaan Ibaan, Batangas
Contact No: 09983571756
Email Address: dechavezroyceanne@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: August 5,2003
Age: 17
Place of Birth: Batangas Regional Hospital
Gender: Female
Civil Status: Single
Citizenship: Filipino
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language spoken: English and Filipino
Father’s Name: Ronald A. De Chavez
Occupation: Buy and Sell
Mother’s Name: Mary Grace P. De Chavez
Occupation: Housewife
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Elementary: School: Panghayaan Elementary School
Address: Panghayaan Ibaan, Batangas
Year Graduated: 2014-2015
Secondary: School: Our Lady of Mercy Academy
Address: Mahanadiong Taysan Batangas
Year Graduated:2019-2020
I hereby certify that all information given is true and correct.

Name: Mark Joseph Y. Dinglasan

Address: Sto Nino Taysan, Batangas
Contact No: 09515206940
Email Address: mdinglasan1@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: January 3,2003
Age: 18
Place of Birth: St. Patrick's Hospital
Gender: Male
Civil Status: Single
Citizenship: Filipino
Religion: Roman Catholic
Language spoken: English and Filipino
Father’s Name: Joseph R. Dinglasan
Occupation: OFW
Mother’s Name: Jennifer Y. Dinglasan
Occupation: Housewife
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Elementary: School: Our Lady of Mercy Academy
Address: Mahanadiong Taysan, Batangas
Year Graduated: 2014-2015
Secondary: School: Our Lady of Mercy Academy
Address: Mahanadiong Taysan Batangas
Year Graduated:2019-2020
I hereby certify that all information given is true and correct.