The Effects of Physical Bullying in the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines S.Y. 2018-2019

Physical Bullying is one of the biggest problem in every school. Many students involves in Physical Bullying. It mostly happened inside the classroom. In this situation the students who are Physically Bullied are unable to study well and might hate going to school, so it affects the academic achievement of the students. So, this study aims to determine The Effects of Physical Bullying in the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM students of Bestlink College of the Philippines. The researchers used descriptive research design, since the study deals with the effects of physical bullying the descriptive-based research is the most appropriate. The 50 selected Grade 12 ABM students are the respondents who answered the questionnaires as research instrument to easily gather data needed in the research. Based on the results of the study, the respondents agreed that physical appearance like body figure has the higher chance to encounter physical bullying and it has an impact to the academic performance of the students having low self-esteem. The results shows there were negative effects of physical bullying in the academic performance of the students. Wherein the respondents agreed all the sited variables in the study. Therefore, physical bullying connotes unhealthy environment to the students.