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Psychological Trait and Situation Affecting through Inspiration of Public Mind to Energy Conservation Behavior of Undergraduate Student Pimdee, Paitoon; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Tanarat
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): September 2012
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This research objective was to study psychological trait and situation affected to energy conservation behavior and inspirationof public mind of undergraduate student of KMITL in the first semester of academic year 2012. The sample group of 800 students weresampling with Multi-stage random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as research tool that was examined for content validityby 5 experts and it was tried out with the group that was not sample group. The reliability in aspects of psychological trait, situation,inspiration of public mind and energy conservation behavior were 0.88, 0.83, 0.93, and 0.85 respectively. Data analysis was conductedby Hierarchical Multiple Regression. The findings showed as followings: 1. The group of psychological trait variables was able to predictthe group of energy conservation behavior variables with 35.2%. The most important predictors were future orientation and self control,and mental health. Moreover, it also predicted the group of inspiration of public mind variables with 35.8%. 2. The group of situationvariables was able to predict the group of energy conservation behavior variables and more than the group of psychological traitvariables with 9.3% (increased from 35.2 to 44.5%) and subgroup more than the group of psychological trait variables by increasingbetween 28.2%-40.6%. The most important predictors were perception of family role model and media perception.
Causal Relationship Model of Environmental Education Thiengkamol, Nongnapas
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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Environmental education has been accepted and applied for encouraging the global citizens to take a responsiblepractice through their behavior changing in daily life activity. This might be an effective and rapid change to decrease thegreenhouse gases via the awareness raising, attitude and value adjusting, skill and participation increasing including realpractice in daily living. The populations will be undergraduate students of academic year 2011 of Mahasarakham University. TheMulti-stage random sampling was used to collect the sample for 450 undergraduate students from different faculties. Thequestionnaire was employed as instrument for data collecting. LISREL was used for model verification. Results illustrated thatconsidering on structural model confirmatory factors of Environmental Education (EE) was able to explain the variation ofendogenous factors of Psychological Trait (Trait) caused endogenous factor of Environmental Behaviors for Global WarmingAlleviation (BEH) with 82.0 percents. BEH = 0.29 TRAIT + 0.75 EE ……………………..(1)(R2 = 0.82)
Causal Relationship Model of Environmental Education and Psychological Trait Thiengkamol, Nongnapas
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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Environmental education and psychological trait play important roles for global citizen to take responsible for theirbehaviors change through inspiration of public consciousness in daily life activity. This might be an successful environmentalbehavioral change to decrease the greenhouse gases by raising awareness, adjusting attitude and belief, increasing skill andparticipation with practice in daily living to accomplish sustainable development.The populations will be undergraduate studentsof academic year 2011 of Mahasarakham University. The Multi-stage random sampling was used to collect the sample for 450undergraduate students. The questionnaire was employed as instrument for data collecting. LISREL was used for modelverification. Results illustrated that considering on structural model confirmatory factors of EE and TRAIT were able to explainthe variation of endogenous factors of Inspiration of Public Consciousness (MIND) to caused Environmental Behaviors for GlobalWarming Alleviation (BEH) with 89.00 percents. Therefore, the equation 1, can be written as following:BEH = 0.32 MIND + 0.29 TRAIT + 0.75 EE ……………………..(1)(R2 = 0.89)Moreover, considering on structural model confirmatory factors of EE and TRAIT were able to explain the variation ofendogenous factors of Inspiration of Public Consciousness (MIND) with 97.0 percents. Therefore, the equation 2, can be writtenas following:MIND = 0.67 TRAIT + 0.58 EE …………………………………..(2)(R2 = 0.97)
Development of Hospital Environmental Management Model through PAIC Process Jongwutiwes, Nipaporn; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Tanarat
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The most importance of hospital environmental management must be pay attention on worker behavior in theireveryday practicing at hospital. Therefore, the most rapid and cheapest mean is to challenge the worker to collaborate energyeffectively utilization, waste management, wastewater management and landscape architectural environment via the humanresource strengthening with the worker based on the concept positive thinking like as owner. Environmental education concept ispertinent to sustainable principles that covers knowledge and understanding, awareness, attitudes, values, and belief,responsibility, participation, and skill necessary to build a sustainable hospital management. The objective of this research wasto develop hospital environmental management in Roi-Et Province through PAIC Process. The integrative research will be donewith quantitative in terms of survey research and participatory action research with Participatory Appreciate-Influence-Controltechnique (PAIC) ) and qualitative focus group discussion. Populations are all hospital workers. The sample was selectedaccording to purposive sampling technique. The PAIC was implemented with hospital workers integrating with SWOT Analysisand brain storming in the process. During training, Three Dimensional Evaluation (TDE) covers self-evaluation, friendevaluation,and facilitator evaluation. One -Way-ANOVA, and t-test were used for data analysis. The research results illustratedthat before and after PAIC process implemented, the mean scores of posttest of knowledge of environmental educationprinciples, energy conservation, waste water management, solid and infectious waste management, green landscape andtraining achievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01, p< .01, p< .01, p< .01, p< .01, and p< .01 ).Three Dimensional Evaluations were employed for determination the perceptions of 32 hospital workers in three aspectsevaluation covering Self-evaluation, Friend-evaluation, and Facilitator-evaluation by using One-way ANOVA in order toinvestigate the participation of hospital workers showed that there were no difference of mean scores about participation intraining process through brain storming with statistical significance (p>.05).
