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CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM

Introduction

There are many benefits of mobile phone-being close to your love ones,

Infotainment, helpful in every emergency situation, the negative effects of mobile

phone on society are largely ignored. Mobile phones have become part of our

lives. No one can imagine the day without looking at the mobile phone screen.

But excessive of mobile phone usage has a negative effect on our society.

Spending too much time on mobile phone screen affects youth development and

education, social interaction, and family relationship not just that also its affects

through emotional and physical. Physical and emotional status of a person has

strong connection to each other. Once our emotion changes the response of our

body also change. For example, you are in a mood of anger and their something

that you want to punch, to kick or destroy something because that’s how our

emotion commanded our brain and the body is respondents. Most probably, a

young person age 6 to 17 years old is more likely experienced physical and

emotional problem just because of using mobile phone. And there too young to

control it.

According to a survey conducted by a Pew Research Center, 78% teens

aged between 12 and 17 have mobile phone. And there are not just using it to

call their parents. One in a fourteen has access to the internet, far more than
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adults. So, is mobile phone really a good thing to a teen? The use of internet on

mobile phone exposes youth to inappropriate behaviors. They easily access site

showing age inappropriate content. This can have negative impact on the psyche

of the youth, leading to disturbing behavior. Moreover, the negative impact of

mobile phone on youth is well documented. Studies have shown that teen ager

who are addicted to mobile phone usage are prone to anxiety, addiction and

depression and its affect the physical and emotional status of them. We all know

that were living now in modern world and in a technology world. And there is no

doubt that the mobile phone is very useful tool and today but have ever thought

about the adverse effect of mobile phone to a young person?

According to Hans Gezer author of the book Thumb Culture says “Mobile

phone encourage a person to close up instead of open up to a new

acquaintance.” Mobile phones affect us slowly and you may wonder someday the

effect of this. Other research has proven and examined about the effect of mobile

phone to a person’s physical and emotional status and how it affects us while

wondering it. The recent explosion of iPhones, androids, and other smart phones

has provided people with the ability to access the entirety of the internet on-the-

go and at the many moments. 90% of youth in the Philippines own a mobile

phone, and while this may not be a problem for many people, some individual

develop an addiction to their mobile phone are constantly being improve by

expanding upon their functionalities, which in turn increase the likelihood of over

use and addiction, 67% of smart phone owners have admitted to checking their

phone for call or message when their phone didn’t vibrate or ring. This one major
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sign of mobile phone dependence and should serve as a warning to mobile

phones owner or users.

A mobile phone is a wireless handheld device that allows users to make

and receive calls and to send text messages, among other features. The earliest

generation of mobile phones could only make and receive. Today’s mobile

phone, however, are packed with any additional features, such as web browser,

games, cameras, video player and even navigational systems. A mobile phone

may also know as cellular phone or simply a cell phone. When the first mobile

phone was introduced, there only function was to take and receive calls, and was

so bulky it was impossible to carry them in a pocket

Later, mobile phone belonging to the Global for Mobile Communications

(GSM) network became capable of sending and receiving text messages. As

their devices evolve, they became smaller and more feature are added, such as

multimedia messaging services (MMS), which allowed users to send and receive

images. Most of this MMS-capable devices were also equipped with camera,

which allowed user to capture photos, add caption, and send them to friends and

relatives who also had MMS-capable phones. This study aims to know the effect

of mobile phone to the physical and emotional status of selected students of San

Juan High School. Over use of mobile phone may be associated with negative

outcomes on mental and physical health in addition to having an on how users

interact socially. Some people are placing face-to-face conversations with

cybernetic one’s clinical psychologist Lisa Merlo says “some patient pretend to

talk on the phone or fiddle with apps to avoid eye contact or other interactions at
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party.” According to Elliot Berkman, psychology professor at the University of

Oregon, the constant checking of our phone is caused by reward learning and

the fear of missing out. Berkman explains that, “habits are product reinforcement

learning, one of our brains most ancient and reliable system” and we tend, those,

to develop habits of completing behavior that we have rewarded us in the past.

For many, using our mobile phones has been enjoyable in the past, leading to

feel excited and positive when we receive a notification from our phone. Berkman

also interest that we often check our smartphone to relieve the social pressure

we lace upon of ourselves to never miss out on exciting things. As Berkman say,

“smart phone can be an escape from boredom because they window to many

worlds other than the one right in front of you,” helping us feel included and

involve in society. A survey conducted by Hejab M. Al Fawareh and Shadiah

Jusoh also found that people often feel incompletely without their mobile phone.

