CHAPTER VI (2ND DRAFT)

CHAPTER VI

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

The study aimed to determine the effects of romantic relationship to the academic performance of UP Cebu BS Computer Science 2 students. Data needed are gathered through the distribution of survey questionnaires to the students of the sample population who are involved in romantic relationship in order to attain the objectives. 

The summary of finding is as follows:

1.    The results indicate that majority of the BS Computer Science 2 students who were involved in romantic relationship have decreased their general weighted average from the first semester to the second semester of the academic year 2011-2012.

2.    The results show that the respondents spent more time with their partner than in studying. This is evident in their weighted mean. The time spent in studying acquired a weighted mean of 3 while the time spent with partner acquired a weighted mean of 6.a

3.    The results reveal that the respondents’ level of motivation as a student considering the involvement in romantic relationship is neutral. This is evident in the average mean of 3.3.

4.    The results show that the respondents’ level of anxiety is low since it acquired an average mean of 2.2.

5.    The results suggest that there is a positive correlation (r = 0.27) between the time spent in studying and the academic performance but is not statistically significant (t= 0.79 < 1.860). Meaning to say, though there is a slight relationship between the academic performance and time spent in studying, there is no enough statistical evidence found in the data which shows that academic performance is depends on the time spent in studying.

6.    The results denote that there is a significant (t = -1.13, beyond 1.860) negative correlation(r = -0.37) between the time spent with the partner and the academic performance of the BS Computer Science 2 students who were involved in romantic relationship. Findings indicate that the more time spent by the respondents with their partner, decrease of academic performance also followed. Moreover, data gathered from the interview also supported the results. The respondents were more pressured in managing their time the moment their romantic partners call or would like to communicate them. They showed that their romantic partners are given the priority instead of studying, making projects, or assignments and the like, thus making the academic performance gets affected.

7.    The results depict that the correlation between the respondents’ level of motivation and academic performance is very low which is equal to 0.006. Meaning to say, the change in the grades of the respondents was not dependent on their level of motivation. This can be deduced from the data wherein a respondent who has a score of 3.6 in the level of motivation has a positive score in academic performance while another respondent who is in the same level of motivation has a negative score in academic performance.

8.    The results show that there is a significant inverse correlation between that the level of anxiety of the respondents and their academic performance. It is evident in the correlation value of -0.61 which is negative and in the computed t value of -2.18 which is beyond the tabulated value. In addition, a respondent also confirmed this by saying that there are situations associated with romantic relationships (such as break-ups, conflicts, etc.) which can cause distraction to the students’ studies because of the pain that these situations brought up.

CONCLUSIONS

The main objective of the study was to determine the effects romantic relationship to the academic performance of the UP Cebu BS Computer Science 2 students. It aimed to determine the status of time management of the BS Computer Science 2 students and also their levels of motivation and anxiety as students. It also aimed to determine if the variables such as the time management, levels of motivation, and levels of anxiety which are part of a romantic relationship are significantly related to the academic performance.

Based on the results of the study, it was found out that there is significant effect of romantic relationship on the academic performance of the UP BS Computer Science 2 students.

Adolescent stage is the time when people started looking for their romantic partner. For the BS Computer Science 2 students who are involved in romantic relationship, it can be noticed that they are more focused on their romantic relationship. They were not able to balance their time between romantic relationship and academics.

Since college life is not easy due to the increase of workloads and greater responsibilities given to the students, students who spend more time with their partner left the academics into suffer. On the other hand, the researchers found out that there is a significant inverse relationship on between the levels of anxiety and academic performance, thus, the higher their level of anxiety, the lower will be their academic performance.

 However, it was found out that respondents’ anxiety as students is only in the low level when it comes to their general perception.

Since most of the respondents’ scores in academic performance are very low, it can be deduced that the time spent with their partner has the greatest negative impact on their academic performance of UP BS Computer Science 2 students.

            In conclusion, if students are involved in a romantic relationship, a higher level of anxiety that the students would experience in a romantic relationship would indicate a great possibility that it would offer negative effects to their academic performance. Yet, BS Computer Science 2 students who are involved in romantic relationship have reported that they have a low level of anxiety as students. It can be implied that there is no other factor that greatly affects the negative academic performance of the UP BS Computer Science 2 students but the time they spent with their partner.

