Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02 (Cagayan Valley)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
CORDON NORTH DISTRICT
500073 – WIGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Wigan, Cordon, Isabela 3312

EFFECT OF HAVING A RELATIONSHIP IN AN EARLY

AGE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO

THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

S.Y 2018-2019

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A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of

WIGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Cordon, Isabela

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In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the

PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

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AMARILLO, ZYRA JANE

NGITTIT, JOHN G.

NAUNGAN, FEBE
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, we would like to thank and acknowledge Almighty God for the assistance of

Thy Holy Spirit by giving us strength, faith, patience and courage not to give up. Additional, we

would like to thank our friends who give hand to us, helping us in the mid of a problem. Our

teacher who give guidance to us in our daily life.

Finally, we would like to thank our beloved parent’s, relatives who are always there with

an open arms ready to help us when were in need. We would like to thank them for their unending

encouragement and support for us especially in financial assistance.

Thank you so much!!!!!!!

 DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated

with love to our beloved parents and teachers

who makes everything makes sense.

 Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Background of the Study

In this generation, many teenagers have been engaging themselves in finding

their so called "soulmates" through social media, texting and through making friends

with others. There is also lots of differences in courting in the past compared now.

Courting in the past is much harder than now because this time it only takes a text

message to capture the heart of a girl/boy. Teenagers can be easily tricked/fooled by

sweet words and messages. Puppy love is very famous for teenagers because they

always collect and collect and then reject after. If they are already matured enough

that's the time they experience true love. In their age now, they only based it on the

physical appearance not on the true personality of a person.

Researcher have notice that nowadays having in a relationship in an early age

is increasing that greatly affects the academic performance of a student. So

researchers would like to study the effects of having a relationship in an early age to

the academic performance of students. Due to immaturity, students of are being

careless in making decisions for their own and maybe lack of guidance of their

parents. This carelessness can result to negative outcome and this negative outcome

may lead to serious cases like early pregnancy. However, positive outcome also

occur, this will serve as their inspiration to focus on their studies.

According to Dr. Wyndel Furman, an editor of the book "The Development of

Romantic Relationship in Adolescence" understanding teenage dating means

understanding the adolescence is a "rolling emotional caldron whose major fuel

more than parents, peers, or school and almost so much as those thing combine in

the opposite sex." Dr. Furman, a professor of psychology at the University of Denver,

said adolescents of lack of social skills and emotional control can make relationship

difficult.

Delemus, Moya and Glick (2010) researched on adolescents romantic

relationship predictors where they measured the sexist beliefs and romantic

relationship occurence in Spanish adolescents. Their findings revealed that age

predicted less sexist beliefs. Also when age was controlled amplified hostile sexism

in girls and benevolent sexism in boys, can be predicted with their relationship

experience. Moreover, young boys aged 12-14 years who had a relationship

experience tended to display excessive hostile sexism. It were found that contrasting

effect of romantic experience and the general decline in sexism over the course of
adolescence indicating that an adolescent's interest to attract romantic partners can

foster sexism then reduce this phenomenon.

It is observed that many teenagers have been engaging in a romantic

relationship in an early age with different reasons that can affect their performances

in school. They are involving theirselves in this kind of relationship due to curiosity

or maybe to have experience but because of their curiousness, they can have good

or bad experience.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to prove that engaging one-self in an early relationship can

greatly affect the academic performance of the Junior High School students from

different schools.

The following questions aim to support this topic:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms on their:

a. Age?

b. Gender?
2. How can respondents manage their time regarding their family, study, and their

partner?

3. What are the effects of having early relationship on their:

a. Grades?

b. Relationship with their peers?

Significance of the Study

The study of having a relationship in an early age is useful to all readers.

Interview with the students may reveal the effects of having early relationship. This

may benefit the following:

Students will be aware on the effects of having early relationship. Through this

study their minds will be open on the consequences of engaging their selves in a

relationship in an early age.

Teachers will be aware too, to what a student feels and they can help and

understand the feeling of their student. They can also give advices to the students

involve.
 Parents will be given more guidance and protection ti their children. They can

be aware of what their children are, doing and they can be able to give some advices

about it.

Future Researchers will have a basis if they will conduct the same topic. They

can be able to get more information in our study.

Scope and Delimitation

This study only focuses on the Junior High School specifically the grade 9

students from Wigan Integrated School (WIS), Diadi Region High School (DRHS),

and Cagasat National High School-Annex (CNHS-Annex) which have been involve

in a romantic relationship in an early age and what are the effects of this to their

academic performance.

