Political Socialization According to Buddhism Among High School Students at Buayai District in Nakhonratchasima Province

Abstract

This research aimed 1, to study the level of political refinement of high school students in Buayai Distrct, Nakhonratchasima Province, 2, to compare the political refinement of high school students in Buayai District, Nakhonratchasima Province, classified by personal factor,  and  3, to present the political refinement according to Buddhism among the high school students in Buayai District, Nakhonratchasima Province by applying the principles of Sangahavatthudhamma.  The research was the combined method:  qualitative and quantitative. The tools were questionnaires and interview formats.  The data were analyzed  by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation.  Hypotheses were tested by t-test and F-test, and the data analyzed with descriptive interpretation.

The research results found that:

The level of political lull as a whole was high (X = 4.08, S.D. = 0.53) classified by side as follows:  family institution (X = 4.23, S.D.= 0.58), political institution (X =4.21, S.D.= 0.57),  educational institution (X = 4.06, S.D.= 0.66) , community and peer group (X = 4.01, S.D. = 0.69) and religious institution (X = 3.92, S.D.= 0.76) respectively.2. The results of comparative analysis found that the students with different sex had no different opinions.