CHAPTER V

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION,
RECOMMENDATION



SUBMITTED BY:
Alde, Kreislene Ann A.
Arugay, Princess Florence B.
Dimapilis, Maurice Carl A.
Esteban, Chelsea Gail L.
Jasmin, Rheanne Marie B.


TO BE SUBMITTED TO:
Mr. Jovito Santos


DATE OF SUBMISSION:
September 4, 2014

CHAPTER V
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATION

This chapter shows the studys summary, conclusion, and recommendation. This
presents the final and complete words of the researchers after the thorough analysis of
the studys findings. It summarizes the nature of the studys main arguments, the
method on how the findings were gathered, what the researchers discovered, and the
pre-existing views, which on the studys process, were challenged. This chapter
provides the answers to the studys statement of the problem, an overview of the new
information acquired by the study, the studys significance and its limitations, and lastly,
the areas for further development and research.

SUMMARY
This research was undertaken to identify the Stress Experiences and Coping
Skills of Architecture Freshmen Students of De La Salle University-Dasmarias S.Y.
2014-2015. The respondents of this study are 20 randomly sampled respondents who
were asked to answer the self-made questionnaire prepared by the researchers.
Below is the statement of the problem formulated by the researchers of the
study:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents when grouped according to:
a. Age
b. Gender
2. What are the stresses experienced by the respondents?
3. What are the skills used by Freshmen Architecture students of De La Salle
University Dasmarias to cope in dealing with stress?

The researchers used the descriptive research design in order to fulfill the need for
data concerning the coping mechanisms on academic-related stress of selected
Freshmen BS Architecture Students. The survey questionnaire entitled, Stress:
Identifying and Surviving is used as the major instrument to determine the Stress
Experiences and Coping Skills of the respondents. Specifically, the study aimed to
answer the:
Levels of stress experienced;
Causes of stress;
Effects of stress; and
Coping skills used to conquer such stress.
The dependent variables are the coping skills of architecture freshmen students of
De La Salle University-Dasmarias while the independent variables considered are the
stress experiences.
The coping mechanisms are sleeping, listening to music, talking to friends, eating,
time management, etc. Based on the surveys gathered the interpretation shows that
sleeping and listening to music gained the highest percentage followed by the other
coping mechanisms. The statistical tools applied for the data gathered were frequency
distribution and percentage. By ranking from highest to lowest it shows that most of the
students, based on the answers in the self-made questionnaires, considers sleeping
and listening to music as their coping mechanism to stress.
The following are the findings revealed from the study:
1. There were twenty (20) Architecture freshmen students who participated in the
study. Fourteen (14) were male while the remaining six (6) respondents were
female with ages between fifteen (15) and eighteen (18) years old.
2. Eighty-five percent (85%) of the students are experiencing medium level of stress
while the remaining fifteen percent are currently battling with high level of stress.
3. The top three stressors that contributed to the stress of the respondents is the
fear of failure, examination and lack of time for relaxation.
4. The stress experienced by the respondents mostly leads to headache, sleep
problems and fatigue.
5. Due to the academic workload it was found out that fifteen percent (15%) of the
respondents use sleep as their coping mechanism; fourteen percent (14%) of the
respondents listen to music and; and the remaining thirteen percent (13%) talk to
their friends.

CONCLUSION
Based on the findings, the following are the conclusions drawn from the study:
1. The stress experienced by most of the freshmen architecture students falls under
the category of the Medium Level of Stress. This states that the students, based
on the definition of the Medium Level of Stress, are capable of managing and
handling the stress they are experiencing through dealing with their stressors.
2. The top three stressors contributing to the stress of the respondents are Fear of
failure, Examination, and Lack of time for relaxation. Due to the level of difficulty
of the respondents course and the strictness of the rules in which their course is
founded upon, fear of failure is natural. Examination, being one of the major
factors affecting the students grade and average, jives with the negative feeling
brought by the fear of failure. The unfavorable effect by the first two stressors
logically requires the individual to prepare for the requirements brought by the
course, evidently leading to Lack of time for relaxation.
3. Headache, Sleep problems and Fatigue are the effects of stress with the three
highest grades which determines that these are the most common outcomes of
stress that the students experience.
4. Due to the academic workload it was found out that fifteen percent (15%) of the
respondents use sleep; fourteen percent (14%) of the respondents listens to
music and; thirteen percent (13%) talk to their friends as their coping mechanism
related to stress.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the findings and conclusions, the following are recommended by the
researchers:
1. Future researchers may conduct another study, related to the studys main argument
and concept, and use this research as one of their basis and/or references. They may
use alternative data sets, the links of the study connecting it with the other fields, and
conduct different methods applied to the same data.
2. Future researchers may conduct interviews or group discussions to determine the
specific effect of each level of stress to the studys respondents.
3. Future researchers may add other information, provided that these are based on or
proven to be a fact, supporting the studys findings and conclusions.
3. The School should have programs or symposiums to guide and aid students
regarding the different issues of stress. The school should let the students know that
certain people and professionals are available to help them in battling with stress. It is
important that the students are aware of any help they can manage to receive.
4. Respondents should learn how to manage time properly. Managing time enables an
individual to perform efficiently thus, decreasing the impact of stress.
5. Faculty members should be considerate regarding the amount of school works they
assign and give to their students. The faculty should have a system to prevent certain
school work pileups, or have a maximum number of assigned tasks and work in a given
period of time.