Stress management techniques of BSOA students in Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges / Tricia Paula M. Gamayan, Dominic D. Brazal, and Kathleen R. Baiño.

Undergraduate Thesis (BSOA)- Office Administration. Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, 2024.

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This study aimed to determine the stress management techniques of BSOA students. It answers the following questions: what is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age, year level, sex: what are the causes of stress of the respondents along academic workload, learning environment, financial, and school support; what are the stress management techniques used by the respondents in coping with academic workload, leaming environment, financial, school support; and what action plan can be proposed to strengthen stress management techniques of BSOA students. There were two hundred fifty three respondents from first year to third year students in the first semester of academic year 2024-2025. This study used a descriptive correlational research design that utilized a checklist questionnaire for gathering data. For statistical tools , percentage technique, weighted mean, Slovin's formula, and Likert scale were used. The findings revealed that most of respondents belong to the age of 20-21 years old, in terms of year level the second year students got the larger percentage and most of the respondents were female. The causes of stress in office administration about balancing academic workload and other responsibilities, temperature inside the classroom, and school-related expenses the respondents are all "Agree". In terms of the causes of stress about long lines to get transaction numbers the respondents "Strongly Agree". For the stress management techniques about organized schedules to better manage workload, seeking out discounts or deals and ask for resources for the activities/assignments the respondents "Often" used this techniques. In terms for find a quiet and comfortable place the respondents "Very Often" used this. As an output, the researchers proposed an action plan to strengthen stress management techniques of BSOA students.