THE EFFECTS OF THE BUDDHISTPEACEFUL MEANSPROGRAM ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION OF MATHAYOMSUKSA 2 STUDENTS AT HATYAIWITTAYALAI SCHOOL, CHANGWAT SONGKHLA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to developthe BuddhistPeaceful  Means Program. 2) tocomparethe Conflict Resolutionby BuddhistPeaceful  Meansbefore and after the experiment of the experimental group. 3) tocompare the  Conflict Resolution by BuddhistPeaceful Meansbetween the control and the experimental group after the experiment.This research was the quasi experimental  research. The populations were 589 students in 14 classrooms of Mathayomsuksa 2  in second semester, academic year 2013, HatyaiwittayalaiSchool,  ChangwatSongkhla. Two classrooms with the lowest Conflict Resolution by
BuddhistPeaceful Meansscores were purposively selected and randomly assigned, 25 students in each group, to form the experimental and control groups. The  experimental group participated in the Buddhist Peaceful Means Program for 11  sessions, 50 minutes per session. The instruments used were: the Buddhist Peaceful  Means Program, the Conflict Resolution by BuddhistPeaceful Means Questionnaire,
Student’s Opinion towards the Buddhist Peaceful Means Program. The data was   analyzed by Mean, Standard Deviation, t – test. The research results showed that: 1) After the experiment, the Conflict
Resolution by BuddhistPeaceful Meansscores of the experimental group were significantly higher than their pretest scores at the .05 level . 2) After the experiment, the experiment groups scored significantly higher on the Conflict  Resolution by BuddhistPeaceful Means than the control group at the .05 level.
Resolution by BuddhistPeaceful Means than the control group at the .05 level.