Date of Completion

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Stressors, Stress Management, Covid-19

Abstract

The study utilized a descriptive-correlational research design wherein the research design was used to describe the variables and relationships that occur naturally between and among them. Using Yamane’s formula, the total sample size is 291 out of 1066 students, which was then reduced to 218 as the respondents answered multiple stressors and stress management activities which were not originally included in the categories of stressors and stress management activities questionnaires. The students were divided into smaller groups. Whereas a total of 70 students from the first year; 59 students from the second year; 46 students from the third year; and 43 students from the fourth year. This study utilized a self-constructed questionnaire based on the theoretical framework and the literature that the researchers have collated. The questionnaire was divided into three parts: The first part was designed to identify the demographic profile of the respondents; the second part contains the stressors, which were categorized into three (personal, academic, family and friends) and answered using the ranking method (1-3, 1 being the most experienced and 3 being the least experienced) ; and the third part contains the stress management activities which was categorized into 5 ( Relaxation, Religious Activities, Physical Activities, Social Networking, Online Games) and answered using ranking method (1-5, 1 being the least used and 5 being the most used). The data gathered were analyzed using the following statistical tools; frequency, percentage, chi-square test, fisher’s exact test, and Spearman Rank-Order Correlation. The study concluded that, 1) The respondents were from the College of Nursing of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute. Majority of the respondents were from the age group of 18- 20 years old. Most of the respondents were female. The highest number of respondents were from level 1 with a total of 70 respondents and the lowest number of respondents were from level 4 with a total of 43 respondents; 2) The tool utilized for both stressor and stress management activities which were answered using the rank method revealed that the respondents answered multiple stressors and multiple stress management activities. Initially, the stressors questionnaire was divided into three areas namely thepersonal, academic and family & friends stressors, while the stress management activities were categorized into five namely Relaxation, Religious Activities, Physical Activities, Social Networking and Online Games. Majority of the respondents chose Academic as their most experienced stressor and most of the respondents chose Relaxation as their most used stress management activity. Results also showed that some students chose multiple stressors which were rank similarly and some also chose multiple stress management activities also ranked identically; 3) There are no significant differences in stressors and stress management activities when respondents are grouped according to age, sex or year level. However, in the relationship between stressors and stress management activities of the respondents during the COVID-19 Pandemic a combination between stressors and stress management activities namely the personal stressor combined with relaxation as the stress management activity, family and friends as the stressor and relaxation as the stress management activity were considered to be significant but has an inverse relationship. The inverse relationship among the combinations means that the stressors chosen by the respondent is greater than the stress management activity used, meaning that the respondent uses other stress management activities instead of Relaxation.

First Advisor

Mercedita A. Quiambao

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