Psychological Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Adamson University Students

PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF
ADAMSON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Language,

College of Liberal Arts
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Technical English
Basillaje, Edmond
Talingdan, Timothy John
Victorino, Marifer A.
Prof. Jose Rizal O. Dapat

(Thesis Adviser)
September 2014
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ADAMSON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS by Basillaje,
Edmond, Talilingdan,Timothy John and Victorino, Marifer, to the Foreign Language Department
College of Liberal Arts and Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Subject
Technical English, is hereby accepted.
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Jose Rizal O. Dapat
(Professor)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers would like to thank, first of all, the almighty God. He has given them
wisdom and the proper skills to finish this research paper. And without His never ending grace
and mercy they would have never accomplished this task. They would also wish to give their
deepest thanks to Sir Jose Rizal O. Dapat, for without his unending guiding and continuous
positive criticism the researchers would have produced a substandard research work. They would
also wish to thank the various respondents. The Adamson University students who diligently
answered their questionnaires which enabled the interpretation and completion of all the data
tables the reader will view in the paper.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Page 5
Chapter 1
Page 16
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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ABSTRACT
Title:
Psychological Factors Affecting the Academic

Performance of Adamson University Students
Researchers:
Basillaje, Edmond
Talingdan, T.
Victorino, Marifer
Subject:
Technical English
School:
Adamson University
Professor:
Prof. Jose Rizal Dapat

(Thesis Adviser)
Statement of the Problem:

This study aims to identify the various psychological factors that affect a students academic
performance and identify a definite relationship between the two variables of psychological
problems and academic performance. Specifically, this seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Year Level
d. College Department
e. Nationality
2. What psychological factors affect the academic performance of Adamson University
students?
3. Are there additional factors that play an important role in a students performance?
4. If there is any additional factor, how do they influence academic performance with regard
to psychological factors?
Research Methodology:
The methodology employed in the study was descriptive. The research was conducted
with the aid of various materials, namely: books, online articles, and journals. All citations of
materials are in the American Psychological Association (APA) format. Various books on
psychology were referenced in regard to the topics of learning, stress, and motivation. A 10question survey form was distributed randomly to 24respondents. The questionnaire is designed
to determine and analyze different factors affecting the academic performance of students from
Adamson University. Aside from this the test also attempts to correlate the age, gender, course,
year level and nationality of the respondents to the given topic.
A. Instruments Used
1. For the profile of the respondents, the formula used to compute the weighted
average of the data is the simple percentage formula.
P = (X/Y) x 100
Where:
P= Percentage or weighted average
X = the total number of a specific profile. Ex: The total number of female who answered the
survey
Y = the total number of respondents.
2. For the analysis of the survey questions, the method used is by getting the
weighted mean of the respondents answer based on the Likert scale, where the
answers of the respondents falls under five different frequencies:
5=Always
4=Most of the time
3=Sometimes
2=Rarely
1=Never
To get the weighted mean of the respondents in each survey question, the formula to be
used is:
Wm= (Nr1*Fl1)/Y
Where:
Wm= weighted mean
Nr= number of respondents who answered a certain frequency
Fl= value of the frequency i.e.sometimes=3
Y= number of respondents
Profile of Respondents
-Male and Female Adamson University students from different Colleges
-16-18 years old

