SDCA Journal of Psychology

Abstract

Students in the Senior High School have encountered varied difficulties from academic burdens to their extra-curricular activities comprising the academic package of school works which leads them to experience burnout; as for students who are showing passion and sustained persistence for a long-term goal has a low burnout level (Cavanaugh, 2018) and able to finish school deadlines. Through a research-made 5-point Likert scale of burnout and grit, data were gathered from the three schools in Bacoor City, Cavite with 120 respondents. However, due to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, the data gathering was done online which dropped the number of respondents to thirty-one (31) using convenient sampling. Forthe mean score of Grit, male respondents have 3.41 with a verbal interpretation of Average Grit, while for the female respondents have 3.30 with a verbal interpretation of Average Grit. For the mean score of Burnout, male respondents have 3.05 with a verbal interpretation of Average Burnout and for female respondents have 2.97 with a verbal interpretation of Average Burnout. For the significant difference, the computed Grit p-value is 0.34 and for Burnout p-value is 0.68, that the null hypothesis is accepted. The correlation between Grit and Burnout with regards to Pearson’s r value is 0.419 which is a low positive correlation. Therefore, when Grit increases, Burnout decreases. This research could lead into high positive correlation if the number of respondents is until four hundred (400).

Keywords: Grit; Burnout; High school students.