Stress is the feeling that is created when we react to particular events. It can make you feel threatened or upset. It is a combination of psychological, physiological and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them.

1. ENGLISH WBO23
A RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF STRESS AMONG KMPh
STUDENTS
TUTORIAL GROUP 6M1S4a
GROUP MEMBERS :
NATRAH BINTI ABD RAHMAN MS1119530166
NUR AMIRA BINTI HAMIDI MS1119530571
NURUL HAFIZAH BINTI AFINDI MS1119531073
KHAIRUNNISA AMIRA BINTI MOHD ALI MS1119529264
LECTURER
MADAM RABIHAH SHAHIZAN BINTI ROSLAN
ENGLISH UNIT
PAHANG MATRICULATION COLLEGE
GAMBANG

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to record our appreciation to all people that involve in the
writing this report. First of all, our appreciation goes to English Department for all the
guidance especially our teacher, Madam Rabihah shahizan Binti Roslan for guiding and
supporting us until we complete this report successfully. In addition, a lot loves and thanks
to our parents that always supporting and encouraging us with their loves and hopes.
Besides, we also very grateful to all of our friends especially our classmates, 6M1S4a for all
of the information and their help. Certainly, thanks to our entire respondent for their co-
operation in answering our questionnaire.

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Definition of the Key Term
CHAPTER 2 : METHODOLOGY
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Sampling
2.3 Instrumentation
2.4 Data Collection
2.5 Data Analysis
CHAPTER 3 : FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Profile of the Respondents
3.3 Analysis of the Data
CHAPTER 4 : CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
4.1 Conclusion
4.2 Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
DFAFTS

4. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Stress is the feeling that is created when we react to particular events. It can make you feel
threatened or upset. It is a combination of psychological, physiological and behavioral
reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can
be good or bad. Sometimes, it can be helpful, providing people with the extra energy or
alertness they need and could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a
marathon, for example. Good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately, stress is often
not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed effectively. Stress also can increase
the risk of developing heath problems such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders.
The bad kind of stress is called distress.
Source: http://www.123Helpme.com/college-students-and-stress
Stress is the effect of disruptive or upsetting situations which cause in
response to adverse external situation. As collage students, we are more influenced of
encountering involuntary situations or conflicts causing us to experience feeling like
frustration, anxiety and having fear of what we cannot control. Face academic demands,
social involvement, family and daily responsibilities are the causes that are faced among the
college students. By not knowing how deal with meeting and demands of being a college
student and some having a full time job or a family to cater too can create a lot of pressure
and cause stress.
There are a lot of life changing decisions we have to make and challenges
we face daily. Some of those challengers can be classes, difficulties with our schedule,
academic and financial obstacles. At times it seems impossible to find balance between
school and friends, family, part time or full-time jobs and relationships.
Thus, this survey study is carried out to identify the factors associated
with the stress among the students of KMPh, the effects of stress that can be experience
and to recommend suitable and appropriate actions that can be taken to overcome the
problem.

5. 1.2 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this study are:
1. To determine the factors associated with the stress among the students of KMPh.
2. To investigate the effect of stress that can be experience.
3. To determine suitable measures to be taken in order to solve the problem.
1.3 Definition of the Key Term
i. Effect -A condition caused by something or to cause something to happen as a result.
Source: Second Edition of Oxford’s Dictionary.
ii. Stress -The body’s reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional
adjustment or respond.
Source: http:www.Google/stress
iii.Student -A person who is studying or training.
Source: http:www.Google/stress
iv .KMPh -Pahang Matriculation Collage

6. CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY
2.1 Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to look at the research methodology used in this study. The
specific components covered in this chapter are the sample of population, instrumentation,
data collection as well as data analysis.
2.2 Sampling
The subject of this study was 20 KMPh students consisting of 4 students from each course.
The respondent comprised 10 male and 10 female students from various races and different
courses of their study. Besides that, all of them are among 18 and 19 years old.
2.3 Instrumentation
The survey instrument for this study is a set of questionnaire. A total of 20 sets of
questionnaire were distributed to 20 KMPh students to gain information about the problem
of the stress. The questionnaire is divided into two sections. Part A consist of 5 items which
elicit the students’ background information, namely the gender, course, race, age and
semester I cumulative grade point average. Part B consists of 15 items which focuses on the
factors that lead to the problem of stress among KMPh students. A copy of the
questionnaire is enclosed in the Appendix I.