The respondents for this study will be 60 grade 9 students from the chosen

schools during their third grading period. The data will be given through

questionnaires so that our respondents can express their feelings well. In this study

we will not include the effect of having a relationship with their family.
 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Related Literature

The purpose of this review of related literature is to give an

overview/background of the previous researchers about the effects of having an early

relationship to the student academic performance especially the junior high school

students.

Barry et al., (2009) examined the facets of identity development and

achievement and it's relaxation to friendship and romantic relationship in emerging

adults. The data set comprised of 710 adults (18-26 years). It was found that four

romantic relationship qualities we're positively associated with identity achievement

and not with friendship qualities. Numerous individuals who attained adulthood

criteria were interrelated positively to romantic relationship qualities. The analysis

suggested that development tasks of adulthood could carry vital implications for

adult social relationship.

Dulmen, Goncy, Haydon, and Collins (2008) investigated the processes of

romantic relationship in predicting externalizing behavior problems during

adolescence. Data from 143 parents and children was collected from Minnesota

longitudinal study. Results showed that during adolescence and adulthood

relationship security can be associated with lower levels this inverse relation was

found to be stronger for early adults. This relation was not attributable neither to

earlier quality of family and peer relationship nor emerging adulthood, security of

romantic relations could become predictive of individual differences in externalizing

behavior.

Sophia et al. (2009) investigated personality factors related to romantic

relationship in a population with pathological love. The data set consisted of 89

individuals including 50 people with pathological love 39 people with no psychiatric

disorder. It was found that high levels of impulsivity and higher transcendence was

relatively higher in individuals with pathological love. This suggests that such

individuals are unconventional and hold a sense of unity with broad facets of reality

and maintain dissatisfactory romantic relationship.

A mete-analytic synthesis was done by Lee, Dove, Agnew, Korn, and Mutso

(2010) on the predictors of non-marital romantic relationship dissolution. This meta-

analysis used 137 studies including data from 37,761 participants from over 33 years.

This study investigated individuals, relationship and external variables. Results

implied that the strongest predictors of dissolution were commitment, love, inclusion
of other in the self and dependence, personality measures were found to have limited

predictive utility of dissolution.

Hernandez (2012) conducted a communication study using cultivation theory

to analyze college student attitudes about the dating process following exposure to

romantic films. Results showed that female students as opposed to their male

counterpart were inclined to be romantic and view romantic films more frequently.

No significant correlation was established for the thought that beauty is a form of

form.

Bridges and Morokoff (2011) conducted a study among couples the use of sex

in media and relational satisfaction in couples. A sample of 217 couples was studied.

Results indicated that when men were highly exposed to sexual content in media, it

lead to lower satisfaction whilst among women thee frequency increased it was

linked to high satisfaction among their partners. Sexual media among men was use

for masturbation, while among women as a part sex.

Harris and Kalbfleisch (2010) conducted a study on interracial dating. The

study suggested that participants defied the idea of dating a person from another race.

They implied to external factors like family and society to be reasons to curb
interracial romantic relationship. Moreover, social distancing strategies were to

initiate interracial dating relationship than some race dating relationship.

A review of taxonomies by Acevedo and Aron (2009) examined theories and

research to assess long-term relationship with the possibility of romantic love

throughout the course of the relationship. The review suggested that romantic love

in long-term marriages could exist without the obsession was linked to marital

satisfaction, well-being and high self-esteem. Analysis suggested that support

separate roles of romantic love and obsession in long-term relationship. Even when

social desirability was collected few individuals reported very high levels of

romantic love.

Bleakly, Hennessy, Fishbein and Jordan (2008) conducted a longitudinal

study with 547 adolescents aged 14-16 years to find associations between viewing

media that had a sexual content and sexual behavior among adolescents. Results

suggested that sexually active adolescents who had engaged in a sexual activity

where probable in viewing media that contains sex whereas those adolescents who

view such content was to progress to an active sexual life.

 Thieme et al. (2011) conducted a study on “Lovers Box” to understand the

intimacy and communication among couples. It was found that the communication

messages in the digital artifacts served as both mirrors and sources for reflection of

couples relationships. The lovers box became a keep safe or digital storybook of

their meaningful experiences and enjoyable hobby shared with their partners. It also

provide them a snapshot into the loved one’s mind and thoughts.

Zurbriggen, Ramsey, and Jaworski (2011) investigated on self and partner

objectification in romantic relationships. The data set a consisted of 91 women and

68 men. Results suggested that among men, a low level of sexual satisfaction was

associated with self- and – partner – objectification. From this study one could

determine that the ill effects of objectification among young adults in the framework

of romantic relationship.

