STRESSORS OF COLLEGE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR IN

MARKETING MANAGEMENT IN DIVINE WORLD COLLEGE OF CALAPAN.

Abstract
This work is designed to examine the stressors of College Business
Administration Major in Marketing Management in Divine World College of
Calapan, and also to know how to cope with those stressors at home and at
school. Because if stress gets harder and lead to anxiety problem, it can cause
depression. The objective of this study is to examine the stressors of College
Business Administration Major in Marketing Management in Divine World
College of Calapan and the associated risk when stress is not managed
properly and how they would be able to test themselves for further approaches
and strategies. To achieve this objective, four (4) research questions were tested
and the literature review was mainly focused on the causes, effects and ways of
managing their stress. The instrument of data collection was questionnaire
while convenience sampling method and random sampling technique were
adopted for the study. Data collected and analyzed were driven from the four
(4) research questions posed. A sample size of 100 from a population of over
the larger number of the total population was used due to the COVID-19
pandemic. From the findings, it was discovered that stress could be controlled
to enhance students’ performance. The study discovered that by educating
students on how to manage stress, staying focus, having enough rest,
exercising a lot and effective time management can help to manage stress in
order to enhance the balance where they study hard, play hard and have
leisure times without worrying about stress out through their body and mind.

Keywords: Stress, Student performance, Managing stress

 Introduction
Background of the study
Stress is an important problem in today’s society that students face
during their college education when they are struggling to achieve academic
outcomes for their future life. Academic burden is one of the factors that
causes students to fail. Sharma, Parasar and Mahto (2017) delineate stress as
the mental response and action by hormonal signaling, the perception of
danger triggers an automatic response system, known as response to fight or
flee. Generally, stress refers to two things the psychological perception of
pressure, on the one hand, and the body’s response to it, on the other, which
involves multiple systems, from muscle breakdown to memory. Stress demands
high expectations of oneself, which causes a feeling of tension and pressure.
Students can see the finish line. But they’re not there yet. College
students makes busier and focus on their studies because they have reached
the halfway point of college that will stipulate sufficient time for mastery of
concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, yet they bear more pressure and
have more serious physical and mental health problems that dealing with
intimate relationships, financial difficulties , and fulfilling responsibilities
and roles are the main sources of stress for college students. Due to the recent
social changes in the education domain (e.g., the sharing of educational
resources and advances in communication technology), the use of distance
education is more and more, which changes the communication patterns
between teachers and students, increases the isolation and independence of
students, and thus becomes an important source of pressure for students.
Today, the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming
unstoppable having infected more than 12 million people. In response to this
unprecedented challenge, has wreaked havoc across the world and like any
critical sector, education has been hit hard. Students, schools, colleges and
universities have been deeply impacted. According to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), over 800 million
learners from around the world have been affected, 1 in 5 learners cannot
attend school, 1 in 4 cannot attend higher education classes, and over 102
countries have ordered nationwide school closures while 11 have implemented
localized school closure. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major effect on
our lives. Many of us are facing challenges that can be stressful and
overwhelming. Learning to cope with stress in a healthy way will help you, the
people you care about, and those around you become more resilient.
Stress is a state of mental or emotional tension which results for a very
demanding circumstances. This is a big opponent of a student. The lack of
sleep and too much activities, including the obligation and projects. Aside from
it there is also personal matters similar family problems that could affects
students.
This study is made to know the stressors of College Business
Administration Major in Marketing Management in Divine World College of
Calapan, and also to know how to cope with those stressors at home and at
school. Because if stress gets harder and lead to anxiety problem, it can cause
depression. Especially College students are in adolescent stage where they are
curious enough to urge things and make it possible which is not advisable
because their curiosity may give them stress. A simple stress may give a huge
impact to those students who are not vocal to share their taught and feelings.
They can be depress and may give them wrong mind set which affects them
physically, mentally and emotionally. Thus, stress will make the life of a
student became hard in their home or even in school. This may affect their
grades and family relationship.
Moreover, this study will lead to help each and every college students
from identifying what are things that makes them stress. And how they are
going to cope up with the stress they’ve been encounter. Thru this study, they
can also take the balance where they study hard, play hard and have leisure
times without worrying about stress out through their body and mind.
Being a student, it’s not preventive to get away from stress. Sometimes
stress really into one person. Too several activities and projects commonly
makes one student stress but is it the only things that a student feel the
stress.

