Psychosocial Factors Related to Psychological Well-Being of the Sangha Administrators in the 10th Sangha Administration Region

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis are to : 1) study psychological well-being level
of Sangha administrators in the 10th Sangha administration region; 2) examine
discrepancy of psychological well-being levels of Sangha administrators categorized
by individual factors; and 3) investigate correlations between psychosocial factors and
psychological well-being levels of Sangha administrators in the 10th Sangha
administration region.
The tool used for gathering data is questionnaire containing general
information of respondents, questions related to psychosocial factors and
psychological well-being of the elders. Statistics applied for data analysis consist of
frequency distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation. In the meantime,
T-test, F-test and one way ANOVA are implemented for testing discrepancy of
perception of psychological well-being among Sangha administrators. The sample
group comprises of 380 cases of Sangha administrators in the 10th Sangha
administration region.
The findings on the perception level of psychosocial factors (independent
variables) and psychological well-being (dependent variables) of Sangha
administrators are as follows: administration under Brahmavihara (the four
immeasurables) (mean = 3.74 and standard deviation = 0.445), followed by Sangha
administrator roles (mean = 3.68 and standard deviation = 0.602), feeling trend (mean
= 3.12 and standard deviation = 0.511) and psychological well-being (mean = 3.32
and standard deviation = 0.413), respectively.
The results of hypothesis test found that the Sangha administrators with
different age, ordination years, education and holding Sangha administrator position
have different psychological well-being with statistical significance at 0.05 level.
Meanwhile, Sangha administrators with different dharma education, Pali education,
priest's title, years of holding Sangha administrator position, and being preceptor or

For correlation between psychosocial factors and psychological well-being,
the findings reveal that administration under Brahmavihara (the four immeasurables)
has positive correlation with feeling trend at moderate level. It also has positive
correlation with psychological well-being at moderate level while it has positive
correlation with Sangha administrator roles at high level. Each pair has statistical
significant correlation at 0.01 level.
Feeling trend has positive correlation with Sangha administrator roles at
moderate level and also has positive correlation with psychological well-being at
moderate level. Each pair has statistical significant correlation at 0.01 level.
In addition, Sangha administrator roles have positive correlation with
psychological well-being at high level with statistical significance at 0.01 level
not have no statistically significant difference at 0.05 level.