2FPH Group 8 (Simsuangco, Sio, Sison, Tolentino,A., Tolentino,R., Uy)Stress and Anxiety Reductions Due to Writing Diaries, Journals, E-mail and Weblogs of UST Department of Pharmacy students AY 2014-2015Background of the studyStress and anxiety reduction are inevitable in day-to-day events. People have been using diaries and other forms of writing media to reduce stress and anxiety, at the same time, to take note on what happened in their lives. These forms of writing media became powerful tools to express oneself and to show people how a person live in that persons perspective. The study mainly focuses on the importance of writing as a stress and anxiety reducer, the varying causes of stress with diverse ways to counter them other than writing, the different forms of writing media and their effectivity and the effects of writing as a whole.

Objective of the studyThe general objective of this study is to determine whether writing on diaries, journals, e-mail and weblogs is effective on stress reduction of selected UST Faculty of Pharmacy students AY 2014-2015.

Significance of the StudyPast researches have shown that writing can be self-therapeutic, contributing to stress and anxiety reduction. Based also on previous researches, the use of diaries, journals, emails and weblogs have had positive effects to the writer. This study will be a significant endeavour in promoting ways of reducing anxiety and stress, especially those induced by school-related works. By understanding the levels of stress and anxiety of the students, the researchers will provide recommendations on how to decrease the tension felt by the respondents.Moreover, this study will be useful in lessening other problems experienced by the students. It will elaborate the different media used in expressive writing which may help the respondents deal with stressors they are not comfortable sharing with others. This may also serve as a future reference for researchers on the subject of enhancing immune function and coping with emotional fallout of certain events.

Scope and LimitationsThis investigation was conducted to determine whether writing on diaries, journals, e-mail and weblogs is effective on stress reduction of selected students of UST Department of Pharmacy AY 2014-2015. The aspects looked into were on how does the respondents define stress and anxiety, source of what makes them feel the most stressed out, media (diaries, journals, and weblogs) they frequently used to relieve stress, and the assessment on how these students feel after writing on these media.

Procedure1. Randomly select 95 2nd year, 3rd year, and 4th year students from UST Faculty of Pharmacy A.Y. 2014-2015.1. Let the students answer the constructed survey made by the authors.1. The survey would contain questions regarding stress and anxiety reduction in the form of needed for the data.1. Encode the responses for interpretation of the data.1. Analyze the data to come up with the results.

Sample SizeThe respondents of the study will include the different batches from the Department of Pharmacy of UST, namely the 1st year to 3rd year students. Assuming there are 45 students per batch, and 6 and 7 sections for year levels 1, 2 and 3, respectively, a population of 990 was computed. To get the sample of the study, the Slovins formula was used.

Where:n - sampleN - populatione error (5%)The population, 990, was divided by the sum of 1 and 49.5 (product of 990 and 5%). The sample, therefore, is 285. To determine the respondents per year level, this was further subdivided into three parts; hence, a number of 95 students will be randomly selected for every batch.

SampleFrom a population of 990, a sample of 285 was computed. This means that 285 students per year (excluding 4th year students) will serve as respondents of the study. The respondents will come from the Department of Pharmacy which will consist of students from 1st year to 3rd year.