Factors Predicting level of Stress among Merchants in Chom Bueng Sub-district Municipality, Chom Bueng District, Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to investigate the stress levels and factors predicting the stress levels of merchants in ChomBueng Sub-district Municipality, ChomBueng District, Ratchaburi Province. A total of 49 merchants who were at least 20 years old and in possession of a product-selling license were obtained as a sampling group using purposive sampling. Data were collected by using questionnaires. The statistics employed in the data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and the Pearson's correlation coefficient, Eta coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyze the statistical correlation.

The results revealed that the stress levels of merchants in ChomBueng Sub-district Municipality were at a low level, representing 69.4%. The significant factor predictor of the stress levels was stress management regarding preproblem-solving, which was able to predict the stress levels of the merchants by 30.1% with a significant level of 0.05. The findings of this study can assist with the appropriate and efficient planning and development of stress management for the merchants in ChomBueng Sub-district Municipality, ChomBueng District, Ratchaburi Province.