Self-Esteem and Social Adaptation of Undergraduate Students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study social adaptation and self-esteem of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus. To compare social adaptation of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus distinguish by the general factors, and to study self-esteem influence social adaptation of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus. The sampling was 428 students who were undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus. The statistics used for analyse the data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple linear regression. The statistical level of significance was set at 0.05. The result of the research revealed that overall, of the social adaptation of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus was at a high level and also found that the self-esteem of undergraduate students at Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus was at a high level. The results of hypothesis testing revealed that the factor of differences of faculty affected on social adaptation significantly at the level of 0.05. The differences of college years and learning achievement, these two factors affected significantly on social adaptation in term of learning aspects at the level of 0.05. Moreover, the differences of domicile factor affected on social adaptation in overall and affected on emotion aspects with significant at 0.05. For self-esteem factor in terms of general self-esteem and family aspects had influenced social adaptation on learning aspects with significant statistical at the level of 0.05. Furthermore, for self-esteem factor on general self-esteem, social and family aspects had influenced significantly on social adaptation in overall and in each aspect which are educational, social, emotional and participation of university activities at 0.05.