7. 2.4 DATA COLLECTION
The data were collected by the researchers at Pahang Matriculation College. A number of 20
respondents were involved in this study. The data collection involved four phases. First,
distributing the questionnaires to the respondents and covered the span of only a day.
Second, prior to answering the questionnaire, the respondents were given the short briefing
on the purpose of the study. Each item in the questionnaire was explained to the
respondents. Other than that, explanation on how to respond to the questionnaire was
given to avoid difficulty in understanding on part of the respondents. Lastly, is the phase of
the questionnaire and make an analysis.
2.5 DATA ANALYSIS
The researchers checked through all 20 respondent’s questionnaires. The data were in the
form of responding to either ‘yes’ ‘no’ as well in the statements. In this study, the data were
analyzed using descriptive statistics. The responses in the questionnaires were tabulated,
percentage calculated and the results were presented in the forms of graphs and the charts
as well as textual discussions.

8. CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter constitutes the discussion of the results from the data gathered. The findings
presented here were based on the instrument used; the questionnaires. This chapter will
explain about the profile of the respondents, analysis of the results of the questions as well
as the conclusion.
3.2 PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS
By the end of the study, 21 Pahang Matriculation College students participated in the
research. They consisted of the 4 students from Accountancy courses .Beside that, 8
students from Module 1, 6 students from Module 2 and 3 students from the Module 3. The
student’s profile which consisted gender, age, race and course taken were presented in
specific category using frequency (f) and percentage. The following table shows the
composition of the students.
Table 1: Profile of the Respondents
Background Category Module 1 Module Module 3 Accountancy
f (%) f (%) f (%) f (%)
Gender Male 2 9.52 3 14.29 2 9.52 2 9.52
Female 6 28.57 3 14.29 1 4.76 2 9.52
Age 18 8 38.10 2 9.52 3 14.29 4 19.05
19 0 - 4 19.05 0 - 0 -
Race Malay 5 23.81 6 28.57 3 14.29 2 9.52
Chinese 2 9.52 0 - 0 - 1 4.76
Indian 1 4.76 0 - 0 - 1 4.76
Others 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
CGPA 1.01-2.00 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -

9. PSPM I 2.01-3.00 2 9.52 4 19.05 0 - 1 4.76
3.01-4.00 6 28.57 2 9.52 3 14.29 3 14.29
PST Male 1 4.76 2 9.52 2 9.52 2 9.54
Female 4 19.05 3 14.29 1 4.76 2 9.54
PDT Male 1 4.76 1 4.76 0 - 0 -
Female 2 9.52 0 - 0 - 0 -
A total of 21 KMPh students were involved in this study. As seen in the above table, all
21 respondents were of difference age which is 18 and 19 years old. On the whole, the male
and female students who participated in this study are 9 and 12 students. There was also
ethnic variety among the respondents of the four courses. For module 1, the respondents
consisted of 5(23.81%) Malay, 2(9.51%) Chinese and only 1(4.75%) Indian students. For
module 2, there are only Malays students which are 6 students and 3 students for module 3.
For accountancy respondent 2(9.52%) Malays and 1(4.76%) came from Chinese and Indian
races. From our observation, minority of the student get pointer of 2.01-3.00 CGPA for
PSPM 1 are 7 (33.33%) and majority of them are about 3.01-4.00 14(66.67%). None of them
get the pointer below 2.00. Our respondent also consists of PST and PDT students which are
17 PST students and 4 PDT students.