Of the 66 respondents, 61.41% strongly agreed to agree with the statement, “I

feel incomplete when my mobile phone is not with me.

This study is all about mobile phone affecting the physical and emotional

status of selected students of San Juan High School. This study was conducted

at San Juan High School Oas, Albay School Year 2020-2021. The researcher

chose the San Juan High School because most of their students using mobile

phone anywhere of the school. Regulating on using mobile phone is too hard to

do, especially to those students who really addicted using mobile phone because

mobile phone became their life without that they feel incomplete.
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Statement of a problem

This study was undertaken to determine the effect of mobile phone to the

physical and emotional status of selected students of San Juan High School.

This seek to answer the following questions.

1. What are the effects of mobile phone to the;

a. Physical

b. Emotional

2. What are those strategies to avoid those effect to the physical and

emotional status of selected students of San Juan High School?

3. Does it affect their ability to communicate with others?

4. What are the good things to do and to use rather than using mobile

phone?

5. What measures can be done based on the effect of mobile phone?

6. How do they regulate their selves in using mobile phones?

Scope and Delimitation

The study focused on the effects of mobile phone to the physical and

emotional status of selected students of San Juan High School Oas, Albay

wherein the respondents are the selected students in any level of San Juan High

School during the school year 2020-2021.

The data gathering method was adapted a questionnaire wherein the

researchers choose 10 participants in every year level to determine the effect of

mobile phone to the physical and emotional status. The researcher used
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purposive sampling in which the researchers purposely choose participants. The

gathered data will analyzed through thematic analysis. The study is delimited to

the students who are using mobile phone.

Significance of the study

Students. This study will help them decrease mobile phone usage in order to

avoid those effects to their physical and emotional status. Through this research,

they may now realize how a mobile phone is really not a good thing for them.

That the mobile phone is for educational purpose only.

Teachers. This study will serve as a benefit to the teachers and general. In this

study the teachers may discover how to help their students in regulating mobile

phone usage despite of those effects for them.

School Administrator. This study will help the school administrator to make

some programs or activities in order to help them regulate mobile phone usage to

make students become more responsible in using mobile phone in a suggested

time to use it.

Future Researcher. The result of the study will serve as a basis for a new

research and theory about the effect of mobile phone to our society.
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Notes

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Mobile technology Fact sheet. (2013, December

27).http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/diagnostic and statistical manual

mental disorders.

2
Signh Bhatia, M. (2008). Cell Phone Dependence a new diagnostic

entity.http://medind.nic.in/daa.

3
Digital eye strain Report (2015).http://www.the vision council.org/digital-eye-

strain
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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter provides the related literature and studies taking from various

sources, the synthesis of the state of the Arts and Gaps Bridged by the Study.

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework are also presented with their paradigms.

The terms are defined at the end for better understanding of ideas conferred.

Related Literature

The mobile phone is relatively new technological tool, versatile and

accessible, and very attractive, especially for young people, but whose use

involves a risk of abuse and addictive behavior. In recent years there has been

increasing interest in this problem, especially in view of the fact that it involves an

increasingly younger population. The aim of this paper is to review the current

state of scientific knowledge about cell phone addiction/abuse. To this end, a

search was carried out in international databases, using the descriptors “mobile

phone”, “cellular telephones”, “addiction” and “abuse”, and focusing on

prevalence studies, diagnostic test, associations with psychological variables and

gender differences. There is a conceptual vagueness about the concepts pf

abuse and addiction in relation to mobile phones, and wide disparity in the

adoption of diagnostic criteria; moreover, there are numerous instruments for the

assessment of this concepts. As a result, the estimated prevalence ranges from

0-38%, depending on the scale used and the characteristics of the population
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studied. Surprisingly, self-attribution of cell phone addiction exceeds the

prevalence estimated in the studies themselves. The personality trait most

consistently associated with addiction is low self-esteem, though extraversion is

associated with more intense use. Women with low self- esteem are the most

vulnerable group, and the most commonly associated with psychopathological

symptom was depression. In short, while the evidence suggests a problem in

relation to mobile phone use, the vagueness the mobile phone use, the

vagueness of the mobile phone addiction concept and the poor quality of studies

make it difficult to generalize the results. It is necessary to define and unify

criteria with a view to carrying out quality studies that permit appropriate

comparisons.

