LEVEL OF EFFECT OF CAFFEINE INTAKE ON THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF

A Thesis Proposal Presented to the

In Partial Fulfillment to the

The Researchers

Quintos, Maria Graziella M.

October 10, 2022

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

This study is about the level of excessive caffeine intake of senior high school

students in affect to their academic performance of Tomas Del Rosario College. The idea

of the study revolves around how much the excessive drinking or intaking of caffeinated

products affects the academic performance of the SHS students

The goal of the researchers in this study is to determine how good or how bad is

the effect of caffeine intake on the academic performance of a student. Also, to determine

how often the students drink caffeinated products like coffee, or energy drinks. In

addition, to also expand the knowledge and understanding of the researchers and students

on how caffeine affects academic performance

The researcher's chose the senior high school students of Tomas Del Rosario

College as their primary respondents in conducting this study. For reasons, that SHS

students now have a habit of drinking coffee or energy drinks before and after class while

on class or while performing academic tasks at home. Another reason is because of the

early class schedules tight class schedules or many tasks, activities, and unfinished school

works to be passed or submitted that may cause the excessive intake of caffeine of

students. To further, the beneficiaries of the study includes the students, parents, teachers.

As stated in the study by Ullrich et al. (2015), after caffeine has been ingested, the

antagonist characteristic resulted into a mild dilation of blood vessels, increase metabolic
rate, increase urine production and increase in blood pressure. Interestingly, a few studies

have found expanding effect of caffeine that enhances alertness, reduces fatigue,

increases feeling of wellbeing, mental energy, motivation and self-confidence (Haskell-

Ramsay et al., 2018; Heinz, Kassel, & Smith, 2009; Lanini, Galduróz, & Pompéia, 2016;

McLellan et al., 2016; Terry & Phifer, 1986).

This study will primarily focus on the level of effect of caffeine on the senior high

school student’s academic performance, so the researchers’ found statistical data from

past studies for the reason on why we chose SHS students to be the respondents.

According to Medical News Today, 83.2% of teens drink caffeinated beverages regularly.

When it comes to regular caffeine usage, teenagers are the age group with the fastest-

growing rate of increase. Furthermore, in a study conducted by Brescia Community

College and published by the National Library of Medicine, 11.4% of adolescents

admitted to enjoying caffeinated beverages each day.

General Problem

The purpose of this study is to determine what is the level of effect of caffeine

intake on the academic performance of Senior High School students of Tomas Del

Rosario College?

Specifically, the study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. How many of the students drink caffeinated products be described in terms of:

1.1 Strand

1.2 Age

1.3 Grade point average

2. How may the effects of caffeine on academic performance be described in terms

of:

2.1 Grade point average

2.2 Age

2.3 Strand

3. How often do they take caffeinated products be described in terms of:

3.1 Schedule

3.2 Strand

3.3 Amount of academic works

The study will be beneficial to the following:

Students. They are the main beneficiaries of the study since they are the

responders of this study. They will benefit from this research since it will give them

information on how to utilize caffeinated products for their academic performance.

Furthermore, the study will give them statistical data on the positive and negative effects

of caffeine on their academic performances.

Teachers. If the teachers or instructors are aware of the issues and information

derived from this study, it would benefit their quality of teaching by giving them

information on how the students use caffeine to perform their academic tasks.

Future Researchers. This study will be useful in the future since students have or

develop different caffeine intake habits, they may utilize the results of this study to

further address the issues, add new features, or use data collected in this study to their

own study. They will learn how caffeine intake affects the academic performance of

students as a result of this research.

Parents. This study will also benefit the parents of the students since it is the

academic performance of this child. With this study they would know if their child’s

caffeine habit positively or negatively affects their child academic performance. They

would also know if they should limit that child’s caffeine intake.
 Caffeine Product Manufacturers. This study will benefit them by knowing if

they should make students their target market. Furthermore, if what type of product they

like most. They will learn more about how their products affect student.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study

This study will mainly focus on the level of effect of caffeine on the academic

performance of senior high school students of Tomas Del Rosario College in Balanga

City, Bataan. The school is now conducting face to face classes again and students are

now facing adjustments on their schedules and workloads which leads to the reason why

they drink caffeinated products, and this is the reason why the researchers have chosen

this school to conduct their study. The respondents are limited to the senior high school

students, both grade 11 and 12 because the researchers’ main goal is to know the level of

effect of caffeine on the academic performance of their fellow senior high school

students. Considering that not only senior high school students drink caffeine, but also

college students and teachers, but this study will remain focused with the grade 11 and 12

because senior high school is considered a point of transition where students experience

complicated and increased academic works, and class schedules to prepare them for

college.

This study is only limited to knowing the level of effect of caffeine intake on the

academic performance of senior high school students of Tomas Del Rosario College. The

researchers have limited access to their respondents due to the respective rules that are

being implemented by the school and government during the pandemic, where they

cannot conduct a face-to-face survey outside of the campus. With consideration to the

respondents, the study will not be interfering with their mental health and will not be

making questions that may result to affect it in anyway. The period of this study will be

done for one semester.

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