GUIDELINES FOR ENHANCING WELL - BEING ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF MAHACHULALONGKORNRAJAVIDYALAYA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research included: 1) to study the current state and health problems of undergraduate students of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. 2) to study methods of enhancing the well-being of undergraduate students of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University according to Buddhist psychology. 3) to propose guidelines for building well-being according to Buddhist psychology for undergraduate students of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. This is a quantitative research, the sample is undergraduate students Faculty of Humanities Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The researcher determined the sample size by using th table of R.V.Krejcie and D.W.Morgan. The sample size was 132  undergraduate students and the research tools consisted of Buddhist Happiness questionnaire. The statistics used in this research were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation,  t-test and one-way ANOVA. Qualitative data was analyzed by using content analysis technique.

             The results showed that guidelines for enhancing well-being according to Buddhist psychology for undergraduate students of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, overall, happiness was at a high level ( = 4.04 and S.D. = 0.44), and there were 4 aspects in each aspect, namely 1. Physical happiness ( = 3.98 and S.D. = 0.51), meaning that I felt comfortable without any illnesses, having a healthy body, and live in an appropriate natural environment. 2. Social happiness ( = 3.95 and S.D. = 0.50) is to share things and help support others who are disadvantaged, behave as a person who makes a contribution to society, not encroaching on other people's lives or causing trouble to others. 3. Mental happiness (in the present) ( = 4.10 and S.D. = 0.48) is to remember the merit and give back to the benefactor, use mindfulness as a guideline for the right way of living, be able to control themselves when there is an event to do bad things. 4. Intellectual happiness ( = 4.12 and S.D. = 0.54) means satisfaction with learning new things to improve quality of life, feeling happy in doing good, being able to accept changes in life according to reality live a life without being careless when there is a problem, do not feel susceptible to things that affect it such as separation, loss, etc.