-Filipino and foreigner students
-First to fifth year students
Summary of Findings
The frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to gender is that out of a
total of 24 respondents, 12 or 50.0 0% of the respondents are female, while 12 or 50.00% of the
respondents are male.
According to other researchers, namely Coley (2001) and Haist (2000), gender, as a factor of
the academic performance of students is not yet proven and needs a lot more research to be
concluded. Hence, the researchers made the number of male and female respondents the same,
for them to know the profile of the respondents in terms of gender.
Table 2 displays the frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to Age.
The data reveals that, with a total of 24 respondents, 13 or 57.17% are 16-18 years old, 5 or
20.83% are 18-20 years old, 4 or 16.67% are 20-22 years old and 2 or 8.33% are 22-24 years old.
According to Newman (2009), there are two kinds of students with reference to age. 2125 years old are considered mature students, while 20 and below are young students. Also,
mature students lack basic skills required for effective study or to be impaired by age-related
intellectual deficits than the younger students.
In this table, the numbers of young students are relatively larger than the mature students.
Thus, there are more young students in Adamson University and according to Newman, these
students have enough basic skills required for effective study that will eventually affect their
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academic performance. Hence the academic performance of students does not only involve
psychological factors but also the profile of the respondents with reference to age.
Table 3 displays the frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to Year
level. The data reveals that, with the total of 24 respondents, first years, second years and third
years each has 6 or 25.00% and fourth years and fifth years above each has 3 or 12.50%.
The populations of the first second and third years are relatively bigger compared to the
population of the fourth, fifth and higher years. In reference to the age brackets on Table 3, this
shows that not all higher years are older or mature students and not all lower years are young
students.
Table 4 displays the frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to
College he/ she belongs to. The data reveals that, with the total of 24 respondents, College of
Science, College of Engineering, College of Business Administration and College of Liberal Arts
each has 4 or 16.67% while College of Architecture, College of Education, College of Pharmacy
and College of Science each has 2 or 8.33%.
Table 4 shows that the four colleges that each have 4 respondents has more department
and more students, while the remaining colleges that each have 2 respondents has lesser
departments. Thus, the different courses are considered in measuring the psychological factors
affecting the academic performance of Adamson University students.
Nationality. The data reveals that, with the total of 24 respondents, 20 or 83.33% are Filipinos
and 4 or 16.67% are foreigners.
Difficulties in approaching their peers were identified as a problem by a number of