Review of Related Literature

This Chapter, the literature and studies were carefully selected and deliberated
upon on the basis of relativity and reliability of the information presented. This
literature and studies help the researcher to have an evidence and proof to the
study.
Foreign Literature
Based on D’zurilla and Sheedy (1991) they defined stress from the
medical dictionary that dwells on any situation which brings to envoke negative
thoughts and feeling among those person, this means that people been
encounter stress will have different experience in times of dealing pressures. It
is important that the persons who have been influenced by the individual’s
ability will effectively adapt a kind of situations, but they maybe differ in
dealing with it. There is also a claim that Dixon, Wayne and Anderson (1993)
has known the results shown is significant between stress and hopelessness.
Hopelessness was strongly related to depression scores under high level of
stress.
According to Ross, Neibling and Heckert (1999), the stress experiences or
stressor have several explanations for increased stress levels in college
students. The student have to make adjustments and changes of lifestyle
contribute to stress experienced by Seniors or College students.
In addition to this was Shanon and Elizabeth (2008) where they
investigated the relationships among stress, coping, and mental health in 139
students participating in the International Baccalaureate high school diploma
program. The results showed that the students in 1B Program perceived
significantly more stress than a sample of 168 of their general education peers.
The study examined the four different aspects of adolescents concerning
family, personal, peers, and school concerns. Gender differences were also
explored in terms of these prediction as well as academic stress experienced be
adolescent. It stated that the score on personal concerns subscale were
positively associated with the academic stress arising from self and others
expectations, in both boys and girls. For girls, school related concerns were
also predictive of academic stress arising from others expectations. They are
also observe as more significantly higher scores on the academic stress
inventory than boys did.
Moreover, Wang and Gong (2001) make a comparative study that tackled
about the mental stress if different types of students. They conclude that the
mental stresses for boys are stronger, bigger and longer than girl because it
cited that boys are not able to share easily their problems and this make them
more mental stress and maybe emotionally damaged. The mental stresses go
along with grades, reach the maximum at junior year and slightly decrease at
the senior year.
Local Literature
 It is said that Blona (2005) claims that the students experience stress
since some are trying to cope with the demands of adapting to a new living
environment, new peers, academic pressures and sexual concerns. These
situation leaved them with trembling hands tense muscles migraine, headache
and multiple other symptoms of stress performance or reduce the student in
effectiveness.
On the other hand, Dy (2015) entitled “Stressors and stress responses of
Filipino College Student” determine that the stressors and response of student
in relation to sex, course, academic classification. The top five overall stressors
of the respondents were academic difficulty of subject matter, work load due to
subjects, time management because of subjects, responsibilities, due to being
on one’s own, and time management because on both subject and
organizations.
Also, Dugue (2017) cited common effects of stress. These are insomnia,
headaches, backaches, constipation, diarrhea, high blood pressure, heart
disease, depression and alcohol, tobacco on drug use. Since everyone has
unique stress response to stress, there is “no size fits all” solution to managing
it. No single method works for everyone or in every situation, so experiment
with different techniques and strategies. He suggested doing the following for
coping instances. First is after seeing the doctor, share your treatment to the
persons that close to you. Tale with friends and relatives explain what you are
going through.
He suggest it if your doctor prescribed medications take it exactly take it
the way it is prescribed. Do not stop taking your medicines until your doctor
tells you to stop doing so. Next is, keep all follow-up appointments with your
doctor. Remember that it take some time to start feeling better. Then, if you
experience side effects from any medication, tell your doctor. Seek professional
counselling. If your method of coping stress are not contributing to your
greater emotional and physical health. There are many ways to manage and
cope with stress, but they all require change. You can either change the
situation of change your reaction. It is better to choose the four A’s; avoid,
alter, adapt or accept.
Foreign Study
Based on Archer (2003)they stated that stress reactions to various
situation affected the overall level of the person's health. They felt always
overwhelmed of eating poorly, sleepless , and overwhelmed those stressful
events which presented by the literature and studies that deals with those
related stress to the study in means of feelings and emotion or the students.
 It is also stated from the work of 0i and Wu (2004), heavy study tasks difficult
courses, unreasonable learning ways including high standards could be
representing the Stressors encountered by senior High School students. The
changing in life readjustment that can be aware it in encountering stress.
While according to Presnall (2008) college students are being more stress
because of school related issues. They are being affected in emotional and
mental health. Students who experienced stress believes that alcohol drinking,
using or drugs and hanging out with friends are their immediate response or
solution to their stress.
Local Study
According to Grandea (2006), used a descriptive research approach in
studying the stress and coping mechanism of college freshman of Southville
International School and College. The student respondents were independent of
their profile.
Moreover, in the study of Mazo (2015), causes, effects of stress and the
coping mechanism of the Bachelor of Science in information technology
students in a Philippine University, Journal of Education and Learning. The
study of informational technology is designed to prepare the students for the
actual demands in the world of work, the IT industry. The thesis writing or
research in school as requirements and projects were the most common use of
stress. Sleepless nights and irritable, and moody feelings were the common
effects of stress.
Furthermore, Santos (2018) "Academic stress among high school
students", it stated that stress is evitable especially in the adolescent period.
Citing that school is the most frequent mentioned sources of stress from 13-17
years old. Results stated that the common source of stress that may lead to
fear and anxiety among students are the high expectations of parents,
teachers, or even friends, academic pressures, completion among classmates,
physical set-up, and also limited opportunities.
Lastly was Scott (2016), stated your stress response is the collection of
physiological changes that occur when you face a perceive threat-when you
face situations where you feel the demands outweigh your resources to
successfully cope. The stress response can actually cause hard if it leads to a
state of chronic stress. If our stress response is triggered, and then our body go
back to its normal state via the relaxation response.
Theoretical Framework
The stress management is a way of coping up to one’s stressful acts. If
the emotions you experience are pleasant and desirable joy elation, ecstasy and
delight you can free to show them. The everyday frustrations cause stress
build-up. Problems in our life can be devastating. A common cause of stress is
dealing with life’s transitions.
Another Theory is that stress and anxiety are generally worsening among
high school students as years go on. A lot of stress can put a lot of weight on
mind. Stress is like a burden it’s very emotionally taxing and that can affect
you physically as well. If too much school work involved in, inside the school
and outside the school that can cause, and that becomes a burden to a student
emotionally, physically, and mentally. This increase in stress can be harmful to
students’ health.
A Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS), with a formal system of
systematic definitions. The term ‘stress’ is used for four aspects of ‘stress’,
stress stimuli, stress experience, the non-specific, general stress response.
These four meanings may be measured separately. The stress response is a
general alarm in homeostatic system, producing general and unspecific
neurophysiological activation from one level of arousal to more arousal. The
stress occurs whenever there is something missing, for instance a homeostatic
imbalance, or a threat to homeostatic and life of the organism. (Illustration