10. 3.3 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA
3.3.1 Percentage of the Questionnaires
Table 2: Percentage of the questionnaire
NUM. STATEMENT PERCENTAGE ‘YES’ PERCENTAGE ‘NO’
(%) (%)
1. Student who are stress. 61.90 38.10
2. Enjoy the feeling of being stress. 19.05 80.95
3. Experience in help someone who 66.67 33.33
was feeling stress.
4. Keep the worries a secret from 66.67 33.33
other people.
5. Stress affects your study. 57.14 42.86
6. Suffer from the stress when have 76.19 23.81
too much work to do.
7. Easy make decision about important 19.05 80.95
things.
Based on table 2, the percentage of the students feeling stress when studying in
KMPh is 61.90% meanwhile only 83.10% of the students who does not feeling stress.
Besides that, 19.05% of the students enjoy the feeling of stress and 80.95% of the
students enjoy that feeling. So, we can conclude that majority of the students hate the
feeling of stress.
Other than that, about 66.67% of our respondents had experience in help someone
who was feeling stress and also keep the worries a secret from the others. This shows that
most of us can lead our hands to others.
From the data in table 2, there are 57.14% of the students that their study is affected
by stress and only 42.86% is not affected by the stress. We can say that stress does not
affect our study too much as the differences between it is too small.

11. From the statement 6, most of the student suffers from the stress when there is too
much work to do which is about 76.19% of student.
Lastly, there are only minor of the student can easily make decision about important
thing and majority of them cannot make decision about it easily. We can conclude that most
of them think deeply when they are making their decision.
3.3.2 Percentage that Cause Stress in Students Life
SOURCES FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)
FINANCIAL PROBLEM 7 23.33
STUDY 17 56.67
FRIENDS 5 16.67
FAMILY 1 3.33
The table shows that, the main sources of the stress among the student in KMPh. From
The result, we can conclude study is the most main sources of stress among the students
with the highest percentages which is 56.67%. The financial problem also provides the cause
of stress in student’s life with the percentage of 23.33%. Only 5 students stress because of
friends and 1 student stress because of family problem. In conclusion study can cause most
stress among the KMPh students.

12. 3.3.3 Percentage of Days that Students Feel Stress the Most
Percentage of Days
3.70%
7.41%
3.70%
37.04% MONDAY
11.11%
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THUSDAY
22.22% FRIDAY
14.81% SATURDAY
SUNDAY
The pie chart above depicts the percentage of the days that students feel stress the
most, which is a result of the question a from our questionnaire.37.04% of the students feel
Monday is the most stress day for them as this day contributed the highest percentage
among the other days. The second highest day that the students feel stress is Wednesday
with 22.22%.14.18% of the students prefer Tuesday as the most stress day to them while
11.11% of the students prefer Thursday as the days that they feel stressed the most. Friday
and Saturday share the same value of the percentages with 3.70%which contributes the
lowest percentages for the students feel stress in these days. The other 7.41% of the
students found that Sunday is the most stress day to them. As to conclude, Monday is the
most stressful day for us as it is the starting day of week.

13. 3.3.4 Percentage of what students feel when they are stress.
SOURCES FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)
Feel tired during days 13 50.00
Cannot sleep well at night 6 23.08
Do not feeling well 7 26.92
The table above shows the result of the student for how many students feel stress
bring negative effect to him/her. From the above data, we can conclude that most student
choose the first effect which is become tired during day. This effect contributes half of the
percentages, 50% which is the highest percentage of what students feel when they are
stressed. 7 students cannot sleep well at night when they are stressed while the other 6
students do not feeling well when they are stress. We can see that stress cam make the
respondent fee tired during the day as it is the majority effect among thus three.
3.3.5 Percentage of How Student Feel Stress Recently.
SOURCE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)
Short time 7 33.33
Long time 14 66.67
The table shows the result for how long the students feel stress recently. From the
above result, we can conclude that most students feel stress in long time with the highest
percentages, 66.67% rather than feel stress in short time with only 33.33%

14. 3.3.6 Percentage of students think stress is ever good, useful or necessary.
FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)
YES 14 66.67
NO 7 33.33
The table above shows the result for how many students who believed stress is ever
good, useful or necessary. From the above result, we can conclude that most students think
that stress is good, useful and necessary as stress would make them become motivated as
they can overcome the stress by their own. We can say that stress bring positive effect to
them.

