ABSTRACT
The study entitled ‘Attitude of Students to wards Behavioral Adaptation Through The Buddhist Morality : A Case Study of Bangkok University Rangsit Campus’ aimed 1) to study the attitude level of students of Bangkok University Rangsit Campus on the virtue and ethical development in the Buddhist point of view; and (2) to comparatively study the attitude level of students of Bangkok University Rangsit Campus on the virtue and ethical development in the Buddhist point of view classified to the personal information. The sample of the study consisted of 377 teachers and students of Bangkok University Rangsit Campus. The tool of data collection was a questionnaire with queries about the values. Statistics used for data analysis consisted of mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.), Independent Samples t-test, F-test (One-way. ANOVA) and the LSD
The results showed that
1) The personal information analysis revealed that the most respondents were
female with 21 years old belonging to the 3rd year class of the Faculty of Humanities. Their results of final examination were in between 2.01 to 2.50, and the most respondents had a monthly income of over 5,000 baht.
2) The results of the attitude level analysis were found as follows:
2.1) Classified according to the Five Precepts it was found that in general the students had a negative attitude of the Five Precepts ( =2.32), and while individually considering it was found that their killing attitude was moderate ( = 2.96) and they had a negative attitude on stealing ( =2.01), sexual misconduct ( =2.20), lying ( =2.13.), and the abstaining from intoxicants and drugs ( =2.32).
2.2) Classified according to the Five Virtues it was found that in general Bangkok University students had moderate attitude on the Five Virtues ( =3.49), while individually considering it was found that they had a positive attitude on loving-kindness( = 3.98) and overall self-realization ( = 3.85), and they had a moderate attitude on right livelihood, self-control and heedfulness ( = 0.56, 0.72 and 0.48).
3) The comparative analysis of the attitude revealed as follows:
3.1) For the attitude on the Five Precepts it was generally found that Bangkok university students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had different attitude on Five Precepts, while individually comparing it was found as follows: (1) for the item of killing students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had different attitude on this item ; (2) for the item of stealing students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had no different attitude on this item; (3) for the item of sexual misconduct students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had different attitude on this item (4) for the item of lying students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had different attitude on this item; and (5) fro the final item, i.e., abstaining from intoxicants and drugs students with different sex, examination results ad monthly income had different attitude on this item .
3.2) For the attitude on the Five Virtues it was generally found that Bangkok university students with different sex, age, class, Faculty, examination results ad monthly income had no different attitude on Five Virtues, while individually comparing it was found as follows: (1) for the item of loving-kindness students with different Faculty had different attitude on this item ; (2) for the item of right livelihood students with different sex and examination results had different attitude on this item; (3) for the item of self-control students with different Faculty and examination results had different attitude on this item (4) for the item of honesty students with different sex, age, class, Faculty, examination results ad monthly income had no different attitude on this item; and (5) fro the final item, i.e., heedfulness students with different sex, age, class, Faculty, examination results ad monthly income had no different attitude on this item |
