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2FPH Group 8 (Simsuangco, Sio, Sison, Tolentino,A., Tolentino,R.

, Uy)
Stress and Anxiety Reductions Due to Writing Diaries, Journals, E-mail and
Weblogs of UST Department of Pharmacy students AY 2014-2015
Background of the study
Stress and anxiety reduction are inevitable in day-to-day events. People have
been using diaries and other forms of writing media to reduce stress and anxiety, at
the same time, to take note on what happened in their lives. These forms of writing
media became powerful tools to express oneself and to show people how a person
live in that persons perspective. The study mainly focuses on the importance of
writing as a stress and anxiety reducer, the varying causes of stress with diverse
ways to counter them other than writing, the different forms of writing media and
their effectivity and the effects of writing as a whole.

Objective of the study


The general objective of this study is to determine whether writing on
diaries, journals, e-mail and weblogs is effective on stress reduction of selected
UST Faculty of Pharmacy students AY 2014-2015.

Significance of the Study

Past researches have shown that writing can be self-therapeutic,


contributing to stress and anxiety reduction. Based also on previous researches,
the use of diaries, journals, emails and weblogs have had positive effects to the
writer. This study will be a significant endeavour in promoting ways of reducing
anxiety and stress, especially those induced by school-related works. By
understanding the levels of stress and anxiety of the students, the researchers
will provide recommendations on how to decrease the tension felt by the
respondents.
Moreover, this study will be useful in lessening other problems
experienced by the students. It will elaborate the different media used in
expressive writing which may help the respondents deal with stressors they are
not comfortable sharing with others. This may also serve as a future reference
for researchers on the subject of enhancing immune function and coping with
emotional fallout of certain events.

Scope and Limitations


This investigation was conducted to determine whether writing on diaries,
journals, e-mail and weblogs is effective on stress reduction of selected students of
UST Department of Pharmacy AY 2014-2015. The aspects looked into were on how
does the respondents define stress and anxiety, source of what makes them feel the
most stressed out, media (diaries, journals, and weblogs) they frequently used to

relieve stress, and the assessment on how these students feel after writing on these
media.

Procedure
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Randomly select 95 2nd year, 3rd year, and 4th year students from UST Faculty
of Pharmacy A.Y. 2014-2015.
Let the students answer the constructed survey made by the authors.
The survey would contain questions regarding stress and anxiety reduction in
the form of needed for the data.
Encode the responses for interpretation of the data.
Analyze the data to come up with the results.

Sample Size
The respondents of the study will include the different batches from the
Department of Pharmacy of UST, namely the 1st year to 3rd year students.
Assuming there are 45 students per batch, and 6 and 7 sections for year levels 1, 2
and 3, respectively, a population of 990 was computed. To get the sample of the
study, the Slovins formula was used.

n=

N
2
1+ N e

Where:
n - sample
N - population
e error (5%)
The population, 990, was divided by the sum of 1 and 49.5 (product of 990 and 5%).
The sample, therefore, is 285. To determine the respondents per year level, this was
further subdivided into three parts; hence, a number of 95 students will be
randomly selected for every batch.

Sample
From a population of 990, a sample of 285 was computed. This means that
285 students per year (excluding 4th year students) will serve as respondents of the
study. The respondents will come from the Department of Pharmacy which will
consist of students from 1st year to 3rd year.

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