15. 3.3.7 Percentage of when the students feel stress a cot.
Percentage
4.55% 4.55%
27.27%
During exam
Once a week
63.64%
Everyday
others
The pie chart above depicts the percentage of when the students fell stress a
lot .Majority of the students feel stress a lot during the examination which is contributed
the highest percentages (63.64%). 27.27% of the students feel stress a lot once a week .The
4.55% of the students fell stress a lot on everyday and others .

16. 3.3.8 Percentage of Students Feel emotionally when they are in Stress.
PERCENTAGE
45.00% 41.67%
40.00%
35.00%
percentage (%)
30.00%
25.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00% 12.50% 12.50% PERCENTAGE
10.00% 8.33%
5.00%
0.00%
NERVOUS WOORY SAD ANGRY OTHERS
Sources
The graph above illustrates the result of question 14 of our questionnaire. Majority of
the students (41.67%) feel angry when they are in stress.25.00% of the students feel worry
when they are in stress while the feeling of nervous and others feeling when the students
are in stress shared the same value of percentages which is 12.50%. We can say that
minority of the students feel sad when they are in stress.

17. 3.3.9 Frequency of the Person that Students meet when they are in stress.
FREQUENCY
12
10
FREQUENCY OF PERSON
8
6
FREQUENCY
4
2
0
FRIENDS TEACHERS PARENTS COUNSELOR OTHERS
The graph above shows the frequency of the part that the students prefer the most to
refer and talk to when they are stressed. 11 of the students prefer to share their problems
with their friends while 6 of the students prefer to talk to their parents when they feel
stressed. Contradictorily, no one of the students refer to teacher during stressful moment.
The other 1 of student seek advices from their siblings in coping with stress whereas 4 of the
students refer to the counselors. We can say that, the students are preferred to talk to their
friends about their problem as it is the highest percentage.

18. 3.3.10 Percentage the students do when they Fell Stress.
PERCENTAGE
35.00% 33.33%
30.00%
25.00% 23.81%
PERCENTAGE (%)
20.00%
14.29%
15.00%
9.52% PERCENTAGE
10.00%
5.00%
0
0.00%
SINGING SHOUTING EATING CRYING OTHERS
SOURCES
The graph above illustrates the result of percentages on what students do when they
feels stress. Majority of the students (33.33%) eating when they are stress. Singing is the
second choice that the students do when they feel stress. Shouting provides 14.29% while
crying provides 9.52% on what the students do when they feel stress and others contributed
19.05%. We can see that many of our respondents release their stress by eating the food.

19. CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 Conclusion
As the conclusion, stress is the combination of psychological, physiological,
and behavioural reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge
them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes, stress is helpful, providing people with the
extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to
persevere in a marathon, for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress.
Unfortunately, stress is often not helpful and can even be harmful when not managed
effectively. Stress could make a salesperson buckle under the pressure while trying to make
a sales pitch at an important business meeting, for example. Moreover, stress can increase
the risk of developing health problems, such as cardiovascular disease and anxiety disorders.
This bad kind of stress is called distress, the kind of stress that people usually are referring
to when they use the word stress.
Our study is conducted among the students in Pahang Matriculation College to
investigate deeper on the background of stress, identify the factors associated with the
stress among the students of KMPh, the effects of stress that can be experience and to
recommend suitable and appropriate actions that can be taken to overcome this problem.
After conducting the study by collecting data using questionnaires among students,
researches generally able to achieve our objective. The factor that associated with this
problem is financial problem, study, friends and family. Based on our researches the main
factor of stress is study. It is show that student’s nowadays are mature enough and realize
that it is their responsibility to excel in academic. There are also the other factors
contributed to stress among students too but that seem rarely when compared to stress
cause by study.
Next, we also study about the effects of stress among students. From the finding, we
can conclude stress are bringing benefit as well as harm to students. Majority of the
students thinks that stress is good, useful and necessary as stress would make them become
motivated as they can overcome the stress by their own. While the negative side of stress is
majority of the students will feel tired during the day when they are stress. The other effect
is they will cannot sleep well at night and also will do not feel well.
In the last section of the study, we look into the ways to overcome the stress. As the
majority of the students eating when they are stress. Singing is the second choice that the
students do when they feel stress. Less respondent shouting, crying and the others. We can

