Chapter 4

Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data

This chapter presents the analysis and the interpretation of data

Profile of the Respondents

Table 1
Distribution of Respondents According to Sex
Year Level
First Year
Second
Year
Third Year
Fourth
Year
To t a l

Female

Male

Total

F
73

P
16.9

F
47

P
10.9

F
120

P
27.7

62
53

14.3
12.2

36
42

8.3
9.7

98
95

22.6
21.9

82
270

18.9
62.4

38
163

8.8
37.6

120
433

27.7
100

Table 1 shows that there are 270 female respondents or 62.4% and only 163
male respondents or 37.6% of all the 433 respondents. The highest number of female
respondents are from the fourth year with 82 or 18.9% and the smallest number of male
respondents are from the second year with 36 or 8.3%. There are 120 respondents or
27.7% each from first year students and fourth year students, 98 respondents or 22.6%
are from the second year level, and 95 respondents or 21.9% are from the third year
level.

Table 2
Distribution of Respondents Degree of Shyness by Gender

Degree of Shyness

Female
F

Not a particularly
shy person
Somewhat shy
Very shy
To t a l

Male
P

Total
P

P
15.

46
193
31
270

10.6
44.6
7.2
62.4

23
124
16
163

5.3
28.6
3.7
37.6

69
317
47
433

9
73.2
10.9
100

Table 2 reveals that 193 female respondents or 44.6% are somewhat shy,
46 female respondents or 10.6% are not particularly shy person, and 31 or 7.2% are very
shy. Among the male respondents 124 or 28.6% are somewhat shy, 23 male
respondents or 5.3% are not particularly shy person, and 16 or 3.7% are very shy. There
are more female respondents who are somewhat shy and very shy than the male
respondents. This contradict the findings of Baz (2010) conducted in Turkey among 470
elementary students where in the male respondents are observed to have a higher
degree of shyness than female respondents. As cited by Baz (2010), studies conducted
by Ashe& McCutcheson (2001), Yildirim (2006), and Durmus (2007) found that male
respondents have a higher degree of shyness than female respondents.
On the overall 317 respondents or 74.2% are somewhat shy, 69
respondents or 15.9% are not particularly shy person, and 47 or 10.9% are very
shy.

Table 3
Distribution of Respondents Level of Feelings of Loneliness by Gender

Level of Feeling
of Loneliness
Average
Frequent
Severe
To t a l

Female
F
146
105
19
270

P
33.7
24.3
4.4
62.4

Male
F
87
69
7
163

P
20.1
15.9
1.6
37.6

Total
F
233
174
26
433

P
53.8
40.2
6.0
100

Table 3 presents the respondents level of loneliness by gender. Out of 270

female respondents, 146 or 33.7% have an average level of loneliness, 105
female respondents or 24.3% o are having a frequent level of loneliness and 19
female respondents or 4.4% are having severe level of loneliness. While out of
163 male respondents 87 or 20.1% have an average level of loneliness, 69 male
respondents or 15.9% o are having a frequent level of loneliness and 7 male
respondents or 1.6% are having severe level of loneliness. The result showed
that there are more female students with average, frequent and severe levels of
feeling loneliness than loneliness levels of male respondents. This findings is
similar with the findings conducted by the American College Health Association in
2013 in which the women respondents were experiencing loneliness than the men
respondents. But this is in contrast of the findings of Baz (2010) wherein the
male students have a higher level of loneliness than the female.

On the overall, 233 respondents or 53.8% of the respondents have an

average level of loneliness, 174 respondents or 40.2% o are having a frequent level
of loneliness and there are 26 respondents or 6.0% are having severe level of
loneliness.
This implies that among the high school students half of them are
experiencing an average level of loneliness.

Table 4
Relationship between Respondents Degree of Shyness and Loneliness
Levels by Gender
Gender
Female
Male

Computed r
0.023
-0.011

Interpretation
Positively low
relationship
Negative low
Relationship

As seen in Table 4, the relationship between the shyness and loneliness

levels of the female respondent is positively low with computed r of 0.023. This means
that shyness of a female respondent are affected by the levels of felling lonely. On the
other hand, the relationship between the shyness and loneliness levels of the male
respondent is negatively low with computed r of -0.011. This indicates that the shyness
of a male respondent is not affected by the levels of feeling lonely.
Table 5
Significant Relationship between Respondents Degree of Shyness and
Feelings of Loneliness

Gender
Female
Male

Computed p
0.701
0.887

Interpretation
p > .05
Accept Ho
Not Significant
p > .05
Accept Ho
Not Significant

Table 5 shows that the computed p is 0.701 greater than = 0.05, which
means that the null hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between
degree of shyness and level of feeling of loneliness of the female respondents is
hereby accepted. This findings disagree
Similarly, the computed p is 0.87 greater than = 0.05, which means that
the null hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between degree of
shyness and level of feeling of loneliness of the male respondents is hereby
accepted.
This implies that shyness of the respondents has nothing to do with the
level of feeling lonely. A female or male respondent may have somewhat shy and
yet she/he is not necessarily having the feeling of loneliness.