students, especially international or transfer students. (Roccas and Brewer 2002) With the data
and the study of Roccas and Brewer, it can be said that peer interaction has a huge impact in the
relationship of students to other students. Also, According to DiMatteo and Martin (2002), social
variables such as family and peers, play a huge role in the physiological aspect of a student.
Thus, lack of social variables, can lead to stress, which is considered a psychological and
physiological factor that can affect the academic performance of students.
On the first question, the respondents answered that students, most of the time, study without
modern gadgets such as laptops, tablets, cellular phones and etc. Hence, this shows the flaw of
the theory of the input-output model of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, that students do not rely so
much on modern technologies, and they are more comfortable studying without it.
On the second question, the respondents answered that students, most of the time, study
hard if they are pressured by social variables around them, especially those people who are close
to them, like their family, peers and even their professors. This can be associated to questions 7
and 10 when respondents answered that they sometimes study alone and they rarely get
persuaded by peers respectively.
On the third question, the respondents answered that most of the time; they find it hard to
interact with other students with different nationality. Thus, this survey supports the idea of
Roccas and Brewer (2002) that nationality affects the interaction of students to other students. It
can be measured because of the differences in language, culture, physical appearances and other
factors. And also, this supports the idea that lack of social variables contribute to the
psychological factors affecting the academic performance of Adamson University students.
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On the fourth question, the respondents answered that they can study sometimes with an
empty stomach. According to Ryan (2004), Health factors contribute a lot in the buildup of stress
of Adamson university students. Hence, health factors affect the psychological physiological
aspects of a student that can lead to the change in the students academic performance. This also
applies to the fifth question and sixth. Learning and memory can be affected by stress. Although
an optimal level of stress can enhance learning ability, too much stress can cause physical and
mental health problem and may affect the academic achievement of students. Illness and health
are therefore no longer seen as due purely to physiological factors, but to the interplay of
biological, psychological, and social variables (DiMatteo and Martin, 2002). Students cannot be
good problem solvers if they are mentally affected and if they are sleepy, hungry, tired, or under
stress. The relationship between sleep deprivation and cognitive functions is documented in this
study. Learning and general academic behavior are affected by fatigue and altered states of
consciousness (Smith and Fredrickson, 2003).
In questions 8 and 9, the respondents answered that students sometimes mind studying in
old building, and they can rarely study in a noisy environment. Despite often concentrating on
negative points, students also had good things to say about their university sometimes with
experience of being able to contrast it with other higher educational institutions. The university
was perceived as having an attractive campus, and staff are invariably seen as friendly and
helpful. Many students do persevere and settle into university life, even after a rather risky fist
term. (Lowis and Castley, 2008) The data collected in the survey and the study of Lowis and
Castley (2008) concludes that the environmental factors also affect the academic performance of
Adamson University students.
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Table 7 shows the Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the answers of the respondents as to
Age. It reveals that in almost all questions, the answers of the male and female are virtually
identical in the verbal interpretation. Thus, this supports the idea of researchers Coley (2001) and
Haist (2000) that in academic performances, there are still no proof that gender is a factor. And
also, this shows that male and female Adamsonians has the same perception to the given topic.
Nationality. The table reveals that in seven questions, the Filipino and foreigner students
answered the same. But in questions 3, 7 and 10, they answered differently. In question number
3, foreign students said that most of the time, they find it hard to interact with students who have
different nationalities and Filipino students answered sometimes. In question number 7, foreign
students said that they sometimes study alone while Filipino students answered rarely. And lastly,
in question number 10, foreign students said that they are sometimes persuaded by their peers if
they would study or not, while Filipino students answered rarely. The data shows that foreign
students find it harder to interact with other nationalities than Filipino students. Foreign students
value peer interaction than Filipino students. This supports the idea of Roccas and Brewer (2002)
that foreign students find it hard to interact to other students that causes to affect their academic
performance.
Table 9 shows the mean and verbal interpretation of the answers of the students as
to age. The data reveals that in almost all the questions, the answers of students in four age
brackets are virtually identical, thus this does not support the idea of researchers Newman-Ford,
Lloyd and Thomas (2009). And this also shows that academic performances of Adamson
University does not depend on age or the mature and young students.
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A. Conclusions
With reference to the profile of the respondents, Gender plays no significant role in the
academic performance Adamson University students. While in terms of age, there are two types
of students, the mature and young students. Mature students, based on other researches, lack of
basic skills required for effective study while young students are said to have enough skills
required for effective study. Based on the survey conducted by the researchers, it shows that
academic performance of the students does not rely only on age itself, but based on the survey
conducted, the researchers found out that Adamsonians academic performances are not affected
if they are considered as mature or young students. In terms of year level, as the year level of a
student accelerates the number of students per year level decreases. Thus, academic
performances of students change as the year level changes. In terms of nationalities, Foreigners
find it hard to study in an environment full of Filipinos mainly because of language barriers.
Hence, the profile of respondents contributes to the factors affecting academic performances of
The different psychological factors affecting the academic performance of Adamson
University are mental pressure or stress and lack of social variables. Aside from the
psychological factors, the researchers also concluded that physiological factors also affect the
academic performance of Adamsonians. Health is under physiological factor, and it includes the
eating and sleeping habits and also exercise. Lack of these mentioned routines, results to
physiological stress, thus psychological factors such as stress or mental pressure is triggered.
Then lastly, the environmental factors, which includes the kind of place a student studies.
B. Recommendations
1. Adamson University
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The researchers recommend that Adamson University would consider not only the
intellectual being of an Adamsonian, but also the physical and psychological
beings of students. This can be done by providing counseling for each student.
For example, one scheduled student per day per department, so that the faculty
can understand better why a students academic performances drop or not.
2. Adamson University Faculty
The researchers recommend that Adamson University faculty would consider the
situation of students that has been gathered thru counseling. The researchers also
recommend to give special considerations to students with a very difficult
situation for the students to cope up to his or her studies and problems at the same
time.
3. Adamson University students
The researchers recommend that Adamson University students cooperate to the
proposed plan for the plan seeks to help them psychologically and improve their
academic performance.
4. Other Researchers
Since this study was done under time pressure, the researchers would like to
recommend to other researchers to broaden and allot a lot of time in this study.
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CHAPTER I
The Problem and its Setting
IIntroduction
A. Background of the Study
Academic performance is how a student translates what he learns into vital
output. In this case, grades. Most students grades fluctuate during the years it takes them
to finish their degrees. Student grades are affected by various academic factors that either
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enhance or impede a students academic performance. Mental and physical factors are the
greatest influences. A few examples of these factors are stress, overall physical and
mental health, and learning environment. Being college students themselves, the
researchers have chosen this topic in order to determine how they can improve students
academic performance with regard to the various factors a college student will encounter.
Properly addressing these factors will help the researchers be aware of what are a
students seemingly simple problems that may have unfortunate consequences if left
unchecked. With the constant news of how the standard of education in our country is
continually escalating, it is now time to know the different psychological factors and how
they affect a students grades.
B. Statement of the Problem
This study aims to evaluate the various psychological factors that affect a students
academic performance and identify a definite relationship between the two variables of
psychological problems and academic performance.
Specifically, this seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Age
1.2 Gender
1.3 Year Level
1.4 Course
1.5 Nationality
2. What psychological factors affect the academic performance of Adamson University
students?
3. Are there additional factors that play an important role in a students performance?
4. If there is any additional factor, how do they influence academic performance with
regard to psychological factors?
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The research shall focus mainly on the aforementioned questions.
C. Significance of the Study