Development of Food Security Management Model through PAIC Process Tumpracha, Kruemas; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Chatchai
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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During the past few decades, Thailand has agricultural development policy that has emphasized on the nation’s foodsecurity and export income. It is also a food surplus country at the macro level, but at the household level remains a problem infood security. According FAO, food security refers availability, accessibility and utilization, especially, nutritional knowledge andunderstanding. But in the educational institute like as school, it should pay attention to quantity, quality, safety, and good tastewhich is the concept Ministry of Public Health of Thailand. Therefore, the upper secondary school students in NortheasternRegion, lack of nutritional knowledge, attitude, awareness, value and behavior. The objective of this research was to developfood security management model for upper secondary school student.The integrative method research was done participatoryaction research with Participatory Appreciate-Influence-Control technique (PAIC) and qualitative with focus group discussion.Populations were upper secondary school students of academic year 2012 of Kalasin Province. The sample was selectedaccording to purposive sampling technique. The questionnaire and evaluation forms were be used as tool for data collection.PAIC was implemented with the integration of SWOT analysis and brain storming during the training process. One -Way-ANOVA, and t-test were used for data analysis. The research results illustrated that before and after PAIC process implemented,the mean scores of posttest of environmental education process covered knowledge of food security management, nutritionalknowledge, proper consumption behavior, and training achievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01,p< .01, p< .01, and p< .01). Three Dimensional Evaluation was employed for determination the perceptions of 48 uppersecondary school students in three aspects evaluation of Self-evaluation, Friend-evaluation, and Facilitator-evaluation by usingOne-way ANOVA in order to investigate the participation of upper secondary school students showed that there were nodifference of mean scores about participation in training process through brain storming with statistical significance (p>.05).
Causal Relationship Model of Four Noble Truths Thiengkamol, Nongnapas
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The objective was to propose the structural model of four noble truths affecting to environmental behavior for global warming alleviation through inspiration of public consciousness.The populations were 37,156 undergraduate student of Mahasarakham University in first semester of academic year of 2012. The Multi-stage simple random sampling technique was employed to collect the sample for 400 undergraduate students. The research instrument was the questionnaire and it was used for data collecting. LISREL was used for model verification. Results illustrated that structural model of confirmatory factors of Four Noble Truths (FNT) was able to explain the variation of endogenous factors of Inspiration of Public Consciousness (INS) to caused Environmental Behaviors for Global Warming Alleviation (BEH) with 89.0 percents as following. BEH = 0.45 FNT + 0.53 INS ……………………..(1) (R2 = 0.89) Equation (1) factors that had the most effect to Environmental Behaviors for Global Warming Alleviation (BEH) was Inspiration of Public Consciousness (INS) and subsequence was Four Noble Truths (FNT). These were able to explain the variation of Environmental Behaviors for Global Warming Alleviation (BEH) with 89.00 percents.
Development of Model of Water Conservation through PAIC Process Udonboon, Chalermsak; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Chatchai
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The objective of this research was to develop a model of water conservation for secondary school student. Theintegrative method research was done with participatory action research with Participatory Appreciate-Influence-Controltechnique (PAIC). Populations were upper secondary school students of academic year 2012 of Kalasin Province. Thequestionnaire and evaluation forms were be used as tool for data collection and the sample was selected by purposive samplingtechnique. PAIC was implemented with the integration of SWOT analysis and brain storming during the training process. The 53upper secondary school students were selected by purposive sampling technique from Kalasin Pittayasan School, AmphurMuang, Kalasin Province for training with PAIC. One -Way-ANOVA and t-test were used for data analysis.The research resultsillustrated that before and after PAIC process implemented, the mean scores of posttest of training achievement The researchresults revealed that before and after PAIC training process implemented, the mean scores of posttest of training achievementon characteristics of Environmental Education Trainer (EET), inspiration of public consciousness, environmental conservationbehavior, water conservation, and training achievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01, p< .01, p<.01, p< .01, and p< .01). Three Dimensional Evaluations were employed for determination the perceptions of 53 uppersecondary school students in three aspects evaluation covering Self-evaluation, Friend-evaluation, and Facilitator-evaluation byusing One-way ANOVA in order to investigate the participation of upper secondary school students showed that there were nodifference of mean scores about participation in training process through brain storming with statistical significance (p>.05).
