ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCES AND THE ARTS.INC.

B.T. Librojo, Building St, Poblacion Uno, City of Cabuyao, Laguna

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

A Research Presented
To the Faculty of College Department
Asian Institute of Sciences and the Arts, Inc.

In Partial fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Subject
English 102

By

Rikka Mae I. Sajut

January 2019
 THE PROBLEM

Introduction

When talking about Senior High School student life, we experience plenty of things
socializing and having friends is one of it, but what the relationship of being friends went up
to the next level where in the both opposite sex developed to each that development
resulted to what we psychologically called love in which both person has the emotion of
affection and personal attachment. According to the Wikipedia, having a relationship is part
of the environment in life and many says it serves as an inspiration and feeling that someone
is there for them to accompanied him/her, but as a student the question is how it does
affect the performance and emotion of each in their studies? What’s the difference of with
and without relationship? How would students budget their time in order for them, as a
partner, maintain that relationship they have.

This study discuss about the effects of having a Romantic Relationship to the
Academic Performance of Grade 11 ICT Students of AITSA Cabuayo. In this study will figure
out many effects that may lead to a positive or negative outcome that is useful to the
students themselves. A lot of students nowadays get involved to many kind of relationship.
Somehow, students are getting careless on making decisions on this topic. Due to
immaturity and lack of guidance this may result to some negative and positive outcomes.

Negative outcomes may be in a form which worst may lead to teenage pregnancy.
On the bright side, positive outcome may be in a form of serving an inspiration and boost
student determination to focus on their studies to get high grades on Academic
Performance. It may also teach students on how to be responsible, patient and be mature
enough on decisions they made.
Statement of the Problem

The study seeks to find the Effects of having a Romantic Relationship to the
Academic Performance of Grade 11ICT Students of AITSA Cabuayo. This study
sought to answer the following sub-problems:

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

a. Gender
b. Status (in a relationship or not)
c. Academic Grades

2. What is the level of awareness of the students in terms of committing in a

relationship with someone?
3. What is the level of readiness of the students in terms of Academic
Performance?
4. What are the possible effects of having a Romantic Relationship while
studying?
5. What can be proposed to improve student’s awareness in terms of
committing a romantic Relationship and to improve Students’ Academic
Performance?

Conceptual Framework

This study used the systems approach and the presentation of the concept
of this study which contains three variables namely, Input, Process and Output.

Input- The input of this study consist of the profile of the Grade 11 ICT
students of AITSA Cabuayo in terms of their gender, status, academic grades, the
level of awareness in committing in a relationship, the level of readiness in terms
of their Academic Performance and the possible effects of having a romantic
relationship while studying.

Process- The process are the analysis and interpretation of data

gathered, test the level of awareness and level of readiness of the students in
having a romantic relationship and to Academic Performance and propose
recommendation.
 Output- The output is to propose a recommendation to improve
Academic Performance of the students for future success.

Feedback Mechanism- Pertains to the relationship of the three

processing to the importance and used fullness of this study. The significance of
the arrow from the output going back is the continuation and assessment of the
effectiveness of the study..

Hypothesis of the Study

This research study hypothesized that there is no effects having a

Romantic Relationship to the Academic Performance of the Student.

Assumption of the Study

This study was premised on the following assumptions:

1. The respondents themselves are the source of their personal
information..
2. The students Academic Performance and having a Romantic
Relationship and its effects are tested.

Significance of the Study

The generalization of this study would be a great contribution to the

student’s performance in school. Vital results of this study would be highly
significant and benefited especially to the following;

1. Students- This study will serve as an instrument to the students to open

up their mind to determine the possible effects of having a Romantic
Relationship on their Academic Performance and they can have a better
grade if they spent much time to review their lessons.
 2. Parents- By this research parents will know the thoughts of their
children getting involved to this matter and to guide their children in a
good way.

3. Community- It will enlightened the mind of the young people not only
the students but also to the out of school youth in the community for them
to become aware of the effects of having a relationship and to avoid
teenage pregnancy.

4. Researcher’s Themselves- It will inspire the researcher to be more

innovative and manifest thirst for new information to inspired other
researchers to give their full attention and be intelligent enough to
express his/her ideas on the issues that really need a full attention.

5. Future Researcher’s- The findings or the final result of this study will
serve as a reference for those whose research is related to the topic and to
make their work easy.

Scope and Delimitation

The study delimited to the effects of having a Romantic Relationship to

the Academic Performance of the students.

This research study is limited or focuses only on the Grade 11 ICT

Students of AITSA Cabuyao who are officially enrolled in the school year 2018-
2019 and we will survey to those students who are in a relationship.
Definition of Terms

AITSA- (Asian institute of Technology, Sciences and the Arts) ,the school
where the researchers conducted their research.

Awareness- Refers to the understanding a lot about what is all about

Romantic Relationship.

