Mary the Queen College of Quezon City

Commonwealth Ave, Corner Rd. 44, Diliman, Quezon City

SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CHAIN MAIL AMONG INFORMATION

AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) STUDENTS AT MARY
THE QUEEN COLLEGE OF QUEZON CITY

A RESEARCH STUDY

Presented to the Faculty of Senior High School of

Mary the Queen College
Of Quezon City

In Partial Fulfilment of the requirements

for the subject Practical Research 2

Presented by:

Tabasa, Danica Rose M.

Mumar, Gwen-Earl

Bona, Christine Joy

Parangalan, Lance Alfeo V.

Parungao, Markjoseph

Year 2018
 Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 .................................................................................................................... 3

The Problem and Literature Review ................................................................................ 4

Statement of the Problem................................................................................................ 5

Scope and Delimitation………………………………………………………………………...6

Review of Related Literature………………………………………………………………….6

Review of Related Study……………………………………………………………………….7

Conceptual Framework of study………………………………………………………………8

Definition of Terms……………………………………………………………………………..9

CHAPTER 2 .................................................................................................................. 12

Methodology .................................................................................................................. 12

Research Instrument ..................................................................................................... 13

Weighted Mean………………………………………………………………………………..14

CHAPTER 3 .................................................................................................................. 15

Presentation, Analysis And Interpretation Of Data ........................................................ 15

Tallying And Computing Of Data Gathered ................................................................... 17

Result of the Hypothesis testing……………………………………………………………19

CHAPTER 4 .................................................................................................................. 19

Summary, Conclusions And Recommendation ............................................................. 19

Survey Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 22

Personal Details ................................................................................................................

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………28

CHAPTER 1
 THE PROBLEM AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction

Some of the people in world had this habit of sending a message attempting to

convince the recipient to believe the content of the letter and when the recipient was

convinced by the message, he/she will send it on certain people. This can be the start of

what we called chain mail. According to OED (Oxford English Dictionary), a letter where

in it was written that requires the recipients to pass it on another recipient then process

repeats in a continuous chain, it is called a chain mail. Chain letters usually send it via

mail. But nowadays, chain letter can now send it into many ways such as email, text

messages. Facebook can be one of the most powerful social media sites in this

generation. We can share what’s on our mind. Share everything we want that includes

the chain mail. We have this power to send anything to anyone. But these chain mails

cannot be trusted anymore now that it is just like a normal message tend to manipulate

our mind to believe that if we will not pass it to others, there’s something bad that were

going to happen in our life within 10 minutes. There’s this bad luck that will happen if you

break the chain message. This problem will have more impact to the teenagers.

Teenagers have this kind of personality believe into something immediately that were lack

of information so if they saw or read a chain message they will do it without even thinking

if it is valid or not. This will affect the social and psychological behavior of a teenager now

that there are on the adolescent stage. Everything they do will have an impact on how

they live with their own perspective.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the social and psychological impact of chain mails

among ICT students at MQCQC.

Specifically, it will answer the following questions:

1. What is demographic profile of the respondents as to:

1.1 Age

1.2 Gender

1.3 Frequency use of social media

2. What is the social and psychological impact of Chain Mails among ICT students in

terms of:

2.1 Social

2.2 Psychological

3. Is there a significant difference on the responses of students when it comes to

social and psychological impact of chain mails between male and female?

𝐻𝑜 : There is no difference between male and female on the responses when it comes to

social and psychological impact of chain mails.

𝐻𝑎 : There is a difference between male and female on the responses when it comes to

social and psychological impact of chain mails.

Scope and Delimitation

The one that will have the benefits of this study is the ICT Senior High School

Students of MQCQC who experienced receiving chain mails and being distract and this

study also includes practical observations and thoughts of the students who hasn't

experience it. This research sample size has 50 respondents.

Significance of the Study

Researchers believe that through conducting this study people will be more aware

on what could be the social and psychological impact of chain mails. This study will greatly

help the following:

To the Students

This research will help the teenagers to understand what are the social and

psychological impact of chain mail in their everyday life as students.

To the Teachers

This study will help the teacher to know more about the behavior of a student when

it comes in socializing and their psychological behavior inside the school.

To the Society

Not just the students and teachers will have the benefit to this study but also the

community or the society. They can have an awareness on this kind of problem that

surrounds them.
Review of Related Literature

According to Rosie Taylor (2016), chain mails requires a lot of concentration and

patience to make because you have to put it some sense of reality and longing that would

convince the reader and pass it through people who create chain mails has a lot of

patience and time to do such work.

