IMPACT OF MUSIC IN RELIEVING STRESS

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A Survey Report

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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in

EAPP Subject

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By:

PAUL EDWARD A. ABAJO

JOHN KENNETH P. OROG
RAJ VEDRIC C. VARIAS
INTRODUCTION

Music can have a profound effect on both the emotions and the body. Faster
music can make you feel more alert and concentrate better. Upbeat music can make
you feel more optimistic and positive about life. A slower tempo can quiet your mind and
relax your muscles, making you feel soothed while releasing the stress of the day.
Music is effective for relaxation and stress management. (University of Nevada, Reno,
n.d.)

Prolonged experiences of stress are related to poor individual health and

associated with substantial financial costs for the society. As a result, the development
of cost effective stress prevention or stress management has become an endeavor of
current research efforts. Music has been shown to beneficially affect stress-related
physiological, as well as cognitive, and emotional processes. Thus, the use of listening
to music as an economic, non-invasive, and highly accepted intervention tool has
received special interest in the management of stress and stress-related issues.
(Thoma, et al, 2013)

This study aims to determine the stress levels of students and the most effective
and the least effective music genre in relieving stress, as well as to determine if music
does help and how it helps Grade 12 SHS students in relieving stress.

PROCEDURES
Description of the respondents. The respondents involved in the study Grade

12 Senior High School students of Kidapawan City National High School. The

respondents in total were 25 students, 5 from each strand (STEM, HUMSS,

ABM, TVL, GAS), and were selected through random sampling.

Survey Instrument. The study was done through distributing survey

questionnaires that would yield the answers needed for the data analysis.

Implementation. The survey was conducted within the time last September 13

and 16, 2019. The results were turned in within 15 minutes to 30 minutes after

distribution.
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1. The average percentage of stress on each Grade 12 SHS Strand

Levels STEM Average HUMSS Average ABM Averag TVL Averag GAS Average
of stress e e

Not so 0 0% 1 20% 0 0% 1 20% 1 20%

stressed

Stresse 0 0% 2 40% 2 40% 1 20% 2 40%

d

Very 5 100% 2 40% 3 60% 3 60% 2 40%

stressed

Table 1 showed the percentage in terms of the level of stress Grade 12 SHS Students.
Data gathered 15 (75%) students are very stressed. 5 of 5 STEM Students are very
stressed. In the HUMSS Strand, 2 are very stressed, 2 are stressed, and 1 is not so
stressed. For ABM Students, 3 of them are very stressed while 2 are stressed. 3 TVL
students are very stressed, 1 of them is stressed while the other is not so stressed.
Finally in the GAS Strand, 2 are very stressed, 2 are stressed, and 1 is not so stressed.

Table 2. Total Average of Music Genres from Grade 12 SHS Students

Music STE Avg. HUMS Avg. AB Avg. TV Avg. GA Avg, TOTA Avg
Genre M S M L S L .

Countr 1 10.83 0 13..33 0 17.50 0 22.50 0 19.17 1 4%

y % % % % %

Pop 2 23.33 1 24.17% 2 20.83 2 11.67 2 9.17% 9 36%

% % %

Rock 0 14.17 0 13.34% 0 15.83 0 15.83 0 23.33 0 0%

% % % %

K-Pop 1 22.50 3 13.34% 0 11.67 0 14.17 0 15.83 4 16%

% % % %

Reggae 0 151% 0 17.50% 1 16.67 0 14.17 1 15.83 2 8%

% % %

OPM 1 15.83 1 20.83% 2 17.50 3 15% 2 15.83 9 36%

 % % %

Table 2 shows what kind of music genre really helps STE Students from Grade 7-Grade
10 helps them in relieving stress. The respondents chose Pop Music as the number 1
music genre to help them in relieving which has a 23.33% votes and K-POP as the least
that can help them in relieving stress which has a 22.50% votes.

Table 3. Does music help in relieving stress

NO

YES

0 5 10 15 20 25

Data shows that 23 respondents agree that music does help them in relieving stress
while the other 2 respondents disagree.