CHAPTER 5
Summary of Findings, Conclusion and Recommendation
This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusion and
recommendation.

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between shyness

and loneliness among the laboratory high school students of Rizal Technological
University in Boni Campus school year 2014-2015. 433 students were taken 597
students enrolled coming from different year level which was selected by stratified
random sampling. Data were collected with the use of 20-item Revised Cheek and
Buss Shyness Scale and the 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale.
tabulated and analyzed using statistical tool

Results were

such as Frequency, Percentage,

Summation and Pearson r.

Summary of Findings
1. Gender Profile
62.4% of the respondents are female and 37.6% are male.
2. Respondents degree of shyness. Both female (193 out of 270)
respondents and male ( 124 out of 163) respondents claimed that they
are somewhat shy.
3. Respondents level of feeling loneliness. There are more female
respondents are experiencing average, frequent and severe feeling of
loneliness than the male respondents.
4. Relationship between respondents shyness and loneliness. Female
respondents shyness has a positive low relationship with their levels of
feeling loneliness. While the male respondents shyness has a negative
relationship with their levels of feeling loneliness.

5. The hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between shyness

and loneliness of female and male respondents is accepted.

Conclusions
Base on the results of the study, the following conclusions were generated.
1. More than half of the respondents are female. .
2. Both female and male respondents degree of shyness is somewhat shy.
3. Feeling of loneliness occurred mostly to female respondents than the
male respondents.
4.

Female respondents shyness is directly affected by the feeling of

loneliness. While Male respondents shyness is inversely affected by the
feeling of loneliness.

5. Shyness levels of male and female respondents had no statistical

significant relationship on their loneliness levels.

Recommendations
Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, the following
recommendations are made:
1. For the guidance office to have a one on one talk with the respondents who
are very shy and experiencing severe loneliness.
2. For the classroom advisers, to help respondents who are somewhat shy and
frequent loners so that they will be able to fully socialize with the school
activities.

3. For the future researcher, to include other profile variables such as age,
ordinal position in the family, parents educational background and profession
that may contribute the reason for being shy and lonely of a respondent

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celebrities. Current Research in Social Psychology, 6(9), 124-133.
Durmus, E. (2007). Utanga olan ve olmayan grencilerin algilari *Perceptions of shy
and
non-shy students].
Yildirim, M. (2006). Sosyal beceri egitimin lise 2. sinif grencilerinin utangalik
dzeylerine etkisi[Effect of social skill education on high school grade 2 students
shyness levels+.
Unpublished Masters Thesis. Gazi niversitesi Egitim Bilimleri Enstits,
Ankara.
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American College Health Association. Reference Group Executive Summary Fall 2013.
Retrieved Nov. 12, 2014 from http://www.acha-ncha.org/docs/ACHA-NCHAII_ReferenceGroup_ExecutiveSummary_Fall2013.pdf. p.13 .

Note: SPSS must be placed in the appendix

gender * shyness Crosstabulation

shyness
not a
particularly
shy
person

somewhat
shy

very shy

Total

Gender

Count

46

193

31

270

Count

23

124

16

163

Count

69

317

47

433

severe
loneliness
19

Total
270

Total

gender * loneliness Crosstabulation

Loneliness

gender

Count

average
level of
loneliness
146

frequent
loneliness
105

Total

Count

87

69

163

Count

233

174

26

433

Female Correlations
loneliness
Loneliness

Pearson
Correlation

Sig. (2tailed)
N

shyness
.023

.701
270

270

shyness

Pearson
Correlation

.023

Sig. (2tailed)

.701

270

270

male Correlations

loneliness

Pearson
Correlation

VAR00001
1

Sig. (2tailed)
N
shyness

VAR00003
-.011

.887
163

163

Pearson
Correlation

-.011

Sig. (2tailed)

.887

163

163