The study will benefit the following:
1. The students of the university
2. The faculty of the university
3. Future Researchers
Adamson University is directly affected by the study since the administration may decide to
act upon the problems identified in the research. The students will also be affected since they will
be made aware of the problems affecting their grades. The educators are also affected since will
be able to address the different factors affecting their students.
D. Scope and Limitation
This research shall focus mainly on the psychological factors that affect academic
performance of Filipino and foreign students of Adamson University. If there are other factors
involved, then the researchers shall also attempt to correlate their influence to academic
performance.
E. Definition of Terms
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Psychological Factors- Factors that affect thinking and comprehension such as mental health and
stress level
Cognitive Development- Pertains to an individuals development of his/her thinking capabilities
Academic Performance- Pertains to a students final grades
Physiological factors- physical characteristics of a person
Sleep deprivation- lack of undisturbed sleep
Altered states of consciousness- from spacing out to unconsciousness
Social variables- social groups of a person i.e. (family, peers etc)
Intellectual deficits- lack of ability to gather information fastly
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CHAPTER II
Review of Related Literature
This chapter contains related studies from journals, books, magazines, and the review of
related literature. The scope of academic performance relies heavily on different factors.
Measuring of academic performance of students is challenging since student performance is a
product of socio-economic, psychological and environmental factors. These factors vary but the
study is composed of psychological factors that can be identified and measured. These factors
indicate how the students are affected socially, physically, and mentally (Hansen, 2000).
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Learning and memory can be affected by stress. Although an optimal level of stress can
enhance learning ability, too much stress can cause physical and mental health problem and may
affect the academic achievement of students. Illness and health are therefore no longer seen as
due purely to physiological factors, but to the interplay of biological, psychological, and social
variables (DiMatteo and Martin, 2002). A review of local literature indicates that Filipino
university students usually experience stress due to a multitude of ways such as 1.) Health
factors: amount of exercise, sleeping habits, nutritional routines. 2.) Academic factors, 3.) Social
factors: family and social support and problems with roommates (Ryan, 2004).
Students cannot be good problem solvers if they are mentally affected and if they are sleepy,
hungry, tired, or under stress. The relationship between sleep deprivation and cognitive functions
is documented in this study. Learning and general academic behavior are affected by fatigue and
altered states of consciousness (Smith and Fredrickson, 2003).
According to the input-output model, it is assumed that the students with high admission
points, high social economic background and good school background will perform well if the
university facilities are good, updated and modern teaching materials and the lecturers and the
management of the university is good. This may not always be the case and this is one of the
flaws of the theory input-output model developed by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy. The
interrelationships between the student and the factors of a system or environment have to be
understood by all parties involved in the educational institution.(Oso & Onen, 2005). Difficulties
in approaching their peers were identified as a problem by a number of students, especially
international or transfer students (Roccas & Brewers 2002).
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Existence of a health, financial or other social problem is neither a unique characteristic

