depression affect all aspects in an individual; it affects how the person thinks, feels and behave. It also affects the performance of the daily activities and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems (Blazer, 2014), as well as significant impairment in social, occupational, and other important areas of functioning (Mitchell and Coyne, 2009). According to DSM-5;
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of interest: to study or not to study. Their decisions are affected by various factors that are often not controlled by students like part-time jobs, involvement in organizational activities, etc. Another major factor that affects students’ academic performance according to researchers is dating or being in a relationship. Upon entering a relationship during college, one might be forced to choose to either study, or spend time with his partner. This may leave the student with a lot of stress that
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HIS/HER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE A RESEARCH PAPER Presented to DR. THERESITA POBLETE Department of Community Development College of Public Affairs Mindanao State University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course CD 160 (Techniques and Methods of Social Investigation) Second Semester, 2013- 2014 By COSARY B. PANGILAMUN March 2014 I. INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The students’ intellectual capacity and improvement varies from their Academic Performance
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“Good attendance at university is an out-dated ideal”: the views of staff and students. By Dr Ann Walker This paper reports on the second stage of an attendance monitoring project in which academic staff and students identified as good, average and poor attendees contributed to focus group discussions. In total ten focus groups were held, with thematic analysis identifying the key themes of motivators for attending, motivators against attending, assessment considerations, attendance and marks
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Motivation is a theoretical construct, used to explain behavior. It is the scientific word used to represent the reasons for our actions, our desires, our needs, etc. Motives are hypothetical constructs, used to explain why people do what they do. A motive is what prompts a person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] For example, when someone eats food to satisfy the need of hunger, or when a student does his/her work in school because they want a good
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Seniors 2014 Academically Challenged A Research Paper Presented to Mr. Noel D. Saducas In partial fulfillment of the Requirements in Science 10 By Jacinto, Therese Francis Mayor, Shayna Pegarido, Diosamae Billones, Sim Sanchez, James Kenneth February 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Abstract . 1 II. Introduction 2 III. Statement of the Problem 3-4 A. Objectives B. Hypotheses IV. Related Literature 5-6 V. Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data 7-16 VI. Conclusion
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of school bullying. Bullying is a rising concern that plagues many of our schools. It is important for schools to address the issue of bullying because a vast amount of research has found that it can have a negative effect on students in terms of academic achievement, social and emotional development, and overall life adjustment. There are lots of reasons why students are bullying other students. Sometimes they think, “If they can do that, I can also do that too!” Students may also think that if
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Personal Goals Houa Chang HCS/301 June 17, 2013 Dale Mueller Goals, as we define them, are to have a set outcome. We invent them out of fantasy of how we want our lives to be, we cannot predict our future, so setting goals helps guide us. When we set goals it does not end when we achieve that goal. We accomplish the goal, we immediately look to the next goal, therefore I have set out my professional short and long -term goals. Some of them include professional, personal
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negative effect on children, there are some positive programs. The largest amounts of violence are found in children shows. Children between the age of 2 and 18 spends 6 hours and 32 minutes on an average a day using media with the exception of sleeping this is more than they spend on any other activity. When multiple media is stimulated, this time is increased to 8 hours a day. Big parts of media exposure are violent acts that are also witnessed in video games. On an average, a young child will
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Parental Rights and Roles BSHS 342 May 9, 2011 Parental Rights and Roles Parenting is a task that has gone on for generations and helps prepare the next generation for physical, emotional, economic, and social situations. Parents have a major influence in the development of children. The parent-child relationship exerts the most significant and compelling influence on his or her children’s development during childhood. Factors in society today, like poverty, unemployment, urbanization
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