ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PREDISPOSING ENABLING REINFORCING FACTOR AND BEHAVIOR OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE IN MAI NGAM SUB-DISTRICT, MUEANG TAK DISTRICT, TAK PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the relationships among predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and household waste management behaviors among residents of Mai Ngam Sub-district, Mueang Tak District, Tak Province, using a descriptive research design. The population consisted of 1,364 households registered in the sub-district in the fiscal year 2022. The sample size was calculated using Daniel’s formula (2010) with a 95% confidence level, resulting in 310 participants selected through systematic random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire comprising six sections: personal characteristics, knowledge of waste reduction, attitudes toward waste reduction, enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and household waste management behaviors. Content validity was assessed by three experts, and reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, yielding a value of 0.815. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The findings indicated that household waste management behaviors-including waste reduction, reuse, and recycling were at a high level ( = 4.03, S.D. = 0.143), representing 99%. Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed statistically significant associations between household waste management behaviors and predisposing factors (r = 0.134, p = 0.032), enabling factors (r = 0.125, p = 0.034), and reinforcing factors (r = 0.133, p = 0.023). These results.