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A RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY WHICH TYPES OF MUSIC CAN

REDUCE STRESS AMONG 80 STUDENTS FROM MODULE II IN
S21 OF MALACCA MATRICULATION COLLEGE.

SUBMITTED TO:
MISS ONG GEK SIEW
ENGLISH UNIT
MALACCA MATRICULATION COLLEGE

PRERARED BY:
SITI AZURA BINTI ROSNI

(MS1311503761)

NUR AYUNI BINTI MOHD ROPI

NORSYAFIQAH BINTI MAT SAYUATI

(MS1311600394)
(MS1311600368)

AHMAD ZAIM BIN SAHLI MULYONO

(MS1311600024)
AHMAD ALIUDDIN BIN SHAHARIN
(MS1311501533)

PRACTICUM:
S21P1

CONTENT
CONTENT
PAGE
INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

METHODOLOGY

LITERATURE REVIEW

DISCUSSIONS AND FINDINGS

CONCLUSION

REFLECTION

BIBLIOGRAFI

APPENDIX

INTRODUCTION
According to Oxford students Dictionary for Second Edition stress is
defined as worry and pressure that is caused by having too much to deal
with while music is defined as arrangement of sounds and patterns to be
song or played on instruments. The soothing power of music is wellestablished. It has a unique link to our emotions, so can be extremely
effective management tool. Listening to music can have a tremendously
relaxing effect on our minds and bodies and also give a beneficial effect on
our physiological functions, our body and decreasing the levels of stress
hormones. We believe that music is effective way in reducing students
stress and also relaxing our mind and body. Therefore the purpose of this
research is to identify which type of music can reduce stress among 80
students from module II in S21 of Malacca Matriculation College (MMC).
We choose music as our subject research because we believe that
listening music is the simple and the best tool to reduce stress among
students. In addition, in MMC many students facing stress with their
homework, financial, friends and others. This student should be exposed to
the effective way to reduce their stress to keep their body and mid healthy.
On the same note, based on the article written by Jane Collingwood
(2007), music has been used for hundreds of years to treat illnesses and
restore harmony between mind and body. According to a scientific study to
measure the potential benefits of music, they have found that listening to
music can relieve depression and increase self-esteem ratings in elderly
people. As we know, musical preference varies widely between individuals,
so only we can decide what we like and what is suitable for each mood in
reduce stress. Our first hypothesis is different music for different people.
Second hypothesis is listening to the music can help the student in MMC to
reducing their stress.
Furthermore, our objective carrying this research is to determine which
type of music can reduce stress. Secondly, to determine the students
opinion on how music can help them in reducing their stress. Lastly, to
determine the effects of music in reducing the students stress.

Lastly, we hope that our research on how music can reduce stress can
give awareness to the MMC students that music is an extremely effective
stress management tool. In addition, the music does not start up so much
cost because we can download it from any website either for free or paid.
Besides, the device that contains songs such as hand phones and MP3 is
very easy to carry everywhere, anytime and anyone.

OBJECTIVES:
i)
ii)

To determine which type of music can reduce stress.

To determine the students opinion on how music can reduces stress.

iii) To determine the effects of music in reducing the students stress.

METHODOLOGY
Our research is a quantitative research whereby we will limit our
respondents to students of Malacca Matriculation College (MMC).
Eighty students between 18 to 19 years from module II of MMC were
selected to answer our questionnaires. All of them are from S21P1, S21P2,
S21P3, S21P4, S21P5, S21P6, S21P7 and S21P8. Both of the genders are
included in this research. 38 of them are males and 42 of them are females.
The respondent comes from different races like Malay, Chinese, and Indian.
All the respondent were provided questionnaire to be answered and we
assured that all data would be confidential.
In this research, we use a questionnaire to collecting data. The
questionnaire consists of 15 questions. Question 1-5 related about the
interest of student on music. Question 6-13 reflects our research topic. These
questions were asked to know whether music can help the student to release
their stress. Question 14-15 provided just to know whether music is helpful or
not helpful the student in their study and they need to give their own
opinion.
All the questionnaires were distributed to the 80 respondents. Each
respondent was given ten minutes to complete the questionnaire. We took
seven weeks to complete the research process. Firstly, the data was
distributed on 10 to 11 February 2014. Then the data was analyzed from 13
to 15 February 2014. Next we tabulate the data. Finally, we drew the graph
and commented about the graph.