RECOMMENDATIONS

            The study aimed to determine the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of BS Computer Science 2 students in UP Cebu. This study covers only a small part of the population of adolescents who are involved in romantic relationship with which the researchers cannot generalize it for all the adolescents who are involved in romantic relationships. Thus, for the researchers who will be going to research more about the effects of romantic relationship in the academic performance of the student, we highly recommend that there must be will gather respondents in a wider range since this study is just focused on the views of only 10 respondents from the University of the Philippines BSCS II students. Moreover, limited respondents may affect the precision of the results of the study.

For the BS Computer Science 2 students, the researchers recommend that if they involve in a romantic relationship, they must balance their time management in order not to affect their academic performance. In addition, for students who are involved in a relationship and for those who are planning to get involved, we recommend that they should be aware of the anxieties that romantic relationship would bring so that they could manage themselves to cope up with the problems that would meet in this relationship.

It is also recommended that parents may allow their siblings to involve in a romantic relationship since it contributes to the development of adolescents for a better committed relationship in the future. However, together with it must be the guidance that the academic performance of their siblings will not be affected.

CHAPTER 1 (2ND DRAFT)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

RATIONALE

            During adolescence, teens become interested and involved in dating because of the desire to belong with others. As a result, it is clear that over the time, romantic relationships gain in importance. Adolescents crave to have an intimate romantic relationship to where love is given and received without restriction. It is according to the need to belong theory by which individuals have the urge to connect with others in enduring, close relationships. Furthermore, the theory states that humans “share” the same need to be a part or connected with other individuals, and claims that all individuals may live life better if they are connected. Myers (2010) supported the need to belong theory by asserting that people who find a person complimenting their needs to whom they can share their problems, makes them more acknowledgeable. Belongingness is supported by close, intimate relationship which tends to be healthier and happier.

Because of this need to belong, we can see nowadays that most university students have synchronized their time in both academic and romantic aspect. Engaging themselves in this romantic relationship enables them to feel that someone cares for them, shows affection to them, loves them, etc. In fact, Furman (2002) reported that romantic relationships become more and more significant to adolescents in their social world as they also develop from puberty towards late adolescence in which it shows how prevalent is romantic relationship among adolescents.

Moreover, some students on the University of the Philippines Cebu College have also involved themselves in a romantic relationship. Having been in an institution which promotes honor and excellence among its students gave them a great challenge to maintain a good academic performance. Considering that each professor has higher expectations on the students, an increase of workloads which includes projects, school papers, reports and challenging exams were given. Therefore, being college students of UP Cebu College gives them more responsibility and it requires a great amount of time and attention.

In addition, Myers (2010) said that relationships also consume much of the life of university students. It is proven in the study of Mehl & Pennebaker (2003) conducted to 11 students (using Electronically Activated Recorder for each participant) of the University of Texas at Austin, that 28 percent of the students’ waking hours were spent just by talking to their romantic partners and it did not include the time they spent in listening to their romantic partners. Another study (Steinhauer & Holson, 2008) cited by Myers (2010) found that an average American 13-18 years old sent or received 1,742 test messages per month. Most often these young texters have been involved in romantic relationships.

Research conducted by Campbell & Oliver(1994) found benefits in having a romantic relationship such as companionship, feeling of happiness or elation, exclusivity, feeling loved or loving another, intimacy, self-growth and self-understanding, and more positive self-esteem. These benefits found in a romantic relationship are said to be the cause of motivation of the students in pursuing their studies.

However, Campbell & Oliver (1994) also pointed out some costs which are found in a romantic relationship, namely: 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 are said to be the causes of anxiety of the students.

Having been in these situations, UP Cebu students who are in a relationship may be faced with the challenge in maintaining a good academic performance as “Iskolars ng Bayan”. UP students have greater responsibility to do well in their studies since it is the nation which subsidized most of its students to provide them a quality education.

Consequently, a question on the effect of romantic relationship among the students involved, whether they can manage their time efficiently or not still remains. Moreover, determining the vital role of motivation and anxiety in the life of the romantic partners and how they affect their academic performance still remain a problem.

In order to answer these problems, this study was aimed to determine the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of UP BS Computer Science 2 students who are involved in a romantic relationship. In this, status of time management was investigated as well as the levels of motivation and anxiety of the students. Lastly, this study aimed to determine if there is a relationship between the time management, levels of motivation and anxiety and the academic performance of the students.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The main thrust of the study was to determine the effect of romantic relationships to the academic performance of male and female BS Computer Science 2 students of the University of the Philippines Cebu College (A.Y. 2011-2012, First Sem) who were involved in a romantic relationship during the academic year 2010-2011.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

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

a.    gender,

b.    general weighted average in the A.Y 2010-2011 1^st  sem,

c.    general weighted average in the A.Y. 2010-2011 2^nd sem?

