A RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF STRESS AMONG KMPh STUDENTS

TUTORIAL GROUP 6M1S4a

GROUP MEMBERS :

NATRAH BINTI ABD RAHMAN MS1119530166NUR AMIRA BINTI HAMIDI MS1119530571

NURUL HAFIZAH BINTI AFINDI MS1119531073KHAIRUNNISA AMIRA BINTI MOHD ALI MS1119529264

LECTURER

MADAM RABIHAH SHAHIZAN BINTI ROSLAN

ENGLISH UNIT

PAHANG MATRICULATION COLLEGE

GAMBANG

ENGLISH WBO23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to record our appreciation to all people that involve in the writing this report. First of all, our appreciation goes to English Department for all the guidance especially our teacher, Madam Rabihah shahizan Binti Roslan for guiding and supporting us until we complete this report successfully. In addition, a lot loves and thanks to our parents that always supporting and encouraging us with their loves and hopes. Besides, we also very grateful to all of our friends especially our classmates, 6M1S4a for all of the information and their help. Certainly, thanks to our entire respondent for their co-operation in answering our questionnaire.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

1.2 Objectives of the Study

1.3 Definition of the Key Term

CHAPTER 2 : METHODOLOGY

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Sampling

2.3 Instrumentation

2.4 Data Collection

2.5 Data Analysis

CHAPTER 3 : FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Profile of the Respondents

3.3 Analysis of the Data

CHAPTER 4 : CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

4.1 Conclusion

4.2 Recommendations

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

DFAFTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Stress is the feeling that is created when we react to particular events. It can make you feel threatened or upset. It is a combination of psychological, physiological and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, it can be helpful, providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need and could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon, for example. Good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress also can increase the risk of developing heath problems such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders. The bad kind of stress is called distress.

Source: http://www.123Helpme.com/college-students-and-stress

Stress is the effect of disruptive or upsetting situations which cause in response to adverse external situation. As collage students, we are more influenced of encountering involuntary situations or conflicts causing us to experience feeling like frustration, anxiety and having fear of what we cannot control. Face academic demands, social involvement, family and daily responsibilities are the causes that are faced among the college students. By not knowing how deal with meeting and demands of being a college student and some having a full time job or a family to cater too can create a lot of pressure and cause stress.

There are a lot of life changing decisions we have to make and challenges we face daily. Some of those challengers can be classes, difficulties with our schedule, academic and financial obstacles. At times it seems impossible to find balance between school and friends, family, part time or full-time jobs and relationships.

Thus, this survey study is carried out to identify the factors associated with the stress among the students of KMPh, the effects of stress that can be experience and to recommend suitable and appropriate actions that can be taken to overcome the problem.

1.2 Objectives of the Study

The objectives of this study are:

1. To determine the factors associated with the stress among the students of KMPh.

2. To investigate the effect of stress that can be experience.

3. To determine suitable measures to be taken in order to solve the problem.

1.3 Definition of the Key Term

i. Effect -A condition caused by something or to cause something to happen as a result.

Source: Second Edition of Oxford’s Dictionary.

ii. Stress -The body’s reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or respond.

Source: http:www.Google/stress

iii.Student -A person who is studying or training.

Source: http:www.Google/stress

iv .KMPh -Pahang Matriculation Collage

CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY

2.1 Introduction

The purpose of this chapter is to look at the research methodology used in this study. The specific components covered in this chapter are the sample of population, instrumentation, data collection as well as data analysis.

2.2 Sampling

The subject of this study was 20 KMPh students consisting of 4 students from each course. The respondent comprised 10 male and 10 female students from various races and different courses of their study. Besides that, all of them are among 18 and 19 years old.

2.3 Instrumentation

The survey instrument for this study is a set of questionnaire. A total of 20 sets of questionnaire were distributed to 20 KMPh students to gain information about the problem of the stress. The questionnaire is divided into two sections. Part A consist of 5 items which elicit the students’ background information, namely the gender, course, race, age and semester I cumulative grade point average. Part B consists of 15 items which focuses on the factors that lead to the problem of stress among KMPh students. A copy of the questionnaire is enclosed in the Appendix I.

2.4 DATA COLLECTION

The data were collected by the researchers at Pahang Matriculation College. A number of 20 respondents were involved in this study. The data collection involved four phases. First, distributing the questionnaires to the respondents and covered the span of only a day. Second, prior to answering the questionnaire, the respondents were given the short briefing on the purpose of the study. Each item in the questionnaire was explained to the respondents. Other than that, explanation on how to respond to the questionnaire was given to avoid difficulty in understanding on part of the respondents. Lastly, is the phase of the questionnaire and make an analysis.

