A Model Development to Protection Online Gambling With the Youth According to Buddhist Way in Nakhon Chai Si District, Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

The research titled “A Model Development to Protection Online Gambling With the Youth According to Buddhist Way in Nakhon Chai Si District, Nakhon Pathom Province” aimed to achieve three objectives: (1) to study the patterns and behaviors related to online gambling among youth in the target area; (2) to develop a prevention approach based on Buddhist principles; and (3) to propose an innovative model for preventing online gambling among youth grounded in Buddhist ways of living. The study employed a Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology, involving 30 purposively selected participants. Research instruments included: (1) in-depth interview forms, (2) focus group discussion records, and (3) lesson-learned reflection forms. Data were analyzed through categorization, interpretation, synthesis, and narrative description.

The findings revealed that four key activities (1) Social Media Risk Prevention, (2) Moral Safeguarding through the Five Precepts, (3) Peer-to-Peer Gambling Prevention, and (4) Building a Gambling-Free Society—led to the development of an innovative model known as the P-WACHR Model. This model consists of six strategic components: Policy, Warning, Awareness, Control, Help, and Rehabilitation. The activities contributed to the development of life skills among youth in accordance with the Five Precepts (Sīla), Yonisomanasikāra (wise reflection), and Appamāda (heedfulness). These interventions resulted in positive behavioral changes, particularly in self-restraint and the establishment of peer-support networks as a surveillance mechanism within schools.