below)
 Figure 1: The Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress

Furtheremore, the model “ Theory of Cognitive Appraisal” was proposed

by Lazarus and Folkman in 1984 and it expalined the mental process which
influences of the stressors. According to Richard Lazarus, stress is a two-way
process; it involves the production of stressors by the environment, and the
response of an individual subjected to these stressors. His conception
regarding stress led to the theory of cognitive appraisal. He stated that a
cognitive appraisal occurs when a person considers two majors factors that
majority contribute in his response to stress. These two factors include: the
threatening tendency of the stress to the individual, and the assessment of
resources required to minimize, tolerate or eradicate the stressor and the stress
it produces. (Illustration below)

Figure 2: Transactional Model of Stress and Coping of Richard Lazarus

In the Lazarus and Folkman transactional model of stress and coping, any
response to a stressor has two main components, namely an appraisal of the
severity of a stressor which is encountered, and an appraisal of how well the
stressor can be managed by the individual. It is a framework for evaluating the
processes of coping with stressful events. Stressful experiences are construed
as person-environment transactions. These transactions depend on the impact
of the external stressor. (Illustration below)

Figure 3: Diagram of Transactional Model of Stress and Coping

Conceptual Framework
Independent Variable Dependent Variable

College – Business
Administration Major in
Marketing Management Identified Stressors of
Students College – Business
Administration Major in
Stressors and Coping Marketing Management
Strategies Students in DWCC
 At home
 At school (e-learning)

Figure 4: This figure shows the relationship in and among the

independent variable and dependent variable of the study.
Statement of the Problem
1. What are the stressors of College – Business Administration Major in
Marketing Management Students at home?
2. What are the stressors of College – Business Administration Major in
Marketing Management Students at school (e-learning)?
3. How do they cope up with the stressors at home?
4. How do they cope up with the stressors at school (e-learning)?