Teen Ink, a blog site says that many children got traumatized deeply from

obnoxious chain letters. Many articles have been written about the effect of scary chain

letters on children but readers just ignore this effect and continue sending these

horrendous messages. They were all terrified and pressured into sending a horrific chain

letter. There are many different chain letters with many different lies but they are all cruel

for children one way or another. (2014)

D'Costa (2016), stated that chain Letters hit the right chord of shock, or trigger the

right degree of anxiety, which prompts the reader to share the stories or information they

contain. To this end, chain letters are actually really suited to social media because the

title effort on the part of the reader is required to pass them on. The transparency offered

by liking and sharing adds a degree of authenticity that is necessary to their survival.

BullGuard an antivirus blog site stated that chain letters are messages sent to a

huge number of people, asking each recipient to forward them to as many other people

as they can. While some of them can be amusing or sent for fun by the original sender,

others may carry hidden threats to your internet security - viruses, phishing attempts etc.

In any case, the letters are so well written than they actually look authentic and convince

you to take the action suggested. Without antivirus protection you can only imagine what

can happen to your computer and personal data. (2018)

Review of Related Study

Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed Chain mail method can not

only accommodate isotropic, anisotropic and heterogeneous materials but also model

incompressibility and relaxation behaviors of soft issues. Further, the proposed method

can achieve real-time computational performance. (Zhang et.al, 2016)

We used to have older letters that purpose of it was to hoax. Misinform and gather

momentum. But now, we live full of impending death, computer viruses, money laundering

schemes. Chain letters exist with a convincing and unjustifiable message (Hayward,

2015).

According to Freeman (2006), most of the internet users have their complaints

about the unrequested messages sent on their email also known as spam. People who

use internet everyday are not aware with this kind of email. In this world full of sending

spam messages, we have to use our commonsense when saw this kind of email.
Conceptual Framework of study

Every research has a theoretical framework that indicate the input, process and

the output.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Demographic Social and
profile of Psychological
chosen students
in ICT students Impact of Chain
at MQCQC Questionnaire Mails among ICT
Survey students at
Gender MQCQC
Age
Frequency
use of Social
Media

Chosen demographic profile such as gender, age and the frequency use of social

media indicated in the input where in, it will help the researchers in gathering data for the

problem to those students in MQCQC. Questionnaire and survey show in process where

it will serve as the instruments in gathering data. Output shows the main problem of

conducting research which is the social and psychological impact of chain mails among

ICT students in MQCQC.

Definition of Terms:

Chain mail

is a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of

copies of the letter and then pass them on to a certain number of recipients

(either a predefined number or as many as possible).

Facebook

is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to

create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch

with friends, family and colleagues.

Impact

have a strong effect on someone or something.

Information

facts provided or learned about something or someone.

Message

a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient

who cannot be contacted directly.

Psychological

of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state

of a person.

Social

relating to society or its organization.

Social Media

websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or

to participate in social networking.

 CHAPTER 2

METHODOLOGY

This chapter includes the related literature and studies that are relevant to the

study in the social and psychological impact of chain mails to the selected ICT students

in MQCQC.

Method of Research

The researchers will use the Indirect method in evaluating data for the problem.

This method becomes the simplest way not just only for the researchers but also the

respondents of this research for them to understand easily.

The Indirect Method is a Questionnaire method that have a component of: the

demographic profile of the particular respondents, and the list of questions that are related

to the problem that will also give the researchers an information in conducting the

research.

Sampling

Purposive Sampling is used under the Non-Probability sampling. The researchers

used this sampling for all the students who took the ICT strand in Mary the Queen College

of Quezon city is suitable for the researchers’ questions.

Data Gathering

Researchers gathered data by creating a questionnaire among ICT students in

MQCQC. Questionnaire was known for a specific set of questions created to gathered to

measure specific construct in a consistence way. Questionnaire was selected so that it

can easily know the result of the data that collected using the tally.
Research Instrument

Through careful survey, the researchers used a questionnaire with a specific

question to collect data and thoughts/ideas about Social and Psychological Impact of

Chain Mails among ICT students at MQCQC.