2.5 DATA ANALYSIS

The researchers checked through all 20 respondent’s questionnaires. The data were in the form of responding to either ‘yes’ ‘no’ as well in the statements. In this study, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The responses in the questionnaires were tabulated, percentage calculated and the results were presented in the forms of graphs and the charts as well as textual discussions.

CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter constitutes the discussion of the results from the data gathered. The findings presented here were based on the instrument used; the questionnaires. This chapter will explain about the profile of the respondents, analysis of the results of the questions as well as the conclusion.

3.2 PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

By the end of the study, 21 Pahang Matriculation College students participated in the research. They consisted of the 4 students from Accountancy courses .Beside that, 8 students from Module 1, 6 students from Module 2 and 3 students from the Module 3. The student’s profile which consisted gender, age, race and course taken were presented in specific category using frequency (f) and percentage. The following table shows the composition of the students.

Table 1: Profile of the Respondents

Background Category Module 1

f (%)

Module

f (%)

Module 3

f (%)

Accountancy

f (%)

Gender Male 2 9.52 3 14.29 2 9.52 2 9.52

Female 6 28.57 3 14.29 1 4.76 2 9.52

Age 18 8 38.10 2 9.52 3 14.29 4 19.05

19 0 - 4 19.05 0 - 0 -

Race Malay 5 23.81 6 28.57 3 14.29 2 9.52

Chinese 2 9.52 0 - 0 - 1 4.76

Indian 1 4.76 0 - 0 - 1 4.76

Others 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -

CGPA

PSPM **Expression is

faulty **

1.01-2.00 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -

2.01-3.00 2 9.52 4 19.05 0 - 1 4.76

3.01-4.00 6 28.57 2 9.52 3 14.29 3 14.29

PST Male 1 4.76 2 9.52 2 9.52 2 9.54

Female 4 19.05 3 14.29 1 4.76 2 9.54

PDT Male 1 4.76 1 4.76 0 - 0 -

Female 2 9.52 0 - 0 - 0 -

A total of 21 KMPh students were involved in this study. As seen in the above table, all 21 respondents were of difference age which is 18 and 19 years old. On the whole, the male and female students who participated in this study are 9 and 12 students. There was also ethnic variety among the respondents of the four courses. For module 1, the respondents consisted of 5(23.81%) Malay, 2(9.51%) Chinese and only 1(4.75%) Indian students. For module 2, there are only Malays students which are 6 students and 3 students for module 3. For accountancy respondent 2(9.52%) Malays and 1(4.76%) came from Chinese and Indian races. From our observation, minority of the student get pointer of 2.01-3.00 CGPA for PSPM 1 are 7 (33.33%) and majority of them are about 3.01-4.00 14(66.67%). None of them get the pointer below 2.00. Our respondent also consists of PST and PDT students which are 17 PST students and 4 PDT students.

3.3 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA

3.3.1 Percentage of the Questionnaires

Table 2: Percentage of the questionnaire

NUM. STATEMENT PERCENTAGE ‘YES’ (%)

PERCENTAGE ‘NO’ (%)

1. Student who are stress. 61.90 38.10

2. Enjoy the feeling of being stress. 19.05 80.95

3. Experience in help someone who was feeling stress.

66.67 33.33

4. Keep the worries a secret from other people.

66.67 33.33

5. Stress affects your study. 57.14 42.86

6. Suffer from the stress when have too much work to do.

76.19 23.81

7. Easy make decision about important things.

19.05 80.95

Based on table 2, the percentage of the students feeling stress when studying in KMPh is 61.90% meanwhile only 83.10% of the students who does not feeling stress.

Besides that, 19.05% of the students enjoy the feeling of stress and 80.95% of the students enjoy that feeling. So, we can conclude that majority of the students hate the feeling of stress.

Other than that, about 66.67% of our respondents had experience in help someone who was feeling stress and also keep the worries a secret from the others. This shows that most of us can lead our hands to others.

From the data in table 2, there are 57.14% of the students that their study is affected by stress and only 42.86% is not affected by the stress. We can say that stress does not affect our study too much as the differences between it is too small.

From the statement 6, most of the student suffers from the stress when there is too much work to do which is about 76.19% of student.

Lastly, there are only minor of the student can easily make decision about important thing and majority of them cannot make decision about it easily. We can conclude that most of them think deeply when they are making their decision.

3.3.2 Percentage that Cause Stress in Students Life

SOURCES FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)

FINANCIAL PROBLEM 7 23.33

STUDY 17 56.67

FRIENDS 5 16.67

FAMILY 1 3.33

The table shows that, the main sources of the stress among the student in KMPh. From The result, we can conclude study is the most main sources of stress among the students with the highest percentages which is 56.67%. The financial problem also provides the cause of stress in student’s life with the percentage of 23.33%. Only 5 students stress because of friends and 1 student stress because of family problem. In conclusion study can cause most stress among the KMPh students.