ALBANY, N.Y. (2016), is the mobile phone a learning tool or distraction for

K though 12 students? A new study from the university at Albany reveals a

complex answer regarding mobile phone school polities in china: Chinese

teachers and parents are rooted in their belief that phones are learning

disruption, while students see them as support for their school-related work.

Adults and children do agree, however, that mobile devices should be banned

during classes and exams.

Chandler-olcott and mahar (2003) believe classroom that integrate

technology within everyday social learning environment will gain potential to

promote more academically related interest within the school.

Dietz and Henrich (2014) found that since the increase of technology in the

classroom (e.g. use of cell phones) there has been an increased report of a
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decline in overall grade and decrease in seat work, using cell phones in the

classroom has been connected with lower recall and a decrease in student

satisfaction with instruction, comprehension as also lessened when student use

electronic devices for none-education purposes,

Javaid et al. (2011) conducted a study at university students and use this

splendid mobile technology in a better way by sharing helpful information with

class fellows and teachers.

Jhasper Managyo (2017) stated that, Filipinos are using their mobile

phones not only to communicate but also as mobile computer as well, according

to a recent market study issued. TNS, a global customized research company,

said in its report that Filipino consumers are not must using cell phones to call

and texting messages and photos, but also as a means to have internet on-the-

go, allowing users to be always online. Of the 38,000 respondents in Metro

Manila, 75 percent of the respondents surveyed used mobile phones to take

photos or videos; 45 percent to browse the internet; 44 percent to access their

social networking sites and 37 percent to check their emails. The study was

conducted from November 2012 to January 2013. “Based on the findings of the

study, the increase in various mobile activities and plain the growing trend of Wi-

Fi accessibility in public areas”, said TNS Philippines Managing Director Gary de

Ocampo.

The Kaiser family foundation (2015) named today’s youth the m-generation

because of the adolescents’ ability to multitask. Student can use a variety of

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media devices at one time, such as talking on the cell phone, text messaging,

and typing an essay all the time.

Age was a key factor in predicting problematic cellphone use. That is why

other psychologists have begun to perform studies focusing on adolescents.

Hyun Young Koo and Hyun Sook Park (2010) study of adolescent, in which 548

students were asked to fill out a questionnaire regarding their cellphone use. The

results of the questionnaire were that just under 89% believed they were average

cellphone users, while 8.4% believed they were having users and only 2.9%

believed the were addicted to their cellphone. This study found that gender,

texting, monthly charges, impulsiveness, recreational reasons and cultural

reasons were all influential to cellphone addiction there are some indicated that

gender was not a predictor for problematic, while Koo and Park’s 2010 study did

Should we then believe that cell phone use can be addictive, especially

concerning adolescents? Well there are others that disagree with the idea of cell

phones as being addictive. X. Sanchez-Carbonell, M. Beranuy, M. Castellana, A.

Chamarro and U. Oberst (2008) say that cell phones can be used in a

maladaptive way however, this should be considered abuse and not addiction

their study results continue to say that the internet those does pose addiction

potential but that cell phone do not because they does not promote rapid

emotional changes again we see a different point of view to Bianchi and Dr.

Phillips, Ph. D.,(2005), study result in the sense that will cell phone were consider

to be use in an abusive manner if was not consider addictive.

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Again, the question at hand is, are cell phone addictive? Clearly more

research has to be done to answer this question. Additional things that should be

consider from the existing research criteria, such as age and gender are: if cell

phone are not addictive, do they cause abusive disorder? Can it and or does it

morphs from addiction to an abusive disorder with age? If adolescents and young

adults are more susceptible to cell phone addiction, what are the long term

repercussions? What interventions should be administered against this possible

addictions? What preventative measures should be taken against it? Hopefully in

the not too distant future these pending questions will be answered.

Related studies

Along with their books and school supplies, most high school and college

students – and many younger students – make daily trip to school with their

trusty smartphone. Mobile phones connect students to one another, to

educational resources, and to a potential host of distractions. The presence of

cell phones present both opportunities and challenges for today’s students.

Mobile phones can be a helpful tool, or a harmful academic disruption depending

upon the attitude and use pattern of the students and the policies of the schools

they attend.