of students, nor predictive of the students performance. What clearly emerged was that the
coping mechanisms used will make the difference in whether an unfortunate event will have an
impact or not on academic performance of students. Although some of these coping mechanisms
may be inherent to the psychological make-up of individual students, a strong pastoral network
could help towards developing such mechanisms in overcoming difficulties with minimum longterm consequences in performance (Todres & Tsimtsiou, 2012).
Despite often concentrating on negative points, students also had good things to say about
their university sometimes with experience of being able to contrast it with other higher
educational institutions. The university was perceived as having an attractive campus, and staff
are invariably seen as friendly and helpful. Many students do persevere and settle into university
life, even after a rather risky fist term (Lowis and Castley, 2008).
The influence of age and gender on academic performance has been investigated in a
number of studies with widely differing conclusions. Most of the differences in reported findings
are due to varying contexts such as subject of study, age and gender interactions. Research has
shown that men perform better than women in certain settings while women outperform men in
other settings. There is no found evidence of academic performance being influenced by gender
(Haist, Wilson, Elam, Blue, & Fosson, 2000). In summary, more research on age and gender
differences in academic achievement is needed to make conclusive implications of the impact
that age and gender may have on students academic achievement. This study was conducted to
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determine whether students age and gender would make a difference in their academic
achievement (Coley, 2001).
With regard to the issue of student age, recent changes in educational policies around the
world have led to an increase in the number of mature-age admissions in educational institutions.
While a large proportion of undergraduate students are still 19-year olds, the ages of students in
classes are now more variable than 10 to 15 years ago. The definition of a mature student varies
by country with 21, 22 and 25-year old students being classified as mature students in the United
Kingdom, United States of America and Australia, respectively. In this study, mature students are
defined as those students whose age was greater than 21 years on their first day at the university.
Students who were 21 years of age and younger were classified as young students. Mature
students are thought to lack basic skills required for effective study or to be impaired by agerelated intellectual deficits. Mature students tend to be admitted into their programs with
distinctly lower educational attainment than the young students (Newman-Ford, Lloyd &
Thomas, 2009).
CHAPTER III
Research Methodology
This chapter discusses methodology employed in the study. It discusses statistical tools
and their sources. The research was conducted with the aid of various materials, namely: books,
online articles, and journals. All citations of materials are in the American Psychological
Association (APA) format. Various books on psychology were referenced in regard to the topics
of learning, stress, and motivation. A 10-question survey form was distributed randomly to 24
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respondents. The questionnaire is designed to determine and analyze different factors affecting
the academic performance of students from Adamson University. Aside from this the test also
attempts to correlate the age, gender, course, year level and nationality of the respondents to the
given topic.
B. Instruments Used
For the profile of the respondents, the formula used to compute the weighted
average of the data is the simple percentage formula.
P = (X/Y) x 100
Where:
P= Percentage or weighted average
X = the total number of a specific profile. Ex: The total number of female who answered the
survey
Y = the total number of respondents.
3. For the analysis of the survey questions, the method used is by getting the
weighted mean of the respondents answer based on the Likert scale, where the
answers of the respondents falls under five different frequencies:
4=Always
3=Sometimes
2=Rarely
1=Never
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To get the weighted mean of the respondents in each survey question, the formula to be
used is:
Wm= (Nr1*Fl1)/Y
Where:
Wm= weighted mean
Nr= number of respondents who answered a certain frequency
Fl= value of the frequency i.e. sometimes=3
Y= number of respondents
CHAPTER IV
Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data
This chapter displays the analyzed data of the respondents and their answers in
the survey questionnaires. This also includes the interpretation of the researchers
to the data presented.
Table 1: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Gender
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Female
Male
Total
12
12
24
50.00%
50.00%
100.00%
Table 1 presents the frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to
gender. The data reveal that, out of 24 respondents, 12 or 50.0 0% are female, while 12 or
50.00% are male.
According to Coley (2001) and Haist (2000), gender, as a factor of the academic
performance of students is not yet proven and needs a lot more research to be concluded. Hence,
the researchers made the number of male and female respondents the same, for them to know the
profile of the respondents in terms of gender.
Table 2: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Age

