Four Brahmavihara, Family Relationship and Psychological Well-being of People at Ladphrao District, Bangkok

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the levels of Four Brahmavihara, family relationship and psychological well-being of people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok; 2) compare psychological well-being of people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok by personal factors; 3) study the relationship between four Brahmavihara and psychological well-being of people at  Ladphrao District, Bangkok; and4) study the relationship between family relationships and psychological well-being of people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok. The samples were consisted of 400 working age people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok. Data were collected by questionnaires. Data analysis used by a statistical package program. The statistical methods used by percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. Results showed that: 1) four Brahmavihara, family relationships and psychological well-being of people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok were the relatively high level; 2) the people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok had difference in sex, occupation, income-expense balance and traveling to work had difference psychological well-being with statistically significant at .05 level; 3) four Brahmavihara positively related to psychological well-being of working age people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok with statistically significance at .01 level; and 4) family relationships positively related to psychological well-being of working age people at of Ladphrao District, Bangkok with statistically significance at .01 level.