LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON DEFENSE MECHANISM STRATEGIES ON LEVELS OF ANXIETY DURING ONLINE CLASS UNDER NEW AND BETTER CLASSROOM

Abstract

 . Students during online learning experience feelings of intense fear and distress that become overwhelming which prevent them from doing everyday activities. The study aimed to determine the relationship between defense mechanism strategies and anxiety disorders of students under new normal and better classroom situations from 2019 to 2022. The anxiety disorders served as dependent variables while the defense mechanism strategies are the independent variables. The descriptive questionnaire is the instrument used to gather data with 1,260 respondents from the college of education. Simple descriptive research design was used utilizing the stratified random sampling technique in choosing respondents. The Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis was used to determine the relationship between and among variables. There was a positive significant correlation coefficient between defense mechanism strategies and anxiety disorders of students under the new normal and better classroom. It is recommended that Guidance Counselors have to initiate a program of activities for students with levels of anxiety reflecting the defense mechanism strategies like group dynamics, group discussions, dance and music festivals and other group activities that will give them opportunities to overcome such psychological problems.