2.    What is the status of time management of the respondents:

a.     in studying,

b.    with their partner?

3.    What is the level of anxiety of the respondents in playing their role as a student?

4.    What is the level of motivation of the respondents in playing their role as a student?

5.    Is there a significant relationship between the academic performance and time management of the respondents?

6.    Is there a significant correlation between academic performance and :

a. levels of anxiety,

b. levels of motivation?

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

            The main objective of the study is to determine the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of UP Cebu College BS Computer Science 2 (A.Y. 2011-2012, First Sem) male and female students who were involved in a romantic relationship during the academic year 2010-2011.

            In order to answer the main problem, the study has the following specific objectives:

1.  To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of:

·         gender,

·         general weighted average in the A.Y. 2010-2011 first sem,

·         general weighted average in the A.Y. 2010-2011 second sem.

2.  To determine the status of the time management of the respondents:

·         in studying,

·         with their partner.

3. To determine the levels of motivation of the respondents in playing their role          

    as a student.

           4. To determine the level of anxiety of the respondents in playing their role as a 

     student.

 5. To determine whether there is a significant correlation between time 

     management of the respondents and their academic performance.

6. To determine whether there is a significant correlation between the levels of 

     motivation/anxiety of the respondents and their academic performance.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

            This study aims to determine the effects of romantic relationship on the academic performance of BS Computer Science 2 students of academic year 2011-2012. This will also find out how the UP BS Computer Science 2 students manage their time in which study and romantic side is involved. Additionally, it determines the levels of motivation and anxiety of the respondents.

            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 result of this study would alarm the student and raise their awareness on the effects of romantic relationship to the academic performance of a student especially on its negative effects. These concluded data would also make the students who are involved in romantic relationship assess their time management between romantic and academic aspects.

            Findings of this study would also raise the awareness of the parents of the students who are synchronizing their time in both academic and romantic side. These findings could benefit them so that they could guide their children on how to balance time wisely, and as parents, they are tasked to motivate their children to prioritize their study and set-aside/minimize factors of romantic relationship(i.e., more frequent interaction with the partner) which can affect the academic performance of their children.

For the teachers, the information that they would get in this study would help them guide and give proper attention to their students who are involved in romantic relationship so that teachers could also help in increasing the academic performance of their students not just by teaching them lessons on the course/subjects they handled. 

CHAPTER V

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Chapter IV

Methodology

Research Design

    The researchers will implement the simple descriptive design which will examine the effects of romantic relationships on students’ academic performance. This design will use survey questionnaires which will be distributed to the respondents in order to attain the main objectives of the study. The survey or the research itself will try to describe, analyze and interpret the status of the respondents.

The design is a non-experimental correlation research. The two main variables to be evaluated are general weighted average and romantic relationship.  

 

Respondents and Locale of the Study

The research will be conducted at the University of the Philippines Cebu College during the first semester, academic year 2011-2012 at Lahug, Cebu City.

    There will be 10 respondents who will take part in the study. The population will consist of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2 students from University of the Philippines who will participate in strictly voluntary basis. 

Sampling Procedure

The researchers will make use of the selective sampling method in the selection of the respondents since the study is focused on a particular group (students involved in romantic relationship). Second year BSCS students who were involved in a relationship in the A.Y. 2010-2011 will become the respondents of the study. Since there are only 10 students who met this criteria, these 10 students will be the respondents of the study.

Data Collection

    The gathering of data for this study utilized a self-administered descriptive questionnaire because it economizes our time and effort and it has the ability to maintain respondent’s confidentiality.

    The respondents will be given survey questionnaires to provide the necessary data needed in the study. After gathering the data, the researchers will group the responses according to the sub-problems of the study. An interview to one of the respondents will also be conducted to give explanation or support to their responses.

Instrumentation

    In order to answer specific sub-problems in our study, survey questionnaires will be distributed to the respondents. Interview to one of our respondents will also be conducted to confirm the results of the survey.