16-18 years old
19-20 years old
21-22 years old
23-24 years old
Total
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5
4
2
24
54.17%
20.83%
16.67%
8.33%
100.00%
Table 2 displays the frequency and percentage of the profile of the respondents as to Age.
The data reveals that, with a total of 24 respondents, 13 or 57.17% are 16-18 years old, 5 or
20.83% are 18-20 years old, 4 or 16.67% are 20-22 years old and 2 or 8.33% are 22-24 years old.
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Table 3: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Year Level
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Fifth Year and above
Total
6
6
6
3
3
24
25.00%
25.00%
25.00%
12.50%
12.50%
100.00%
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students.
College of Science
16.67%
College of Engineering
16.67%
College of Business
16.67%
College of Liberal Arts
16.67%
College of Architecture
8.33%
College of Education
8.33%
College of Pharmacy
8.33%
College of Science
8.33%
Total
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100.00%
Administration
Table 4: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Course
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Table 5: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Nationality
Filipino
Foreigner
Total
20
4
24
83.33%
16.67%
100.00%
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Table 6: Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the respondents in general
Criteria
1. Can students study without modern gadgets? i.e. laptop,
Mean
Verbal Interpretation
3.875
Most of the time
tablets, cellular phones and etc.

2. Do students study hard if they are pressured by professors,
3.75
classmates and other people around them?

3. Do students find it hard to interact with other students with
different nationalities?
Most of the time

3.7083
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Most of the time
4. Can students study if they are stressed out?
3.25
Sometimes
5. Can students study with an empty stomach?
3.166
Sometimes
6. Can students study if they stay up late at night?
3.0416
Sometimes
Sometimes
2.833
Sometimes
7. Do students often study alone?

8. Do students mind studying in old but fairly usable
classrooms?
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9. Can students study in a noisy environment?
2.208
Rarely
10. Are students easily persuaded by peers to study or not?
2.125
Rarely
On the first question, the respondents answered that students, most of the time, study
without modern gadgets such as laptops, tablets, cellular phones and etc. Hence, this shows the
flaw of the theory of the input-output model of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, that students do not rely
so much on modern technologies, and they are more comfortable studying without it.
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term (Lowis & Castley, 2008). The data collected in the survey and the study of Lowis and
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Table 7: Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the answers of the respondents as to Gender
Profile of
Criteria
Verbal
Mean
Respondents
1. Can students study without modern gadgets?
Male
Interpretation
Most of the
3.75
time
Most of the
i.e. laptop, tablets, cellular phones and etc.
4
Female
2. Do students study hard if they are pressured
Male
time
Most of the
3.666667
time
Most of the
by professors, classmates and other people

around them?
3. Do students find it hard to interact with
4.083333
Female
Male
time
3.583333
Sometimes
Most of the
other students with different nationalities?
3.833333
Female
Male
time
3.166667
Sometimes
3.333333
Sometimes
3.083333
Sometimes

