The Mediating Effect of Classroom Environment on the Relationship Between Social Skills and Academic Stress among College Students

Abstract

Academic stress is a widespread problem that affects many students, causing psychological distress. The primary purpose of this study was to find out the mediating role of the classroom environment between social skills and academic stress among the college students. This research utilized a quantitative non-experimental descriptive-correlational research design that suggests mediation analysis in the analysis of the relationships and mediating influence of the classroom environment on the relation between social skills and academic stress among college students. The respondents of this study were 353 college students. Stratified random sampling procedure was utilized to select respondents from the students of the Local College in the Municipality of Sto. Tomas. The statistical tools used in this study were Mean, Pearson R and Path Analysis. The information was gathered from the respondents using three adapted survey questionnaires. The study’s findings demonstrated that social skills, academic stress and classroom environment have a descriptive level of high. Furthermore, there was a significant interrelationship between the three variables. It was revealed that there is a significant partial mediation of the classroom environment on the relationship between social skills and academic stress among college students. The study will be beneficial to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), School administration, Teachers, Parents, Students and Future researchers.