Table 4: How Music helps you in relieving stress

Total Scores Average

Relaxation 82 33%

Motivation 53 21%

Entertainment 68 27%

Concentration 47 19%

After summing up the scores on how music helps 25 Grade 12 SHS Students, most of
them (33%) selected relaxation. Entertainment (27%) and motivation (21%) are second
and third respectively, while concentration is the least with 19%.
CONCLUSION

Respondents from Grade 12 SHS said that the most effective way of relieving
stress are OPM and Pop music, the least effective is Country music to reduce their
respective stress levels. Majority of the respondents believed that music really helps
them in relieving stress, with relaxation as the main for music to help them.
APPENDICES
LETTER TO THE RESPONDENTS

September 12, 2019

Dear Respondents

Greetings!
Attached beneath is a questionnaire to gather data for our survey report entitled,
“IMPACT OF MUSIC ON RELIEVING STRESS”.

In view of this, we are humbly asking for your kind consideration by answering
the questions included in the questionnaire. Rest assured that any information will be
treated with outmost confidentiality.

Thank you so much and God bless.

Sincerely yours,

ABAJO, PAUL EDWARD A.

OROG, JOHN KENNETH P.

VARIAS, RAJ VEDRIC C.

Noted:

MARICEL B. CAMPO
EAPP Teacher
QUESTIONNAIRE

Name (optional): Strand and Section:

1. Describe the level of stress you currently are experiencing.

Not So Stressed Stressed Very Stressed

2. What music genre you liked listening to? (You can check more than 1 genre)

Country Pop Rock

K-Pop Reggae OPM

3. Does Music help you in relieving stress?

Yes No

4. How does music help you in relieving stress?

Score the following from 1-4 with 1 being the least helpful and 4 being the most
helpful way in relieving stress

_____ Relaxation

_____ Motivation

_____ Entertainment

_____ Concentration
CURRICULUM VITAE

11 Name: Paul Edward A. Abajo

Birth Date: December 23, 2000

Birth Place: Davao City

Gender: Male

Address: Kanapia Subdivision Kidapawan City

Family Background:

Mother: Radilla A. Abajo

Father: Miguelito E. Abajo

Educational Background

Elementary School: Paco Central Elementary School

Secondary School: Kidapawan City National High School

Awards Received: 1st Honor from Grade 1-5, Graduated Salutatorian in Elementary,

Ginoong Kalikasan 3rd Runner up, Top 10 National Yes O quiz Elementary Level, Boy

Scout of the Year Award, MTAP District Champion Grade 1-6, Talentadong SPG 2 nd

Runner Up, Leadership Award, Outstanding Student Of the Year Award, Graduated

With Honors in Junior High School

Seminars/Trainings Attended: Boy Scout Camping Grade 4-6 District Level, Regional

Level, Eastern Mindanao Regional Jamboree, National Yes O training, SPG training

Division Level, SPG training Regional Level (Polomolok, Koronadal). Drug Symposium,

Symposium About IMRAD, R.A. 8485 Symposium, DOST Symposium

Name: Raj Vedric C. Varias

Birth Date: April 14, 2002

Birth Place: Davao City

Gender: Male
 Address: 258 Salandanan Subdivision,

Kidapawan City

Family Background

Mother: Jennifer C. Varias

Father: Rommel Aristotle P. Varias

Educational Background

Elementary School: Kidapawan City Pilot Elementary School SPED Center

Secondary School: Kidapawan City National High School

Awards Received: Graduated in Elementary (2014), Graduated With Honors in Junior

High School (2018), Conduct Awardee (2017)

Seminars/Trainings Attended: PDEA Drug Symposium, Symposium about IMRAD,

R.A. 8485 Symposium, DOST Symposium

Name: John Kenneth P. Orog

Birth Date: October 21, 2000

Birth Place: Amas Provincial Hospital,

Kidapawan City
 Gender: Male

Address: Apo Sandawa Homes Phase 2, Blk.

15 Lot 6, Brgy. Singao, Kidapawan City

Family Background

Mother: May P. Orog

Father: Leovir M. Orog

Educational Background

Elementary School: Kidapawan City Pilot Elementary School SPED Center

Secondary School: Kidapawan City National High School

Awards Received:

Elementary: Drum and Lyre, Boy Scout of the Year

High school: Grade 9 – 10 With Honors

Seminars/ Trainings Attended:

2014 EMR Jamboree and SPG Training