Validity of the Instrument

To validate the instruments that will prepare by the researchers, the questionnaire

will submit to the adviser for some corrections and suggestions to the research. The

students who will not be included as the final respondents will be asked to answer the

questionnaires. Their responses will be tested for reliability. Apart from the content,

validation the questionnaires were given to the researchers’ leader. The researchers will

conduct information among ICT students to test and validate instruments for the topic.

Statistical Treatment of Data

This statistical tool will use by the researchers to compute what the researchers have

gathered from the respondents.

1. Percentage

a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is

often denoted using the percent sign, "%"

𝑁
𝑷= 𝑥 100
𝑇

Where P= Percentage

N = Total number of respondents

Weighted Mean

This weighted average or the weighted mean will used in descriptive statistical

analysis by the researchers.

Σwx
Weighted mean =
Σw

Σ = Summation

w = weights or total number of respondents

x = value or data gathered

 CHAPTER III

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Chosen demographic profile such as gender, age, civil status and economic

monthly indicates and presents in this chapter. The gathered data and information from

the chosen respondents in Mary the Queen College of Quezon City-Senior High School

interpret in this chapter.

I. Demographic Profile of the chosen Respondents

Gender Frequency Percentage

Male 26 52%
Female 24 48%
Total 50 100

Table 1: Gender

Table 1 shows that 52% of the respondents who are male and 48% are female.

Age Frequency Percentage

15-16 2 4%

17-18 42 84%

19-20 5 10%

21 and above 1 2%

Total 50 100%

Table 2: Age

Table 2 shows that 4% of the respondents are in the range of 15-16 years old 84%

are in the 17-18 years of age, 10% of them are in 19-20 years of age and 2% of them are

21 and above.
 Frequency use of Social Frequency Frequency
Media

30mins. –1 hr. 10 20%

1hr & 30mins – 2hrs 3 6%

2hrs & 30mins – 3hrs 15 30%

3hrs & 30mins – 4hrs 2 4%

4hrs & 30mins and above 20 40%

Total 50 100%

Table 3: Civil Status

Table 3 shows that 20% of the respondents used social media for 30mins. –1 hr.

6% used for 1hr & 30mins – 2hrs. 30% of them used social media for 2hrs & 30mins –

3hrs. 4% of them used it for 3hrs & 30mins – 4hrs and 40% of the respondents used for

4hrs & 30mins and above.

 TALLYING AND COMPUTING OF DATA GATHERED

= 5 4 3 2 1 TR Sum/ W.M Verbal

TR Interpretation
1. I hit the like on chain mails. 8 5 15 10 12 50 137/50 2.74 Neutral (N)
(40) (20) (45) (20) (12)
2. I give comments on chain mails. 2 8 17 8 15 50 124/50 2.48 Neutral (N)
(10) (32) (51) (16) (15)
3. I report the chain mails frequently. 3 8 20 12 7 50 104/50 2.08 Neutral (N)
(15) (32) (60) (24) (7)
4. I feel happy since my Facebook friends 2 23 18 5 2 50 168/50 3.36 Agree (A)
always tag me. (10) (92) (54) (10) (2)
5. I share chain mails to my relatives. 5 5 18 6 16 50 127/50 2.54 Neutral (N)
(25) (20) (54) (12) (16)
6. I share chain mails to my family 1 8 11 10 20 50 110/50 2.02 Neutral (N)
members. (5) (32) (33) (20) (20)
7. I share chain mails to my neighbors. 1 9 10 12 18 50 113/50 2.26 Neutral (N)
(5) (36) (30) (24) (18)
8. I share chain mails to my relatives. 2 6 20 4 18 50 120/50 2.04 Neutral (N)
(10) (24) (60) (8) (18)
9. I share chain mails to people abroad. 4 6 13 8 19 50 118/50 2.36 Neutral (N)
(20) (24) (39) (16) (19)
10. I want that my friends will feel that I 5 4 28 11 2 50 149/50 2.98 Neutral (N)
favor their request. (25) (16) (84) (22) (2)
11. I want my friends to know I am a good 2 15 23 7 3 50 156/50 3.12 Agree (A)
follower. (10) (60) (69) (14) (3)
12. I want my friends to know I believe 10 15 15 10 0 50 175/50 3.05 Agree (A)
their ideas. (50) (60) (45) (20) (0)
13. I respond to chain mails because 3 10 12 10 13 50 124/50 2.48 Neutral (N)
what is written might be true. (15) (40) (36) (20) (13)
14. I obey what is told on chain mails 5 6 15 8 16 50 104/50 2.08 Neutral (N)
because I am God-fearing. (25) (24) (45) (16) (16)
15. know others will understand me if I 5 6 10 10 19 50 118/50 2.36 Neutral (N)
share chain mails to them. (25) (24) (30) (20) (19)
16. Chain mails do not stress me at all. 6 4 16 12 12 50 130/50 2.06 Neutral (N)
(30) (16) (48) (24) (12)
17. I feel happy whenever I share chain 3 6 15 6 20 50 116/50 2.32 Neutral (N)
mails to others. (15) (24) (45) (12) (20)
18. I know that my friends are ridiculing 6 6 15 10 13 50 132/50 2.64 Neutral (N)
me whenever I share chain mails. (30) (24) (45) (20) (13)
19. I do not care if others will say I do it 6 10 13 10 11 50 140/50 2.08 Neutral (N)
because I am idle. (30) (40) (39) (20) (11)
20. I add emoticons to my shared chain 12 4 11 5 18 50 137/50 2.74 Neutral (N)
mails to show I am one with the sender. (60) (16) (33) (10) (18)
TOTALS - - - - - 50 2.49 Neutral (N)
Research Title: Social and Psychological Impact of Chain Mail among Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) students at Mary the Queen College of Quezon City
Range of Values:

