The Effectiveness of an Integrated Training Session on Psychological Traits and Skills to Encourage the Behavior of Living based on Sufficiency Economy Philosophy among the Youth in the Community in the 21st Century

Abstract

This experimental research aimed to examine the effectiveness of an integrated training session on psychological traits and skills to encourage the behavior of living based on sufficiency economy philosophy among the youth in the community in the 21st century. The sample was 320 juveniles in the communities in 4 northern provinces. The youth was divided into four groups with an unbiased random method. This research was based on 2 by 2 factorial design, with 2 active variables: 1) training session on psychological traits and 2) training session on the skills to live based on sufficiency economy philosophy. The assessment was conducted 2 months after the experiment began. In this study, a rating scale was employed to choose the question items with the highest value of discriminating power. The reliability coefficients range of the assessment was 0.696-0.883. The hypotheses were put to the test using the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The findings revealed that the youth who participated in a training session on both psychological traits and skills to live based on sufficiency economy philosophy had a higher average score than other groups in terms of the behavior of living based on sufficiency economy philosophy. This distinctly demonstrated the effectiveness of the training session in this research. According to the results, it is recommended that government agencies, especially important agencies in the community, provide integrated training sessions on both aspects to develop the behavior of living based on sufficiency economy philosophy among the youth in the community in order for them to become decent, excellent, and happy citizens.