Stress Vulnerability and Academic Performance among Management Students of UM TAGUM College: Basis for Enhancement Program

The main objective of this study was to investigate if there is a significant relationship between stress vulnerability and academic performance among management students of UM Tagum College. The sampling technique used was the random sampling wherein 95 management students of UM Tagum College served as respondents. This study used the quantitative non-experimental research design using correlational technique with mean and pearson-r as statistical tools. A validated survey questionnaire was used as principal data collection instrument. Results revealed that the level of stress vulnerability was moderate, while the level of academic performance was low. Meanwhile, findings showed that there was no significant relationship between stress vulnerability and academic performance. This means that, there might be other factors aside from stress that relates to the increase or decrease of the academic performance of the management students. Finally, though there's no correlation that exist, the researcher still proposed a program design that will target on lessening stress and improving the academic performance of the students (see Appendix A)