The Analysis of Influences of Hiri (Moral Shame) and Ottappa (Moral Dread) on Attitudes towards Corruption of Secondary School Students, Rayong Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to analyze the canonical correlation between Hiri - Ottappa and attitudes towards corruption, and 2) to examine the influences of Hiri - Ottappa and the attitudes towards corruption. The sample consisted of 1,109 students from grades 7 to 12 from schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area 18 in Rayong province, who were selected by multi - stage random sampling technique.

The research instrument was the questionnaire on Hiri - Ottappa and the attitudes towards corruption. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, canonical correlation analysis and path analysis (SEM) of Hiri - Ottappa and the attitude scales. The research findings revealed that: 1) The canonical correlation between Hiri – Ottappa variable and attitudes towards corruption variable was 0.389, statistically significant at the level 0.05, and the covariate of the relationship (Rc2) was at 0.149 (14.90%). The correlation in each set of variables mostly resulted from Ottappa variable (Rc =0.863), and behavior trend towards corruption variable (Rc = 0.942).2) The validation results of the effect of Hiri-Otappa on attitudes towards corruption showed that the model was congruent to empirical data ( /df = 0.372, AGFI=0.998, RMSEA=0.000). The Hiri – Otappa variable had a direct influence on the negative attitudes towards corruption at 0.655 ( = -0.655). The path coefficient of Hiri-Otappa to attitudes towards corruption with significance level at 0.05. The determination of attitudes towards corruption was 42.90 %.