Conceptual Framework

This study considered only the Junior High School students especially the

grade 9 who are particularly enrolled at Wigan Integrated School (WIS), Diadi

Region High School (DRHS), and Cagasat National High School- Annex (CNHS-

Annex). This may have an effect on the generalizability of the study.

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

DEMOGRAPHIC

PROFILE Effects of Having a Relationship

in an Early Age
Age

Gender FACTORS

Peers

Parent’s Guidance

This paradigm shows the variables

In
involved in the effects of having a relationship in an

early age of the school year 2018-2019.

Research Hypothesis

1. The student’s behavior does not affect the early engagement of a

student in a relationship in an early age.

2. The peers of the students does not affect a student in engaging to early

relationship.

3. The age of the student does not affect too.

 4. The lack of guidance from their parents doesn’t affect the student

engaging in a relationship. All of this is a natural phenomenon that a

student encounter on their teenage life in highschool.

Definition of Terms

Relationship. is the interaction of two person. It is the relation binding people.

Academic Performance is a measurement of how well a student perform in

class.

Courting is the experience of developing a deep relationship with someone.

Teenager a person aged between 13 and 19 years.

Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something

which gives you new and creative ideas.

Pregnancy is the state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the

female body.

Romantic is conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.

Soulmate is someone who you carry with you forever.

Immaturity is the state of being less than fully grown up or at least of acting

in a childish or silly manner.

Guidance is advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficult.

 Chapter 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design

Descriptive Method - This study, used survey as the main method for the research. This

method is also known as a quantitative approach because it describes the existing conditions. This

method is suitable to be carried out because the data will be collected in a short period through

selected respondents. This quantitative approach is also defined as a method for gathering

information by delegating set of questions on a sample selected from the population that to be

studied. The survey method used in this study would gain information from the respondents which

represent the number of samples of a population study (Simin Ghavifekr (PhD), Komathi

Chellapan, Kumar Sukumaran & Amuta Subramaniam, 2014).

Locale and Respondents of the Study

The respondents of the study are 20 selected students in different 3 schools which

include Wigan Integrated School(WIS), Diadi Region High School(DRHS), and Cagasat

National High School - Annex(CNHS-ANNEX) which consists of 60 students all in all.

Sampling is the method by which the researchers choose group of respondents.

Research Instrument

There are many ways in gathering data and the following instruments will be used in our

study.

This study will be conducted using a questionnaire as the main instrument in gathering

data. It is a list of planned, written questions related to the topic with the space provided for

indicating the response to each question, intended for submission to a number of persons for replay.

This is the most common instrument or tool of research for obtaining the data. The questionnaire

is chosen because it is more practical, easy and efficient to use for a larger population. According

to the study conducted by Majid (2009), the ability of a sample questionnaire will greatly improve

the accuracy of estimates of sample statistics to estimate the population.

Data Collection Procedure

The instruments will be prepared first. After the preparation of the instruments, respondents are

identified. Necessary communication for approval for the conduct of the study addressed to the

principal will be made. Also, we researchers will also ask permission to every adviser for

conducting this research in their respective classroom. After which, the researchers will go to the

respondents’ classroom to administer the questionnaires. Data will be collected, analyzed, and

interpreted.

Data Analysis

This will be done through inductive reason technique.

1. Frequency Count and Percentage distribution- this will count the frequency and

distribution of the respondent.

Formula: % = f/n x 100

Where: f- Frequency

n- total number of respondents

2. Weighted mean- a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one more elements

of the sample.

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 CURRICULUM VITAE

A. Personal Data

Name: John G. Ngittit

Age: 19

Date of Birth: December 24,1999

Contact No.: 09759052274

Email: johnngittit14@gmail.com

Name of Father: Reynaldo Ngittit

Name of Mother: Marcela Ngittit

B. Educational Background:

Elementary: DUNUANELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lamut, Ifugao
 2007-2013

Junior High school: WIGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Wigan, Cordon Isabela

2013-2017

Senior High School: WIGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Wigan, Cordon Isabela

2017-2019

MOTTO: “Success requires hardship.”

CURRICULUM VITAE

A. PERSONAL DATA:

Name: Zyra Jane Amarillo

Age: 18

Date of Birth: June 30, 2001

Contact No.:

Email:

Name of Father:

Name of Mother: Crisanta Amarillo

B. Educational Background

Elementary: SPRINGHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Loakan, Apugan, Baguio City

 2017-2013

Junior High school: MIL-AN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Loakan, Apugan, Baguio

2013-2017

Senior High School: WIGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Wigan, Cordon Isabela

2017-2019

MOTTO: