STRESS REDUCTION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOUR OF AGRICULTURIST BEING MEMBER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE BANK, BAN FANG SUB-DISTRICT, KRANUAN DISTRICT, KHON KAEN PROVINCE

Abstract

This research has the objectives to study; 1) the personal factors of the agriculturists being the member of agriculture and agricultural cooperative bank, Ban Fang sub-district, Kranuan district, Khon Kaen province, 2) the affecting factors to the stress  of the agriculturists being the member of agriculture and agricultural cooperative bank,3) stress reduction and stress management behavior of agriculturalist, and 4) the suggestions or guidelines to reduce stress of agriculturists being the member of agriculture and agricultural cooperative bank, Ban Fang sub-district, Kranuan district, Khon Kaen province. The researchers collected the data by questionnaires and analyzed the data by descriptive statistics, percentage, mean, and standard deviation

The results were as follows: Most of the agriculturalists, 52.30 percent, were male, and 47.70 percent were female. Their ages, 39.40 percent, were between 41- 50 years old, and most of them, 65.60 percent, were graduated primary school. They, 54.10 percent, have earned 50,000-60,000 bath/year, and they, 30.10 percent, had debt 50,000 bath. Most of the agriculturalists,77.80 percent, were married status.

There were 3 factors affecting the stress of the agriculturalist being the member of agricultural and cooperative bank; economic factor, environmental factor, and health factor. The most affecting factor was environment factor because it is uncontrollable factors. For stress reduction of the agriculturalists, they learn to understand and accept the economic volatility, and they learned to do integrated agriculture. They also search the new agricultural knowledge to develop themselves.