3.3.3 Percentage of Days that Students Feel Stress the Most

37.04%

14.81%22.22%

11.11%

3.70%3.70%

7.41%

Percentage of Days

MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHUSDAYFRIDAYSATURDAYSUNDAY

The pie chart above depicts the percentage of the days that students feel stress the most, which is a result of the question a from our questionnaire.37.04% of the students feel Monday is the most stress day for them as this day contributed the highest percentage among the other days. The second highest day that the students feel stress is Wednesday with 22.22%.14.18% of the students prefer Tuesday as the most stress day to them while 11.11% of the students prefer Thursday as the days that they feel stressed the most. Friday and Saturday share the same value of the percentages with 3.70%which contributes the lowest percentages for the students feel stress in these days. The other 7.41% of the students found that Sunday is the most stress day to them. As to conclude, Monday is the most stressful day for us as it is the starting day of week.

3.3.4 Percentage of what students feel when they are stress.

SOURCES FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)

Feel tired during days 13 50.00

Cannot sleep well at night 6 23.08

Do not feeling well 7 26.92

The table above shows the result of the student for how many students feel stress bring negative effect to him/her. From the above data, we can conclude that most student choose the first effect which is become tired during day. This effect contributes half of the percentages, 50% which is the highest percentage of what students feel when they are stressed. 7 students cannot sleep well at night when they are stressed while the other 6 students do not feeling well when they are stress. We can see that stress cam make the respondent fee tired during the day as it is the majority effect among thus three.

3.3.5 Percentage of How Student Feel Stress Recently.

SOURCE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)

Short time 7 33.33

Long time 14 66.67

The table shows the result for how long the students feel stress recently. From the above result, we can conclude that most students feel stress in long time with the highest percentages, 66.67% rather than feel stress in short time with only 33.33%

3.3.6 Percentage of students think stress is ever good, useful or necessary.

FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)

YES 14 66.67

NO 7 33.33

The table above shows the result for how many students who believed stress is ever good, useful or necessary. From the above result, we can conclude that most students think that stress is good, useful and necessary as stress would make them become motivated as they can overcome the stress by their own. We can say that stress bring positive effect to them.

3.3.7 Percentage of when the students feel stress a cot.

63.64%

27.27%

4.55% 4.55%

Percentage

During examOnce a week Everydayothers

The pie chart above depicts the percentage of when the students fell stress a lot .Majority of the students feel stress a lot during the examination which is contributed the highest percentages (63.64%). 27.27% of the students feel stress a lot once a week .The 4.55% of the students fell stress a lot on everyday and others .

3.3.8 Percentage of Students Feel emotionally when they are in Stress.

NERVOUS WOORY SAD ANGRY OTHERS0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

12.50%

25.00%

8.33%

41.67%

12.50%

PERCENTAGE

PERCENTAGE

Sources

perc

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)

The graph above illustrates the result of question 14 of our questionnaire. Majority of the students (41.67%) feel angry when they are in stress.25.00% of the students feel worry when they are in stress while the feeling of nervous and others feeling when the students are in stress shared the same value of percentages which is 12.50%. We can say that minority of the students feel sad when they are in stress.

3.3.9 Frequency of the Person that Students meet when they are in stress.

FRIENDS TEACHERS PARENTS COUNSELOR OTHERS0

2

4

6

8

10

12

FREQUENCY

FREQUENCY

FREQ

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The graph above shows the frequency of the part that the students prefer the most to refer and talk to when they are stressed. 11 of the students prefer to share their problems with their friends while 6 of the students prefer to talk to their parents when they feel stressed. Contradictorily, no one of the students refer to teacher during stressful moment. The other 1 of student seek advices from their siblings in coping with stress whereas 4 of the students refer to the counselors. We can say that, the students are preferred to talk to their friends about their problem as it is the highest percentage.

3.3.10 Percentage the students do when they Fell Stress.

SINGING SHOUTING EATING CRYING OTHERS0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

23.81%

14.29%

33.33%

9.52%

0.00%

PERCENTAGE

PERCENTAGE

SOURCES

PERC

ENTA

GE (%

)

The graph above illustrates the result of percentages on what students do when they feels stress. Majority of the students (33.33%) eating when they are stress. Singing is the second choice that the students do when they feel stress. Shouting provides 14.29% while crying provides 9.52% on what the students do when they feel stress and others contributed 19.05%. We can see that many of our respondents release their stress by eating the food.

CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1 Conclusion

As the conclusion, stress is the combination of psychological, physiological, and behavioural reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, stress is helpful, providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon, for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress could make a salesperson buckle under the pressure while trying to make a sales pitch at an important business meeting, for example. Moreover, stress can increase the risk of developing health problems, such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders. This bad kind of stress is called distress, the kind of stress that people usually are referring to when they use the word stress.

