Factors Affecting Self-discipline of Students at Ragamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiangmai

Abstract

The research aims 1) to study the factors affecting the students’ self-discipline of Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai, 2) to study the level of students’ self-discipline Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiang Mai and 3) to compare the factors affecting the students’ self-discipline and classified factors to self-discipline among students, gender, faculty, year and family status. The samplings were 384 students from Ragamangala University of Technology Lanna Chiangmai fiscal year 2019. The samplings were selected by stratified sampling. Moreover, the data collecting instruments were a checklist and 5 level Likert scale. The research instruments were qualified from content validity, Index of Item Objective Congruence (IOC) with values between 0.66-1.00 and Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient. The results of reliability were 0.84, 0.82. The statistical data analysis was percentage, average, standard deviation (S.D.), T-test, and One-way ANOVA or F-test, and LSD.
The results illustrated that:
1. Students’ total self-discipline was the relationship among parents and students, the relationship between students and friends, and the relationship between teachers and students was at a high level.
2. The level of self-discipline of the students overall was at a high level.
3. The comparison of the difference between the average scores of factors affecting the students' self-discipline. The results found that the first-year students had average scores for the factors affecting the students' self-discipline; the relationship between teachers and students were different from the 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th year with a statistical significance at 0.05.