Female
Male
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3.25
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
2.916667
Sometimes
2.916667
Sometimes
Sometimes
2.666667
Sometimes
2.75
Sometimes
2.333333
Rarely
2.166667
Rarely
2.25
Rarely
2.166667
Rarely
Female
6. Can students study if they stay up late at
Male
night?
Female
Male
Female
8. Do students mind studying in old but fairly
Male
usable classrooms?
Female
Male
Female
10. Are students easily persuaded by peers to
Male
study or not?
Female
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Table 8: Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the answers of the Respondents as to Nationality
Profile of
Survey Questions
Verbal
Mean
Respondents
Filipino
Interpretation
3.416667
Sometimes
2.75
Sometimes
3.208333
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
3.083333
Sometimes
Foreigner
Filipino

around them?
3. Do students find it hard to interact with
Foreigner
Filipino
Most of the
other students with different nationalities?
3.75
Foreigner
Filipino
time
2.708333
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
Filipino
2.708333
Sometimes
Foreigner
2.75
Sometimes
Filipino
2.541667
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes

Foreigner

night?
Foreigner
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Filipino
2.458333
Rarely
2.75
Sometimes
2.375
Rarely
Rarely
1.875
Rarely
2.25
Rarely
1.75
Rarely
2.75
Sometimes

Foreigner
8. Do students mind studying in old but fairly
Filipino
usable classrooms?
Foreigner
Filipino
Foreigner
Filipino
study or not?
Foreigner
performance.
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Table 9: Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the answer of the respondents as to age
Survey Questions

Profile of
Respondents
Mean
16-18 y/o
3.75
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
around them?
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
3. Do students find it hard to interact with other

students with different nationalities?
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
Verbal
Interpretation
Most of the
time
Most of the
time
3.666667
Most of the
time
4.083333
Most of the
time
3.583333
Sometimes
3.833333
Most of the
time
3.166667
Sometimes
3.333333
Sometimes
3.083333
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
2.916667
Sometimes
2.916667
Sometimes
Sometimes
2.666667
Sometimes
2.75
Sometimes
2.333333
Rarely
2.166667
Rarely
2.25
Rarely
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22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
night?
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
22-24 y/o
16-18 y/o
2.166667
Rarely
3.416667
Sometimes
2.75
Sometimes
3.208333
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
3.083333
Sometimes
3.406
Sometimes
2.708333
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
2.708333
Sometimes
2.75
Sometimes
2.541667
Sometimes
3.25
Sometimes
2.458333
Rarely
2.75
Sometimes
2.375
Rarely
Rarely
1.875
Rarely
2.25
Rarely
1.75
Rarely