20. see that many of our respondents release their stress by eating the food. While these
strategies may serve as temporary diversion and it will also cause side effect on your health.
Stress can be good and bad, it just depend on you how to dealing with it.
4.2 Recommendations
After conducting the study among the 21 respondents in Pahang Matriculation
College, these are most suitable ways to overcome the stress based on our research:
1. Always thinks positively.
2. Laugh.
3. Seek help from the motivation.
4. Do something that you love. The examples are eating ,singing and mores.
5. Doing outdoor activity.
6. Plan some fun. Take a break.
7. Plan to eat foods that improve health and eat an appropriate amount of food at a
reasonable schedule.
When you are stressed, manage it. Stress affects everybody. As stress research pioneer Hans Selye
said, “the only time we are not reacting to stress is when we are dead”.

21. REFERENCES
1. Books
Ace Ahead Text Muet Third Edition, Oxford Fajar, Choo Wan Yat, Yeoh Wei Tzee,
Stanley Nyanaprakasan and Yee Sook Fen.
Second Edition of Oxford’s Dictionary.
2. Internet
http://www.123Helpme.com/college-students-and-stress:
http:www.Google/stress
Modul Kursus Persediaan Pengajian Siswazah Pegawai Akademik UPM,Stress
Management.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/anxiety/

22. APPENDICES

23. A RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF STRESS AMONG KMPh STUDENTS
RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE
We are from 6M1S4a, we would like to do a research on effect of stress among KMPh students.
PART A.
1. Gender: Male ( ) Female ( )
2. Course: Account ( )
Module 1 ( ) PST ( ) PDT ( )
Module 2 ( )
Module 3 ( )
3. Race : Malay ( ) Chinese ( ) Indians ( ) Others ( )
4. Age : 18 ( )
19 ( )
5. Semester 1 cumulative grade point average (PSPM 1) (GPA)
1.01-2.00 ( ) 2.01-3.00 ( ) 3.01-4.00 ( )
PART B: Please tick only one answer.
1. Are you stressing? Yes ( ) No ( )
2. Do you enjoy the feeling of being stress? Yes ( ) No ( )
3. Have you ever help someone who was feeling stress? Yes ( ) No ( )
4. Do you keep your worries a secret from other people? Yes ( ) No ( )
5. Does the stress affect your study? Yes ( ) No ( )
6. Do you suffer from stress when you have too much work to do? Yes ( ) No ( )
7. Is it easy for you to make decision about important things? Yes ( ) No ( )

24. 8. What cause stress in your life?
Financial problem ( ) Study ( ) Friends ( ) Family ( )
9. Which day do you feel stress the most?
Monday ( ) Tuesday ( ) Wednesday ( ) Thursday ( )
Friday ( ) Saturday ( ) Sunday ( )
10. How do you feel when you are stress?
Feel tired during day ( )
Cannot sleep well at night ( )
Do not feeling well ( )
11. Who is the person that you will meet when you are stress?
Friends ( ) Teacher ( ) Parents ( ) Counselor ( )
Others:
12. What do you do when you feel stress?
Singing ( ) Shouting ( ) Eating ( ) Crying ( )
Others:
13. How often do you think you feel stress a lot?
Every day ( ) during exam ( ) Once a week ( )
14. How do you feel emotionally when you are in stress?
Nervous ( ) Worry ( ) Sad ( ) Angry ( )
Others:
15. Have you felt stress recently?
Long time ( ) Short time ( )
16. Do you think stress is ever good, useful or necessary? Why?
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25. DRAFT