A study by Adriana Bianchi and Dr. James G. Phillips, ph. D., (2005), using

predictors from addiction literature, the study sought to predict problematic

mobile phone usage. It keyed in on factors they believed to cause mobile phone

disorders. 195 subjects of both genders and an average age of 36 (ranging from

18-85 years old) were interviewed. The results lead to the creation of the Mobile
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Phone Use Scale. This scale was compared to the Addiction Potential Scale.

Fundamentals that were used to compare the scales and create the Mobile

Phone Use Scale were the amount of time one uses their cell phone usage were:

being extraverted, possessing low self-esteem, and being young. These

characteristic were fundamental in determining problematic cell phone usage.

The study showed that these behavioral predictors did not influence the amount

of cell phone usage: gender, and neuroticism. The scale developed was

designed to help with implementing any interventions for potential addictive

behavior.

According to Burns and Lohenry (2010), the students equipped with the

cell phones enter college classrooms daily. Realizing the impact of technology on

fellow learners and faculty represents an area of concern. A pilot study was

conducted to determine student and faculty perception regarding cellular phone

use in the classroom. A quantitative descriptive study examined the perception of

faculty and students’ use of cell phone during class time. A convenience sample

was comprised of graduate students and faculty in health sciences and on

campuses in Arizona and Illinois. Results revealed that the majority of students

indicated that they refrained from cell phone use during class time while all

faculties indicated that they refrained from using the cell phone during class time.

Students indicated that they used the text message feature and checked cell

phone messages. Both students and faculty cell phones rang during class time.

Cell phones were identified by both groups as a source of distraction during class

time. Cell phone etiquette along with policies regarding cell phone use in the
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classroom offer suggested methods for alleviating the distraction that cell phones

currently offer. Improving awareness regarding cell phone distractions may offer

value for healthcare providers bridging professional behavior in the academia to

the healthcare arena.

Beatty (2004) noted that “by providing frequent feedback about students

ongoing learning and confusions, it can help an instructor dynamically adjust her

teaching to students improve attentiveness and increase knowledge retention.

Kaleta and Joosten’s (2007) echo these findings “53 percent of the student

respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the claim clickers have been

beneficial to their learning,” but smart devices allow for so much more. I can poll

student anonymously, give instant results, confirm audience understanding and

provide feedback, and gather data for reporting.

The mobile phone has a fundamentally affected our society, accessibility,

safety, security and coordination of social media and business activities. It has

become part of the culture of every region in the world. The uses of mobile

phones are numerous and this includes keeping contact with friends, members of

the family, conducting business and others.

Gaps Bridge of the study

This paper reports on a study of the use of high-end mobile phones for off-

site and on-campus mobile learning. The aim of the study was to investigate how

mobile devices are being integrated by learners in their informal/private ‘space’

and what use they make of mobile devices in formal learning contexts. We view
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formal and informal learning as being part of a continuum of a multi-dimensional

clustering of informal and formal learning activities rather than positioned in an

either-or relationship. The methodology used for the study draws on narrative

and case-based approaches underpinned by grounded theory. As part of their

formal assessment, university students were given an assignment task which

required them not only to gather data in the form of video clips and photos, but

also to answer certain questions (i.e. fil knowledge gaps) that were posed by the

events checklists (a mobile learning objects). Qualitative data was collected

through semi-structured interviews which were analyzed using a narrative case

study technique. Two dominant themes emerged from the cases: affective issues

and phone sage in a learners formal and informal practice. Furthermore, the data

suggest that in a certain contexts learner sensitive scaffolding from the tutor (e.g.

via text message to students) could provide a key in terms of bridging the gap

between formal and informal learning.

Synthesis of the art

People around the globe have integrated mobile technology into their daily

lives. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (2011)

found mobile networks serve 90% of the world and 80% of people living in rural

areas. Lee et al. (2010) defined mobile technology as portable devices, like

smartphones or tablet devices, allowing users to access and share data

wirelessly. Ng and Nicholas (2009) suggested mobile technology is changing the

classroom, as students and instructors are freed from a dependence on

traditional educational procedures for learning.

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Mobile technology provides asynchronous and portable functions for users

to engage in various tasks unencumbered by location and time limitations. Users

mobile devices are providing anytime, anywhere services ranging from

commerce to entertainment to information (Lopez Nicolas et al., 2008). The U.S.

has seen mobile technologies become commonplace in the lives of its citizens.