Verbal Interpretation on
Range Verbal Interpretation of Performance
Agreement
4.01 – 5.00 Strongly Agree (SA) To a very great extent

3.01 – 4.00 Agree (A) To a great extent

2.01 – 3.00 Neutral (N) To a neutral extent
1.01 – 2.00 Disagree (DA) To a lesser extent
0.01 – 1.00 Strongly Disagree (SD) To no extent at all
Result of the Hypothesis testing

CHAPTER IV

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

 In this chapter, researchers include the summary of the result of the previous

chapter, the conclusions that can be seen in the data gathering and collection of the data

and lastly, the recommendations about the study.

Summary of findings:

After the data and information gathered, here’s the summary of CHAPTER 4

1. Twenty-six (26) of the respondents are males or 52 percent, while twenty-four (24) of

the respondents are female with the percentage of 48.

2. 42 of the respondents are from the age of 17-18 years old; 5 are from the age of 19-20

years old; 2 are from the age of 15-16 years old; and 1 are from the age of 21 years old

and above.

3. 20 of the respondents or 40 percent used social media for 4hrs & 30mins and above;

15 or 30 percent used social media for 2hrs & 30mins-3hrs; 10 or 20 percent used social

media for 30mins-1hr; 3 or 6 percent used social media for 1hr&30mins-2hrs; 2 or 4

percent of the respondents used social media for 3hrs&30mins-4hrs.

4. On social impact of chain mail, the respondents were satisfied on "I want my friends to

know I believe their ideas" which ranked first. "I feel happy since my Facebook friends

always tag me" "I want my friends to know I am a good follower", " I want that my friends

will feel that I favor their request are social impact that came second, third and fourth

respectively."
5. Males and females have no significant differences because the results showed that

they are both neutral on the impacts of chain mail: social and psychological

Conclusion

From the summary of findings the following conclusion are drawn:

1. Most of the students from Grade 12 ICT belong to 17-18 years of age.

2. Reporting chain mails have the least significance among the questions.

3. Knowing that their friends that they believe their ideas about chain mail.

Recommendation

1.) Overall, based on the findings of the survey, students in 12 ICT should ot base to the

chain mail because not all chain mails are true.

 Survey Questionnaire

SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CHAIN MAIL AMONG INFORMATION

AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) STUDENTS AT MARY
THE QUEEN COLLEGE OF QUEZON CITY

Dear Respondents:
We the ICT-A students of MQCQC are presently conducting a research study about “SOCIAL
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CHAIN MAIL AMONG ICT STUDENTS” in compliance to our
subject Practical Research II.
In view of the above we would like to ask your permission to be one of our respondents, and
answer the questions indicated in this survey form.
Your precious time would be much appreciated and be rest assured that all information shared to
the researcher would be treated highly confidential, and for academic purposes only.
Thank you very much!

