A The Study of Psychosocial Factors Affecting Buddhist Holistic Well-Being of Persons Practicing Buddhist Mediation of Punyanuntharam Temple, Klong Loung District, Phathumthani Province

Abstract

This study was conducted with its 3 significant objectives;1. To study general information of persons practicing Buddhist meditation at Punyanuntharam Temple, Klong Loung District, Phathumthani province,2. To study Buddhist holistic well-being level of persons practicing Buddhist meditation at Punyanuntharam Temple, Klong Loung District, Phathumthani province through Threefold Training ,and 3. To compare Buddhist holistic well-being level divided by psychological factors of persons practicing Buddhist meditation at Punyanuntharam Temple, Klong Loung District, Phathumthani province.

According to the hypothesis testing, the results indicated that there was no difference in holistic well-being acknowledgement of subjects with different genders significantly differently at .05, rejected the study’s hypothesis.

The comparison results also confirmed that there was no difference in holistic well-being acknowledgement in the subjects with different ages significantly differently at .05, rejected the study’s hypothesis.

Besides, there was no difference in holistic well-being acknowledgement in the subjects with different educational backgrounds significantly differently at .05, rejected the study’s hypothesis.

However, the comparison findings showed that there were differences in holistic well-being acknowledgement among subjects with different levels of attitude in practicing Buddhist meditation (between least to average level and between high and the highest level) significantly differently at .05, accepted the study’s hypothesis. When considering the mean, the subjects with high attitude level could acknowledge holistic well-being better than those with average and least attitude.

There were the differences in the motivation levels of practicing Buddhist meditation between the subjects with least and average motivation levels and those with high and the highest motivation levels. The two groups acknowledged holistic well-being in different ways significantly differently at .05. When considering the mean, subjects with high motivation level could acknowledge holistic well-being better than those with least and average motivation level.