Our study is conducted among the students in Pahang Matriculation College to investigate deeper on the background of stress, identify the factors associated with the stress among the students of KMPh, the effects of stress that can be experience and to recommend suitable and appropriate actions that can be taken to overcome this problem. After conducting the study by collecting data using questionnaires among students, researches generally able to achieve our objective. The factor that associated with this problem is financial problem, study, friends and family. Based on our researches the main factor of stress is study. It is show that student’s nowadays are mature enough and realize that it is their responsibility to excel in academic. There are also the other factors contributed to stress among students too but that seem rarely when compared to stress cause by study.

Next, we also study about the effects of stress among students. From the finding, we can conclude stress are bringing benefit as well as harm to students. Majority of the students thinks that stress is good, useful and necessary as stress would make them become motivated as they can overcome the stress by their own. While the negative side of stress is majority of the students will feel tired during the day when they are stress. The other effect is they will cannot sleep well at night and also will do not feel well.

In the last section of the study, we look into the ways to overcome the stress. As the majority of the students eating when they are stress. Singing is the second choice that the students do when they feel stress. Less respondent shouting, crying and the others. We can

see that many of our respondents release their stress by eating the food. While these strategies may serve as temporary diversion and it will also cause side effect on your health. Stress can be good and bad, it just depend on you how to dealing with it.

4.2 Recommendations

After conducting the study among the 21 respondents in Pahang Matriculation College, these are most suitable ways to overcome the stress based on our research:

1. Always thinks positively.

2. Laugh.

3. Seek help from the motivation.

4. Do something that you love. The examples are eating ,singing and mores.

5. Doing outdoor activity.

6. Plan some fun. Take a break.

7. Plan to eat foods that improve health and eat an appropriate amount of food at a

reasonable schedule.

When you are stressed, manage it. Stress affects everybody. As stress research pioneer Hans Selye

said, “the only time we are not reacting to stress is when we are dead”.

REFERENCES

1. Books Ace Ahead Text Muet Third Edition, Oxford Fajar, Choo Wan Yat, Yeoh Wei Tzee,

Stanley Nyanaprakasan and Yee Sook Fen. Second Edition of Oxford’s Dictionary.

2. Internet http://www.123Helpme.com/college-students-and-stress: http:www.Google/stress Modul Kursus Persediaan Pengajian Siswazah Pegawai Akademik UPM,Stress

Management. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/anxiety/

APPENDICES

A RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF STRESS AMONG KMPh STUDENTS

RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

We are from 6M1S4a, we would like to do a research on effect of stress among KMPh students.

PART A.

1. Gender: Male ( ) Female ( )

2. Course: Account ( )

Module 1 ( ) PST ( ) PDT ( )

Module 2 ( )

Module 3 ( )

3. Race : Malay ( ) Chinese ( ) Indians ( ) Others ( )

4. Age : 18 ( )

19 ( )

5. Semester 1 cumulative grade point average (PSPM 1) (GPA)

1.01-2.00 ( ) 2.01-3.00 ( ) 3.01-4.00 ( )

PART B: Please tick only one answer.

1. Are you stressing? Yes ( ) No ( )

2. Do you enjoy the feeling of being stress? Yes ( ) No ( )

3. Have you ever help someone who was feeling stress? Yes ( ) No ( )

4. Do you keep your worries a secret from other people? Yes ( ) No ( )

5. Does the stress affect your study? Yes ( ) No ( )

6. Do you suffer from stress when you have too much work to do? Yes ( ) No ( )

7. Is it easy for you to make decision about important things? Yes ( ) No ( )

8. What cause stress in your life?

Financial problem ( ) Study ( ) Friends ( ) Family ( )

9. Which day do you feel stress the most?

Monday ( ) Tuesday ( ) Wednesday ( ) Thursday ( )

Friday ( ) Saturday ( ) Sunday ( )

10. How do you feel when you are stress?

Feel tired during day ( )

Cannot sleep well at night ( )

Do not feeling well ( )

11. Who is the person that you will meet when you are stress?

Friends ( ) Teacher ( ) Parents ( ) Counselor ( )

Others:

12. What do you do when you feel stress?

Singing ( ) Shouting ( ) Eating ( ) Crying ( )

Others:

13. How often do you think you feel stress a lot?

Every day ( ) during exam ( ) Once a week ( )

14. How do you feel emotionally when you are in stress?

Nervous ( ) Worry ( ) Sad ( ) Angry ( )

Others:

15. Have you felt stress recently?

Long time ( ) Short time ( )

16. Do you think stress is ever good, useful or necessary? Why?

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