The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project (2012) found

almost half of all adults in the U.S. have the smartphone and smartphone users

outnumber more basic phone users. Mobile technology is shifting the paradigm

for how people conduct business, have fun, and communicate with others. The

ubiquitous nature of mobile devices has allowed users access from market place

with any time or place access (Varnali and Toker, 2010).

Theoretical framework

The theories that the researchers used are the Cell Phone Theory of Alan

Brown and the Politeness Theory of Brown and Levinson for further

understanding.

Based on this idea, Alan Brown proposed what he calls the Cell Phone

Theory (or divided attention). This means that when we are distracted with

something else, we subliminally take in what’s around us but may not truly

register it consciously. Then, when we are able to focus on what we are doing,

hose surroundings appear to already be familiar to us even when they shouldn’t

be. With this mind, it is reasonable to see how we might walk into a house for the

first time, perhaps while talking to our host, and experience. It would work like

this: before we’ve actually looked at the room, our brains have processed it
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visually and/or by smell or sound, so that when we actually look at it we get a

feeling that we’ve been there before.

Politeness Theory (Brown and Levinson, 1987) provided the framework for

analyzing focus-group transcripts in which college students discussed their

perceptions of cell phone use by friends while in another’s presence and their

response to friend’s usage. Findings revealed that this context is inherently face

threatening in terms of both positive and negative face. Consequently,

participants reported often using hybrid politeness strategies for managing

positive and negative face threats, although they also used bald-on-record and

going off strategies as well as not engaging the face-threating act.

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Conceptual Framework

The major concept of this study is focused on the effect of mobile phone

to the selected students of San Juan High School Oas, Albay Year 2020-2021. In

this part the input, process and the output has been discussed also the feedback

are also discussed too.

Input. the major problem of the study which is the effect of mobile phone to the

physical and emotional status of the selected students, regulations on using on

mobile phone, the respondents or participants involve and all the efforts exerted

by the researcher to do the study.

Process. The data gathering, data analysis, data interpretation and lastly, the

survey questionnaire that the researcher prepared for this study. This is their

guide to their study to determine the solution to the main problem and give a

conclusion to the problem.

Output. The analysis of the effect of mobile phone that the selected students

experienced.

Politeness
Cell Phone Theory( Bro
Theory(Alan wn and
Brown)
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Figure 1: Theoretical Paradigm

Mobile Phone Affecting

the physical and emotional
status(researcher's
The selected studentstheory)
of San
Input Juan High School
Main problem of the study

Data Gathering
Data analysis
Data
Process interpretation
survey
questionnaire

Analization of the
study which is the
Output effect of mobile
phone
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Figure 2: Conceptual Paradigm

Definition of terms

A term may have multiple complicated meaning in order to understand the

specific word better and to facilitate deep insight and common understanding of

information conveyed in this study, the following terms were defined operationally

to give the readers an accurate information.

Behavior- The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward

others, is the actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems,

or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment, which

includes the other systems or organisms around as well the (inanimate) physical

environment. It is the computed response of the system or organism to various

stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt,

or covert.

Study- The act of or process of applying the mind so as to acquire knowledge or

understanding, as by a reading, investing, etc.

Versatile- to describe a person or thing that can adapt to do many things or

serve many functions, consider the adjective.

Prevalence- in epidemiology is the proportion of a particular population found to

be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as

smoking or seat-belt use).

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Young people- this include all the young people especially the youth of today,

the new person in a modern

Notes

1
Deepinder, F., Makker, k., and Agarwal, A. 92007). Cell Phone and male

infertility.http://www.scincedirect.com/science/article/ppi.

2
Patel, R., (2015, June 17). Cell phone use before bedtime might impact sleep,

and daytime tiredness.hyttp://u.osu.edu/emotionalfitness/2015/06/17.

3
Babadi-Akashe, Z., and Zamani, B. (2014). The relationship between mental

health and addiction to mobile phones among University Students in

Shahkekord, Iran.hhttp://www.scince direct.com/science/article.

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CHAPTER 3

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

This chapter illustrates the following process for methodology; Research

design, The respondents, Sampling procedure, Research instruments, data

analysis, procedure and data gathering procedure.

