The effects of having a Romantic Relationship of Students while studying: A case study of Senior High School students of Mayapyap National High School CHAPTER 1 The Background and its Problem I. INTRODUCTION Effects of having a romantic relationship while studying “A true relationship is someone who accepts your past supports your present, loves you and encourage your future”. This research discuss about the effects on students having a romantic relationship or affair to opposite sex while studying. This research will figure out many effects that may lead to a positive or negative outcome that is useful to the students themselves. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between two people. We chose this as our topic because we would like to see the difference or the effects of having a relationship while studying. We notice that now a day’s having a relationship is increasing, we would like to study if being in a relationship helps or not. A lot of students nowadays get involved to many kind of relationship. Somehow, students are getting careless on making decisions on this topic. Due to immaturity and lack of guidance this may result to some negative and positive outcomes. Negative outcomes may be in a form which worst may lead to teenage pregnancy. On the bright side, positive outcome may be in a form of serving as an inspiration and boost student determination to focus on their studies to get high marks/grades in school. It may also teach students on how to be responsible, patient and be mature on decisions they make. Puppy love and childhood crushes turn to teenage dating activities for at least half of all high school students with the onset of adolescence, teen spend less time with family and more time with peers, in early teen years, mixed gender groups predominate. By mid-teens, up to two thirds of high school students report they have dated or are in a romantic relationship. Having a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school can have significant effects on a teen-agers social development and personal identity. I.II OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY This research paper aims to: 1. Determine the effects on students having a romantic relationship or affair on opposite sex while studying. 2. Know how far the patience of the students on their relationship is. 3. Determine how guided the students are when it comes to this issue. 4. Know the key on how to manage between studies and relationship. I.III HYPOTHESIS Having a commitment on relationship while studying may result on students to get unfocused to their studies on the negative side and on the other way around it may lead to success having each other as inspirations in struggling and striving for their dreams to come true. I.VI RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. Why did you decide to get involved in a commitment or relationship? 2. Is having a love quarrel before taking examinations affect your score? 3. Does having a romantic relationship can affect your studies? 4. Do your parents know that you’re in a relationship? 5. If you were to choose between boyfriend/girlfriend and studies, what will you choose? Why? II. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY There are 3 groups of people that would benefit this research first are the students who are in a relationship, especially those who studying at the MNHS because this research will help them to determine what are the effects of having a romantic relationship to their studies. Second are the teachers, because they will know that this issue takes a big part or serves as a big factor that student get low or high grades in school and for them also to be aware and to be open-minded to this issue. And last, to all the parents because this research also reveals the part of the students. By this research parents will know the thoughts of their children getting involved to this matter and to guide their children in a good and pleasing way. III. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM When it comes to SHS having a romantic relationship is part of it, and as person being attracted to opposite sex is normal. Having a burden or relationship not only in your life but also in your time may affect someone’s studies. In nowadays many students are having romantic relationship while studying, what we want to know how these students able to maintain their relationship to opposite sex and their performance in their studies. IV. BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Education is one of the highest achievement and the trademark on how you are being recognized not only at work but also the people whom you met in your everyday life and the key in attaining our goal. Its importance in life is what make us who we really and what are we capable of that lead us to progress and develop further more. It isn’t a tangible product rather it’s an intellectual property that each of us uniquely have, but before we have this information we take it as a step by step process. When talking about Senior High student life, we experience plenty of things socializing and having friends is one of it, but what the relationship of being friends went up to the next level where in the both opposite sex developed to each that development resulted to what we psychologically called love in which both person has the emotion of affection and personal attachment. Having relationship is part of the environment in life and many says it serves as an inspiration and feeling that someone is there for them to accompanied him/her, but as a student the question is how it does affect the performance and emotion of each in their studies? What’s the difference of with and without relationship? How would students budget their time in order for them, as a partner, maintain that relationship they have. V. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK The status of students of Mayapyap National High School while studying Effects of having a romantic relationship to the students while studying. Students with romantic relationship. Students without romantic relationship. Profile of the respondents Age 12-18 years old Male and Female V. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Romantic relationship Time Affects depending on priorities Levels of Motivation Positive effects Performance on complex cognitive task Levels of Anxiety Negative effects VI. