Severity of stress and factors relates of the students at the Higher Vocational Education Level of the Commercial Study Programs under the Office of Vocational Education Commission in Bangkok metropolis
Abstract:
To study the severity of stress and related factors of the students at the higher vocational education level of the commercial study programs under The Office of Vocational Education Commission in Bangkok metropolis. Sampling groups were 466 students, who studied in the major of accounting (177), business computer (146), and marketing (143). The instruments used in this study were questionnaires for demographic data, Dougan's stress questionnaire, and factors related to stress questionnaires. The statistical analysis were perform by using SPSS software program for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, independent t-test, and One-way ANOVA. The results were found that most of the students were female(75.8%), studying in major of accounting (38.0%), and the severity of stress of students was in moderate level 57.1%, low level 40.6%, and higher level 2.4%. The severity of stress of the students in major of marketing was significantly higher than those in major of accounting and business computer at the level of p < 0.05. The students planed to work after graduation had significantly higher stress than who planed to continue their education or who planed to work and study simultaneously at the level of p < 0.05. It was found that the expectation of students and the relationship between students with friends could predicted stress score for 10.5% in account. The finding showed that the majority of the students at the higher vocational education level had moderate level of stress. The factors related to the severity of stress were major fields, plan after graduation, expectation of students, and relationship between students with friends.