Effects- Refers to the cause of having a Romantic Relationship to the

Academic Performance of the students.

Immaturity- Not fully developed or grown.

Love-The strong affection felt by people who have a romantic

relationship.

Matured- Having or showing the mental and emotional qualities of an

adult.

Profile- Refers to the respondent’s personal information.

Readiness- Refers to the preparedness of the students in terms of their

Academic Performance.

Teenage Pregnancy- is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20.

 CHAPTER II

RRL and Theoretical Framework

This chapter consists of review of related literature, and Theoretical

Framework, that serves as the basis for this research study.

Review of Related Literature and Studies

A review of related literature and studies had helped the researchers to

conceptualize the study and identified their relatedness and differences. An
intensive learning of the past and presents researches which had bearing on
present works was done. The knowledge and ideas gathered from this study
served as the baseline information that will aid the researchers in the course of
the study.

Lockwood, 2017 talked about the Love and other Grades: A study of the
effects of Romantic Relationship on the Academic Performance. This study
analyzes a data set of more than 300 students at a midsize, private University in
the northeast United States to determine if participating in a romantic
relationship predicts grade point average or course attendance. The result of
multivariate analyses indicate that being in a romantic relationship while in
college is significantly associated with class absences, but now with grade point
average. Specially, logistic regression models show that participation in a
romantic relationship more than doubles the odds of failing to attend three or
more class meetings per course in a semester. Practical implications of these
findings include the consideration of romantic relationship among the
undergraduate student body by university administrators and faculty when
attempting to address course attendance concerns. Additionally, this study
suggests that future researchers examine the characteristics of romantic
relationships and romantic partners in order to more fully understand how such
relationships might affect the academic performance of the students.

Joshuaelevate, 2016 stated that Early Romantic Relationship

(Advantages and Disadvantages) First many teenagers “excel in their class”
because they become motivated to study hard because of their partner which is
considered as a positive result for every students and teenagers having an early
romantic relationship. The second advantages is many teenagers “get inspired”
because their partner give them an inspiration for so many things. Third
advantages is many are “happy to have a partner” because their relationship
gives joy and happiness. Many for teenagers’ look for a partner that gives them
joy and contentment. The fourth one is many students and teenagers “gain better
self-esteem or self-confidence”. Many teenagers having an early romantic
relationship gain self-confidence because when we have a partner we feel safe
and secured. Our partner gives us an assurance, our partner gives as an
assurance that we can do more. Lastly, many teenagers said that “they gain more
friends “because of their partners. Because when we are in a relationship we
encounter and meet our boyfriends or girlfriends friends.
There are more advantages of having an early romantic relationship.
These are the positive results to every teenager who are engage in romantic
relationship. It is to know that having an early romantic relationship gives them
a positive result for every aspect of their lives; to their social and emotional life.
Most teenagers and students answered that one of the disadvantages of having
an early romantic relationship affect their study “they gain lower grades”
because of their boyfriends or girlfriends. The second disadvantage for many
teenagers is “they learn to keep secrets from their parents”. Third, teens “tend to
be quarrelsome”. Fourth disadvantage is many teens “come home late” because
they want to hanging out with their partners. Lastly, having an early romantic
relationship disadvantage for teens is “they disregard major priorities”. Teens
are easily distracted when it comes to their partner. They wanted to give enough
attention and time to their partners.
We cannot say that early romantic relationships are right or wrong. We
cannot criticize or judge teenagers because they enter in a relationship at very
young age. For teenagers, there is nothing wrong to try and to enter in a
romantic relationship. It is only becomes wrong for how you handle your
relationship with someone. Remember that love is a decision. If you have it
wrong, many people and even you will be affected.
Theoretical Framework

This research as anchored on the theories of Robert Sternberg’s, The

Triangular Theory of Love (2004), Social Exchange Theory by Jonathan Liu.

Robert Sternberg’s, The Triangular Theory of Love (2004), love

consists of three components- intimacy (emotional closeness), passion (sexual
and romantic attraction), and commitment. Romantic love involves intimacy and
passion without commitment and is more common in the teenage and young
adult years. Companionate Love involves intimacy and commitment without
passion and is typical of close friends and sometimes long term marriages.
Infatuated Love involves passion only and often occurs at the very beginning of a
relationship. Empty Love involves commitment with no intimacy or passion, as
in an arranged marriage but it may grow into other forms of love over time.
Fatuous Love is like getting engaged after dating for three weeks- it involves
passion and commitment, but no deeper intimacy.

Social Exchange Theory by Jonathan Liu has proven to be an

effective and versatile tool in understanding the social world. Researching
different types of exchange has proven useful in identifying what factors are
responsible for building trust and commitment in a relationship. In selecting a
partner, giving gifts or reevaluating a relationship, social exchange theory is an
interesting alternative to approaching romantic relationship. There are
multitudes of factors that can affect a relationship that have not yet been
researched.