Hypothesis
H1. There is a significant Stressors and Coping strategies in College – Business
Administration Major in Marketing Management Students at home and at e-
learning.
The result found it significant because the students have less time but
they are required to complete many responsibility and this leads to stress
(Safree Yasin & Dzulkifli 2010). The study found that the ability to deal with
stress was just as important. How students cope up stress is an important
factor in its severity. A negative or excessive perception of stress contributes to
the fact that students suffer from psychological and physical impairment
(Murphy & Archer, 1996). Students who are able to manage stress effectively
perform much better than those who are unable to manage stress (Khan, Altaf,
& Kausar, 2013).
 Research Methodology

This chapter presents the methodology used in analyzing and

interpreting the data relative to the variable of this study. It considered issues
such as research design, subject and sampling, data gathering procedures and
instrumentation, reliability and data analysis.

Research Design
This study used phenomenology type of qualitative research that puts
premium or high value on people’s thinking or point of view conditioned by
their personal traits. It provides the procedural outlines for the conduct of any
investigation. To identify the effect of stress on academic performance of
students in the College of Business Administration Major in Marketing
Management of the Divine World College of Calapan. This research design
concerned with how the researchers goes about answering the research
questions by way of knowing what data to gather, the source of data, the intent
behind it and the justification of the particular research design decision
(Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill, 2007).
According to Baraceros (2016), qualitative research is an act of inquiry or
investigation on real life events.
Research Locale
The study was undertaken at the College of Business Administration
Major in Marketing Management of the Divine World College of Calapan. This is
because the study area was closer to the researcher and access to information
was easy.
Respondents of the Study
According to Leedy and Ormrod (2010), population can be seen as the
target group about which the researcher is interested in gaining information
and drawing conclusions.
The respondents of the study were the one-hundred (100) students from
the College of Business Administration Major in Marketing Management of the
Divine World College of Calapan, Second Semester School Year 2021-2022.
Sampling Technique
Owing to the larger number of the total population of the study, the
researcher selected a representative few or unit from a larger group or
population through sampling techniques. According to Malhotra, Birks and
Wills (2013) sampling is the process of selecting a representative few or unit
from a larger group or population, which is used as a basis of estimating
certain characteristics or elements about the group or population. Arnold and
Randall, (2010) also held similar view when it was concluded that sampling
deals with the selection of respondents chosen in such a way that represent
the total population as good as possible.
A convenience sampling method will be used to identify or get in contact
with our respondents. A convenience sampling is a type of nonprobability
sampling method where the sample is taken from a group of people easy to
contact or to reach. Then a random sampling technique was used in selecting
participants from each group to form our sample size. Self-administered
questionnaires were issued to the respondents.
Research Instrument
The study utilized self-structured questionnaire which was administered
to the respondents. The questionnaire dealt with items that will answer the
Stressors of College – Business Administration Major in Marketing
Management Students in Divine World College of Calapan. Questionnaire is a
set of questions with a definite purpose designed for a target group of people to
be administered by themselves within a particular time frame. According to
Plano and Badiee, (2010), questionnaire guarantees high efficiency in data
collection and high generalizability of results over the more intensive research
designs. However, Creswell and Plano (2011) emphasize that questionnaire
lacks flexibility in that once a questionnaire has been designed and distributed
out it becomes difficult to change the categories of data collected. The use of
carefully structured questionnaire enabled the collection of large quantities of
data and also had a wider coverage at less cost. Few interviews were also
conducted, personal observations were also made. However, care was taken in
order not to be biased in giving an objective analysis of what was observed.
Reliability of the Instrument
The researcher requested the assistance of three College teachers to
validate and revalidate the content of the research instrument and found
reliable.
Data Gathering Procedure
The questionnaire was self- delivered to the respondents. The
respondents were taken through the questions to avoid any doubts that could
have occurred. The answered questionnaires were retrieved from the
respondents a week after it had been administered to them. Some of the
questionnaire were delivered in the lecture halls and were retrieved
immediately after the lectures.

Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data

This chapter presents the discussion of the data gathered through the
use of questionnaire. This were analyze and interpret below.

College of Business Administration Major in Marketing

Management Students

Stressors at Home Female Male Total

 Lack of good time management 11 8 19

 Lack of support 4 3 7
 Restrictions at home 9 3 12
 Parents combat 4 3 7
 Household chores 10 5 15
 Interruption while busy 15 8 23
 Disrespectful brothers/sisters 4 3 7
 Losing something valuable 3 2 5
 Finances 2 3 5
Table 1. Stressors of College – Business Administration Major in
Marketing Management students at home.
 The table shows the result of College – Business Administration Major in
Marketing Management student’s response in the questionnaire of their kind of
stressors at home. It implies that the girls are more affected of stress compare
to boys. The most significant stressors for them at home is interruption while
busy and followed by lack of good time management. Valuable and it stated
that they lose their cool when it’s something important that keeps on bothering
them. Then, the mean is restrictions at home and lack of support at the same
level, so it means that whom the students living with has an impact for them.
And the least significant is losing something valuable together the finances at
home.

College of Business Administration Major in Marketing

Management Students

Stressors at school (e-learning) Female Male Total

 Being late 5 8 13
 Poor internet connection 16 12 28
 Academic workload 7 4 11
 Examination 5 3 8
 Deadlines of assignment/projects/
8 11 19
activities
 Poor sleep schedule 2 2 4
 Boredom 4 3 7
 Interruption 5 3 8
 Strict teachers 1 1 2
Table 2. Stressors of College – Business Administration Major in
Marketing Management students at e-learning (school).
 The table 2 shows the stressors of the College – Business Administration
Major in Marketing Management students at e-learning (school) in which poor
connection/internet is the most common stressor of the students. Second is
their deadlines of assignment/projects/activities. Third is being late, the other
commonly problems of the students and academic workload at the same level.
Next is examination and interruption but most of the affected are the girls. And
then boredom also trigger the students to lose their cool together the poor sleep
schedule but boys and girls are affected. Lastly, is the strict teachers, just
unpleasant to have and to be stress because of the stressors at e-learning
(school).

College of Business Administration Major in Marketing

Management Students

Coping strategies at Home Female Male Total

 Sports and physical activity 3 9 12

 Staying focused and having enough
3 0 3
rest
 Handling situations positively 1 1 2
 Build in regular exercise 1 1 2
 Sleep enough 9 6 15
 Make time for fun and entertaining
activities (food, games, art, craft, 11 15 26
etc.)
 Meditation 4 3 7
 Bond with pet 4 2 6
 Listening to music 11 8 19
 Reading books 5 0 5
 Talking to parents 2 1 3
 Table 3. Coping with the Stressors of College – Business Administration
Major in Marketing Management students at home.
Table 3 shows the different strategies and ideas of students in coping
with the stressors they are experiencing at home. Results showed that the best
coping strategies are make time for fun and entertaining activities (food, games,
art, craft, etc.) and listening to music. Students tend to love foods or maybe
called as stress eating and also listening to music has been proven that music
dramatically helps improve their mental wellbeing and boost physical health
meaning music helps you lowers stress. They also consider sleep better which
to unwind and can calm their system out of stressors. And sometimes they
just do sports and physical activity to forget and think for more jolly and
interesting plans. Students also take time to release stress by meditating their
self. On the other hand, other students keep busy their self to cope with it or
choose bond with their pet and reading books as an option. While the last thing
they might do is to staying focused and having enough rest and talking to their
parents.