Research Design

In this study, the researchers used the descriptive method of research.

They made use of surveys and questionnaire to gather the needed data for the

research. Some of the secondary data were taken by the researchers from

sources such as books, encyclopedia, periodicals, magazines, unpublished

paper as well as the internet for more accurate information. Then the researcher

would compare surveys conducted to the other to see the differences of the

answers of the respondents and finally, to summarize and come up with me

solution and conclusion.

The research approach that was chosen by the researcher was

qualitative research. Qualitative research Method can be used to understand

what is happening as the participant viewed them and it can provide in-depth

information of a phenomena. The purpose of this study is to know the effect of

mobile phone how they regulate themselves to avoid those effect. This study also

aims to know the strategies done by the selected student of San Juan High

School.
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case study. Case study is an-depth analysis of people, events, and relationships

bounded by some unifying factor. In this study, case study is used to know the

strategies done by the selected students of San Juan High School and to

regulate themselves and what the effect of mobile phone for their physical and

emotional status.

In this study, the researcher used the descriptive method of research.

They made use of surveys and questionnaire to gather the needed data for the

research. Some of the secondary data were taken by the researchers from

different sources such as books, encyclopedia, periodicals, magazines,

unpublished paper as well he internet for more accruable information. Then the

researchers would compare the surveys conducted to the others to see the

differences of answers of the respondents and finally, to summarize and come up

with solution and conclusion.

The Respondents

The respondents of the study were the selected students of San Juan

High School in every year level except from 12 th grade School Year 2020-2021.

The researcher selected 10 students in every year level for the total of 60

respondents. The researcher chooses the selected respondents because they

are the mostly students using mobile phone in every single time.

Sampling Procedure

The researcher used the purposive sampling in selecting the respondents

in every year level students of San Juan High School. Purposive sampling is a
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non-probability sampling that is used for a purpose. The researcher will conduct

a survey questionnaire with the selected respondents from any year level

students of San Juan High School. The process will continue until the

researchers conducted a questionnaire with the selected respondents.

Research Instrument

The instrument used by the researcher was survey questionnaire guide. It

is composed of 3 parts, the introduction, body, and closing. The introduction

includes the researcher preparation for the coming survey. The researcher

prepared the survey questionnaire to be used, the place where to meet and the

person to be answered the survey questionnaire, he combined effort of the

researcher and the people involve to this study. It includes the main purpose of

the study. The closing includes the combined efforts and thanksgiving word for all

the effort of the person involve in this study.

Data Gathering Procedure

The following are the procedures followed by the researchers in gathering

data:

Phase 1: Preparation stage

In preparation stage, the researcher makes the research title which is

grounded on the effect of mobile phone on the students. After going through

academic resources such as researches, articles and online sources, the

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researchers decide to study the effect of mobile phone to the selected

respondents. The researchers make an survey questionnaire guide as a tool in

gathering the needed data. After the survey questionnaire were approved by the

researcher teacher, Mr. Kim F. Trazona, the researcher ask permission to the

adviser to allow them to conduct the survey questionnaire on the selected

respondents.

Phase 2: Data Collection Stage

After asking permission to our Practical Research 1 teacher and to the

adviser of selected respondents, the researcher conducted the face to face

survey using the questionnaire prepared by the researcher to the selected

respondents of their experiences on the effect of mobile phone to their physical

and emotional status.

Phase 3: Data Analysis

After analyzing the gathered data, the researcher interpreted the data

about the effect and the strategies used by the selected students of San Juan

High School.

Statistical Tool

This statistical tool was used to analyze the gathered data.

a) Frequency count- it was utilized in determining the number of the

respondents who will rate the items according to their frequency which

is done one-by-one counting.

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b) Percentage- This was used in the computation of the percentage as

measure of proportion using the formula.

f
p= x100
n

Where: P= the percentage

F= frequency

N= total no. of respondents

100= as constant
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MOBILE PHONE AFFECTING THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STATUS

OF SELECTED STUDENTS OF SAN JUAN HIGH SCHOOL OAS ALBAY

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of San Juan High School Senior
Department Oas, Albay

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in the Practical Research 1

CABRILLAS LIZELLE
PELECIA ABEGAIL
PERTIS EDRIAN
CORTEZ EDCEL
RECODIG MARCO
BUEMIA MARVIN

OCTOBER 2020