The Development of a Buddhist Psychological Program to Forge the Identity of Buddhist Assembles for Lay Followers

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study identities of Buddhist assembles for lay followers 2) to develop and study Buddhist psychological program to forge the identity of Buddhist assembles for lay followers.The mixed methodology research was conducted in the study by using first the qualitative research to explain the quantitative research in details.The research was conducted among 60 lay followers of Wat Nyannavesakavan using double-purposive random sampling. Among the 60 lay followers, 30 lay followers were the experimental group, 16 lay followers were purposively selected for phase 2 study. Instrument was questionnaires. The data was analyzed to test the hypothesis using descriptive statistic, t-test, F-test. Qualitative data analysis uses content analysis and induction inference. The results of the research are the Buddhist psychological program training results were well responded.