The survey questionnaires will consist of a broad range of questions aimed at gauging the students’ involvement in romantic relationship and its adverse effects on their academic achievement. Each questionnaire will have 3 parts. The first part of the questionnaire will regard the profile of the respondent (i.e., name, gender, gwa). The second part will comprise the status of time management of the respondent. The third and fourth part will consider the levels of motivation and anxiety of the respondent as a student. These two last parts are in Likert scale form in which respondents will be tasked to indicate whether they strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree or strongly disagree in the given statements.

Statistical Treatment of Data

    Data that will be collected will be converted to percentage and will be presented in tabular and graphical forms for simple interpretation.

1. To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of gender and grade point average, percentage will be used:

Formula:

P=FN X 100

Where:

    P= Percentage

    F= Frequency

    N= No. of respondents

2.  To determine the status of time management, level of anxiety and level of motivation, the weighted mean will be used,

Formula:

    x= f(x)N

Where:

  x       =   mean

∑f(x)     =    Total scores of students

N         =    No. of respondents

1. To find the significant relationship between the grade point average and time management, the Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation (r) will be used.

Formula:


     r = n xy- xy[ n x2 - x]2 [n y2- (y)]2

Where:

r         =  the Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation

n        =   sample size

∑x      =   summation of x

∑y      =   summation of y

∑x2    =   sum of squares of x

∑y2       =   sum of squares of y

    4. To find the significant relationship between levels of motivation/levels of anxiety and academic performance, chi-square test of independence will be used.

NOTE 5

According to Arnet(2004,2005) as cited by Fincham & Cui, "emerging adulthood" is the stage where teenagers experienced of how to be totally socially independent. This is the time that teenagers feel their sense of freedom & independence. This is also the time for curiosity & explorations. Curiosity of about choosing and having a partner, and explore this kind of curiosity that somehow leads to  romantic relationship. But this kind of relationship is really not for a settling type. This is just a sort of their way in finding who they really are and what they really want in their life for just this particular time. Fincham & Cui (2011) also added "emerging adulthood" is a stage for adjustment & gaining experiences about "love and romances"  to their way of having a serious relationship and be responsible enough in the sense of commitment like marriage and parenthood.

NOTE 4

Giordano, Phelps, Manning, Longmore (2009) noted that in the adolescent period, "teenagers are really much becoming aware or "interested" about being involve in romantic relationships. They are very curious about what it feels like being in that certain romantic world. And if they will know more about it, some may consider it as really a part of growing up or somehow, this romantic relationship are important in their lives. However, most teenagers did not widened their horizons in that said relationship, like they did not consider the possibilities if they are going to engage in that certain situation - if that romantic relationships has to do with their academic performances, if this romantic relationship may or may not affect to their development as a student. But this hypothesis haven't been into in-depth research because researchers are looking on to the other angles that affects students academic performances like "parent and peer influences". They are also focusing on the other factors that affects academic performances that includes "family characteristics, social development, teacher's expectations" and the student's motivation as well, in regards to their academic performances  because the "tendency to overlook" the person that is involved in this kind of relationship may goes back to the past idea that this relationship are just "relatively" noticeable and that there is no need to examine this. They are not focusing to this romantic relationship-academic performances issue because they know that this romantic relationship are just merely existing in a short time to the teens life, unlike to the parent-peer influences that it can be considered as a lifetime influences that's why they hypothesize that this parent-peer relationship has a bigger factor in the academic development of a teenager.

EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF OUR TOPIC

We are researching for the romantic relationships and it's effect towards the academic performance of the male and female student of the BS Computer Science student of the University of the Philippines mainly because this topic gives us the the knowledge about the impact of the romantic relationships to the academic works of a student - if this romantic relationship has an advantage or disadvantage to the academic life of a teenager. This research allows us to a understand more on what are really the factors that affects students if they will engaged in this kind of relationships. This study may also gives information to the "parents, educators and policy-makers" and specially the teens of the tendencies that may happen to the the student if they will engage in this romantic  relationships. This information may improve the "academic excellence" by providing people the awareness of the understanding of how this romantic relationships are connected  to the social norms of a student.
Exploring the effects of the romantic relationships is also useful for "assessing" how this kind of relationship affects the "outcomes" of the academic development. For example, if this romantic relationship has to do with the academic outcomes of the student like grades and other performances. It is also important because at the end of the semester, we may find out of what are the teenagers opinions and viewpoints regarding this topic.(Phelps, 2007)


references:
Phelps, K. (2007). Partners, parents, and peers' effects on African American
      youths' school. Graduate College of Bowling Green State University