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ABSTRACT

Connection via social media ingrained an important part in

everyday living that it is having an adverse effect on every

well-being or the level of happiness. It causes depression to

the user in a way that it affects their emotional aspect.

Somehow, social media tends to hurt feelings and downfall to

others. It is not a perfect tool in aiding miles of distance for

emotional satisfaction; rather it is a tool in messing with

other user’s business. Personal factor is not a hindrance but

the best factor to harm other emotionally, the user does not

care about respect and courtesy that a personal friend is

holding.

Social media is also a way of expressing imperfections

because it displays the characteristics of the user. Happiness

and sadness, beauty and ugliness, as well as pride and

humbleness that leads to emotional distress, feeling pain and

hurt. This interaction is not the effective way to conquer

longingness but another way that contributes to emotional

offense.

This study focuses on the emotional effects of social media

as perceived by the Grade-10 students of Allen National High

School. The main objective of this study is to conduct a

research on the Emotional Effects of Social Media to Grade-10

Students of Allen National High School, Allen, Northern Samar.

And, to identify the percentage of those students who had

experienced the said effects of social networking sites.

Specifically, this study aims to answer the following

questions: (1) the profile of Allen National High School (ANHS)

Grade-10 students in terms of their gender, daily allowance and

their family income; (2) the usual mood of Grade-10 students as

they engaged in social media; (3) the percentage of the students

who are active in social media; (4) to find if there is a

significant relationship between the social media engagement of

Grade-10 Allen National High School students and their moods

while engaged in it.

The subjects of the study were the students of ANHS having

ten sections. In each section, the researchers chose eighty-one

respondents through cluster selection method.

The chosen respondents were given questionnaire to be

answered without skipping any number. The questionnaire was

poised with questions answerable by putting a check mark. The

result of the tallied data was computed by using Chi-square test

of Independence to see if there is a significant relationship

between the social media engagement of Grade-10 ANHS students

and their moods while engaged in it.

 Based on the information gathered from the respondents, the

data revealed that there is no significant relationship between

the social media engagement of Grade-10 Allen National High

School students and their moods while engaged in it. Therefore,

the null hypothesis cannot be not rejected.

Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions

were formulated:

1. Majority of the respondents were female.

2. Majority of the respondents belong to low-income family.

3. The percentage of the users who felt happiness while using

social media is greater than those who felt boredom while

engaged in it.

4. Majority of the social media users were actively engaged in

social media activity.

5. There is no significant relationship between the social

media engagement of Grade-10 Allen National High School

students and their moods while engaged in it.

Based from the findings and conclusion of this study, the

following recommendations were given by the researchers:

1. In administering the questionnaire to the respondents, it

should contain clear, understandable words, should be

professionally prepared and revised, reviewed and refined.

2. Related studies should be conducted in other topic

including mental or psychological effects, physical

effects, and social effects of social networking.

3. The allotted time for the study should be brainstormed and

decided to gain much more accurate results and should be

provided enough budget.

4. The researchers must ask for more assistance from

professionals and other research advisers for the accuracy

and the proper treatment of variables involved.

5. The conduct of the same study using respondents from the

different Grade levels.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers wish to extend their deepest gratitude and

sincerest appreciation to all who genially made the

accomplishment of this study possible:

The Lord for His Heavenly Providence;

The researchers’ parents for their endless love and

support;

Their researcher advisers, Mrs. Josefa Almie G. Yabut and

Mr. Luis A. Remigio, for their knowledge and wisdom specifically

in the field of research and for their assistance in doing this

research study.

Their classmates and friends for their support and helped

firsthand in doing this study.

All the Allen National High School Grade-10 students who

served as the research respondents for spending their valuable

time and effort in answering the questionnaire; and

The School Librarian of Saint Francis College for her

special accommodation and generosity in extending her assistance

to the researchers during their library research.

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DEDICATION

To our parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Avila, Mr. and Mrs. Rio

Gallego, Mr. and Mrs. Rogelio Singzon, Mr. and Mrs. Lino

Tagalog and Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Vetonio;

And also to the Divine Providence, ultimate Source of

wisdom and strength,

We surrender this work.