REFLECTION
NUR AYUNI BINTI MOHD ROPI: This is the first project that Ive done. Although
I face difficulties and it consumes a lot of time completing the project but I
still enjoy to do it because Ive learnt a lot of moral values. I learn
cooperation is important to complete a task, teaches me to be more patience
and increase my communication because it required me to communicate
with other students to answered our questionnaires. I hope for the future
project I can do better than my first project.
SITI AZURA BINTI ROSNI: This is my first experience to do the research
project and writing a report based on our findings. To do research project like
this was a something new for me and from his project I have learned many
new thing I dont know before. I worked as a group to complete this project.
The unforgettable moment was the time when we meet and have a
discussion we spend a few hours to do discussion for this project. Every
person in our group put a lot of effort to do this project. Although it does not
perfect and have many mistaken but we have tried the best to make it
perfect. Through this project, I have learned how to be independence in
future. Hope for the next time, I can do better than this.
NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MOHD SYUATI: This is the first research that Ive done,
and I feel that we have accomplished this task in the manner that we can in
this short period of time given. The process of doing this research has taught
me the importance of teamwork in accomplishing a task and hopefully will
benefit me in the future.
MOHD ALIUDDIN: Since this is my first research that I have done, I have
learned a lot of things such as how to work as a team. We had spent so much
time to done this project but I really enjoyed doing this research especially
when we are distributing the questionnaires to the respondents. Besides, we
also need to face the difficulty when analyzing the questionnaires because

there are mistakes that the respondents have done. It also teaches me how
to control my patience. Even though this research quite complicated, I have
tried my best to done this research. I hope for the next time, I can do it
better than this, my first research.
MOHD ZAIM: This is my first experience to do the research project and it is
something new for me. I enjoyed the process when I was doing this project.
My teammates and I work as a group to complete this project. We found that
is not a piece of cake. We had spent so much time to done this project. We
know that our project not the best and maybe has many mistakes, but we
really put a lot of efforts and time on it. We have tried our best to done this
research. I hope that I can do better for the coming project in the future.

DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS

1. Do you like to listens the music?
Frequency
Yes
No

Number of respondents
77
3

ow often do you listen to the music?

Frequency
Once a month
Once a week
3-4 times a week
Everyday
Several time a day

Number of respondents
7
2
10
40
21

3. As a student, do you think music is very important in your study?

Frequency
Yes
No

Number of respondents
65
15

4. What kind of feeling do you experienced when you listen to music?

Aspects
Calm
Relax
Happy

Number of respondents
9
26
10

2. H

Enjoy
Confident

29
6

5. Which type of music do you prefer to listen when you feel stress?
Aspects
Number of respondents
Soft classical
19
Pop
24
Hip Hop
13
Religious
13
Heavy meta
11
6. How do you feel at your presence level of stress?
Responses
Panicked
Tired
Irritable
Headache
Anxious

Number of respondents
12
25
14
24
5

7. How do you deal with your stress?

Aspects
Listen to music
Sleep
Play game
Yoga
Eat

Number of respondents
42
18
14
0
6

8. Do you think listen to the music will help you to reduce stress?
Frequency
Strongly Agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

Number of respondents
37
34
0
1
8

9. Do agree listening to music is the effective management tool to reduce

stress?
Frequency

Number of respondents

Strongly Agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

10.

How often stress affect your emotion?

Frequency
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very often
11.

Number of respondents
4
14
39
19
4

In which way do you use the music to reducing your stress?

Frequency
Switch on your favourite song
Go karaoke with your friends
Play instrument
Sing along the song
Dance and enjoy the music
12.

28
46
0
1
5

Number of respondents
20
19
9
24
16

I) Music can help you to reduce both the sensation and distress?

Frequency
Strongly Agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

Number of respondents
29
40
4
3
4

ii) Listening to music can relieve depression and increase self-esteem?

Frequency
Strongly Agree
Agree

Number of respondents
31
32

Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

6
6
5

iii) Music helps you to reduce burnouts and improve mood?

