FACTORS AFFECTING STRESS OF STUDENT OFFICERS ATTENDING OFFICER TRAINING COURSE, DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE

Abstract

          The purpose of this research was to: 1) study the Big 5 personality levels, adaptability, and stress of student officers, 2) compare personal characteristics of student officers, the Big 5 personality, and adaptability to stress of student officers, and 3) study the variables in predicting stress levels of student officers. This is a survey research. The population of this research was 400 Officer Training School’s students attending the RTAF’s Officer Training courses in the year 2017, 200 of which were subjects of the research. They were chosen by a simply drawing lots. The methods used in this research were adaptive measurement, the Big 5 personality test, and stress measurement. The data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the t-test, the F-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and multiple regression with stepwise method.
          The research results indicated that: 1) the Student Officers had normal stress levels of 57.5% with an average score of adaptation of 3.98, had conscientiousness trait as the highest rated Big 5 personality at 3.9 2) the student officers of different personalities had statistically significant stress levels at .01 3) the student officers of different physical adaptabilities had statistically significant stress levels at .01, and 4) the officer students with neuroticism personality, and those aged 30 - 39 years old were stress analyzed at 42.3% had statistically significant stress levels at .01.