An Application of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle for Living of Lower Secondary School Students of Watsai School (Thawornprommanukul) Chom Thong District, Bangkok

Abstract

This study had 2 purposes as follows: 1. to study the use of the Five
Ennobling Virtues Principle for living of Lower Secondary School students of Wat Tsai
School (Thawornprommanukul), Chom Thong district, Bangkok and 2. to compare the
use of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle for living of Lower Secondary School
students of Wat Tsai School (Thawornprommanukul), Chom Thong district, Bangkok
with different factors; sex, level, residence, parents’ occupation, and parents’ income
per month. The research instruments were questionnaire consisted of subjects’
general information, the use of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle for living of Lower
Secondary School students. The data were analyzed by using frequency distribution,
percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, f-test (One Way ANOVA), and Pearson’s
Correlation Coefficient.
The results revealed as follows. Most of students were male, most of the
subjects were studying in Mattayom Suksa 2, their parents’ occupation were
employees, students’ living condition, the majority of students stay with their parents,
the average of their family’ income was more than 1,100 baht.
The use of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle for living of Lower Secondary
School students of Watsai School, Chom Thong district, Bangkok was in the average
level. When considering each aspect, the results confirmed that sexual desire was at
the highest level, being conscious, truth, sympathy and right livelihood respectively.
The difference of the use of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle of living,
the data were divided according to personal data. The results revealed that students
with different sex, parents’ occupation, living condition, and income the use of the
Five Ennobling Virtues Principle of living differently. When considering the average,
the results confirmed that parents who are government officers and state-owned
enterprise officers have better ways of living than parents who are employees.
The results were also found that students with 800 baht of average family income
use five dharma better than students with 1,000 baht of average family income. The

results also revealed that the different of educational level did not make students
the use of the Five Ennobling Virtues Principle of living differently.