College of Business Administration Major in Marketing

Management Students

Coping strategies at school (e-learning) Female Male Total

 Eats more food 16 10 26

 Make time for fun and entertaining
9 15 24
activities like playing games.
 Spending quality time with
9 5 14
friends/family
 Deep breathing exercise 10 3 13
 Relaxation 3 2 5
 Reading books 8 3 11
 Listening to music 3 2 5
 Sleeping 1 1 2
Table 4. Coping with the Stressors of College – Business Administration
Major in Marketing Management students at e-learning (school).
 Table 4 states that there are also some points for the strategies that can
be used in a very effective way. Students answered that the best coping
strategies is to eat more foods that’s their way to remove their negative vibes.
They more often to make time for fun and entertaining activities like playing
games to calm and enjoy their self. They also chose spending quality time with
friends/family and followed by deep breathing exercise. And also, to release
their stress they reading books and relaxation and listening to music as well
even if they are in school that time. While the last thing they might do is to
sleep enough as well.
In your own view how can stressed be managed?
Views from the respondents:

 By calming down and getting your mind off stressing things, for
example, different hobbies and sports. - exercise, time outs and time
management
 A work life balance practice
 Break, meditation
 Students taking some time off and relaxing their minds
 Sports and physical activity
 Individuals should find their own ways of decreasing stress levels. For
example, involving in your favorite hobbies like jogging, yoga or bicycling
etc. or playing video games for reasonable time. Maybe even hanging out
with friends.
 Engage in fun and entertaining activities
Depending what causes the stress and how it affects each person, it is
important to remember even in the middle of rush day or week, have a
moment for yourself and do something that you like and that takes your
mind out of the stressful things, such as reading a book you like.
 Handling problem gently and positively.
 Practice deep breathing
 Attending parties with friends by accepting the situations, by sharing
with close friends
 Seek for guidance on stressful issues and give yourself a "me time".
 To organize school activities like games and entertainments programs
this will involve most students.
 Staying focused and having enough rest
 Having enough time for yourself and talking to others if there becomes
the need.
 Positively mindset when you having situations or problems
 Minimizing quizzes and assignments
 Gaining much leisure time
  When you are being taught on how to manage it
 By having enough sleep
 Workload on students in terms of lecture and quizzes should be reduced
 Proper time management
 Eating well
 Education on the need for resting etc.
 Guidance and counseling
 Connect with supportive friends
 Take a picture with friends
 Listening to my favorite songs
 Reading e-book
 Stress can be managed by external factors, for example: the situation is
getting better and causing no worries. However, it is more important for
the people themselves to deal with stress on their own: try to solve the
problem, arrange the time for busy schedule, meet with doctor or if they
cannot change anything, accept it as a matter of life
The above responses were related to how stress can be managed.
Majority of the respondents argue that having enough time and getting engaged
in extracurricular activities like sports and other entertaining hobbies play
significant role in helping to deal with stress. Also seeking guidance and
counseling or discussing with friend helps a lot.
As for the questionnaires it implies that stress commonly affects the girls
rather than boys. It is a line to literature of Shannon and Elizabeth (2008) in
which gender differences were also belongs and have relation in stress
especially in adolescent period. It stated that the personal concerns is
associated with the academic stress in which there are the expectation from
others in taking test, academic subjects, activities and boy experiences stress.

     In contrary, the Wang and Gong (2001) comparative study which tackled
about the mental stress of different types or students has the result that the
boys have a stronger, bigger and longer stress than girls because it is cited that
boys are not able to share easily their problems but according to the
questionnaire the proponent lend to the students, boys has their own ways and
strategies to cope with those stressors and according to them they do not mind
it at all.

     Moreover, Qi and Wu (2004) has a point that stress came from the changing
in life readjustment but indeed, students have their ways and strategies to
cope with it. Fulfilling also with Ross, Neibling and Heckert (1999) which stated
that the stress experiences or stressors have several explanations for increased
stress levels in college students, because of the pandemic. Students have to
make adjustments for the pressures of studies, housing arrangements and
changes of lifestyle contribute to stress experienced.

     Furthermore, it is said in Blona (2005) claims that students experiences

stress because of adapting to a living environment, peers, academic pressures
and personal concerns as like they are in the adolescent period which is the
stage where they must know and take their responsibility in their own. It is
also noted that every student has their ways to cope or thei coping mechanism
when it comes to stressors. Likewise, in Duque (2017) wherein he stated some
stressors and coping techniques and ways to remove it.