Development a Prototype Environmental Education Teacher through PAIC Process Ruboon, On-anong; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Tanarat; Kurukodt, Jurairat
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The objective of this study was to develop a prototype of environmental education teacher through PAIC process.Sample group was selected by purposive sampling technique based on the defined criteria. The methodology was implementedwith Participatory-Appreciation-Influence-Control (PAIC) integrated with brain-storming and focus group discussion fordeveloping trainer (TOT) to be a prototype. The research results illustrated that after PAIC process implemented, the meanscores of posttest of knowledge of Environmental Education (EE), knowledge of global warming, characteristics ofEnvironmental Education Teacher (EET), inspiration of environmental conservation, environmental behavior, and trainingachievement were higher than pretest with statistical significance (p< .01, p< .01, p<.01, p< .01, p< .01, and p< .01) respectively.Furthermore, FDE was used for trainer role play evaluation, it illustrated that Trainer Self-Evaluation, Audience Evaluation,Trainer Friend-Evaluation and Expert Trainer-Evaluation were no differences among four dimensional aspects of evaluation,then the 10 selected scientific teachers with top ten highest scores to be trainers. One-way ANOVA was used investigate themean scores difference of four groups. The results of One-way ANOVA showed that there were difference of mean scores onrole play as trainer in training process (p>.05). The 10 trained scientific teachers would be prototype of EET trainers and the leftparticipants would be facilitators for the second level and they acted as steering committee to organize the second level trainingwith the aid of researcher team.
Traveling Behavior Model for Primary School Waewthaisong, Manascha; Thiengkamol, Nongnapas; Thiengkamol, Chatchai
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The objective of this research was to develop an environmental traveling behavior model for primary school. Thesimple random sampling was employed to select the sample of 400 students from 5,220 students in Ampur Namsom, UdonthaniProvince. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Pearson Correlation and Path Analysis will be used for dataanalysis.The results revealed that psychological traits in terms of goal of life (GL) showed directly affected to inspiration of publicconsciousness in aspects of role model (RM) with .532, It also showed directly affected to traveling behavior (TB) and energyconsumption behavior (EB) with .513 and .458. Moreover, psychological states (PS) in terms of religion belief (RB) showeddirectly affected to inspiration of public consciousness in aspects of role model (RM) with .567 and of role model (RM) alsodirectly affected to traveling behavior (TB) and energy consumption behavior (EB) with .601 and .599. Considering onenvironmental education, environmental attitude (AT) showed directly affected to inspiration in aspects of role model (RM) with.575 and it showed also directly affected to inspiration in aspects of impressive environment (IE) with .638 and directly affectedto traveling behavior (TB) and energy consumption behavior (EB) with .574 and 506. Energy consumption behavior (EB) showeddirectly affected to traveling behavior (TB) with .466.
Model of Environmental Education and Psychological Factors Influencing to Global Warming Alleviation Thiengkamol, Nongnapas
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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Environmental education has been accepted and applied for encouraging the global citizens to take a responsiblepractice through their behavior changing in daily life activity. This might be an effective and rapid change to decrease thegreenhouse gases via the awareness raising, attitude and belief adjusting, skill and participation increasing including realpractice in daily living.The populations were 35,010 undergraduate students of the first semester of academic year 2011 ofMahasarakham University. The simple random sampling was used to collect the sample for 450 undergraduate students withproportion according to fields of study. The questionnaire was employed as instrument for data collecting. LISREL was used formodel verification. Results illustrated as Equation 1and 2 as followings. Considering on structural model confirmatory factorswas able to explain the variation of endogenous factors of Environmental Education (EE) to caused Environmental Behaviors forGlobal Warming Alleviation (BEH) with 97.5 percents and the variation of endogenous factor of Environmental Education (EE)with 90.5 percents. Therefore, the equation 1 and 2 can be written as followings.BEH = 0.56 *PsT + 0.38*PsS + 0.52* EE …………..…………..(1)(R2 = 0.975)EE = 0.45*PsT + 0.47*PsS …………………..…………..………..(2)( R2 = 0.905)