I. Profile of the Respondents:

A. Gender B. Age C. Frequency use of Social Media

[ ] Male [ ] 15-16 [ ] 17-18 [ ] 30mins. –1 hr. [ ] 1hr & 30mins –
2hrs
[ ] Female [ ] 19-20 [ ] 21 and above [ ] 2hrs & 30mins – 3hrs [ ] 3hrs & 30mins –
4hrs
[ ] 4hrs & 30mins and above

Put a check if you are Strongly Agree (5), Agree (4), Neutral (3), Disagree (2) and Strongly Disagree
(1) in the indicated statement below.
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT Agree (4) (3) (2) Disagree
(5) (1)
1. I hit the like on chain mails.
2. I give comments on chain mails.
3. I report the chain mails frequently.
4. I feel happy since my Facebook friends
always tag me.
5. I share chain mails to my relatives.
6. I share chain mails to my family members.
7. I share chain mails to my neighbors.
8. I share chain mails to my relatives.
9. I share chain mails to people abroad.
10. I want that my friends will feel that I favor their
request.
11. I want my friends to know I am a good
follower.
12. I want my friends to know I believe their ideas.
13. I respond to chain mails because what is
written might be true.
14. I obey what is told on chain mails because I
am God-fearing.
15. I know others will understand me if I share
chain mails to them.
16. Chain mails do not stress me at all.
17. I feel happy whenever I share chain mails to
others.
18. I know that my friends are ridiculing me
whenever I share chain mails.
19. I do not care if others will say I do it because I
am idle.
20. I add emoticons to my shared chain mails to
show I am one with the sender.
PERSONAL DETAILS
TABASA, DANICA ROSE M.
#110 Talanay Area B Kgw. Rd., Batasan Hills, Quezon City
09086256366
drtabasa24@gmail.com

______________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Civil Status: Single

Date of Birth: February 24, 2001
Place of Birth: Quezon Province
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father’s Name: Osvaldo P. Tabasa Jr.
Mother’s Name: Evelyn M. Tabasa

______________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Cong. Reynaldo A. Calalay Memorial Elementary School

Secondary (JHS): Manuel A. Roxas High School
(SHS): Mary the Queen College of Quezon City Inc.,
PERSONAL DETAILS
PARUNGAO, MARK JOSEPH Q.
#010 Lovebird St. Sitio Veterans Brgy. Bagong Silangan
Quezon City.
09552814409
markjosephparungao@yahoo.com

______________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 18
Gender: male

Civil Status: Single

Date of Birth: Jan 15 ,2000
Place of Birth: Quezon City
Religion: Christian
Father’s Name: Renato A. Parungao
Mother’s Name: Vilma Q. Parungao

______________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Stepstone Christian Academy

Secondary (JHS): Stepstone Christian Academy
(SHS): Mary the Queen College of QuezonCity.2017present
PERSONAL DETAILS

PARANGALAN, LANCE ALFEO V.

#127 Ilocos Sur St. BagoBantay, Quezon City
09338539940
cedieparangalan@gmail.com

______________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 18
Gender: male

Civil Status: Single

Date of Birth: April 21,2000
Place of Birth: Quezon City
Religion: Christian
Father’s Name: Ronald Allan V. Parangalan
Mother’s Name: Maria Teresa V. Parangalan

______________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Bago Bantay Elementary School

Secondary (JHS) Judge Feliciano Belmonte Sr. High School
(SHS) Mary the Queen College of QuezonCity.2017present
PERSONAL DETAILS

MUMAR , GWENN – EARL M.

Taniman, De Gloria Extn,Area B2, Talanay , Batasan Hills, Quezon
City
09487712098
earl_mumar@yahoo.com

______________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Civil Status: Single

Date of Birth: November 24,2000
Place of Birth: Zamboanga
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father’s Name:
Mother’s Name:

______________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Digon Elementary School

Secondary (JHS): J.O.L.I.A Christian School
(SHS): Mary the Queen College of Quezon City Inc.,
PERSONAL DETAILS

BONA, CHRISTINE JOY D.

Taniman, De Gloria Extn,Area B2, Talanay , Batasan Hills, Quezon City
09487712098
earl_mumar@yahoo.com

______________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Civil Status: Single

Date of Birth: November 24,2000
Place of Birth: Zamboanga
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father’s Name: Elizabeth Bona
Mother’s Name: Jomar Bona

______________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary: Digon Elementary School

Secondary (JHS): J.O.L.I.A Christian School
(SHS): Mary the Queen College of Quezon City Inc.,