Vices
Vices
Vices
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM
Introduction
One of the most pressing issues faced by schools and other educational
institutions these days is the prevalence of vices. Vices have become a common
concern globally and are especially prevalent in urban areas, including our
locality. Over time, such behavior has become a habit, which is widely regarded
occurrence in all aspects of life. As human beings, we all have certain vices that
are inherent in our systems. However, some vices have a more significant impact
on our daily lives than others. Researchers have identified two vices that
commonly affect our lives, particularly in school settings. These vices are
where people delay dealing with their financial troubles, to healthcare where
students who delay working on their projects, assignments, and other tasks
within the given timeframe. However, procrastination has been associated with
several negative outcomes such as depression, anxiety, task delay, and low
more significant task and more serious problems like stress in the subject area, a
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sense of guilt, crisis in learning new things, severe loss of personal productivity to
cope with study matters, and social disapproval for not fulfilling responsibilities or
commitments. When these feelings are combined, they can promote further
When students consistently attend school, they are more likely to build skills and
major issue that can lead to falling behind in academics and getting into trouble
schools that requires attention from both teachers and parents. Absenteeism
refers to the habitual pattern of being absent from a duty or obligation without any
valid reason. It can be of two types- planned and unplanned, depending upon the
situation and reason for not attending the respective avenue. Unfortunately,
performance, while the best criterion for performance is the sum of the student's
same time. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine whether students'
Theoretical frameworks
is another one of Dr. William McCown’s premier works, it entails about covering
for which the time has come for systematic theoretical and therapeutic effort. This
of all adults because of procrastination. This attests to the fact that clinicians
relationships. The theory above relates to our present study since it tackles about
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are legitimate personal illness or family issues for example, but absenteeism also
can often be traced to other factors such as a poor work environment or workers
who are not committed to their jobs. If such absences become excessive, they
emerged as the most consistent predictor of these outcome variables and was
The theory above relates to our present study since it tackles about
absenteeism which is the main contributor why students in school are not
Operational Framework
Federica Cucchiella, which the theory shows the effect of procrastination and
absenteeism to the students. It also tells about the impact of these vices to each
individual.
the independent variables that are the students’ vices that will be describe in
performance.
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Operational Model
Statement of Hypothesis
performance.
students.
information.
responses.
The scope of this study is to determine whether the students’ vices such
High School students of Lucan Central Colleges. This study delimits to the
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respondents of the study. Where all Grade-11 EIM, ICT, SMALL ENGINE and
HOME ECONOMICS students that are enrolled in the school year 2023-2024 are
only allowed to participate in this research, for whom they often intentionally
delaying their work that is needed to respond as earlier and to themselves who
This study will explain what are the effects of vices to students’ academic
performance. Moreover, the results of this study will beneficial to the following:
vices to their academic performance. The findings of this study will help to
identify what are the effects of vices to students especially to their academic
performance.
material and a guide for future researchers who wish to conduct the same topic
Definition of Terms
pupils on each five compulsory subjects after two terms of study in standard eight
CHAPTER 2
some researchers were discovered to support this study. The works of different
authors and researchers will substantiate and will contributed enough evidence
to prove and strengthen the result and the findings of this research.
Students’ vices