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION Our focus is the students here in Mayapyap National High School. We will survey to those students who are in a relationship. What are the effects either good or bad? What are more good in influencing their partners the guys or the girls? VII. DEFINITION OF TERMS Adolescence - a period or stage of development, as of a society, preceding maturity. Affair - a romantic and sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other. Commitment - an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action. Early teens – Age 12-14 years old. Immaturity - it is the state of being less than fully-grown, or at least of acting in a childish or silly manner. Intellectual property - a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, and primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Mid-teens – Age 15-17 years old. Open-minded - having a mind receptive to new ideas, arguments, etc. Personal attachment - An enduring emotional bond that develops between one adult and another in an intimate relationship: romantic attachment. Personal identity - the concept you develop about yourself that evolves over the course of your life. Predominate - If one type of person or thing predominates in a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other. Sex - character of being male or female. Tangible products - Tangible items are those we can see, touch, or smell. CHAPTER 2 Review of Related literature Before going into the main variables of the study, the researchers discuss in the first part why do adolescents get involve in romantic relationships and how these relationships contribute in the growth and development of adolescents. In the next part, the researchers talk about the connection of independent variables in this study such as the romantic relationship which involves time, motivation and anxiety. These three variables were looked into to determine or to see if there is relationships exist between romantic relationship the academic performance of individuals and its effect. In the last part of the chapter, the researchers try to evaluate previous studies related to the topic of this study. An article of Lockwood, 2017 talked about the Love and Other Grades: A Study of the Effects of Romantic Relationship Status on the Academic Performance of University Students Of the few studies that have examined the effects of romantic relationships on academic performance, most have been concerned with adolescent students. This study analyzes a data set of more than 300 students at a midsized, private University in the northeast United States to determine if participating in a romantic relationship predicts grade point average or course attendance. The results of multivariate analyses indicate that being in a romantic relationship while in college is significantly associated with class absences, but not with grade point average. Specifically, logistic regression models show that participation in a romantic relationship more than doubles the odds of failing to attend three or more class meetings per course in a semester. Practical implications of these findings include the consideration of romantic relationships among the undergraduate student body by university administrators and faculty when attempting to address course attendance concerns. Additionally, this study suggests that future researchers examine the characteristics of romantic relationships and romantic partners in order to more fully understand how such relationships might affect the academic performance of university students. Joshuaelevate, 2016 stated the Early Romantic Relationship (Advantages and Disadvantages) First many teenagers “excel in their class”, because they become motivated to study hard because of their partner which is considered as a positive result for every students and teenagers having an early romantic relationship. The second advantage is many teenagers “get inspired”, because their partners give them an inspiration for so many things. Third advantage is many are “happy to have a partner”, because their relationship gives joy and happiness. Many for a teenagers looks for a partner that gives them joy and contentment. The fourth one is many students and teenagers “gain better selfesteem or self-confidence”. Many teenagers having an early romantic relationship gain self-confidence because when we have a partner we feel safe and secured. Our partner gives us an assurance, Our partner gives us an assurance that we can do more. Lastly, many teenagers said that “they gain more friends” because of their partners. Because when we are in a relationship we encounter and meet our boyfriends or girlfriends friends. There are more advantages of having an early romantic relationship. These are the positive results to every teenager who are engage in romantic relationship. It is to know that having an early romantic relationship gives them a positive result for every aspect of their lives; to their social and emotional life. Most teenagers and students answered that one of the disadvantages of having an early romantic relationship affect their study “they gain lower grades”, because of their boyfriends or girlfriends. How ironic that many are said that having an early romantic relationship helps them to excel in class, but it also affect to their study to gain a lower grades. The second disadvantage for many teenagers is “they learn to keep secrets from their parents”. Engaging in a relationship helps them to keep secrets, because their parent doesn’t allow them to enter in a relationship so when someone court them and become officially on it is better for them to keep it as a secrets. Third, teens “tend to be quarrelsome”. Both men and women teenagers become quarrelsome because of their partners. That is what you called “mind your own and stay away from what is mine” attitude of a teenagers. Fourth disadvantage is many teens “come home late”. Because they want to hanging out with their boyfriends and girlfriends, they wanted to spend more time with their partner’s companion. Lastly, having an early romantic relationship disadvantage for teens is “they disregard major priorities”. Teens are easily distracted when it comes to their partner. They wanted to give enough attention and time to their boyfriends or girlfriends. Reason why teens forgot to prioritize, focus and manage more important things. These disadvantages is only few from many disadvantages and negative effects of a teenagers engaging in an early romantic relationship. We cannot say that early romantic relationships are right or wrong. We cannot criticize or judge teenagers because they enter in a relationship at a very young age. Teen age year now is very aggressive and willing to take risks. For teenagers, there is nothing wrong to try and to enter in a romantic relationship. It is only becomes wrong for how you handle you relationship to someone. Remember that love is a decision. If you will have it wrong, many people and even you will be affected. The published materials above help us to determine the effects of having a romantic relationship to the students.
