A Study on Youth Perceptions of Corruption: The Case of Suan Dusit University Students

Abstract

This research aims to study the level of youth perception regarding the problem of corruption and to examine the factors influencing their perception of corruption. The sample group consisted of youths aged 18–20 years who were first- and second-year students at Suan Dusit University. A simple random sampling method using Cochran’s formula was employed, resulting in a sample size of 385 participants. Data were collected using a questionnaire, with content validity verified by an Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) ranging from 0.67 to 1.00. The reliability, assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, ranged from 0.87 to 0.95. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis.
The findings revealed that the overall level of youth perception regarding the corruption problem was high, with a mean score of 3.79 and a standard deviation of 0.99. Furthermore, when analyzing the four influencing factors—(1) education and knowledge, (2) moral and ethical values, (3) social norms or reference groups, and (4) mass media and social media—through multiple regression analysis, it was found that all factors significantly influenced youth perception of corruption at the 0.01 statistical significance level.