study or not?
18-20 y/o
20-22 y/o
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22-24 y/o
Rarely
CHAPTER V
Summary of Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations
This chapter presents the findings of the study, the conclusions made by the researchers based on
the results of the survey and the recommendations of the researchers based on the significance of
the study.
Summary of Findings
Profile of the respondents as to gender reveals that with a total of 24 respondents, 12 or 50.0
0% of the respondents are female, while 12 or 50.00% of the respondents are male.
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According to other researchers, namely Coley (2001) and Haist (2000), gender, as a factor of
the academic performance of students is not yet proven and needs a lot more research to be
concluded. Hence, the researchers made the number of male and female respondents the same,
for them to know the profile of the respondents in terms of gender.
Profile of the respondents as to age reveals that, with a total of 24 respondents, 13 or
57.17% are 16-18 years old, 5 or 20.83% are 18-20 years old, 4 or 16.67% are 20-22 years old
and 2 or 8.33% are 22-24 years old.
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students.
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On the first question, the respondents answered that students, most of the time, study without
modern gadgets such as laptops, tablets, cellular phones and etc. Hence, this shows the flaw of
the theory of the input-output model of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, that students do not rely so
much on modern technologies, and they are more comfortable studying without it.
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term. (Lowis and Castley, 2008) The data collected in the survey and the study of Lowis and
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performance.
C. Conclusions
With reference to the profile of the respondents, Gender plays no significant role in the
academic performance Adamson University students. While in terms of age, there are two types
of students, the mature and young students. Mature students, based on other researches, lack of
basic skills required for effective study while young students are said to have enough skills
required for effective study. Based on the survey conducted by the researchers, it shows that
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academic performance of the students does not rely only on age itself, but based on the survey
conducted, the researchers found out that Adamsonians academic performances are not affected
if they are considered as mature or young students. In terms of year level, as the year level of a
student accelerates the number of students per year level decreases. Thus, academic
performances of students change as the year level changes. In terms of nationalities, Foreigners
find it hard to study in an environment full of Filipinos mainly because of language barriers.
Hence, the profile of respondents contributes to the factors affecting academic performances of
The different psychological factors affecting the academic performance of Adamson
University are mental pressure or stress and lack of social variables. Aside from the
psychological factors, the researchers also concluded that physiological factors also affect the
academic performance of Adamsonians. Health is under physiological factor, and it includes the
eating and sleeping habits and also exercise. Lack of these mentioned routines, results to
physiological stress, thus psychological factors such as stress or mental pressure is triggered.
Then lastly, the environmental factors, which includes the kind of place a student studies.
D. Recommendations
1. Adamson University
The researchers recommend that Adamson University would consider not only the
intellectual being of an Adamsonian, but also the physical and psychological
beings of students. This can be done by providing counseling for each student.
For example, one scheduled student per day per department, so that the faculty
can understand better why a students academic performances drop or not.
2. Adamson University Faculty
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The researchers recommend that Adamson University faculty would consider the
situation of students that has been gathered thru counseling. The researchers also
recommend to give special considerations to students with a very difficult
situation for the students to cope with his or her studies and problems at the same
time.
3. Adamson University students
The researchers recommend that Adamson University students cooperate to the
proposed plan for the plan seeks to help them psychologically and improve their
academic performance.
4. Future Researchers
Since this study was done under time pressure, the researchers would like to
recommend to other researchers to broaden and allot more time in this study.
CHAPTER VI
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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

ADAMSON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Language,

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Technical English

Prof. Jose Rizal O. Dapat

This research work entitled, PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING

Psychological Factors Affecting the Academic

Prof. Jose Rizal Dapat

Statement of the Problem:

-16-18 years old

Difficulties in approaching their peers were identified as a problem by a number of

The research shall focus mainly on the aforementioned questions.

C. Significance of the Study

Existence of a health, financial or other social problem is neither a unique characteristic

Table 1: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Gender

Table 2: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Age

College of Liberal Arts

Table 4: Frequency and Percentage of the profile of the Respondents as to Course

Table 6: Mean and Verbal Interpretation of the respondents in general

Most of the time

tablets, cellular phones and etc.

classmates and other people around them?

Most of the time

Most of the time

4. Can students study if they are stressed out?

5. Can students study with an empty stomach?

6. Can students study if they stay up late at night?

7. Do students often study alone?

9. Can students study in a noisy environment?

10. Are students easily persuaded by peers to study or not?

i.e. laptop, tablets, cellular phones and etc.

2. Do students study hard if they are pressured

by professors, classmates and other people

other students with different nationalities?

4. Can students study if they are stressed out?

6. Can students study if they stay up late at

i.e. laptop, tablets, cellular phones and etc.

by professors, classmates and other people

other students with different nationalities?

4. Can students study if they are stressed out?

5. Can students study with an empty stomach?

6. Can students study if they stay up late at

7. Do students often study alone?

1. Can students study without modern gadgets?

3. Do students find it hard to interact with other

4. Can students study if they are stressed out?

5. Can students study with an empty stomach?

7. Do students often study alone?

8. Do students often study alone?

9. Can students study in a noisy environment?

10. Are students easily persuaded by peers to

prioracademic achievement, place of residence, age and attendance on first-year

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