Self-Regulation, Leadership and Level of Stress among Senior High School Students

This study aimed to explore the relationship between self-regulation, leadership, and level of stress among senior high school student leaders toward the development of leadership training program. Mixed method of research was employed using the sequential explanatory design. The participants in this study were 150 senior high school student leaders, from various public and private schools in Batangas Province. Senior High School students have an average level of self-regulation, with low ambitions desire to be a leader but has moderate stress. The gathered interview data reveals that student leaders have positive life orientation and belief system; they are also likely to find ways on how they will deal to different stressors and has a sense of responsibility. The given variables of this study which are self- regulation, leadership and level of stress were found to have respective significant differences when group according to demographic profile, specifically in terms of school. Student leader shows that they most likely to self-regulate in long-term rather than in short-term and it is positively correlated to leadership and negatively affects the student stress.

Keywords –Self Regulation, Leadership, Stress