THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL REFLECTION JOURNALING ON SELF-AWARENESS AMONG CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Authors

  • Veerawan Wongpinpech Faculty of Humanity, Chiang Mai University
  • Tanaphong Uthayaratana Faculty of Humanity, Chiang Mai University

Keywords:

Emotional reflection journaling, Self-awareness, Psychology and daily life, Undergraduate students, Chiang Mai University

Abstract

This research aims to study self-awareness among Chiang Mai University students. To explore their self-awareness in consideration of all samples and dividing into subgroups by their demographics including genders, years of study, and discipline groups. And, to study the effect of emotional reflection journaling on their self-awareness. The sample comprised 595 Chiang Mai University students who registered for psychology and daily life and volunteered to participate in the study. Data were collected using the online self-awareness questionnaire. The data were analyzed by means, standard deviation, and dependent t-test. The results indicated that before the intervention, the samples' self-awareness scores were high, except for samples in subgroups of the fourth year and higher which were medium self-awareness. After the emotional reflection journaling intervention, all samples' self-awareness scores were high, and their scores were higher significantly at .05

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2024-04-30

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Wongpinpech, V., & Uthayaratana, T. (2024). THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL REFLECTION JOURNALING ON SELF-AWARENESS AMONG CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Journal of Education Burapha University, 35(1), 17–29. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/edubuu/article/view/264590