Frequency
Strongly Agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

Number of respondents
28
32
5
3
12

iv) Musichelps you to calm your nerve when you feel stress?
Frequency
Strongly Agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral

Number of respondents
30
32
6
3
9

13) Rank these genres of music in order of your preference from 1(most
preferred) t 5(least preferred)?
Types of
genres
Classical
Pop
Hip Hop
Religious
Heavy
metal

1
24
18
17
13
14

2
13
24
21
20
22

3
12
21
30
14
13

Ranked as
4
17
9
20
18
16

5
16
7
8
12
37

14.Do you think listening music during study or revision time is helpful or not
helpful you to relax and to focus on your study?
Aspects
Helpful
Not Helpful

Responses
65
15

4%

NO

YES

96%

Q1)Do you
like to listens the music?
80.5
80
79.5
79
78.5
78
77.5
77
76.5
76
75.5
YES

NO

Based on visual 77(96.25%) out of 80 student like to listens the music to reduce their stress while
only 3(3.75%) student are not interested in listening music. It can be conclude that, almost of the
student likes listening music.

Q2)How often do you listen to the music?

Sales
26%

once a month

once a week

9%

3%
13%

3-4 times a week

50%

everyday

several time a day

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

The visual show 40(50%) student are listening music every day and
21(26.25%)students listen to the music several time a day while only
10(12.50%) student listening music 3 to 4 times a week. The number of
student listen to music for once a week is 2(2.5%) and 7(8.75%) student
listen the music just for once a month. In conclusion, student prefer to listens
music everyday rather than once a month, once a week, 3-4 times a week or
several time a day.

0.19

YES

0.81

NO

Q3)As a
student, do you think music is very important in your study?

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
YES

NO

The visual show the number of65(81.25%) student that agree music is very
importance in their study while 15(18.75%) student did not agree that music plays
an important role in their study. It can be conclude that almost student are agree
that music is important in their study.

8% 11%

calm

relax
36%

happy

enjoy

33%

confident

13%

4) What
kind of feeling do you experienced when you listen to music?
confident
enjoy
happy
relax
calm
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

The visual show the felling that student experienced when they listening music.
According to the graph, 29(36.25%) student really enjoy when listening music and
26(32.5%) student feels listening music is very relaxing.Next,10(12.5%) and
9(11.25%) student experienced happy and calm respectively. The numbers of
student that feels confident when listen to music is 6 students only with the
percentage of 7.5%.

strongly agree

15%
4%
6%

agree

35%

strongly disagree

disagree

neutral

40%

12.i
ii) Music help you reduce burnouts and improve mood?

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

The visual shows the result of student that feels music can reduce burnouts and
improve their mood. Almost student agree that music help them to reduce burnouts
and improve mood with 60(75%) and 8 students with the percentage of (10%) are
disagree while 12(15%) student are feels neutral.

4%
8%
strongly agree

agree

11%
38%
strongly disagree

disagree

neutral

40%

Q12.iv)
Music help student to calm their nerves when they feels nervous

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

The diagram obtain the result of student that agree music can help them to calm
when they feels nervous. The highest number of student, 62(77.55%) are agree that
music calming them when facing nervous and 9(11.25%) students are disagree.The
rest are neutral with 9(11.25%).

15) Rank these genres of music in order of your preference from 1(most preferred)
to 5(least preferred)?

30

25

20
classical
pop
hip hop
religious
heavy metal

15

10

0
ranking 1 ranking 2 ranking 3 ranking 4 ranking 5

The graph shows the ranking of musics genres according to the student opinion.
According to the graph, for the ranking 1, genres of classical is the highest with 24
student followed by genres of pop with 18 student and the third is heavy metal with
14 student. The fourth is religious with 13 student and lastly hip hop with 11
students.For the ranking 2, genres of pop is the highest with 24 student followed by
genres of hip hop with 21 students and the third is religious with 20 students. The
fourth is heavy metal with 15 students and lastly classical with 6 students. For the
ranking 3, genres of pop is the highest with 21 student followed by genres of hip
hop with 20 students and the third is religious with 14 students. The fourth is heavy
metal with 15 students and lastly classical with 10 students. For the ranking 4,
genres of hip hop is the highest with 20 student followed by genres of religious with
18 students and the third is heavy metal with 15 students. The fourth is pop with 10
students and lastly classical with 7 students. For the ranking 5, genres of heavy
metal is the highest with 27 student followed by genres of classic with 23 students
and the third is religious with 15 students. The fourth is hip hop with 8 students and
lastly pop with 7 students.

19%
helpful
not helpful

81%

Q14)
Do you think listening music during study or revision time is helpful or not helpful
you to relax and to focused on your study?

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
not helpful

helpful

The graph shows the importance of music in study whether it helpful the student or
not helpful. According to the graph 65(81.25%) student said music is not helpful
them to focus on study and the rest,15(18.75%) student said music is very helpful

them. In conclusion, almost the student agree that music is not very helpful them to
focus on study.