The Influencing of Causal Factors on Democratic Behavior of Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi
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This article aimed to 1) study the perception of democratic principles of the students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi; 2) study democratic behavior of the students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi; and 3) study the causal factors influencing democratic behavior of the students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi. This research was a quantitative research in which the sample group consisted of 400 students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, were obtained by using the analysis criteria of the linear relational structure equations and multistage randomization. The research instrument was a questionnaire and the statistics used in the research were frequency distribution, percentage value, mean, standard deviation, and structural equation models.
The research results were found as follows: 1) perception of democratic principles among the students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi was overall at a high level; 2) democratic behavior of students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi was overall at a high level; and 3) the causal factors affecting the democratic behavior of the students of Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi are factors of students' perception of democratic principles directly influencing students' democratic behavior with a coefficient of influence of 0.624, and the student democratic factor directly influencing students' democratic behavior with a coefficient of influence of 0.347. The consideration of the conformity of the structural equation model resulted respectively, got statistical values according to the criteria. The forecast coefficient = 0.69 showed that the developed causal relationship was consistent with the empirical data. Therefore, it is possible to predict that the formation of the perception of democratic principles and democracy cultivation among students can develop students’ democratic behavior.
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