Abstract
The study was conducted to find out the levels of social response, behavioral response, and students’ anxiety. In addition, this study wants to find out if social response, and behavioral response significantly predict students’ anxiety, its contribution, and the students’ lived experiences during the pandemic. This study used a mixed method design with 200 junior high school students in Kidapawan City First District. A survey questionnaire was used to gather data on social response, behavioral response, and students’ anxiety. 10 Respondents from the in-depth interview and 7 respondents from focus group discussion. It was found out that the level of social response (m=4.41), behavioral response (m=4.35), and students’ anxiety (m=4.23). Moreover, both the variables social response and behavioral response significantly predict students’ anxiety (r=.533, r=596 and p<.05, respectively). The lived expired experiences of the students revealed that they mostly follow minimum health protocols of the government to ease their anxieties during this pandemic and also experiences discomfort following those rules implemented. Lastly, students have experienced differently during the pandemic such as mode of learning in school during the new normal situation and adapted modular learning instead of face-to-face classes and the need to follow minimum health protocols as directed by the government and health sectors.
Keywords: Social Response, Behavioral Response, Students’ Anxiety, Convergent Design, Kidapawan City District IV.