Meanwhile, this study said so that it is the decision of the student on

how they cope up with the stressor. Unlike Presnall (2008) the coping ways
stated by the students are drinking alcohol, hanging out with friends and using
drugs are the immediate solution to their stress, while this study has the
student respondents that use positive techniques, ways or strategies in coping
with stress just like on Grandea (2006) that respondents used positive stress
coping mechanism.

Conclusion
The study concluded that the students from College of Business
Administration Major in Marketing Management is prompt to stressors at home
and even at school (e-learning). The academic environment of the students can
be highly competitive so they must rely on their coping style to handle school-
related stressors successfully. Also, they must be aware to their stressors at
home. Every students need to feel free from stress. The stress that must cope
with too many transactions. The school (e-learning) conflicts or even home
conflicts can drive the students at risk. These were; restrictions at home,
household chores, parents combat, poor sleep schedule, deadlines of
assignment/projects/activities, academic workload, feeling tired during the day
and occasionally do not feel well.
Further findings from the study indicated that students stress believe
interruption while busy and poor internet connection for their online class has
a big effect on their performance. Stress leads to being late in class, reduces
academic morale of students, failure in completing assignments on time and
also Lack of good time management and lack of support. Hence, academic
stress has an inverse relationship with students’. The more the stress, the less
the student will perform at school and at home. But handling it with the ways
and strategies on coping with stressors is helpful. The less stressful situation,
the healthy a student will became. The students confess some points for the
strategies and ideas that can be used in a precise effective way. Those are
make time for fun and entertaining activities like games, listening to music,
sleep enough, spending quality time with friends/family and eat more food to
avoid thinking too much stressful situations. Coping with their stressors leads
to deep breathing exercise, reading books, listening to music, sports and
physical activity, bond with pet and also meditation.
Meanwhile, this study said so that it is the decision of the student on
how they cope up with the stressor. Unlike Presnall (2008) the coping ways
stated by the students are drinking alcohol, hanging out with friends and using
drugs are the immediate solutions to their stress, while this study has the
student respondents that use positive techniques ways or strategies in coping
with stress just like in Grandea (2006) that respondents used positive stress
oping mechanism.
In addition to that, the study indicated that by educating students on
how to manage stress, staying focus, having enough rest, exercising a lot and
effective time management can help to manage stress in order to enhance
students’ academic performance.

Recommendations
Stress is a normal part of life and something you cannot control, however
you can control your response to stress. Here some recommendation for a more
efficient coping ways, strategies and techniques;

1. To recover fast from stressors at home. You must accept that there are
events you cannot control, especially when you know there are times when
you have given all that you can to a situation, it allows you to expend energy
where it can be more effective. And also learn to relax, have a purposeful
relaxation and meditation is essential in training your body to relax.
Relaxation should be a part of your daily lifestyle.
2. To recover fast from stressors at school. Keep a positive attitude because
sometimes the way you think about things can make all of the difference.
Your attitude can help offset difficult situations. Be active regularly because
being active also helps your body more easily fight stress because it is fit.
You can also make a list. Specifically, list things for which you are grateful
because those who tend gratitude tend to feel less stressed that push their
 button every time they are arguing or they were doing trouble and pranks to
lose their cool.
3. For best coping strategies at home. You may take walk. Getting your body
moving and shifting focus can give you quick boost in mood and provide an
opportunity to get a new frame of mind. You should eat well-balanced
meals, keep staying on track with healthy eating habits which great way to
manage stress. And also, rest and sleep, always take your body needs, time
to recover from stressful events, sleep an important part of caring for
yourself. You can also do meditation. Meditation can boost your mood,
shifts your focus away from stress and creates is other changes in you that
can help you to be less reactive with stress.
4. For best coping strategies at school. You may count your breaths. This can
double as mini- meditation and used anywhere wherein you relax. This can
help you focus on the present moment, bring your thoughts inward and
relax your body at the same time. Also, you must learn control stress
because stress comes from how you respond to stressful events, find your
stressors and effective ways to cope with it. Always remember that the key is
to have idea of how to cope with the different types of stress is having some
stress relievers to feels good. In a way that you are relieve from having
stress. You may not be able to take more than one habit at a time, so just
apply one habit and build it to your life. Feel free from stress whatever your
ways are always remember to be positive every time you deal with it.

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